FarmCo Uganda (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/projects/farmco-uganda
no conflict of interest, and the study is free from external influences, including intellectual, financial, or proprietary agendas. This commitment ensures the independence and reliability of our research [...] l Risks, Health and Well-Being of Coffee Farmers in Mbale Region Study aim This study aims to investigate the self-reported physical and mental health and well-being of conventional and organic smallholder [...] in studies comparing the health of organic versus conventional farmers in...
Epidemiology and Viral Evolution | Research at Swiss TPH (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/about/mpi/epidemiology-and-viral-evolution
on Nextstrain, the research will facilitate real-time tracking of NP-EV evolution and spread. By addressing key gaps in our understanding of NP-EVs, this project will help improve preparedness for potential [...] responses. Molecular Epidemiology and Antigenic Evolution of Seasonal Human Coronaviruses This project investigates the persistence and evolution of seasonal human coronaviruses (HCoVs) by exploring their [...] investigating the genetic diversity and recombination dynamics of...
A Narrowing Window for Change: Experts Call for Global Climate Action (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/a-narrowing-window-for-change-experts-call-for-global-climate-action
Europe, assessing the influences of heat waves on mortality, monitoring the spread of the Asian Tiger Mosquito in the southern part of Switzerland or establishing risk profiles of African communities affected [...] structure of communities, a global team of authors compiled the impacts of a changing climate on health, well-being and migration and conflict. Authors described the observed and projected future risks of climate [...] and Head of the Ecosystem Health Sciences Unit at Swiss TPH, was...
Exposome Research to Improve People’s Health in Urban Settings (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail1
diseases cause more than half of all deaths across Europe. Respiratory diseases are a leading cause of death and disability and account for roughly 8.2% of all deaths in Europe. Of the six WHO regions, Europe [...] which is the sum of all non-genetic drivers of health and disease, and evaluating interventions aimed at reducing the impact of the urban exposome on people’s health. The University of Utrecht coordinates [...] represent 106 million EUR of funding from the EU over a 5-year period. The...
SOPHYA (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/topics/non-communicable-diseases/physical-activity/sophya
speaking part of Switzerland). The study is supported by the Federal Office of Sport FOSPO, the Federal Office of Public Health FOPH and Health Promotion Switzerland. Results - Final Report of the SOPHYA-Study [...] devices. In addition, the simultaneous assessment of objectively measured physical activity levels in one or both parents allowed analysing the influence of the familial environment on physical activity in [...] the coordinates of the children’s address. In 2019/2020 the SOPHYA...
Climate Change (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/topics/environment-and-health/climate-change
pathogens: the effects of climate change are manifold. Swiss TPH experts study the health impact of climate change in various regions in Africa and Europe. They assess the influences of heat waves on mortality [...] the spread of the tiger mosquito in the southern part of Switzerland or establish risk profiles of African communities affected by heavy flooding with a particular attention to vulnerability of water and [...] negatively impact health and well-being in all countries of the world. It...
Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Refresher Course | Swiss TPH Courses (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/study-with-us/postgraduate/gcp-refresher-course
requirements of Swissethics. The course summarizes the most important elements of the ICH E6(R3) GCP guideline and will cover selected elements of the conduct of clinical research in the form of a quiz and [...] refresh the knowledge of the principles and content of international guidelines for clinical research (Declaration of Helsinki, ICH-GCP) and their influence on the Swiss legislation (HFG/HRA, VKlin/ClinO [...] designs of clinical trials, the prevention of bias and the basic principles of...
Environmental Exposure Modelling (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/about/eph/environmental-exposures-and-health/environmental-exposure-modelling
in exposure assignment and processing of big data are crucial. One of our key research aims is to solve issues related to these challenges, from the application of novel statistical techniques (e.g. machine [...] 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 [...] household radon exposure and skin cancer is thus of high public...
Environmental Exposures and Health | Research at Swiss TPH (Page)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/about/eph/environmental-exposures-and-health
reviews and contributes to the development of guidelines and regulatory limits in the field of environmental health. Martin Röösli Full Professor, PhD Head of Unit +41612848383 martin.roosli@swisstph.ch [...] 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 [...] Health unit develop and integrate novel tools and methods to investigate...
Screening open access compound libraries and repurposing drugs to identify and characterize new molecules active against schistosomiasis and other... (Publications)
activity of both compound libraries, a series of more than a hundred analogues from three of the leads identified in the Pathogen Box screening was also tested in vitro. Screening this set of analogues [...] backstairs influence on poverty in the tropical belt, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia. The lack of sanitary infrastructure in endemic areas is contributing to the transmission of the parasites [...] schistosomiasis and on the benzimidazoles for STH. A corollary of this...
