Nicole Probst-Hensch, Professor, PhD (Pharmacy and Epidemiology), MPH

Nicole Probst-Hensch is Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and the Chronic Disease Epidemiology Unit at Swiss TPH. She is also Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Basel Medical School (Switzerland). Probst-Hensch has been trained in both Pharmaceutical Sciences (ETH Zürich) and Epidemiology (UCLA Los Angeles) and holds doctorates in both fields. She has broad research experience covering several chronic diseases including cancer, respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and covering multiple domains related to NCD risks (genetic and molecular epidemiology; environmental epidemiology; nutrition and physical activity; dual disease burden NCDs-Infectious diseases). In her research she applies biomarkers in the context of Exposome and Mendelian Randomisation approaches to improve mechanistic and causal understanding modifiable disease risks. Her research group has broad expertise in developing, implementing and scientifically exploiting longitudinal cohorts and biobanks, both nationally and internationally

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Adebayo-Ojo T.C, Wichmann J, Arowosegbe O.O, Probst-Hensch N, Schindler C, Künzli N. Short-term joint effects of PM10, NO2 and SO2 on cardio-respiratory disease hospital admissions in Cape Town, South Africa. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19:495. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19010495

Bytyci-Katanolli A et al. Non-communicable disease prevention in Kosovo: quantitative and qualitative assessment of uptake and barriers of an intervention for healthier lifestyles in primary healthcare. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022;22:647. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07969-5

Darkhawaja R.A.M et al. Exploring the role of social capital, self-efficacy and social contagion in shaping lifestyle and mental health among students representing the future healthcare workforce in Palestine: social cohort study protocol. BMJ Open. 2022;12:e049033. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049033

Gerber M et al. Is grip strength linked to body composition and cardiovascular risk markers in primary schoolchildren? Cross-sectional data from three African countries. BMJ Open. 2022;12(6):e052326. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052326

Gilles L et al. Harmonization of human biomonitoring studies in Europe: Characteristics of the HBM4EU-aligned studies participants. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(11):6787. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19116787

Gruzieva O et al. Air pollution, metabolites and respiratory health across the life-course. Eur Respir Rev. 2022;31(165). DOI: 10.1183/16000617.0038-2022

Jeong A et al. Residential exposure to greenspace and life satisfaction in times of COVID-19: a cross-sectional analysis of 9444 participants from a population-based study in Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft. Swiss Med Wkly. 2022;152:w30204. DOI: 10.4414/smw.2022.w30204

Koné S, Bonfoh B, Probst-Hensch N, Utzinger J, N'Goran E.K, Fink G. Impact of newly constructed primary healthcare centres on antenatal care attendance, facility delivery and all-cause mortality: quasi-experimental evidence from Taabo health and demographic surveillance system, Côte d'Ivoire. BMJ Open. 2022;12:e054355. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054355

Koné S et al. Determinants of modern paediatric healthcare seeking in rural Côte d'Ivoire. Int J Public Health. 2022;66(1604451). DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2021.1604451

Kutlar Joss M, Probst-Hensch N. L’hygiène de l’air comme facteur de réussite. vsao Journal. 2022;2:32-35