NAKO Gesundheitsstudie (German National Cohort)

Lass mal checken: In Deutschland erkranken jährlich mehr als 500.000 Personen an Krebs. Die Deutsche Krebshilfe, das DKFZ und die @krebsgesellschaft.bsky.social starten daher mit der Nationalen Krebspräventionswoche 2026 eine Früherkennungsoffensive am Arbeitsplatz. t1p.de/xzhw2

NAKO publication: People who experienced childhood trauma such as abuse or neglect were about twice as likely to develop depression in adulthood. 📊 Analysis of reasearchers from Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH). 👉 Read more: nako.de/en/press-rel...

🎉 A major milestone for the German National Cohort (NAKO): 1,000 use and access applications! Each one represents a new research project—and a chance to advance tomorrow’s health research using NAKO data and biosamples. 👉 Apply via the NAKO TransferHub: nako.de/transferhub

🎬 Impressions from the first International NAKO Conference. Relive the atmosphere of the NAKO Conference (3–4 September 2026, @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social). More: www.nako.de/conference Thank you to all – watch the video and join us in continuing this dialogue! 👉 youtu.be/JmhzuD82yHs

We warmly invite you to the NAKO session on 30 September at the DEGAM Congress 2026 in Göttingen! 👉 Topic: Social determinants of health in the German National Cohort (NAKO): Insights into socioeconomic, occupational and gender-related influences on health 🌐 nako.de/en/latest-ne...

Part of the Young NAKO Graduate Programme or an early-career researcher working with NAKO data at one of the 26 member institutions? 👇 Workshop “Modern Data Analysis Concepts in Population-Based Epidemiology” 02.-06.11.2026, Münster Register: youngnako.grad@uni-muenster.de nako.de/en/latest-ne...

Thank you for the great interest in the International NAKO Conference — on-site registration is now closed 🔒. 👉 Waiting list: 📧 conference@nako.de 🔄 If your plans changed: 📧 conference@nako.de Registration live stream: lnkd.in/e4gs_2z9 💻 Full programme and more: nako.de/en/conferenc...

Get guidance on NAKO data and biosamples, data use applications and specific data requests. 👉 Book your consultation here: nako.de/en/research/... 📅 Appointments are available every Wednesday and Friday between 9:00 and 14:00 (CET) and take place online #ResearchSupport #NAKOGesundheitsstudie

NAKO researchers @uniklinik-fr.bsky.social suggests possible number of undiagnosed kidney conditions: some participants showed abnormal kidney function or damage markers. Results point to potential gaps in early detection and follow-up. #KidneyHealth #PublicHealth 👉 nako.de/en/press-rel...

🎉 The full program for the International NAKO Conference 2026 is now online! Join us September 3–4, 2026 at Helmholtz Munich, Congress Centre for "Health Trajectories in a Rapidly Changing World" 🌍 🌐 nako.de/en/conferenc...

New paper in Alzheimer’s & Dementia (NAKO, ~150k): Higher LIBRA scores link to lower #cognition already in young adults; clear socioeconomic gradient. #Dementia #riskreduction should start early and address social conditions. 🖇️ doi.org/10.1002/alz.... @unileipzig.bsky.social @nako.de #brainhealth

New NAKO study: In over 54,000 older adults, potentially inappropriate, under‑ and over‑prescribing are common—highlighting challenges in optimizing medication use in ageing populations. nako.de/en/latest-ne...

🎉 The abstract call for the International NAKO Conference (3–4 Sept 2026, Munich) is now closed – thank you for all submissions! 🙌 🔍 Reviews are underway, notifications by end of May 🌍 International cohort studies can still submit until 1 June 📝 Register now and join us: nako.de/en/conferenc...

🤩 Congratulations to Elena Grune, researcher at the @uni-freiburg.de Freiburg and @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social , on receiving the Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award from the American Heart Association in Boston for the best abstract from Germany! 🌟 🌐 nako.de/en/latest-ne...

