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C.1 Annex: Description of the study centers
The Medical Faculty and University Hospital are located in Halle (Saale), in the center of
Germany. With a history spanning over 300 years, it is one of the oldest medical schools in
Germany. Germany's first university hospital was founded here. All medical specialties and
subspecialties are represented. The Medical Faculty Halle is currently focusing on the main
subjects oncology/tumor biology and clinical epidemiologic care and rehabilitation research.
The Medical Faculty is part of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, which is the
largest university in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. At present, more than 18,000 students are
enrolled at the university, which encompasses over 190 courses of study in 18 faculties and
departments.
Description of the study center Halle
The city of Halle and the neighboring administrative district (Saalekreis) includes a population
of about 440,000 inhabitants. The source population comprises about 300,000 inhabitants
aged 20–69 years. In Halle 10,000 individuals will be recruited and will mainly comprise
inhabitants of the city of Halle and a subsample of the Saalekreis. The study center
is located at the inner-city campus of the University Hospitals of the University of Halle in
vicinity of IKE and IMEBI and is easily accessible by the local public transport system. The
study center will comprise rooms for investigation, interviews and preanalytical preparation
and interim storage of biosamples (in total covering about 500 m²). Furthermore, very
close to the study center, infrastructure is available for specialized examinationssuch as
MRI. Currently, the study center is being renovated, incurring costs of about 650,000 € and
funded by the state of Saxony-Anhalt. This renovation is going to be finalized by June 2011.
Table 1: Overview of participating institutions and investigators/scientists
Study center Leipzig
Table 14: Overview of participating institutions and investigators/scientists
Institution
Town
Principal investigator
Institute/department/division
e-mail
Co-principal investigator
Institute/department/division
e-mail
Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig and University Hospital
Leipzig
04103 Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Markus Löffler
Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics, and Epidemiology
markus.loeffler@imise.uni-leipzig.de
Prof. Dr. Joachim Thiery
Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry, and
Molecular Diagnostics
joachim.thiery@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
Description of the institutions responsible for establishing and operating the study
center
The University of Leipzig is the second oldest university in Germany. In its 600-year history
a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines was established, with special emphasis on the humanities,
natural sciences, and medicine. The university is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence
in research and teaching. The Medical Faculty of the University of Leipzig is one of the
oldest in Germany, tightly interwoven with the university hospitals, it offers comprehensive
diagnostics and therapy. With a central medical campus and several off-campus institutions,
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