Research

The aim of our scientific work is the optimal load management for patients and athletes. Five guiding adjectives define our interdisciplinary collaboration in disease prevention and therapy: personalized, predictive, participatory, precise and preventive. In the following you will find information on all research areas of the department.

 

MOLECULAR EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY

Molecular exercise physiology is concerned with the molecular and cellular responses to physical activity. Our focus is on the effect of physical activity on the release of circulating cell-free DNA, mitochondrial DNA, and extracellular vesicles.


Project

EPI-CARE

Förderer / Programm

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Description

Development of a rapid analytical system for quantification of cfDNA as an early prognostic marker for on-site surveillance and treatment management of epidemic infections.

Project members

Dr. Alfonso De Falco, Dr. Elmo Neuberger, Carina Daubermann
(Institute for Sport Science JGU Mainz)

Project period

05/2022 - 04/2025

Total funding

2.770.925,00 €

Funding

447.075,00 €


Project

ExerVs and Resilience

Programm

Mainz Research Center for Mental Health MZPG

Description

In this project, extracellular vesicles and other systemic factors released into the blood during physical activity will be investigated for their resilience-promoting properties in a web-based randomized controlled sports intervention trial.

Project members

Dr. Alexandra Brahmer
(Institute for Sport Science JGU Mainz)

Project period

11/2021 – 06/2023


Project

RescueSeps

Programm

Ministry of Economy, Transport, Landscape and Viticulture

Description

Development of a system for the early detection of sepsis using isothermal amplification.

Project members

Dr. Alfonso de Falco
(Institute for Sport Science JGU Mainz)

Project period

05/2021 - 10/2022

Total funding

1.181.756,00 €

SMART-DATA PHYSICAL EXERCISE SUPPORT

Smart Data physical exercise support enables an adequate care for individuals with chronic internal diseases. Thereby, wearables, computer software and AI-algorithms are developed and applied to support decisions of sports scientists and physicians based on a big data base, efficient feedback loops and data security. This approach especially enables access to in-person therapy due to the reduction of logistical and financial barriers.

Project

PCS-TER

Program

Employer's Liability Insurance Association for Health Services and Welfare (BGW)

Description

The goal is to provide digital, adequate, multimodal therapy to people with Post-Covid 19 diagnosis to restore normal daily life and performance/ability to work.

Project members

Aleksandar Tomaskovic, Vincent Weber, Dr. Lisa Reithmann & David Ochmann
(Institut für Sportwissenschaft JGU Mainz)

Project period

07/2023 - 06/2024

Total funding

158.400,00 €

Links

DRKS


Project

RELEVIUM

Program

HORIZON-AG

Description

The goal of the project is to improve the quality of life of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. With the help of wearable sensors and artificial intelligence, advanced pain and cachexia management, empowerment, personalized nutrition and physical activity will be enabled.

Project members

Barlo Hillen, Lisa Schwab, Vincent Weber
(Institut für Sportwissenschaft JGU Mainz)

Project period

09/2022 - 08/2026

Total funding

5.997.312,50 €

Funding

500.000,00 €

Links

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Project

DECIDE

Program

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Description

The goal of the interdisciplinary DECIDE project is to create a more efficient, digitally networked healthcare system to improve medical care and the quality of treatment.

Project members

Dr. Alexandra Brahmer, Barlo Hillen, Kira Enders
(Institut für Sportwissenschaft JGU Mainz)

Project period

10/2021 - 09/2025

Total funding

5.470.000 €

Links

Homepage

ATHLETE LOAD MANAGEMENT

Appropriate load management is necessary to prevent injury and maximize performance. The main focus of our project is to develop objective monitoring tools to assess the external load as well as the physiological responses of the athletes.

Project

RB Science PLUS

Program

University of Salzburg

Description

Circulating cell-free DNA as an innovative tool to improve load management in athletes.

Project members

Dr. Nils Haller, Aleksandar Tomaskovic
(Institut für Sportwissenschaft JGU Mainz)

Project period

2020 - 2023

HEALTH PROMOTION IN LIVING ENVIRONMENTS

The goal of this research area is to create supportive environments that promote health and well-being. We seek to apply preventive health interventions in different sectors of society to achieve holistic health promotion at all levels.

Project

HEALTHY CAMPUS MAINZ

Program

Barmer GEK

Description

The project goal is to gather scientific evidence on prevention and health promotion among students to develop evidence-based interventions for health maintenance and health promotion.

Project members

Lisa Schwab
(Institut für Sportwissenschaft JGU Mainz)

Project period

07/2018 - 06/2023

Total funding

1.500.000,00 €

Funding

160.750,00 €

Links

Homepage | Twitter | Abschlussbericht

INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY

In sports science, infrared thermography could be applied as a non-invasive multi diagnostic tool. Accordingly, we aim to examine the applicability of infrared thermography in exercise physiology and enabled automated time series analysis of thermographic data for the first time.

Project

InnoSpoMed

Program

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) / Central Innovation Program for SMEs (ZIM)

Description

Innovative sports medical performance diagnostics is based on a novel evaluation of thermograms applying deep neural networks and the analytical comparison to classical parameters of sports medical performance diagnostics.

Project members

Barlo Hillen
(Institut für Sportwissenschaft JGU Mainz)

Project period

06/2019 - 05/2022

Total funding

500.000,00 €

Funding

154.280,00 €

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