@PopHealthLabCH

The Population Health Laboratory #PopHealthLab conducts research in life course epidemiology at @unifr | part of #SSPHplus

 Fribourg, Switzerland
projects.unifr.ch/pophealthlab/
Joined March 2021
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We co-hosted the Symposium ✨ Causal Inference in the Health Sciences ✨ with a keynote session by Prof Vanessa Didelez #Causality @EPFL_en #PopHealthLab @unifr
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Our aim was to create a space for early-stage researchers to network and learn from the leading experts in causal inference 🚀 Congratulations to the winners of the best poster awards 🏆🏆 and a big THANK YOU to all participants, presenters and organizers! 🌻🌷🪻 @NataliaOrHe
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Presenting our work on biological age and cancer using @uk_biobank data 🧬 Fruitful day at the @SciMed_unifr Research Day in Medicine, thanks to participants and organizers @unifr 👏 #PopHealthLab
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Congratulations, Dr Wagner! Cornelia Wagner successfully defended her PhD thesis "Life course socioeconomic determinants of inequalities in multimorbidity and mortality" 🧑‍🍼🧒🧑‍🎓🧓 @CristianCarmeli @StephaneCullati @swissepi Michelle Kelly-Irving @Inserm @SSPHPlus_IuGC @unifr
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Intensive 4-day @SSPHplus course "Systematic Reviews and Evidence Synthesis" at @PopHealthLabCH @unifr. Including many hands-on practicals for students to perform a (mini) systematic review and meta-analysis 💻📊💎 (+ time for networking and delicious lunch 🥳)
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Cancer affects mainly older adults👵🏻🧓🏽 1% of those 70+ yearly. Under 50, the death rate is 40x lower. Despite a rapidly aging global population, the age-standardized cancer death rate dropped 15% since 1990 #PopHealthTrends @SSPHPlus @OurWorldInData #Surveillance @PublicHealth_ch
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#PopHealthTrends Losing sleep: around half of 15 year olds in Switzerland do not get enough sleep during the school week 😴 #AdolescentHealth #PopHealthLab #Surveillance @SSPHplus @publichealth_ch @AddictionSuisse
Chart showing the percentage of 15 year olds getting at least 8 hours of sleep per night on school nights, by sex. In 2022, 51% of boys had at least 8 hours of sleep, while 47% of girls had at least 8 hours of sleep. This is a slight decline compared to 2014 and 2018, where the percentage was around 53% for both boys and girls. Source from Addiction Suisse (2023).

ALT Chart showing the percentage of 15 year olds getting at least 8 hours of sleep per night on school nights, by sex. In 2022, 51% of boys had at least 8 hours of sleep, while 47% of girls had at least 8 hours of sleep. This is a slight decline compared to 2014 and 2018, where the percentage was around 53% for both boys and girls. Source from Addiction Suisse (2023).

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#PopHealthTrends Educational inequalities in mortality are persistent 🧑‍🏫📚 New evidence shows that period trends underestimate worrying trend of widening educational inequalities in mortality in younger cohorts @SSPHplus #PopHealthLab @publichealth_ch jech.bmj.com/content/77/6/40…
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Great talk by @VikiGastens today at the @EUPHActs meeting show how pharmacist can improve blood pressure 📉 #PopHealthLab @PopHealthLabCH You want to know more⁉️ Read the protocol here bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/5… ✅️ @SSPHplus @Ross_Tsuyuki #EBPH
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#PopHealthTrends Dietary guidelines recommend a salt consumption below 5g/day to prevent cardiovascular disease ❤️ Have a look to consumption across EU: we are far from the target ❗️ #PopHealthLab #Surveillance @SSPHplus @publichealth_ch @EdwinKwong7
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Mathieu Jendly, MD student @unifr #PopHealthLab, presenting eHealth profiles of patient with diabetes at the #EPH2023 @EUPHActs @EPHconference in Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪. 💡 Cave - digital divide! 🧱 Full article ➡️frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
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#PopHealthTrends 1 in 8 women develop breast cancer during their life ⏩ Only 3% of breast cancer cases are due to genes, other risk factors are linked to lifestyle🍎🍷🚭🏓 #PopHealthLab @SSPHplus #PublicHealth @IARCWHO @publichealth_ch #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth #Surveillance
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#PopHealthTrends What drives longer life expectancies? Fewer deaths from CVDs have contributed more to longer lives in the EU than fewer deaths from cancer. In all countries, life expectancies have grown 📈👍 #PopHealthLab #Surveillance @SSPHPlus @publichealth_ch @SpringerNature
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#PopHealthTrends 🔬💉 Vaccine development is a journey of innovation. Development of the measles vaccine, which was considered quick: 10 years. COVID-19 vaccines broke the record: 1 year. Progress continues @SSPHPlus @publichealth_ch @OurWorldInData #PopHealthLab #Surveillance
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Dr @Jackischj presenting at @SLLShome #slls2023 in Munich on socioeconomic inequalities in cardio metabolic health among young Finns #PopHealthLab @CristianCarmeli
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Cornelia Wagner presenting her work on intergenerational educational trajectories and inequalities in multimorbidity using @SHARE_MEA data #PopHealthLab @StephaneCullati @swissepi @CristianCarmeli
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The #PopHealthLab team enjoyed the insightful @SLLShome #SLLS2023 conference. See you next year! @NazihahNoor_ @Jackischj @RosevdLinden @StephaneCullati @CristianCarmeli
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@RosevdLinden giving a presentation on employment trajectories 16y to 65y and their associations with self-reported #Cancer, today at the @SLLShome conference in Munich With @SHARE_MEA data @PopHealthLabCH #PopHealthLab @swissepi @studer_matthias
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@NazihahNoor_ presenting her poster during the poster session of the @SLLShome conference in Munich. Adolescent health behaviours mediating parental income association with chronic diseases in adulthood @PopHealthLabCH @swissepi #PopHealthLab @CristianCarmeli
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