Iris Pigeot

Iris Pigeot

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Department of Biometry and Data Management, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS Bremen, Germany

Iris Pigeot is Professor of Statistics focused on Biometry and Methods in Epidemiology at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Bremen since 2001. She is Director of the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS, and head of the Department of Biometry and Data Management. Her research activities focus on bioequivalence studies, graphical models, and genetic epidemiology. In recent years, she has widened the spectrum of her research to include the use of secondary data in the research of pharmaceutical drug safety as well as primary prevention and its evaluation, especially for childhood obesity. She received several teaching awards: the “Medal for Excellent Teaching” at the University of Dortmund in 1994, the “Award for Quality Teaching” at the University of Munich in 1996, and the “Berninghausen Award for Excellent Teaching and its Innovation” at the University of Bremen in 2008. In 2010, the IBS-DR awarded her the Susanne-Dahms medal for special accomplishments in the field of biometry. Iris Pigeot and Wolfgang Ahrens are both editors of the book series “Epidemiology & Public Health” published by Springer (Heidelberg)