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Tuesday, 17.06.2025

Health Study Hub and Datennexus win Post-COVID Challenge for secure and responsible use of health data

The Post-COVID Challenge, initiated by the German Federal Ministries for Economic Affairs and the Interior, has awarded first place to the Datennexus – a joint project led by the European consulting firm d-fine. The winning solution enables secure, privacy-compliant linking of patient-level data across sources within a decentralized data ecosystem. A key component of the project is the Health Study Hub, developed by NFDI4Health, which contributes a comprehensive metadata catalogue to support effective data discovery.

The jury praised the project’s technical excellence, practical applicability, and potential for broader impact in health research. With the use of a transaction-based data trustee (EuroDaT), the solution ensures data protection while enabling meaningful research. NFDI4Health’s metadata schema plays a central role in structuring and standardizing health data, making it findable and reusable across disciplines.

The Post-COVID Challenge highlights how innovative, scalable solutions can pave the way toward a sustainable and secure health data space in Germany—potentially serving as a model for other areas of medical research.

 

Further links:

Post-COVID-Data institute 
Health Study Hub 
d-fine 

 

Scientific contact:

Dr. Teresa Alberts
Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS
NFDI4Health
+49 421 218 56 781
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Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners

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The robust, well-established partnership between ZB MED and the University of Cologne covers research, teaching and the provision of information. The Scientific Director of ZB MED also holds a professorship at the Medical Faculty.

ZB MED is sponsered by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia

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The Ministry of Culture and Science of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia is sponsoring ZB MED.

Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners

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A joint professorship is just one example of the cooperation between ZB MED and the University of Bonn in the fields of research and teaching. ZB MED’s Bonn site is located on the Poppelsdorf campus.

ZB MED advocates Open Access

ZB MED promotes and supports open access to scientific research through the PUBLISSO portal and other services.

Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners

ZB MED’s cooperation with TH Köln focuses on providing qualifications in information and data science through joint professorships and other strategies.

ZB MED is a member of DataCite

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DataCite is an international not-for-profit organisation that offers services and know-how relating to the management, referencing and citation of research data.

ZB MED and Bielefeld University have signed a cooperation agreement

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The objective is to work together to provide complementary information services for the life sciences.

ZB MED advocates equality

ZB MED received the TOTAL E-QUALITY award in 2010, 2013, 2017 and 2021 for successfully implementing equality in its staffing structure and personnel policies.

ZB MED is one of over 30 partners in the LFV Open Science

The network is committed to the research and development of working methods, infrastructures, and tools of Open Science.

ZB MED is a member of DAFA.

The "Deutsche Agrarfoschungsallianz" aims to improve the performance, transparency and international visibility of German agricultural research. It is a joint project of German agricultural research.

ZB MED is committed to the principles of Libraries4Future.

Climate protection, sustainability, responsibility, social solidarity.