• Since 07/2011: Scientist, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg 
• 07/2008 - 12/2013: Scientific supervision of the Master’s programme "Medical Biometry/Biostatistics", Institute of Medical Biometry, University of Heidelberg
• 10/2008 – 06/2013: Postgraduate programme GrK 793 "Epidemiology of communicable and chronic,     non-communicable diseases and their interrelationships", Heidelberg University (Dr. sc. hum.; awarded with distinc-tion)
• 04/2004 - 07/2008: Scientist, Institute of Medical Biometry, University of Heidelberg 
• SS 1999 – SS 2004: Undergraduate training in Medical Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Germany; Dipl. Inform. Med. (awarded with distinction)
• WS 1998 – SS 1999: Postgraduate programme in Environmental Sciences, University of Lüneburg, Germany (incomplete)
• WS 1993 – SS 1997: Under- and postgraduate programme in Process Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Germany (incomplete)
   

Projects & Grants

• 07/2023 – 06/2029: Enhanced and sustainable containment of the non-communicable disease epidemic in Zambia through evidence-based service integration (CoNoCo); role: PI, project manager; funder: Else Kröner-Fresenius Stiftung (EKFS)
• 01/2022 – 12/2023: Implementation of the course “advanced epidemiology and biostatistics teaching for medical doctoral students” at the Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg; role: PI; funder: Medical Faculty/University of Heidelberg
• 10/2021 – 12/2021: SARS-CoV-2 project ideas competition: conduct of a survey on the mental health consequences of COVID-19 in Zambia; role: PI, project manager; funder: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
• 04/2021-12/2022: Competence network prevention medicine Baden-Württemberg; role: PI; funder: the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• 07/2020-06/2022: Prolongation of the doctoral study programme “Global Health” at the Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg; role: co-PI; funder: Else Kröner-Fresenius Stiftung (EKFS)
• 10/2020 – 12/2020: SARS-CoV-2 project ideas competition: conduct of a SARS-CoV-2 knowledge, attitudes and practices study in Zambia together with CHRESO University and the Zambian Youth Platform; role: PI, project manager; funder: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
• 09/2020 – 06/2021: Project on testing four SARS-CoV-2 surveillance strategies in a randomized trial with a two-factorial design within the nationwide COVID-19 research network “Applied Surveillance and Testing” (B-FAST; embedded in the German University Medicine’s Network); role: PI, project lead; funder: BMBF/DLR
• 01/2020 – 12/2023: Addressing the health challenges in the Copperbelt, Zambia and enhancing the teaching collaboration with Malawi; grant ID 57513615; role: PI, project manager; funder: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
• 06/2018 – 06/2020: Doctoral study programme “Global Health” at the Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg; role: co-PI; funder: Else Kröner-Fresenius Stiftung (EKFS)
• 10/2017 – 12/2020: Zambian and Malawian capacity strengthening in comprehensive evidence-based models of healthcare through continuous medical education for HIV and non-communicable disease integration (ZaMaC); grant ID 2017_HA61; role: PI, project manager; funder: Else Kröner-Fresenius Stiftung (EKFS)
• 05/2016 – 12/2019: Stabilising, consolidating, and extending the teaching collaboration between Lusaka, Heidelberg, and Lilongwe; grant ID 111232; role: PI, project manager; funder: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
• 01/2017 – 12/2020: Project to improve quality of teaching at the Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg: module epidemiology and biostatistics; role: co-PI; funder: Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg, funding line medicine
• 07/2015 – 09/2015: Quality assurance in university studies and teaching: development of a curriculum for advanced epidemiology and biostatistics teaching for medical doctoral students at the Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg; role: co-PI; Medical Faculty/University of Heidelberg
• 03/2014 – 04/2016: Improving renal care for HIV patients and prevention of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) in Zambia by understanding the epidemiology of CKD and by building capacity of  health workers; grant ID 2013_A84; role: co-PI; funder: Else Kröner-Fresenius Stiftung (EKFS)
• 10/2010 – 05/2014: Herz-Kreislauf-Krankheiten und Diabetes bei Aussiedlern: Kohortenstudie zur Identifizierung von Risikofaktoren und Erklärung spezieller Mortalitätsmuster; grant ID BE 2056/9-1, ME 3199/2-1; role: co-PI; investigator; funder: German Research Foundation (DFG)