Winter School 2026 YoungNAKO Graduate Programme❄️ A week full of research, exchange & inspiration! Young scientists explored data collection & analysis in NAKO 🦙✨ 🌐 Full article nako.de:https://nako.de/en/latest-news/youngnako-winter-school-2026-a-week-full-of-research-exchange-and-inspiration/

How do air pollution, temperature 🌡️ and greenness 🍃 affect our health? @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social PhD student Asmaa uses NAKO data to study how long-term environmental exposures shape risks for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. 🔗 Read more: nako.de/en/latest-ne... @clinicalepi.de #YoungNAKO

Up to USD 900,000 from Breakthrough T1D will fund #HelmholtzMunich research on early-stage type 1 diabetes in adults. Using data from 75,000 participants in #NAKO and Babydiab/Babydiet, the team aims to develop adult T1D screening. 👉 t1p.de/2v9je @breakthrought1duk.bsky.social

🤩Open Call: NAKO e.V. is calling on researchers to submit research projects for the entire serum sample set from NAKO first examination. 👉 nako.de/en/latest-ne...

Mental health during pandemic: A recent analysis of NAKO shows that while the majority of NAKO participants kept their mental health stable during the years of the COVID-19 pandemic, depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms and stress increased until 2022. 👉 Read more: nako.de/en/press-rel...

📣 Submit your abstract and register now: International NAKO Conference 2026 in Munich. The event organised by NAKO e.V. combines the latest findings from the German National Cohort (NAKO) with other cohort studies worldwide. 👉 www.nako.de/conference2026

Das BMFTR stellt im Rahmen der Nationalen Dekade gegen Postinfektiöse Erkrankungen etwa 500 Mio. Euro für die Forschung zur Verfügung. Als Teil der @nako.de führt das HZI Genomsequenzierungen durch, um neue Perspektiven auf die Krankheitsentstehung zu eröffnen. www.helmholtz-hzi.de/media-center...

Infections leave traces – we want to understand them. NAKO contributes its scientific expertise to the National Decade Against Post-Infectious Diseases initiated by the BMFTR. Dorothee Bär launched the National Decade on 30 January 2026. 📸 ©️BMFTR/Hans-Joachim Rickel 👉 nako.de/en/press-rel...

Happy to share this: we confirmed a significant link between smoking and depression using data from the @nako.de. Our analysis of over 170,000 participants shows that both current and former smokers face a higher lifetime risk of depression. #MentalHealth #ResearchNews #PublicHealth

🎉 Submission Deadline Extended – HMC Conference 2026 Good news! To give our community a little more time, we are extending the submission deadline for abstracts and pre-conference workshops to 🗓 31 January 2026 ➡️ events.geomar.de/event/884 #HMCConference2026 #HMC2026 @opensciencenl.bsky.social

Scientists showed that depression was more common among current and former smokers than among never-smokers over the course of their lifetime. In addition, a dose-response relationship was observed. 👉 nako.de/en/press-rel...

🌍🚴‍♂️ Lukas Oberwinster, PhD student in environmental epidemiology at @hhu.de and #YoungNAKO, studies how air pollution on cycle paths affects health — key for prevention, urban planning and environmental policy. @clinicalepi.de Read full interview 👇 🔗 nako.de/en/latest-ne...

▶️ 𝐍𝐀𝐊𝐎 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬: Oral health is an important part of general health. 🦷 The expert group 'Dental and oral diseases’ is investigating how oral diseases develop and which risk factors play a role. 🌐 More: nako.de/en/research/... All NAKO Expert Groups: www.nako.de/expertgroups

🫵 Apply now for the YoungNAKO Graduate Programme starting in May 2026 – supporting early-career researchers in epidemiology. The application phase for the second cohort is open! 🌐 More: nako.de/en/latest-ne... @clinicalepi.de

👉 In Nov.2025, the Ethics Advisory Board of NAKO e.V. said farewell to Professor Dr Jochen Taupitz from the University of Mannheim after many years of dedicated service on the board. 🙏 Professor Dr Ruth Horn joined the six-member Board in April 2025. Welcome! 🤗 🌐 nako.de/en/latest-ne...

Proud to share the newest Faces of YoungNAKO story, showcasing perspectives from Sehajpreet Gill from YoungNAKO @clinicalepi.de. Young researchers continue to bring energy and new ideas to population health research. #YoungNAKO #BIPS #Epidemiology #Radiation #PublicHealth nako.de/en/latest-ne...

Join the German National Cohort (NAKO) Central Office in Heidelberg! We’re hiring: 🔸Project Officer – Scientific Project Management 🔸Project Manager – Research Data Management Flexible work, interdisciplinary team, and make an impact in health research! Apply: nako.de/jobs💙 #Job #HealthResearch

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With the YoungNAKO programme, NAKO e.V. supports early-career researchers in the field of epidemiology. 👉The application phase for the second cohort of the YoungNAKO Graduate Programme has now begun! 🙏 Management and Coordination: @clinicalepi.de 🌐 Find out more: nako.de/en/latest-ne...

