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Wishing you happy holidays and all the best for a joyful and successful new year !!!

LEHA team in collaboration with INRAE, Jean-Monnet Saint-Etienne University, ITERG, CHU Dijon Bourgogne, CHU de Bordeaux has identified a blood biomarker that predicts the retinal content of omega-3 fatty acids. This biomarker would allow early identification of people at risk of developing AMD, before detection by ophthalmological exams. Once identified, people at risk could receive […]

LEHA team has just published in the journal Nutrients the results of a study conducted on the Alienor cohort, reporting a decreased risk of developing AMD in participants with high plasma lutein levels. Nutritional biomarkers could be useful to identify individuals with a deficient nutritional status for AMD. For more information: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/6/2047 Inserm press release: […]

How do we predict suicide risk in students? This is a pertinent issue at a time when the harmful effects of the health crisis on student mental health are becoming increasingly apparent and the importance of early detection and management of this risk is well-known. Researchers of our HEALTHY and SISTM teams in collaboration with […]

This collaborative research project focuses on the impact of SRAS-CoV2 and lockdown on mental health in general population and students in France. Launched in April by the HEALTHY team, Kappa Santé and the start-up Kap Code, this e-cohort has already more than 2.700 French participants including over than 1.600 students. The main objective of CONFINS […]

On the 22, 23 et 24 of January, Cinira Magali Fortuna, professor in Sciences – nursing at the University of São Paulo (Brazil),  presented her research to the Infectious diseases in lower-income countries – IDLIC team. She also provided lessons to students of the Master of International Health, ISPED (school of Public Health).

After five years of collaboration within the framework of the National Platform of Pharmacoepidemiology DRUGS-SAFE, the research partnership allowing the French Drug Agency (ANSM) to rely on the expertise of the BPH academic research teams is strengthening. This collaboration will now be conducted within the DRUGS-SAFER Centre, coordinated by the BPH Pharmacoepi team, and in […]

The PROSIT project coordinated by the BPH Pharmacoepi team was selected as part of the 2019 DGOS-PREPS Research Call. Using machine learning and text mining methods, the objective of this project is first to identify and analyze potential drug interactions from hospital discharge medical prescriptions. Second, it will assess the impact of using a tool […]

The IRAZU project focuses on the impact of cardiovascular co-morbidities on the efficacy of bevacizumab, in real care setting, in elderly subjects with metastatic colorectal cancer. Information concerning the evaluation of the effect of treatments in the elderly is often missing in clinical trials, especially when the interest resides on the effect of another disease […]

The International Workshop on HIV and Hepatitis Observational Databases (IWHOD) brings senior and junior HIV and hepatitis observational database researchers together to advance the methodology and analysis of observational data. No other workshop or conference devotes attention to the methodology of setting up and analyzing observational data, despite their importance in providing critical information on […]

The teams and the whole staff of the research center “Bordeaux population health” wish you a very happy new year !  

The research center U1219 Bordeaux Population Health (BPH) received the visit of the Science advisory board (SAB) on 25 and 26 of October, at its premises, in Bordeaux. This session was devoted to a mid-point review, since the creation of the BPH in january 2016, and to have a global evaluation on the development strategy […]

Invasive cervical cancer (ICC), one of the most frequent cancers in sub-Saharan Africa, is accessible to effective screening strategies. As Côte d’Ivoire’s national cancer control program has been implementing ICC screening as recommended by WHO for several years, these efforts need now to be evaluated. It is therefore essential to strengthen and pay particular attention […]

Breaking news: June 06th 2018 – Inclusions ongoing at Owo FMC May 24th 2018 – Approval by the National Health Research Ethics Committee (NHREC) of Nigeria April 5th 2018 – Approval by Owo Federal Medical Centre Health Research Ethics Committee   Project presentation: The LASCOPE project refers to a prospective, non-interventional cohort study describing the […]

Emergency room intervention to prevent post concussion-like symptoms and post-traumatic stress disorder. A pilot randomized controlled study of a brief eye movement desensitization and reprocessing intervention versus reassurance or usual care. Up to 20% of patients presenting at an emergency room (ER) after a stressful event will for several months suffer from very diverse long-lasting […]