Longitudinal studies to investigate the psychosocial consequences of diabetes-specific antibody screening and an intervention for the primary prevention of type 1 diabetes in children and parents (GPPAD Global Platform for the Prevention of Autoimmune Diabetes www.gppad.org) in cooperation with the Institute for Diabetes Research at the HDC Helmholtz Diabetes Center at the Helmholz Center in Munich (funding: Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust)

Research on psychological aspects of chronic illness (quality of life, coping, acceptance, treatment adherence, psychosocial and economic long-term consequences): "Life chances of young adults" (funding: German Diabetes Foundation and Lower Saxony Cancer Foundation)

Psychosocial support for children with rare chronic diseases and their families. "Care-Fam-Net " www.carefamnet.org (Funding: Innovation Fund of the G-BA)

Development and validation of psychological measurement instruments on the psychological and psychosocial consequences of chronic illness;

Current: SET study - development and validation of a psychometric screening instrument for eating disorders in diabetes (funding: "Das zuckerkrankes Kind" foundation)

Development of European standards for the care and training of children and adolescents with diabetes (Better control in pediatric and adolescent diabetes: working to create centers of reference (EU-SWEET-Project) and EU project Leonardo da Vinci: European Certified Diabetes Educator (EU-CDEC); funding: all by the European Union

Development, evaluation and implementation of training programs for chronically ill people (ModuS; Delfin - parent program, Fit for School) and for the use of new technologies in diabetology (SPECTRUM for rtCGM and AID) Funding: BMG, Menarini Berlin-Chemie, Working Group for Diabetes Technology.