Other scientific projects & initiatives

• Lead supervisor and facilitator for the development of a Master’s program module on non-communicable disease within the EU funded program “Building Academic Capacity in Global Health in the Eastern Europe - Central Asia Region (BACE)” (2022-2023)
• Project “Identifying awareness, practices and improving the awareness of general practitioners, patients and farmers on antimicrobial resistance problems”, Tashkent Institute of Postgraduate Medical Ed-ucation, Uzbekistan: support in study design and implementation, trainings in and contribution to data analyses and publication (since 2021)
• GIZ Post Ebola Health System Strengthening Project - Strengthening the health systems research capacity of Tubman University in Harper, Liberia (2019-2023)
   

Publications

Non-communicable disease:

• Shiroya V, Shawa N, Matanje B, Haloka J, Safary E, Nkhweliwa C, Mueller O, Phiri S, Neuhann F, Deckert A. Reorienting primary health care services for non-communicable diseases: a comparative preparedness assessment of two healthcare networks in Malawi and Zambia. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021. 18, 5044. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18095044
• Schnieders E, Ünal E, Winkler V, Dambach P, Louis V, Horstick O, Neuhann F, Deckert A. Performance of alternative COPD case-finding tools: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Europ Resp Rev 2021. 30:200350; DOI: 10.1183/16000617.0350-2020
• Al Ssabbagh M, Geldsetzer P, Bärnighausen T, Deckert A. The relationship between adult height and diabe-tes in India: a countrywide cross-sectional study. J Diabetes 2019; DOI: doi.org/10.1111/1753-0407.12977
  Shiroya V, Neuhann F, Müller O, Deckert A. Challenges in policy reforms for non-communicable diseases: the case of diabetes in Kenya. Global Health Action 2019;12:1; DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2019.1611243
• Deckert A, Neuhann F, Klose C, Bruckner T, Beiersmann C, Haloka J, Nsofwa M, Banda G, Brune M, Reutter H, Rothenbacher D, Zeier M: Assessment of renal function in routine care of people living with HIV on ART in a resource-limited setting in urban Zambia. PLoS ONE 2017; 12(9):e0184766. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184766
• Deckert A, Glaser N, Phiri S, Rothenbacher D, Neuhann F: Comparison of various equations for estimating GFR in Malawi: How to determine renal function in resource limited settings? PLoS ONE  2015 Jun 17;10(6):e0130453. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130453
• Deckert A: The existence of standard-biased mortality ratios due to death certificate misclassification - a simulation study based on a true story. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2016;16(1):8.
  doi: 10.1186/s12874-016-0112-8.
• Shiroya V, Neuhann F, Müller O, Deckert A. Challenges in policy reforms for non-communicable diseases: the case of diabetes in Kenya. Global Health Action 2019;12:1; doi: 10.1080/16549716.2019.1611243
• Teufel F, Geldsetzer P, Manne-Goehler J, Karlsson O, Koncz V, Deckert A, Theilmann M, Marcus ME, Ebert C, Agoudavi K, Andall-Brereton G, Gathecha G, Gurung MS, Guwatudde D, Houehanou C, Hwalla N, Kagaruki GB, Karki KB, Labadarios D, Martins JS, Msaidie M, Norov B, Sibai AM, Sturua L, Tsabedze L, Wesseh CS, Davies J, Atun R, Vollmer S, Subramanian SV, Bärnighausen T, Jaacks LM, De Neve JW. Analysis of attained height and diabetes among 554,122 adults across 25 low- and middle-income countries. Diabetes Care. 2020. 43(10), 2403-2410
• Rezende Faria TMT, Brenner S, Deckert A, Florindo AA, Mielke GI. Health academy program and physical ac-tivity levels in Brazilian state capitals. Revista Brasileria de Atividade Física & Saude. 2020; 25:e0133
• Safary E, Mwandeti M, Mwagomba B, Beiersmann C, Mtaita C, Shiroya V, Winkler V, Deckert A, Kumar P, Phiri S, Neuhann F. Role of community health volunteers in diagnosis and monitoring of hypertension in Malawi: a qualitative observational study. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 21, 361 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-021-02171-7
