Pettenkofer School of Public Health

The Pettenkofer School of Public Health Munich (PSPH) bundles public health activities in Munich. The PSPH consists of three partners: the Medical Faculty of LMU Munich, Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU) and the Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority. This network is committed to the continuous improvement of public health research and health promotion and supports the development and transfer of new scientific methods into practice.


At the Medical Faculty of LMU Munich, the Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology has a broad methodological expertise in conducting observational studies and randomized controlled trials as well as in the further development and application of new epidemiological and statistical methods.


The Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority is the central expert authority for consumer health protection in Bavaria. As an interdisciplinary authority, the LGL performs a wide range of tasks: from risk analysis and communication, laboratory samples, scientific research projects to training for the public health service.


Helmholtz Zentrum München as part of the Helmholtz Association is the German Research Center for Environmental Health. Its research focuses on the emergence of widespread diseases in the context of environmental factors, lifestyle and individual genetic disposition and the development of new approaches for prevention, diagnosis and therapy. The HMGU focuses particularly on research on diabetes mellitus, allergies and chronic lung diseases.