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Sigrid Behr

• Department: Biometry and Data Management
• Unit: Statistical Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology

Curriculum vitae

• 1998-2004: studies mathematics/diploma, University Aachen
• 2004: diploma mathematics
• 2004-2007: statistician at Bayer HealthCare, Wuppertal
• since September 2007: BIPS: research associate

Research interests

Statistical methods in pharmacoepidemiology, in particular efficient designs for studies based on large administrative databases
Two-phase designs in pharmacoepidemiological studies

Memberships

• International Biometric Society (Deutsche Region der Internationalen Biometrischen Gesellschaft / IBS-DR)
• International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE)
• German Society for Epidemiology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Epidemiologie / DGEpi)

Current Projects

• Database study of lenalidomide (Revlimid®) in Germany: Monitoring off-label use
• Monitoring the safety of high potency opioids in patients with and without alcohol related diagnoses
• Phenprocoumon associated bleeding
• Two-phase methodology for the combined analysis of secondary data sources
• Use of population databases with double sampling for choice-based sample surveys and time-to-event data (Project in the Priority Programme on Survey Methodology)

Selected Publications

Articles with peer-review

• Behr, Sigrid; Schill, Walter; Pigeot, Iris (2012). Does additional confounder information alter the estimated risk of bleeding associated with phenprocoumon use - Results of a two-phase study. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 21 (5):535 - 545. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.3193.
• Jobski, Kathrin; Behr, Sigrid; Garbe, Edeltraut (2011). Drug interactions with phenprocoumon and the risk of serious haemorrhage: A nested case-control study in a large population-based German database. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 67 (9):941 - 951. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00228-011-1031-6.
• Behr, Sigrid; Andersohn, Frank; Garbe, Edeltraut (2010). Risk of intracerebral hemorrhage associated with phenprocoumon exposure: A nested case-control study in a large population-based German database. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 19 (7):722 - 730. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pds.1973.

Presentations at scientific meetings/conferences

• Behr, Sigrid; Schill, Walter; Pigeot, Iris (2012). Design aspects of pharmacoepidemiological two-phase studies. International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management (ICPE), 22-26 August 2012, Barcelona, Spain
• Behr, Sigrid; Schill, Walter; Pigeot, Iris (2012). Zwei-Phasen Designs zur Berücksichtigung zusätzlicher Confounder-Information in pharmakoepidemiologischen Datenbankstudien. Biometrisches Kolloquium, 13.-15. März 2012, Berlin
• Behr, Sigrid; Schill, Walter; Garbe, Edeltraut; Pigeot, Iris (2011). Missklassifikation des Zielereignisses in Datenbankstudien. "Biometrie, Epidemiologie und Informatik - Gemeinsam forschen für Gesundheit". 56. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (GMDS) und 6. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Epidemiologie (DGEpi), 26.-29. September 2011, Mainz
• Behr, Sigrid; Schill, Walter; Pigeot, Iris (2011). Does additional confounder information alter the results of a database study on the risk of bleeding associated with phenprocoumon use? 27th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management (ICPE), 14.-17. August 2011, Chicago, USA. (Abstract publiziert in: Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety. 2011;20(Suppl.1):254-255)
• Behr, Sigrid; Andersohn, Frank; Garbe, Edeltraut (2009). Risk of cerebral hemorrhage in patients treated with phenprocoumon. 4. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Epidemiologie (DGEpi), 16.-19. September 2009, Münster
• Behr, Sigrid; Andersohn, Frank; Garbe, Edeltraut (2009). Untersuchung des Blutungsrisikos unter Phenprocoumon-Behandlung anhand von Routinedaten deutscher Krankenversicherungen. 54. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (GMDS), 7.-10. September 2009, Essen. (Abstract publiziert in German Medical Science/ GMS Publishing House; 2009: DOC09gmds026)
• Behr, Sigrid (2009). Two-Phase Designs in der Pharmakoepidemiologie. 2. Frühjahrsworkshop der Arbeitsgruppe Pharmakoepidemiologie in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Epidemiologie (DGEpi) und der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (GMDS), 23.-24. April 2009, Bremen

Presentations at scientific meetings/conferences (invited)

• Behr, Sigrid; Schill, Walter; Pigeot, Iris (2010). Erinnerungsfehler in einer pharmakoepidemiologischen Studie - Vergleich von Registerdaten mit Befragungsdaten. Kolloquium "Statistische Methoden in der empirischen Forschung", Freie Universität Berlin, 16. November 2010, Berlin

Posters at scientific meetings/conferences

• Behr, Sigrid; Garbe, Edeltraut (2010). Risk of subarachnoid hemorrhage associated with outpatient anticoagulant use. 26th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management (ICPE), 19.-22. August 2010, Brighton, England
• Behr, Sigrid; Andersohn, Frank; Garbe, Edeltraut (2010). Phenprocoumon exposure and risk of intracerebral bleeding. 26th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management (ICPE), 19.-22. August 2010, Brighton, England
• Behr, Sigrid; Andersohn, Frank; Garbe, Edeltraut (2009). Treatment with phenprocoumon and the risk of upper gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage. 4. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Epidemiologie (DGEpi), 16.-19. September 2009, Münster

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