UBDPOLICY - The Urban Burden of Disease Estimation for Policy Making

In Europe, more than 70% of the population lives in urban areas. Cities have long been known to be society’s predominant engine of innovation and wealth creation, yet they are also a main source of pollution, disease and mortality, which is to some extent linked to suboptimal urban and transport…

01.01.2023 - 31.12.2026
Research project
European Commission (EU) / Horizon Europe
Environmental Exposure Modelling
Kees de Hoogh
BILD cohort - Air Pollution and Effects on Lung Functional Development and Respiratory Morbidity in At-Risk Infants

Studies in countries with high levels of air pollution have shown that exposure to certain air pollutants can lead to impaired lung growth and the development of asthma.
Even low levels of air pollution during pregnancy can have an impact on an infant's lung function shortly after birth. We want to…

01.01.2022 - 31.12.2025
Observational study
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) / Project Funding
Physical Hazards and Health
Kees de Hoogh , Martin Röösli
MOBI-AIR - Accounting for MOBility in AIR pollution exposure estimates in studies on long-term health effects.

Large scale epidemiological studies investigating long-term health effects of air pollution can typically only consider the residential locations of the participants, thereby ignoring the space-time activity patterns that likely influence total exposure. People are mobile and can be exposed to…

01.06.2020 - 31.05.2023
Research project
Health Effects Institute (HEI)
Environmental Exposures and Health
Kees de Hoogh
EXPANSE - EXposome Powered tools for healthy living in urbAN SEttings

By 2030 more than 80% of Europe’s population will live and interact with a complex urban environment, consisting of a mixture of social and environmental factors. These factors include: where we live and work, where and what we eat, our social network, and what chemical substances we are exposed…

01.02.2020 - 31.12.2025
Research project
European Commission (EU) / Horizon 2020
Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Environmental Exposures and Health
Nicole Probst-Hensch , Kees de Hoogh
ELAPSE - Effects of Low-Level Air Pollution: A study in Europe

ELAPSE (Effects of Low-Level Air Pollution: A Study in Europe) is a Europe-wide collaboration in a research project Mortality and morbidity effects of long-term exposure to low-level PM2.5, Black Carbon, NO2 and O3: an analysis of European cohorts. The Project addresses the issue of health effects…

01.05.2016 - 30.04.2019
Research project
Health Effects Institute (HEI)
Environmental Exposures and Health
Kees de Hoogh