• Agbaria N, Petzold S, Deckert A, Henschke N, Veronese G, Dambach P, Jaenisch T, Horstick O, Winkler V. Preva-lence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among Palestinian children and adolescents exposed to political violence: A Systematic Review. Plos ONE 2021; 16(8), e0256426. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256426
• Mahanani MR, Abderbwih E, Wendt AS, Deckert A, Antia K, Horstick O, Dambach P, Kohler S, Winkler V. Long-term outcomes of in utero Ramadan exposure: a systematic literature review. Nutrients 2021; 13, 4511. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13124511
• Rosas CA, Tercan E, Horstick O, Igboegwu E, Dambach P, Louis VR, Winkler V, Deckert A. Prevalence of anemia among indigenous children in Latin America: a systematic review. Rev Saude Publica. 2022;56:xx. https://doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2022056004360
• Abderbwih E, Mahanani MR, Deckert A, Antia K, Agbaria N, Dambach P, Kohler S, Horstick O, Winkler V, Wendt AS. The impact of school-based nutrition interventions on parents and other family members: a sys-tematic literature review. Nutrients 2022. 14(12), 2399; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14122399
• Gnugesser E, Chwila C, Brenner S, Deckert A, Dambach P, Steinert JI, Baernighausen T, Horstick O, Antia K, Louis V. The economic burden of treating uncomplicated hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Literature Review. BMC Public Health 2022. 22, 1507; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13877-4
• Tanoey J, Bächle C, Brenner H, Deckert A, Fricke J, Gunther K, Karch A, Keil T, Kluttig A, Leitzmann M, Mikolajczyk R, Obi N, Pischon T, Schikowski T, Schipf S, Schulze MB, Sedlmeier A, Velásquez IM, Weber KS, Völzke H, Ahrens W, Gastell S, Holleczek B, Jöckel KH, Katzke V, Lieb W, Michels KB, Schmidt B, Teismann H, Becher H. Birth-order, Caesarean section, or daycare attendance in relation to child- and adult-onset type 1 diabetes: results from the German National Cohort. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022. 9, 10880. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710880
• Kurtz M, Kawka H, Horstick O, Brenner S, Deckert A, Louis VR, Winkler V, Lowery Wilson M, Bärnighausen T, Dambach P. The prevalence of emotional abuse in children living in Sub-Saharan Africa – A systematic review. Child Abuse Negl 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106155
• Vonneilich N, Becher H, Bohn B, Brandes B, Castell S, Deckert A, Dragano N, Franzke CW, Führer A, Gastell S, Greiser H, Keil T, Klett-Tammen C, Koch-Gallenkamp L, Krist L, Leitzmann M, Meinke-Franze C, Mikolajczyk R, Moreno Velasquez I, Obi N, Peters A, Pischon T, Reuter M, Schikowski T, Schmidt B, Schulze M, Sergeev D, Stang A, Völzke H, Wiessner C, Zeeb H, Lüdecke D, von dem Knesebeck O. Associations of migration, socio-economic position, and social relations and migration with depressive symptoms - Analyses of the German National Cohort (NAKO) baseline data. Int. J. Public Health 2023. https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2023.1606097
• Noormal AS, Winkler V, Bhusari S, Horstick O, Louis V, Deckert A, Antia K, Wasko Z, Rai P, Mocruha A, Dam-bach P. Prevalence of major non-communicable diseases and their associated risk factors in Afghanistan: A Systematic Review and meta-analysis. Ther Adv Chronic Dis 2024. 15:1–21. doi: 10.1177/20406223241229850
• Deckert A, Runge-Ranzinger S, Banaschewski T, Horstick O, Elwishahy A, Olarte-Peña M, Faber C, Müller T, Brugnara L, Thom J, Mauz E, Peitz D. Mental health indicators for children and adolescents in OECD coun-tries: a scoping review. Front Public Health 2024. 11:1303133. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1303133

Infectious Disease: 

