Particulate matter is a major environmental risk factor for health. It leads to neurodegenerative diseases as a result of damage to the integrity of the blood-brain barrier.

The ceremonial opening of the Environmental Health Sciences Institute (EHSI) on the 28th of November 2025 marked an important milestone for the Faculty of Medicine. The institute, which is unique in Germany, strengthens future-orientated research in the Environmental Health Sciences. 

Fine dust, especially particles with a diameter of less than 10 µm (PM10), is a known health risk in our cities.

Wie können Städte sauberer, gesünder und lebenswerter werden? Mit genau dieser Frage beschäftigt sich das neue EU-Projekt PUREPOLIS. Mit an Bord: Der Lehrstuhl für Model-based Environmental Exposure Science der Medizinischen Fakultät. Modernste Simulationstechnik wird dafür sorgen, dass die wirksamsten Maßnahmen gegen Umweltverschmutzung gezielt dort eingesetzt werden, wo sie am meisten bewirken.

The KORA Mobility Study 2025 examines how air pollution and environmental noise in everyday life affect the health of people in the Augsburg region. The main focus is on cardiovascular health.

The research project AURAA KIDS, led by Ms. Luise Heinrich and Dr. Katrin Gohlsch, started in December 2024.

The Chair of Model-based Environmental Exposure Science (MBEES) invites enthusiastic students to join our team.

Jede Sekunde unseres Lebens steuert der Körper unterbewusst zahlreiche Lebensprozesse, die sich mit technischen Mitteln in Form von Biosignalen ableiten lassen. Wer mehr über diese Forschung erfahren möchte, ist bei der „Nacht der Biosignale“ genau richtig: Deutschlandweit haben sich zahlreiche Fachleute aus Klinik und Wissenschaft bereiterklärt, ihr Wissen allgemein verständlich zu teilen und zahlreiche Facetten rund um die Biosignale zu beleuchten.

CAAPS welcomed the initiation of thematic workshops to strengthen applied areas and methodological cross-cutting topics. This year’s CAAPS Workshop focused on inverse modelling in atmospheric applications.

The third symposium of the Centre for Advanced Analytics and Predictive Science took place on October 8, 2024, at 4:30 PM in 1004T (Physics Lecture Hall Center).

In 2024, we were again in Sion to continue the search for the MAMS.

How people move around cities will change in future. The use of electric cars and improved public transport could protect people’s health and improve air quality. A new study led by Professor Christoph Knote from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Augsburg is looking at the effects that changed mobility behavior in Augsburg and the surrounding region will have on cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.