Helmholtz Zentrum München is the German Research Center for Environmental Health. It investigates important common diseases which develop from the interaction of lifestyle, environmental factors and personal genetic background, focusing particularly on diabetes mellitus, allergies and chronic lung diseases.

Helmholtz Zentrum München is a research institution of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Free State of Bavaria. It is a member of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers.

Helmholtz Zentrum München was founded on June 23, 1964 as Gesellschaft für Strahlenforschung (GSF) in the form of a limited liability company. The partners of Helmholtz Zentrum München under the Partnership Agreement of February 13, 1978 are the Federal Republic of Germany (represented by the Federal Minister for Education and Research) and the Free State of Bavaria (represented by the Bavarian State Minister of Finance).