• Deckert A, Anders S, Morales I, De Allegri M, Nguyen HT, Souares A, McMahon S, Meurer M, Burk R, Lou D, Brugnara L, Sand M, Koeppel L, Hein LM, Roß T, Adler T, Brenner S, Dyer C, Herbst K, Ovchinnikova S, Marx M, Schnitzler P, Knop M, Bärnighausen T, Denkinger CM. Two-factor factorial randomized multi-arm parallel controlled trial of four SARS-CoV-2 surveillance strategies in representative population sample points. JPHS 2023. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/44204
• Lou D, Meurer M, Ovchinnikova S, Burk R, Denzler A, Herbst K, Papaioannou IA, Duan Y, Jacobs ML, Witte V, Ürge D, Kirrmaier D, Krogemann M, Gubicza K, Boerner K, Bundschuh C, Weidner NM, Merle U, Knorr B, Welker A, Denkinger CM, Schnitzler P, Kräusslich HG, Thi VLD, Deckert A, Anders S, Knop M. Scalable RT-LAMP-based SARS-CoV-2 testing for infection surveillance in pandemic preparedness. EMBO Reports 2023. e57162; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15252/embr.202357162
• Nguyen HT, Denkinger CM, Brenner S, Koeppel L, Brugnara L, Burk R, Knop M, Bärnighausen T, Deckert A, De Allegri M. Cost and cost-effectiveness of four different SARS-CoV-2 active surveillance strategies: Evidence from a randomised control trial in Germany. Eur J Health Econ 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-022-01561-8
• Röhr F, Uellner F, Deckert A, Anders S, Burk R, Knop M, Brugnara L, Bärnighausen T, Jahn A, McMahon S, Souares A. From Disgusting and Complicated to Simple and Brilliant: Implementation Perspectives and Lessons Learned from Users and Rejectors of Mail-in SARS-CoV-2 Gargle Tests. Front 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1024525
• Uellner F, Röhr F, Denkinger C, Bärnighausen T, Deckert A, Souares A, McMahon SA. Kopfkino: phases of quarantine among asymptomatic SARS-COV-2 carriers in Germany. Qual Health Res 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100070.
• Deckert A, Anders S, De Allegri M, Thi Nguyen HT, Souares A, McMahon S, Meurer M, Burk R, Sand M, Koeppel L, Maier-Hein L, Roß T, Adler T, Siems T, Brugnara L, Brenner S, Herbst K, Kirrmaier D, Duan Y, Ovchinnikova S, Boerner K, Marx M, Kräusslich HG, Knop M, Bärnighausen T, Denkinger C. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of four different strategies for SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in the general population (CoV-Surv Study): study protocol for a two-factorial randomized controlled multi-arm trial with cluster sampling. Trials. 2021;22(1):20–3. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05619-5
• Deckert A, Brown Wilson J, Shah-Rohlfs R, Nana Adjei Kyei N, Copeland-Dahn L, Doe-Rogers R, Bowuo Hinneh A, Wortee Johnson L, Dweh Natt G, Augustus Verdier J, Vosper A, R. Louis V, Dambach P, Thomas-Connor I. COVID-19-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices: A mixed-mode cross-sectional survey in Liberia. BMJ Open 2021;11:e049494. DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049494
• Deckert A, Bärnighausen T & Kyei N. Simulation of pooled-sample analysis strategies for COVID-19 mass testing. Bull World Health Organ. 2020; 98(9):590-598; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.20.257188
• Moazen B, Deckert A, Moghaddam SS, Shokoohi M, Noori A, Lotfizadeh M, Bosworth R, Neuhann F, Farzadfar F, Stöver H, Dolan K. National and Sub-national HIV/AIDS-Related Mortality in Iran from 1990 to 2015: A Modified Approach to Estimation. STD & AIDS 2019; Doi: 10.1177/0956462419869520
• Petzold S, Agbaria N, Deckert A, Dambach P, Drexler JF, Winkler V, Horstick O, Jaenisch T. Congenital abnormalities associated with Zika virus infection – Dengue as potential co-factor? A Systematic Review. PLOS NTD 2021. 15(1): e0008984. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008984
• Reuter M, Rigó M, Formazin M, Liebers F, Latza U, Castell S, Jöckel KH, Greiser KH, Michels KB, Krause G, Albrecht S, Öztürk I, Kuss O, Berger K, Lampl BMJ, Leitzmann M, Zeeb H, Starke KR, Schipf S, Meinke-Franze C, Ahrens W, Seidler A, Klee B, Pischon T, Deckert A, Schmidt B, Mikolajczyk R, Karch A, Bohn B, Brenner H, Holleczek B, Dragano N. Occupation and SARS-CoV-2 infection risk in 108 960 workers during the first pandemic wave in Germany. Scand J Work Environ Health 2022. 47(4):245-247. https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.4037
• Lou D, Meurer M, Ovchinnikova S, Burk R, Denzler A, Herbst K, Papaioannou IA, Duan Y, Jacobs ML, Witte V, Uerge D, Kirrmaier D, Krogemann M, Gubicza K, Boerner K, Bundschuh C, Weidner NM, Merle U, Knorr B, Welker A, Denkinger CM, Schnitzler P, Kraeusslich HG, Dao Thi VL, Deckert A, Anders S, Knop M. Scalable RT-LAMP-based SARS-CoV-2 testing for infection surveillance with applications in pandemic control. 2022 [preprint: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.06.27.22276704v1]
• Bisia M, Montenegro-Quinoñez CA, Dambach P, Deckert A, Horstick O, Kolimenakis A, Louis VR, Manrique-Saide P, Michaelakis A, Runge-Ranzinger S, Morrison AC. Secondary vectors of Zika Virus, a systematic re-view of laboratory vector competence studies. PLOS NTD 2023. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011591
• Bisia M, Montenegro-Quinoñez CA, Dambach P, Deckert A, Horstick O, Kolimenakis A, Louis VR, Manrique-Saide P, Michaelakis A, Runge-Ranzinger S, Morrison AC. Secondary vectors of Zika Virus, a systematic re-view of laboratory vector competence studies. PLOS NTD 2023. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011591
• Aniyozova D, Akilov H, Kasimova M, Favaretti C, Sadyrova M, Egamberdieva Z, Botirova L, Deckert A. Anti-microbial resistance related knowledge, attitude and practice of general practitioners, patients and farmers: a cross-sectional study in Uzbekistan. Helion 2024. e37566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e37566

