Journal Article Accepted manuscript Professor Maria Blettner: Life and work of an influential scientist in Germany whose contribution to Radiation Epidemiology has expanded the state of knowledge in this academic field Get access Hiltrud Merzenich, Hiltrud Merzenich University Medical Center Mainz, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, 55101 Mainz, Germany Correspondence to Dr. Hiltrud Merzenich, University Medical Center Mainz, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, 55101 Mainz, Germany (email: hmerzeni@uni-mainz.de) Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Emilio Gianicolo, Emilio Gianicolo University Medical Center Mainz, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, 55101 Mainz, GermanyInstitute of Clinical Physiology of the Italian National Research Council (IFC-CNR), Lecce, Italy Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Dan Baaken, Dan Baaken University Medical Center Mainz, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, 55101 Mainz, Germany Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Daniel Wollschläger, Daniel Wollschläger University Medical Center Mainz, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, 55101 Mainz, Germany Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Hajo Zeeb Hajo Zeeb Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology, 28359 Bremen, Germany Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar American Journal of Epidemiology, kwac130, https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwac130 Published: 27 July 2022 Article history Received: 29 December 2021 Revision received: 21 April 2022 Accepted: 21 July 2022 Published: 27 July 2022