Third examination update: By October 2025, ⭐️35,156 participants had taken part in the third round of examinations – across Germany, in 18 NAKO study centres! 💪 ⭐️5,394 participants received an MRI scan in addition to the regular NAKO programme. 👉 More: nako.de/en/

#Podcast-Tipp: In der aktuellen Folge des BR-Podcasts „IQ – Wissenschaft und Forschung“ sprechen die #HelmholtzMunich Forscherinnen Prof. Magdalena Götz und Prof. Annette Peters über das wissenschaftliche Verständnis von #Longevity. 🎧Jetzt anhören: t1p.de/na4hp @brkommunikation.bsky.social

📣 Open Call: At the start of the pilot for a Trusted Research Environment (TRE), NAKO e.V. is inviting research companies to submit applications for the use of NAKO data for scientific purposes. Apply now: www.nako.de/transferhub ▶️ More: nako.de/en/latest-ne...

NAKO is a powerful database to support your research. We make data and biosamples from 205,000 participants available to registered users for approved research initiatives in accordance with the Use and Access Policy. 👉 Apply for access: www.nako.de/research

▶️ 𝐍𝐀𝐊𝐎 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬: The expert group "Lifestyle, nutrition" observes and analyses the participants’ diet from an epidemiological perspective to identify or confirm dietary patterns and correlations with diet-related diseases. 🌐 More details: nako.de/en/research/...

⭐Save the Date⭐ We are pleased to announce the date of the upcoming International NAKO Conference on September 3rd and 4th 2026 in Munich. See you there 💚 👉 nako.de/en/conferenc...

▶️ 𝐍𝐀𝐊𝐎 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬: The newly established "Football" expert group is focussing on the health of footballers.The work of the experts is based on the SoccHealth study with a total of 348 former professional footballers who took part in the NAKO programme. 🌐 More details: nako.de/en/research/...

An international research team has investigated the physical activity behaviour of study participants from Berlin’s inner-city areas and Singapore. The result: the participants in Singapore were more physically active than those in Berlin. 🌐Read more: nako.de/pressemittei...

📣 Attention, early birds! The early bird discount for #DGEpi2025 is ending soon! Register now and save! Deadline: 07/31/2025 #EarlyBirdDiscount @gmds-ev.bsky.social @rki.de @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social @pei.de @bnitm.bsky.social @dkfz.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de @nako.de

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📣 Scientists from Germany and abroad can now apply for data from the baseline and additional from the first re-examination, the 5-year follow-up. The data from two different time points enables research projects to study development of diseases and the underlying causes. 🌐 nako.de/en/press-rel...

▶️ 𝐍𝐀𝐊𝐎 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬: The German National Cohort (NAKO) provides an extensive database of imaging and non-imaging information that can be used for research in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). 🌐 More details about of the expert group "Artificial Intelligence": nako.de/en/research/...

What makes us sick – and what keeps us healthy? Long-term studies like @nako.de and the Rheinland Study help @helmholtz.de researchers uncover risk factors for chronic disease and promote prevention. The #mdcBerlin proudly contributes to this effort. 🔗 www.helmholtz.de/en/about-us/... #Helmholtz30

The analysis of MRI data from approximately 30,000 participants in the German National Cohort (NAKO) showed that a higher proportion of adipose tissue in the back muscles and lower muscle mass were associated with chronic back pain. @tum.de 🌐More: nako.de/en/press-rel...

New NAKO-Publication: The exposure to road traffic noise was associated with higher volumes of adipose tissue in the body, which could also increase the risk of associated diseases. 🌐 Find out more: nako.de/en/press-rel...

Scientists have investigated potential risk factors for multiple sclerosis (MS) in childhood and adolescence. Their analysis shows that e.g. frequent infections in childhood and low physical activity might be associated with an increased risk of MS. 🌐 nako.de/en/press-rel...

▶️ 𝐍𝐀𝐊𝐎 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬: Neurological and psychiatric diseases form an important part of the NAKO examination programme. 🌐 More details about aims of the expert group "Neurological and psychiatric diseases" and results: nako.de/en/research/...