QUEST Center for Responsible Research

The BIH QUEST Center develops and implements new approaches to support that biomedical research is conducted in a trustworthy manner, provides useful results, and meets ethical standards.

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News

- QUEST Center
10 June 2026
Jonathan Kimmelman Strengthens Research Ethics at the BIH
With Professor Jonathan Kimmelman, the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) is gaining one of the world’s leading experts in Bioethics. His planned appointment to a Humboldt Professorship for Ethics, Policy, and Meta-Research at the BIH QUEST Center for Responsible Research will further…
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- QUEST Center
23 October 2025
EU CoARA Cascade Funding Program: BIH advances research assessment infrastructure
The Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) is awarding the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité nearly €60,000 to advance the development of a transparent and fair infrastructure for evaluating research groups. To this end, BIH researchers are expanding the existing MERIT portal for…
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- QUEST Center
13 September 2023
iRISE to Improve Reproducibility of Scientific Research
A new project funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme will develop a framework to improve the reproducibility of scientific research.
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- QUEST Center
25 November 2022
Impulspapier: Weiterentwicklung der Indikatorgestützten Mittelallokation für die Forschung in der Hochschulmedizin (ehemals LOM)
Der Medizinische Fakultätentag (MFT) veröffentlicht Impulspapier: Exzellente Forschung und Lehre erfordern wissenschaftliche Freiräume sowie adäquate strukturelle, finanzielle und räumliche Ressourcen, deren Bereitstellung eine zentrale Managementaufgabe der fakultären Leitungsebene ist.…
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- QUEST Center
01 July 2022
JULY 2022 - Empowering the next generation of scientists to improve research culture and practice
In July 2022, Tracy Weißgerber received the Paper of the Month award.
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- QUEST Center
24 March 2022
Project funding for patient participation through the BIH QUEST Center completed.
The BIH QUEST Grant for Patient & Stakeholder Engagement promoted the active participation of patients, especially in the planning phase of a study. Four Charité projects have been funded, are completed now and the results are available. (in German)
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Mission and approaches

The QUEST Center strives to increase the value of biomedical research at the BIH and beyond. The focus is on Open Science, Indicators & Incentives, Quality Assurance, Patient & Stakeholder Engagement, Education & Training and Meta Research.

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Teams

The QUEST Center consists of research groups, teams & units and an admin team.
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Publications

The publications by employees of the QUEST Center, starting in 2015, are summarised here.
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Contact

QUEST Center

E-mail:: quest[at]bih-charite.de