A multidisciplinary study to identify the genetic an environmental causes of asthma in the European community (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/a-multidisciplinary-study-to-identify-the-genetic-an-environmental-causes-of-asthma-in-the-european-community
Background GABRIEL provides an integrated multidisciplinary program of post-genome research. Internationally leading groups will apply knowledge of epidemiology, genetics, genomics, proteomics, bioinf
Childhood cancer, domestic radon exposure and non-ionizing radiation from broadcast transmitters (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/childhood-cancer-domestic-radon-exposure-and-non-ionizing-radiation-from-broadcast-transmitters
The aim of this project is first to develop a radon exposure model and to predict radon exposure at home for children in Switzerland. Second, we want to investigate whether indoor radon concentration
CEFALO - An international case-control study on brain tumours in children and adolescents (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/cefalo-an-international-case-control-study-on-brain-tumours-in-children-and-adolescents
Aim: CEFALO is an international case-control study examining the association between mobile phone use and the risk of brain tumors among children and adolescents. Methods: The study was conducted in D
European study of cohorts for air pollution effects (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/european-study-of-cohorts-for-air-pollution-effects
ESCAPE is a collaboration of European cohort studies for the quantification of human health effects of long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution. ESCAPE responds to a specific FP7 call for a large c
Documentation and Database: Air pollution and Health (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/documentation-and-database-air-pollution-and-health
Since 1985 the documentation database of LUDOK: 'Dokumentationsstelle Luft und Gesundheit' selects, catalogues and summarizes relevant international research papers on the topic of air pollution and h
Collaboration on Malaria drug discovery (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/collaboration-on-malaria-drug-discovery
The goal of this collaborative project with Actelion Pharmaceuticals is the discovery of new antimalarial molecules with unknown mechanism(s) of action. Cell-based antimalarial screens were performed
Antimalarial Drug Screening (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/antimalarial-drug-screening
Our mandate with Medicines for Malaria Venture in Geneva comprises exploratory work on novel compounds from various sources. The goal is to identify novel chemical entities showing antimalarial activi