CTRL+S, is the new podcast produced by Bordeaux Population Health (University of Bordeaux/Inserm) to better understand the world of public health research through interviews accessible to everyone. We discuss key public health issues resulting from the wide variety of topics we study at BPH

 

 

 

 

 

 

The title, “CTRL+S”, corresponds to the keyboard command for saving. But here, it’s information and trustworthy knowledge directly from the work of researchers that we want to preserve. What’s more, the “S” is a reference to public health in french “Santé publique”. Finally, the episodes are structured around the BPH’s motto: “understand, prevent and care”, so it was only natural that we chose it as our slogan.

 

 

In each episode, researchers from the BPH and other partners are given the opportunity to discuss, in less than 20 minutes, concepts that are sometimes unclear but which we are all increasingly confronted with: AI, mental health, pandemics, etc.

 

 

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Episode 1:
New technologies – prevention or danger?

Mental health is an important part of public health issues. In 2025, it even became a priority research topic at the national level.

At the same time, digital technologies are playing an increasingly important role in our lives and in research. We hear about artificial intelligence every day, generating as much enthusiasm as concern.

 

 

This very first episode of CTRL+S explores the link between these two themes, featuring three researchers with complementary perspectives:

 

• • • • Melissa Macalli – Epidemiologist, Inserm researcher within the Healthy-BPH team. Her work focuses on student mental health in the digital era, particularly through projects such as the Lab Santé Étudiante.

 

• • • • Marie Navarro – She was a PhD student in the Healthy-BPH team and now she is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Groningen (Netherlands), where she continues her research on predicting suicide risk using machine learning, a sub-branch of artificial intelligence.

 

• • • • Hélène Sauzéon – Professor of psychology and cognitive science, member of the SISTM-BPH team and Inria. She develops projects using augmented reality to prevent certain psychological disorders and support elderly people who are losing their independence.

 

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At BPH, we are committed to promoting the work of young people to prepare a promising new generation. That is why this podcast was produced entirely by a second-year Master’s student in Science and Technology Mediation and Communication at Bordeaux Montaigne University, as part of her end-of-studies internship in the BPH’s communications department.