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Coordinated by the IDLIC team of the Bordeaux Population Health Research Centre, the TB-Speed project of University of Bordeaux intends to reduce childhood tuberculosis (TB) in Africa and Asia by enhancing case finding and facilitating access to treatment. The project is supported by Unitaid for an amount of 14,670,470 USD and by the 5% Initiative […]

A scientific article published in the journal PLOS Medicine shows for the first time that some drugs increase the risk of accidents for pedestrians. This study, carried out by the Injury epidemiology transport, occupation  team, in collaboration with the Statistics in systems biology and for translational medicine team at the INSERM U1219 center, was made […]

This prize has been awarded annually since 2005 by a scientific jury composed of members of the Académie des Sciences as part of the « Grands Prix des Fondations de l’Institut de France ». He is promoted by the Christophe and Rodolphe Mérieux Foundation, and rewards scientists who have distinguished themselves in research on infectious diseases in […]

Known to be a possible cause of several chronic diseases, vitamin D deficiency is also suspected to lead to a high risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, especially where the diet is also poor in ‘good fats’ and antioxidant carotenoids. This is what two studies led by Catherine Féart and Cécilia Samieri, researchers at Inserm unit […]

Catherine Feart, research scientist U1219 Bordeaux Population Health of the LEHA team is one of the 8 experts, mandated by Santé Public France and the Institut national du cancer (Inca) Which issued a notice published on May 4, 2017 advocating to scale the references of alcohol consumption down in France. The working group was led […]

Prof. Rodolphe Thiébaut, Deputy Director of the Bordeaux Population Health U1219 research center, has been appointed to the Inserm Scientific Board and will contribute to the Institute’s policy and to the development of medical research and life sciences and health.

Member of the U1219 team « Psychoepidemiology of Aging and Chronic Diseases », the PhD candidate received the 3rd Prize of the Jury in the final of the Aquitaine Region of the competition « My thesis in 180 seconds » with the subject: « Precariousness, Cognitive aging and frailty: an epidemiological approach « . Camille Ouvrard was a competitor among the […]