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Subject areas

The content of the DigiStrucMed projects on offer can be divided into four subject areas in terms of their areas of application/objectives:

  1. Tools and technologies for physicians. Digitization processes in medicine, such as electronic medical history tools, the introduction of structured data collection or digital communications in studies, are to be compared with analogue processes or new methods are to be developed for evaluating health-relevant data. In addition, decision support systems are to be developed and evaluated through the networking of already digitized data and on the basis of suitable algorithms.
  2. Tools and technologies for patients: Projects in the second thematic complex deal with the development of technologies that are intended to support patients in being able to make informed decisions (informed patient) and, in a second focus, technologies that are intended to simplify patient follow-up and enable home monitoring, for example.
  3. Analysis technologies for diagnostics and treatment: Analysis technologies for laboratory and imaging diagnostics, but also for predicting therapy effectiveness and resistance, are being developed and evaluated for progression assessment and prevention. These can be implemented using artificial intelligence methods (e.g. image analysis based on neural networks) or focus on big data, databases and data mining.
  4. Robotics and assistance systems: The possible applications of robotic and assistance systems in Clinical Departments and Nursing are being investigated.

 

5th year 2025/26

ID

Title

Project Leader Medicine

Project Leader Informatics

P01

Development of a bioinformatical tool to predict clinical responses to CFTR modulator therapy by integrating microbial metagenomics, inflammatory cell transcriptomics and secretomics

Prof. Dr. med. Anna-Maria Dittrich

Pediatric Pneumology, Allergy and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School

Prof. Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Nejdl

Institute of Data Science, L3S Research Institute, Leibniz University Hannover

P02

Automation of ISHAK Scoring: Machine Based Development of Unsupervised Liver Fibrosis Index

PD Dr. Nagoud Schukfeh

Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hannover Medical School

Prof. Dr. Dr. Andrea Schenk

Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS

P03

Large language models to support patients with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer: opinion research, development of quality standards and implementation in a mobile app

Dr. rer. nat. Beate Vajen

Department of Human Genetics, Hannover Medical School

Dr. rer. nat. Dominik Wolff

Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School

P04

Structured Digital Learning and AI Optimization for Heart Failure Education

Prof. Dr. med. David Duncker

Hannover Heart Rhythm Center, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School

Prof. Dr. Dr. Maria-Esther Vidal

Data Science Institute, Leibniz University of Hannover

P05

Analysis of broad interdisciplinary data sets from patients with transthyretin amyloidosis by classical statistical and advanced machine-learning methods for improved prediction of disease progression and outcomes

Prof. Dr. med. Udo Bavendiek

Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School

Amyloidosis Center Lower Saxony, Hannover Medical School

Dr. Matthias Gietzelt

Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School

P06

CLARA - Cognitive Language Assistant and Retrieval Aid

PD Dr. med. Hans Worthmann

Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School

Dipl. Wirt.-Inf. Mareike Schulze

Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School

P07

Can the machine detect information we cannot? Developing an algorithm that can diagnose patients with functional tic-like movement disorder using machine learning.

Prof. Dr. Kirsten Müller-Vahl

Clinic of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School

Prof. Dr. Dr. Lars Schmidt-Thieme

Information Systems and Machine Learning Lab, University of Hildesheim

P08

Establishing Oxford Nanopore Sequencing technology as a rapid method for karyotyping in clinical practice

Prof. Dr. Dr. Michael Heuser

Department of Internal Medicine IV, University Hospital Halle (Saale)

Prof. Dr. Matthias Müller-Hannemann

Institute for Computer Science, Department Data Structures and Efficient Algorithms Faculty of Natural Sciences III, Halle (Saale)

 

4th year 2024/25

ID

Project title

Project leader

Cooperation partner

P01 Computerized interpretation of fetal heart rate during labor including clinical parameters

PD Dr. Lars Brodowski
Gynecology and Obstetrics
Hannover Medical School

 

Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School
P02 Development, feasibility and usability of a generic and secure application backed by a large language model with focus on patient education in patients with implantable defibrillators and heart failure Prof. Dr. Dr. David Duncker
Hannover Heart Rhythm Center
Department oft Cardiology and Angiology
Hannover Medical School
Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School
P03 Algorithm development using machine learning to distinguish between tics and functional tic-like movements in videos Prof. Dr. Dr. Kirsten Müller-Vahl
Clinic of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Hannover Medical School
Institute for Information Processing, Leibniz Universität Hannover

Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School

P04 User-independent AI-based MRI analysis of hepatobiliary function in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) Prof. Dr. Dr. Kristina Ringe
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
Hannover Medical School
Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS
P05 Individualizing HCC surveillance based on an integrative systems medicine approach Prof. Dr. Dr. Markus Cornberg
Centre for Individualised Infection Medicine (CiiM), Hannover,
Dept. of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology
Hannover Medical School
Division Data Science in Biomedicine Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School
P06 Implementation of an AI-supported mental health app in psychocardiology Prof. Dr. Dr. Kai G. Kahl
Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Hannover Medical School

Institute for Information Systems
Leibniz Universität Hannover

P07 Identification of biomarkers in hepatocellular carcinoma patients by combining advanced imaging techniques with machine learning approaches PD Dr. Anna Saborowski
Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases and Endocrinology
Hannover Medical School
Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School
P08 Digital Twin for predicting road traffic injuries Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas M. Deserno
Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School
Clinical Department of Trauma Surgery
Hannover Medical School
P09 Fibromyalgia Rheumatica and Digital Pain Drawing (FibRDraw) Prof. Dr. Dr. Georg Behrens
Department of Rheumatology and Immunology
Hannover Medical School

Institute for Information Engineering, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences

Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy
Hannover Medical School

P10 Evaluation of the clinical utility of wearable fitness tracking devices to predict liver related outcomes of patients with liver cirrhosis Prof. Dr. Dr. Benjamin Maasoumy
Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases and Endocrinology
Hannover Medical School

Division Data Science in Biomedicine, Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School

Trauma Department, Orthogeriatric Unit, Hannover Medical School

3rd year 2023/24

ID

Project title

Project leader

Cooperation partner

P01

Heartbeat Measurements on eScooters for Continuous Health Monitoring

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dipl.-Ing. Thomas M. Deserno
Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School

Hannover Heart Rhythm Center, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School

P02

ldentification of risk factors for postoperative acute kidney injury after non-cardiac surgery

PD Dr. med. Thomas Stüber
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Hannover Medical School

Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Hannover Medical School

Peter l. Reichertz Institute for Medical lnformatics ofTU Braunschweig and MHH, Hannover Medical School

P03

Delineating immune escape mechanisms in acute myeloid leukemia through single-cell analyses

Prof. Dr. med. Michael Heuser
Clinic for Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School

Division Data Science in Biomedicine, Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School

P04

Ambulatory assessment of online shopping activities in patients with compulsive buying-shopping disorder

Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil. Astrid Müller
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy
Hannover Medical School

Faculty III - Media, Information and Design, Hochschule Hannover - University of Applied Sciences and Arts

P06

Development of a bioinformatic tool to predict clinical responses to CFTR modulator therapy by integrating microbial metagenomics, inflammatory cell transcriptomics and secretomics

Prof. Dr. med. Anna-Maria Dittrich
Pediatric Pneumology, Allergy and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School

Research Core Unit Genomics, Hannover Medical School

P07

Towards AI-based registration for advanced functional lung imaging

Prof. Dr. med. Jens Vogel-Claussen
Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
Hannover Medical School

P08

Unsupervised identification of prognostic cell type signatures for CNS infiltration in ALL

Prof. Dr. med. Martin Stanulla
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School

German Center for Lung Research Center, Hannover Medical School

P09

Inter-hospital Transfer for Endovascular Treatment in Acute Stroke Care using the Smart Application "VIZ"

PD Dr. med. Hans Worthmann
Department of Neurology, Hannover Medical School

Peter L. Reichertz Institute for medical informatics of TU Braunschweig and MHH

P10

Characterization of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) Profiles Using Data Mining and Machine Learning in Healthy and Diseased Children

Prof. Dr. med. Anette Melk, PhD
Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School

Prof. Dr. Dr. Steffen Oeltze-Jafra

Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School

Center of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg

P11

AI-based image analysis in pediatric echocardiography to improve the monitoring of relevant parameters in children with pulmonary hypertension

Dr. Mohamed Yaseen Jabarulla
Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School

Dr. med. Theodor Uden

Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine

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P12

Is blended treatment with a WebApp-based therapy of mental disorders after life-threatening cardiac events more effective compared to non-blended treatment?

