„Environment“ is everything that is not „us“. There are a lot of factors that determine whether what surrounds us, our habits and way of life makes us healthier and happier or makes us sick. At the InstiTUte of ENvironmental Medicine and IntEgrative Health (TUNE) we are looking for what makes us healthy and resilient, and what lets us stay that way. Prevention is our main goal.

We focus on basic research in the field of allergy, the microbiome of the skin and on easily accessible biomarkers, as indicators for example for allergies or sensitizations, or for the prediction of the severity of infections with Corona-Virus.
Outstanding scientists in the fields of Clinical Studies, Environmental Immunology, Human Exposure Science, Microbiology and Environmental Bioinformatics co-operate in our projects. We are working to improve methods of diagnosis, develop integrated and personalized strategies for prevention and therapy of chronic environmental diseases such as allergies or atopic eczema and improve people’s health within the perspective of Sustainable Health. The needs of the patients we see at the Outpatient Clinic of Environmental Health at Augsburg University Hospital are our guidance for developing our research questions and the answers we find immediately are integrated into the treatment of our patients.
We focus especially on the consequences of man-made pollution and climate change or changing environmental conditions on our health and on our options to strengthen resilience and adaptation. We work for healthy people in healthy environments.

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Feb. 5, 2025

PFAS: how to better clean soil from ‘forever chemicals’

Soil contaminated with harmful perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) is difficult to clean, a complete remediation is often not possible. To improve the remediation process, researchers at the University of Augsburg are trialling various cleaning methods. Their work is now being financially supported by the Bavarian Research Foundation.

[University of Augsburg]
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Großer, brauner Erdhügel in der Landschaft
Jan. 27, 2025

Stellenausschreibungen

Am Institut für Umweltmedizin und Integrative Gesundheit, sowie in Kooperation mit weiteren universitären Einrichtungen, sind derzeit mehrere Stellen ausgeschrieben. [Environmental Medicine]
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Zusammenarbeit
Nov. 22, 2024

„Die Mission unserer Forschung ist Prävention“

In der neuen Podcast-Folge von „UniA Research to go“ mit der Umweltmedizinerin Prof. Dr. Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann geht es um den Einfluss unserer Umwelt auf die individuelle Gesundheit und was wir tun können, um gesund zu bleiben - für Mensch und Natur.

[University of Augsburg]
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Podcast mit Prof. Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann

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