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Moritz Oberndorfer @moberndorfer.bsky.social · 12d

Excited to see @sammalmaetaes.bsky.social defend his masterpiece of a phd thesis today @helsinki.fi !
Go Juha!

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University of Helsinki @helsinki.fi · 19d

Nuorempana alkoholia laillisesti ostaneet henkilöt ovat sairastuneet ja kuolleet kroonisiin alkoholiperäisiin sairauksiin useammin kuin henkilöt, jotka saivat laillisesti ostaa alkoholia 21–vuotiaana.

Nuoruudessa koettu alkoholipolitiikka yhteydessä myöhempään terveyteen | Helsingin yliopisto

Vapaammalle alkoholipolitiikalle nuoruudessaan altistuneet henkilöt olivat keski-ikään mennessä sairastuneet ja kuolleet alkoholiperäisiin sairauksiin useammin kuin tiukemmalle alkoholipolitiikalle nu...

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Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health @pophel.bsky.social · 19d

New study in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry by Lotta Volotinen, Hanna Remes, Pekka Martikainen and Niina Metsä-Simola found that low parental education is more strongly associated with increased ADHD diagnosis only in families without identified history of ADHD.

Read more: rdcu.be/eG9eY

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Moritz Oberndorfer @moberndorfer.bsky.social · 20d

@eugeniopaglino.bsky.social

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Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health @pophel.bsky.social · 21d

Our symposium from #SLLS2025 @sllshome.bsky.social consisted of research from Shubh Sharma @eugeniopaglino.bsky.social @olivia-mcevoy.bsky.social mcevoy.bsky.social @moberndorfer.bsky.social orfer.bsky.social Lauren Bishop and registry data expertise from Hanna Remes.
Thanks to all who attended!

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Moritz Oberndorfer @moberndorfer.bsky.social · Jun 16

"help reshape" never gets old

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Alastair H Leyland @alastairleyland.bsky.social · May 21

New paper (£0): Socio-economic inequalities in uptake and timing of childhood vaccination: Taking a life course approach in an administrative cohort in Scotland www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Margherita Moretti @morettimarg.bsky.social · May 14

Great to be at #REVES2025 in Tampere 🤓 This morning, I presented on the demography of widowhood in Finland, and we also had an overview of some @pophel.bsky.social works!
@reves-network.bsky.social

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Harald Oberhofer @ho2604.bsky.social · May 10

“Was 55 Mio. Euro Zuschuss bringen? Man weiß es nicht” @diepressecom.bsky.social.

Wieder ein prägnantes Beispiel warum es in 🇦🇹 dringend mehr #Registerforschung braucht.

@registerforschung.bsky.social @mhalla.bsky.social

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Mar 28

“Declining Fertility, Human Capital & Economic Sustainability”: M Myrskyla @angelorenti.bsky.social @htikkanen.bsky.social et al show how fertility & investment in education affect pension burden. @flux-consortium.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @pophel.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Moritz Oberndorfer @moberndorfer.bsky.social · Mar 25

"Dear Moritz Oberndorfer,
It’s been some time since you last submitted work for publication with us."
YES I KNOW!

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ALT: a blurry picture of a person 's face with their hands on their head .

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Moritz Oberndorfer @moberndorfer.bsky.social · Mar 24

This afternoon ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health @pophel.bsky.social · Mar 19

PopHel Talks: Aapo Hiilamo presents with the title “Children's out-of-home care in Finland, 1993-2020: lifetime risks, expectancies, exit routes, and number of placements for synthetic cohorts”

24th March, 02:00-02:45 PM (UTC+2)
Please register for a Zoom link:
elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...

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Moritz Oberndorfer @moberndorfer.bsky.social · Mar 12

Check out what we have been up to lately and what’s on the horizon.
Especially interesting to demography, epidemiology, and register-based data folks.

Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health @pophel.bsky.social · Mar 12

📢 PopHel Newsletter for Summer 2024 - Winter 2025 is out!! 📰
To receive our newsletter you can subscribe to our mailing list by sending an email to [email protected] 📩
You will also receive information on upcoming public talks 👩‍🏫 and open positions at PopHel ‼️
www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-...

PopHel Newsletter | Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health | University of Helsinki

This newsletter shares our research activities at the Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health (PopHel).

www.helsinki.fi

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International Social Epidemiology Society @ises-epi.bsky.social · Mar 1

The I-SES is excited to announce our 2025 Call for Awards to recognize the exceptional work of doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, & early career researchers in social epidemiology!

Please see the flyer below & go to www.social-epi.org/ises-awards for more details.

