University Medicine Network at UMMD: How research using data improves clinical care
Magdeburg University Medical Center presents practical research projects in the University Medicine Network (NUM) – from the digital rescue chain to infectious medicine
Data is a key raw material in modern medicine. But only when it is bundled, evaluated, and put into practice can concrete improvements for patients be achieved. This is precisely where the event “NUM@UMMD – Research Initiatives and Opportunities of the University Medicine Network at UMMD” comes in: On Tuesday, January 29, 2026, experts from clinics and research, students, and stakeholders from politics and healthcare will meet on the campus of Magdeburg University Hospital to present current research projects of the University Medicine Network (NUM) and to highlight their potential for clinical care. The Minister of Science of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, Prof. Dr. Armin Willingmann, will give a welcoming address and accompany the exchange on site.
- What: “NUM@UMMD” – Research initiatives and opportunities of the University Medicine Network at UMMD
- When: Tuesday, January 29, 2026, 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Where: Lecture Hall 7, University Medical Center Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120 Magdeburg
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Prof. Dr. Achim Kaasch, Director of the Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene at the University Medical Center Magdeburg, emphasizes:
“The NUM is a national platform that shows how we can make research faster and more effective through close cooperation in joint structures. With the NUM@UMMD event, we want to highlight what has already been achieved in Magdeburg and how this work will specifically improve healthcare for people in Saxony-Anhalt in the future.”
The focus is on practical projects that show how patient data can be used for research and care. These include, among others:
- Data platforms/infrastructures that facilitate access to data from patient care and make it available for research and quality assurance
- Use cases from intensive care and acute medicine that track the path of emergency patients and identify new ways to treat and improve treatment decisions
- Infectious disease networks that use data and biosamples to detect outbreaks early and improve care for the population
- Radiological images: New possibilities for evaluation and interpretation
In addition to specialist presentations, the event also offers a poster walk to promote professional exchange and strengthen networking between research, clinics, and health policy. The aim is to increase the visibility of the University Medicine Network, strengthen synergies between projects, and further develop practical approaches to clinical research.
University Medicine Network (NUM)
The University Medicine Network (NUM) was founded in April 2020 to coordinate clinical COVID-19 research across the entire university medical system. Since then, scientists from all 37 German university medical centers have been working together on joint platforms in interdisciplinary research projects under the umbrella of the NUM. The NUM's research projects are clinically oriented and strive to produce findings that are directly relevant to practice in order to provide better care for patients or to better manage major crises in the field of public health. To this end, the network has established specialized research infrastructures. These methodological, technical, and organizational platforms are maintained by the NUM and can be used for a wide variety of clinical research projects, for example to support data collection and data and biosample management for large, multicenter clinical trials. The NUM is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, and coordinated at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
Contact
Dr. Ute Bank, Local Staff Unit of the University Medicine Network at UMMD, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg. Tel.: +49-391-67-25296, num-loks@med.ovgu.de