Prof. Dr. med. Kai G. Kahl
Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Hannover Medical School

Fkt. IV, Department of Informatics, Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts

2nd year 2022/23

Project title

Project leader

Cooperation partner

P01 - (Semi-) Automated procedures to find arguments for bioethical analyses

Prof. Dr. Sabine Salloch

Institute of Ethics, History and Philosophy of Medicine
Hannover Medical School

Institute for Information Systems
TU Braunschweig;

Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School

P02 - Tracking fake papers in scientific journals

Prof. Dr. Dr. Roland Seifert

Institute of Pharmacology, Hannover Medical School

Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School

P03 - Deciphering long-term consequences of HCV infection after viral elimination (Long-HepC) using Omics Integration

Prof. Dr. Dr. Markus Cornberg

Centre for Individualized Infection Medicine (CiiM);
Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School

Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics
of the TU Braunschweig and the Hannover Medical School
P04 - Development and evaluation of an app to support patients with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer after genetic counseling

PD Dr. Anke K. Bergmann

Department of Human Genetics,

Hannover Medical School

Prof. Dr. Dr. Steffen Oeltze-Jafra

Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School

Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School

P05 - Predictive immune biomarkers in renal cancer: Compare immune landscape of tumors in native and transplanted (immunocompromised) kidneys

Prof. Dr. Jan Hinrich Bräsen

Institute of Pathology
Hannover Medical School

Technical University of Braunschweig;

Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School

P06 - Development of prediction models for postoperative renal failure in children after heart surgery using the heart-lung machine

PD Dr. Martin Böhne

Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Hannover Medical School

Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School
P07 - Development of Translational Scores for a Quantitative and Time-Dependent Assessment of Disease Severity in Patients

Prof. Dr. André Bleich

Laboratory Animal Science, Hannover Medical School

Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School
P08 - Clinical evaluation with a WebApp-based therapy of mental disorders after life-threatening cardiac
events

Prof. Dr. Kai G. Kahl

Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Hannover Medical School

Department of Cardiology and Angiology
Hannover Medical School;

Department of Computer Science, Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts

P09 - Next generation Flow-Cytometry to quantify and characterize the leukemic stem cell population in acute myeloid leukemia

Dr. Dr, Adrian Schwarzer

Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation
Institute of Experimental Hematology,
Hannover Medical School

Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics
of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School;

Clinic of Pediatric Hematology, Hannover Medical School

P10 - Towards identifying genetic determinants of antibiotic resistance in clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates

Prof. Dr. Dr. Susanne Häußler

Institute for Molecular Bacteriology, TWINCORE

Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI)

1st year 2021/22

Project title

Project leader

Cooperation partner

P03 - Development of an AI-based algorithm to predict kidney injury in stem cell transplant patients

Dr. Gernot Beutel

Hematology, Hemostaseology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation

Hannover Medical School

Braunschweig Clinical Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Blood Purification Procedures, Prof. Dr. Dr. Jan T. Kielstein

P06 - Next generation flow cytometry to detect minimal residual disease in acute myeloid leukemia

Dr. Dr. Adrian Schwarzer

Hematology, Hemostaseology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation

Hannover Medical School

Peter L. Reichertz Institute of Medical Informatics

P07 - The Inner Clock - Introduction and use of a smart communication tool to improve the emergency care of stroke patients

PD Dr. Hans Worthmann

Neurology, Neuroradiology

Hannover Medical School

Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts,

Peter L. Reichertz Institute of Medical Informatics

P08 - Determination of reference values of regional ventilation from CT scans of the lungs

Prof. Dr. Hoen-oh Shin

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Hannover Medical School

Fraunhofer MEVIS Institute for Digital Medicine, Bremen

P09 - WebApp-based prevention and therapy of adjustment disorder after life-threatening cardiac events - the "AD-support" study

Prof. Dr. Kai G Kahl / Dr. Ivo-Aleksander Heitland

Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

Hannover Medical School

Leibniz University Hannover, Information Systems and Management Institute (ISMI)

P10 - Reducing the socio-economic burden for rare disease patients using artificial intelligence (AI)

Prof. Dr. Annette Doris Wagner

Renal and hypertensive diseases

Hannover Medical School

University Hospital Marburg, Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Ada Health GmbH

 

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