And please share widely!

2025 Call for Applications for International Social Epidemiology Society Awards

Link provided to https://www.social-epi.org/ises-awards for additional details of the call for applications

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Moritz Oberndorfer @moberndorfer.bsky.social · Feb 28

We opened two new postdoc positions! Deadline 14th March.
If you want to work with amazing Finnish register data on social inequalities in population health, this is the place to be. Get in touch with us if you have questions.

jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Two Postdoctoral Researchers on Social Inequalities in Health

jobs.helsinki.fi

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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · Feb 4

Science is a noble but fragile endeavour that must be protected from political control and censorship.

Scientific communities, around the world, should show solidarity with our colleagues in the US and denounce this chilling attack on science and scientists.

Share this if you agree!

#ScienceSky

Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · Feb 4

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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Moritz Oberndorfer @moberndorfer.bsky.social · Feb 4

We are starting our online public seminar series PopHel Talks next Monday. (@pophel.bsky.social)
Our colleague Alvaro is kicking us off with his talk next Monday. Anyone can register and attend online.
Stay tuned for more PopHel Talks in the future.

Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health @pophel.bsky.social · Feb 4

PopHel Talks: Alvaro Obeso presents with the title “Microevolutionary genetic processes of Roma population based in the Basque country - A Short Tandem Repeat based study.”

10th February, 02:00-02:45 PM (UTC +2)
Please register and we will send you a Zoom link:
elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...

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Andrew Bell @andrewjdbell.bsky.social · Jan 30

George Leckie and I have created a new short MAIHDA tutorial, with videos and practical exercises:

www.ncrm.ac.uk/resources/on...

It's based on our tutorial paper in SSM Pop Health, but shorter and more interactive.

Hope it's helpful! @ncrm.ac.uk

NCRM resource | Multilevel models to study intersectionality by Andrew Bell and George Leckie

Multilevel models allow researchers to analyse data that has a clustered structure such as pupils nested within schools, or individuals within neighbourhoods. Recently, a version of multilevel models

www.ncrm.ac.uk

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Silvia Loi @loisilvia.bsky.social · Jan 28

I am hiring a PhD student to work with me in my group Migration and Health Inequalities at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research! Come work with me! ⬇️

Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · Jan 28

🚨JOB OFFER🚨PhD Student | Research Group Migration & Health Inequalities
@mpidr.bsky.social is seeking to appoint a full-time PhD student to join the Group of @loisilvia.bsky.social.
📅Deadline: Feb 28, 2025
Admitted students take part in the @imprs-phds.bsky.social.
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...

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Moritz Oberndorfer @moberndorfer.bsky.social · Jan 28

Where can you nowadays find areas with a lot of space and cheap rents? That's right, in the supplementary material. (Discussing housing market with @ldeibardi.bsky.social )

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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · Jan 28

🚨🚨🚨JOB OFFER🚨🚨🚨 Post-Doctoral Researcher | Research Group Migration and Health Inequalities
@mpidr.bsky.social is seeking to appoint a post-doctoral researcher to join the Research Group led by @loisilvia.bsky.social.
📅 Deadline: Feb 28, 2025
Learn more:
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...

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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · Jan 28

🚨JOB OFFER🚨PhD Student | Research Group Migration & Health Inequalities
@mpidr.bsky.social is seeking to appoint a full-time PhD student to join the Group of @loisilvia.bsky.social.
📅Deadline: Feb 28, 2025
Admitted students take part in the @imprs-phds.bsky.social.
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...

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Clare Bambra @profbambra.bsky.social · Jan 22

Our new study shows that the #covid vaccination reduced inequalities in mortality bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1...

line graph showing a decline in the covid mortality gap between deprived and affluent areas once the vaccination was rolled out

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EUPHA @eupha.bsky.social · Jan 20

We're thrilled to share the date for the 18th European Public Health Conference in Helsinki! 🌍💙

This is where public health professionals unite to inspire, innovate, and drive progress. Will we see you there? Let’s shape the future of health together!

#EPH2025 #PublicHealth #SustainableHealth

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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · Jan 9

DON'T MISS: "Defining income as a causal exposure" with @igelstorm.bsky.social at 3pm (GMT) on 20th Jan 2025.

The first in the 2025 Turing Causal Inference Interest Group Seminar Series!

Sign up: turing-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join mailing list: jiscmail.ac.uk/CIIG

#CIIG #EpiSky #CausalSky

Flyer advertising the next CIIG seminar. "Defining income as a causal exposure" with Erik Igelström at 3pm GMT on 20th January 2025.

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