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The third funding phase of the Network University Medicine (NUM) started on July 1, 2025. Leipzig University Medicine is involved in a total of 13 projects - with a focus on emergency care, infection medicine and pandemic management, among others. The aim of the network, which was founded in 2020, is to create a common nationwide data space across all university hospitals through clinical research and infrastructure projects. With the continuation of funding from the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), the NUM can further develop this work.
Leipzig University Medicine has been part of the NUM since the first funding phase from 2020 to 2022. The aim of the cross-location collaboration in the network is to research diseases in an even more targeted manner and, in particular, to establish structures that better prepare the German healthcare system for future pandemics and crises. For example, the AKTIN project at Leipzig University Hospital established an emergency admission register, which is now being continued in the third funding phase.
Research and infrastructure projects are being further developed for better care
In order to build on the results of the previous funding phases, a total of seven infrastructure projects have been continued or newly established since July 2025. In addition, six new research projects - including in the fields of oncology, radiology and stroke medicine - are currently in the application phase. The projects are expected to start in February 2026. In the infrastructure projects, central platforms are being developed and expanded in order to record, store and make available treatment data and biosamples in a structured manner across all locations. The research projects based on this use these infrastructures and test their applicability based on specific clinical issues.
Leipzig University Medicine is currently involved in the following seven infrastructure projects:
Project Duration Topic
AKTIN André Gries,
Medical Director Central Emergency Department 01.01.2022 -30.06.2030 Decentralized collection and provision of data from emergency care in an emergency admission register
LokS - Local Staff Unit Dr. Matthias Nüchter, Head of LIFE Management Cluster 01.01.2022 -30.06.2030 Coordination of local projects in the NUM network
Infections specialist network in the NUM study network Christoph Lübbert, Head of Infectious Diseases Clinical Unit
PD Dr. Corinna Pietsch, Senior Physician, Department of Virology 01.07.2025 - 30.06.2030 Support for clinical-epidemiological studies in the field of infection medicine
NUM-DIZ Dr. Thomas Wendt,
Head of Data Integration Center 01.01.2023 -31.12.2027 Cross-site provision, integration and analysis of data from routine clinical care
NUM study network
Christoph Lübbert, Head of the Infectious Diseases Clinical Unit
PD Dr. Corinna Pietsch, Senior Physician, Department of Virology
01.07.2024 - 31.12.2026 Development of supporting structures for clinical-epidemiological studiesRACOON Timm Denecke,
Director Clinic and Polyclinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology 01.01.2022 -30.06.2030 Provision of an efficient infrastructure for image-based medical research
Dr. Falk Fichtner,
Senior Physician Clinic and Polyclinic for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy
(PD Dr. Sven Laudi, Senior Physician Clinic and Polyclinic for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy)
About the University Medicine Network:
The NUM was established in 2020 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic to pool decentralized research approaches and develop joint strategies. Since then, the 37 German university hospitals have been working closely together in the network to enable cross-site, interdisciplinary research - even beyond Covid-19. The research and infrastructure projects at the university hospitals are managed and coordinated by the local NUM staff units (LokS). At Leipzig University Medicine, LokS is based at the LIFE Management Cluster of the Faculty of Medicine.
The NUM is funded by the BMFTR until December 31, 2030. The central coordination is at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Find out more about the NUM projects at Leipzig University Medicine here.
Leipzig involved in seven research projects on COVID-19 in the University Medicine Network
15.10.2020