Cervical cancer:

• Sy F, Berner-Rodoreda A, Asnake T, Getnet M, Amogne W, Bussmann H, Abera H, Bärnighausen T, Deckert A. Exploring computer-aided health decision-making on cervical cancer interventions through deliberative interviews in Ethiopia. NPJ Digit Med 2023. 6:68; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-023-00808-9
• Sy F, Greuel M, Winkler V, Bussmann H, Bärnighausen T, Deckert A. Accuracy of HPV testing on self-collected and clinician-collected samples for different screening strategies in African settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Gynecol Oncol 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2022.06.012
• Megersa BS, Bussmann H, Bärnighausen T, Muche AA, Alemu K, Deckert A. Community cervical cancer screening: Barriers to successful home-based HPV self-sampling in Dabat district, North Gondar, Ethiopia. A qualitative study. Plos ONE 2020; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243036

Migration Research:

• Stolpe S, Ouma M, Winkler V, Meisinger C, Becher H, Deckert A: Self-rated health among migrants from the former Soviet Union in Germany - a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2018;8:e02294. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022947 
  Deckert A: The existence of standard-biased mortality ratios due to death certificate misclassification - a simulation study based on a true story. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2016;16(1):8. DOI: 10.1186/s12874-016-0112-8.
• Deckert A, Winkler V, Meisinger C, Heier M, Becher H: Suicide and external mortality pattern in a cohort of migrants from the former Soviet Union to Germany. J Psychiatr Res. 2015; DOI:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.02.020
• Deckert A, Heier M, Meisinger C, Winkler V, Becher H: Myocardial infarction incidence and ischemic heart disease mortality: overall and trend results in repatriates, Germany. Eur J Public Health. 2014; 24(1):127-33. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckt058
• Deckert A, Winkler V, Paltiel A, Razum O, Becher H: Time trends in cardiovascular disease mortality in Rus-sia and Germany from 1980 to 2007 - are there migration effects? BMC Public Health, 2010; 10:488. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-488
• Kaucher S, Leier V, Deckert A, Holleczek B, Meisinger C, Winkler V, Becher H: Time trends of cause-specific mortality among resettlers in Germany, 1990 through 2009. Eur J Epi. 2017 Apr;32(4):289-298
• Kaucher S, Deckert A, Becher H, Winkler V: Migration pattern and mortality of ethnic German migrants from the former Soviet Union: a cohort study in Germany. BMJ open 2017; 7(12):e019213
• Winkler V, Kaucher S, Deckert A, Leier V, Holleczek B, Meisinger C, Razum O, Becher H. Cohort Profile: Aus-siedler Mortality (AMOR) – Cohort Studies on Ethnic German Migrants from the Former Soviet Union. BMJ Open 2018;9(2):e024865
• Antia K, Boucsein J, Deckert A, Dambach P, Račaitė J, Šurkienė G, Jaenisch T, Horstick O, Winkler V. Effects of international labour migration on the mental health and well-being of left-behind children: A Systematic Literature Review. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. 2020. 17(12). doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124335
• Huebner M, Boernigen D, Deckert A, Holle R, Meisinger C, Müller-Nurasyid M, Peters A, Rathmann W, Becher H. Genetic variation and cardiovascular risk factors: a cohort study on ethnic German resettlers from the former Soviet Union and an autochtone German population. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 6215. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126215
• König A, Nabieva J, Manssouri A, Antia K, Dambach P, Deckert A, Horstick O, Kohler S, Winkler V. A systematic scoping review on migrant health coverage in Thailand. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2022. 7(166) https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7080166
• Ouma M, Juma K, Meisinger C, Stolpe S, Becher H, Winkler V, Deckert A. Biopsychosocial factors associated with physical activity among Resettlers of the former Soviet Union in Germany: a cross-sectional analysis. BMJ Open 2024. 14(12), e086042 

