Andreas Stang, MD
Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology - Boston University School of Public Health
Biography
Prof. Andreas Stang MPH born in 1965, studied Medicine and finished his MD degree in 1992 at Free University of Berlin. He worked as a clinician from 1992 through 1994. Thereafter, he studied Public Health (MPH) (focus: epidemiology and biostatistics) at Boston University with Kenneth J Rothman and Charles Poole from 1995 through 1996. He was working as an epidemiologist at University of Essen from 1996 through 2004. Prof. Stang has been certified as an experienced epidemiologist by the German Society of Epidemiology (DGEPI) in 2000. From 2004 through 2014, he was professor of clinical epidemiology at University of Halle. Since 2009, he was director of the Institute of Clinical Epidemiology at University of Halle. In 2014, Prof. Stang became Professor of Epidemiology at the Medical Faculty, University of Duisburg-Essen, University Hospital of Essen and became director of the Center of Clinical Epidemiology. He is one of the editors of the European Journal of Epidemiology. Besides teaching at the Medical School, he teaches cancer epidemiology (3-day course) at the School of Public Health at University of Düsseldorf annually. Furthermore, he teaches a 10-day course of epidemiologic methods at Berlin School of Public Health. He also teaches within the MSE program at University of Mainz. Prof. Stang has more than 170 peer-reviewed contributions (Medline) as first, co-author or last author. His major research topics are cancer epidemiology especially cancer registry epidemiology, cardiovascular epidemiology, and epidemiologic methods. Since 2012, he is adjunct professor of epidemiology at the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Boston University.
Education
- University of Cologne, MD Field of Study: Medicine
- Boston University School of Public Health, MPH Field of Study: Epidemiology/Biostatistics
Publications
- Published on 4/5/2024
Stein MJ, Fischer B, Bohmann P, Ahrens W, Berger K, Brenner H, Günther K, Harth V, Heise JK, Karch A, Klett-Tammen CJ, Koch-Gallenkamp L, Krist L, Lieb W, Meinke-Franze C, Michels KB, Mikolajczyk R, Nimptsch K, Obi N, Peters A, Pischon T, Schipf S, Schmidt B, Stang A, Thierry S, Willich SN, Wirkner K, Leitzmann MF, Sedlmeier AM. Differences in Anthropometric Measures Based on Sex, Age, and Health Status: Findings From the German National Cohort (NAKO). Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2024 Apr 05; (Forthcoming). PMID: 38377337.
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- Published on 4/3/2024
Diener HC, Grosse GM, Hüsing A, Stang A, Kuklik N, Brinkmann M, Maurer GD, Soda H, Pohlmann C, Hilker-Roggendorf R, Popovic N, Kraft P, Mackert BM, Eschenfelder CC, Weimar C. Efficacy and safety of oral factor Xa inhibitors versus vitamin-K antagonists in the early phase after acute ischemic stroke or TIA in the real-world setting: The PRODAST study. Eur Stroke J. 2024 Apr 03; 23969873241242239. PMID: 38567789.
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- Published on 4/1/2024
Al Rifai M, Al-Mallah MH, Blaha MJ, Patel J, McEvoy JW, Nasir K, Shahid I, Patel KV, Sharma G, Marrugat J, Tizon-Marcos H, Erbel R, Stang A, Jöckel KH, Lehmann N, Schramm S, Schmidt B, Blumenthal RS, Virani SS, Nambi V, Cainzos-Achirica M. Epidemiology and Prognostic Implications of Coronary Artery Calcium in Asymptomatic Individuals With Prediabetes: A Multicohort Study. Diabetes Care. 2024 Apr 01; 47(4):698-706. PMID: 38329795.
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- Published on 4/1/2024
Stolpe S, Kowall B, Werdan K, Zeymer U, Bestehorn K, Weber MA, Schneider S, Stang A. Correction: OECD indicator 'AMI 30-day mortality' is neither comparable between countries nor suitable as indicator for quality of acute care. Clin Res Cardiol. 2024 Apr; 113(4):651. PMID: 37991503.
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- Published on 3/1/2024
Kraus AL, Rabe E, Kowall B, Schuldt K, Bock E, Stang A, Jöckel KH, Pannier F. Differences in risk profile associated with varicose veins and chronic venous insufficiency - results from the Bonn Vein Study 1. Vasa. 2024 Apr; 53(2):145-154. PMID: 38426384.
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- Published on 2/5/2024
Brieger L, Schramm S, Schmidt B, Roggenbuck U, Erbel R, Stang A, Kowall B. Aggregation of type-2 diabetes, prediabetes, and metabolic syndrome in German couples. Sci Rep. 2024 Feb 05; 14(1):2984. PMID: 38316913.
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- Published on 2/5/2024
Kröger K, Heldt F, Feyen L, Feller K, Kowall B, Stang A. Oral Anticoagulation and Mortality in Cases with Intracranial Bleeding: Analysis of Nationwide Prescription and Hospitalization Data. Hamostaseologie. 2024 Feb 05. PMID: 38316418.
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- Published on 1/18/2024
Chorti E, Kowall B, Hassel JC, Schilling B, Sachse M, Gutzmer R, Loquai C, Kähler KC, Hüsing A, Gilde C, Thielmann CM, Zaremba-Montenari A, Placke JM, Gratsias E, Martaki A, Roesch A, Ugurel S, Schadendorf D, Livingstone E, Stang A, Zimmer L. Association of antibiotic treatment with survival outcomes in treatment-naïve melanoma patients receiving immune checkpoint blockade. Eur J Cancer. 2024 Mar; 200:113536. PMID: 38306840.
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- Published on 1/10/2024
Stolpe S, Kowall B, Stang A. The pitfalls of focusing on cardiovascular disease mortality to explain differences in life expectancy. Eur J Epidemiol. 2024 Mar; 39(3):335-337. PMID: 38195956.
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- Published on 1/4/2024
Stang A, Rothman KJ. Authors' Reply: Statistical inference and effect measures in abstracts of randomized trials, 1975-2021. Eur J Epidemiol. 2024 Jan 04. PMID: 38177574.
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