The risks of risk-based cancer screening: Are we underestimating its complexity?
We are excited to invite you to our seventh upcoming Scientific Webinar titled "The risks of risk-based cancer screening: Are we underestimating its complexity?" which will be held on 19 November 2026 at 12:00 (CET). This webinar is part of the Cancer Prevention Europe Early Career Network Scientific Webinar Series, designed to explore the latest developments in cancer prevention across Europe through a series of talks specifically targeted to public health researchers and professionals.
For this webinar, we are honoured to welcome Dr Ulrike Haug, who is a professor at the University of Bremen, Deputy Scientific Director of the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology (BIPS), and Head of its Clinical Epidemiology Department.
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Dr Ulrike Haug is a professor at the University of Bremen, Deputy Scientific Director of the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology (BIPS), and Head of its Clinical Epidemiology Department.
She has extensive expertise in research on cancer screening and has conducted multiple types of studies in this field, including target trial emulations to evaluate the German breast and colorectal cancer screening program. She is currently leading three major projects on risk-based cancer screening, with a particular focus on the methodological aspects of this topic. She is a member of national and international committees in the field of cancer prevention and screening, e.g. of the National Decade Against Cancer, the National Cancer Plan and the World Endoscopy Organization.