Trials in Surgery:

• Seiler CM, Deckert A, Diener MK, Knaebel HP, Weigand MA, Victor N, Büchler MK: Midline versus trans-verse incision in major abdominal surgery: a randomized, doulbe-blind equivalence trial (POVATI: ISRCTN60734227). Ann Surg, 2009; DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181a77c92
• Wente MN, Wollermann C, Deckert A, Witte S, Victor N, Buchler MW, Knaebel HP: Protocol design and current status of CLIVIT: a randomized controlled multicenter relevance trial comparing clips versus liga-tures in thyroid surgery. Trials 2006.
• Rosendal C, Almamat Uulu K, De Simone R, Wolf I, Deckert A, Martin EO, Böttger BW, Rauch H: Right ven-tricular function during orthotopic liver transplantation: Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiog-raphy and thermodilution. Ann Transplant, 2012; 17(1): 21-30.
• Fischer L, Deckert A, Diener MK, Zimmermann JB, Büchler MW, Seiler CM: Ranking of patient and surgeons' perspectives for endpoints in randomized controlled trials - lessons learned from the POVATI trial [ISRCTN 60734227]. Langenbecks Arch Surg, 2011; 396:1061-1066

Image processing: 

• Deckert A, Schmitz-Valckenberg S, Jorzik J, Bindewald A, Holz FG, Mansmann U: Automated analysis of digi-tal fundus autofluorescence images of geographic atrophy in advanced age-related macular degeneration using confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (cSLO). BMC Ophthalmology 2005; http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2415/5/8 

Other: 

• Mente J, Ferk S, Dreyhaupt J, Deckert A, Legner M, Staehle HJ: Assessment of different dyes used in leakage studies. Clin Oral Investig. 2010; 14(3):331-8.
• Megersa BS, Ojengbede OA, Deckert A, Fawole OI. Factors associated with induced abortion among women of reproductive age attending selected health facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a case control study. BMC Women's Health 20, 188 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-020-01023-4
• Normal AS, Winkler V, Eshraqi AM, Deckert A, Sadaat I, Dambach P. Factors influencing the uptake of short-term contraceptives among women in Afghanistan. Sci Rep 2022; 12:6632. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10535-y
• Brugnara L, Jaramillo C, Peña MO, Karl L, Deckert A, Marx M, Horstick O, Dambac P, Angela Fehr. Strength-ening national public health institutes: a systematic review on institution building in the public sector. Front Public Health 2023. 11, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1146655
• Cáceres AL , Ramesh RM, Newmai P, Kikon R, Deckert A. Perceptions, Health Seeking Behavior and Utiliza-tion of Maternal and Newborn Health Services among an Indigenous Tribal Community in Northeast India- A Community-Based Mixed Methods Study. Front Public Health 2023. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1139334
• Kawka H, Kurtz M, Horstick O, Brenner S, Deckert A, Louis VR, Winkler V, Lowery Wilson M, Baernighausen T, Dambach P. The Global Economic Burden of Health Anxiety/Hypochondriasis - A Systematic Review. BMC Public Health 2023. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17159-5