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With the Munich Center for Health Economics and Policy (M-CHEP), a new research network is being established in Munich to bring together academia, policy, and healthcare practice more closely. The initiative to establish the center stems primarily from the Department Health and Sport Sciences at the… [read more]

Top-level sport and science at the highest level: Svenja Pfetsch, a master's student in Health Science at the Technical University of Munich, is the new German Indoor Champion in the 200 meters. The student in the Department combines her studies with competitive sport – and, since October 2023, also… [read more]

Injuries of the lower extremities are among the most common and consequential health problems in basketball—particularly in elite youth sports. Current studies show that more than half of all injuries affect the knee. In addition, overuse injuries of the knee occur twice as often as acute traumatic… [read more]

How old are the heart, liver, and brain really? And can human aging be slowed down in a targeted manner? These are the kinds of questions addressed by the Munich Longevity Symposium, which is organized by the Associate Professorship of Exercise Biology at the Technical University of Munich. The… [read more]

How does light influence our health, well-being, and internal clock? These questions lie at the heart of a new, internationally coordinated research agenda developed by Prof. Dr. Manuel Spitschan, Head of the Assistant Professorship of Chronobiology & Health, together with other experts. The aim of… [read more]