Prof. Dr. Heike Allgayer
Biological and related sciences, Health
Health, Mathematics and statistics
Epidemiology and statistics
Epidemiology of cancer and radiation illnesses
Research concentrations: biometric methods in epidemiology and epidemiological studies of radiation-induced tumours
English, French, German
Cardis, E. et al.: Risk of cancer after low doses of ionising radiation – retrospective cohort study in 15 countries. In: British Medical Journal 331, 2005. pp. 77-80.
Hammer, G.P. et al.: A cohort study of childhood cancer incidence after postnatal diagnostic X-ray exposure. In: Radiation Research 171, 2009. pp. 504-512.
Kaatsch, P. et al.: Leukaemia in young children living in the vicinity of German nuclear power plants. In: International Journal of Cancer 1220, 2008. pp. 721-726.
Blettner, M. et al.: Medical exposure to ionising radiation and the risk of brain tumours: Interphone study group, Germany. In: European Journal of Cancer 43, 2007. pp. 1990-1998.
ISIMEP: Intrinsic radiation sensitivity – Identification, mechanisms and epidemiology
NPW: Cancer risk to employees of nuclear power plants
COSMIC: Cohort study on aviation personnel
Member of the scientific council of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 2007 – 2011
Vice chairperson, Rhineland-Palatinate Tumour Centre, since 2005
Member of the Mammography working group, German Radiation Protection Commission, 2002 – 2005
Member (committee 1) of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP), since 2001
Member and vice chairperson of the Radar Commission (BMVg), 2000 – 2001
Chairperson of the German Radiation Protection Commission, 1999 – 2001
Member of the main commission of the German Radiation Protection Commission, 1998 – 2001
Advisory board of several research projects and Cancer Registry Rheinland-Pfalz
German Society of Medical Informatics, Biometrics and Epidemiology (GMDS): Chairperson of the group Epidemiology, 1996 – 2000 / Member of chair, 1996 – 2000
Member of the German Radiation Protection Commission (commission on risk assessment), 1996 – 1999
Member of the International Council, 1996 – 1999
Member of the Scientific Council of the German Region of the International Biometrical Society, 1993 – 1997
Associate editor of the International Journal of Epidemiology, 1990 – 2000
Chairperson of the Epidemiological Methods working group, 1990 – 1996
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Biological and related sciences, Health
Health, Brain research
Environment, Mathematics and statistics, biogeochemistry, isotope geochemistry, soil science
Biological and related sciences, Health, Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Vascular Biology, Tumour Biology