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Joan Damiens

@joandamiens.bsky.social
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📊 Demographer Post-doc at @pophel (University of Helsinki) Social inequalities in health and mortality; mental health, housing, intergenerational and longitudinal perspectives.

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Marie-Pier Bergeron Boucher @mpbergeron.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
PhD opportunity! CPop is opening a fully funded three year PhD position on lifespan inequalities. Apply here 👇 fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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PhD scholarship for research project on lifespan inequalities across social determinants of health
The Interdisciplinary Centre on population Dynamics (CPop) at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) invites applications for a fully funded three year PhD position within a Danish Research Council ...
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Damiano Uccheddu @damianouccheddu.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Great opportunity for anyone working with longitudinal data and life course perspectives. Very much looking forward to #SLLS2026 in Brussels (hosted at the Free University of Brussels, ULB). Please consider submitting and sharing widely! More information: www.slls.org.uk/events/slls-...
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Philippe Bocquier @phbocquier.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I recorded a series of short 📽️ to explain Fundamental Cause Theory (of diseases) proposed by B. Link, J. Phelan and S. Clouston: what are "cause", "fundamental cause" & "fundamental cause theory"? How to test FCT? How can structural modelling help? Please share! 😉 youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Fundamental Cause Theory of Disease: what is it and how to test it? - YouTube
Fundamental Cause Theory is an important contribution to the understanding of why diseases, mortality and other demographic phenomena change over time. It wa...
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Mireille Le Guen @mireilleleguen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Ten days left to apply!
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Mireille Le Guen @mireilleleguen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Plus que dix jours pour postuler !
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Joan Damiens @joandamiens.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Are you working with Belgian register data in a cross-national/comparative project (population, health, inequality, life course, etc.)? I’m preparing a symposium proposal for SLLS 2026 in Brussels (1–3 July) and I’m looking for short talks. Please DM or comment if interested!
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Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health @pophel.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
We led an international effort to analyse changes in the parental socioeconomic composition of babies conceived during the COVID-19 pandemic across 15 countries. The results may have long-term implications for these birth cohorts. Read more here -> doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Parental socioeconomic composition of birth cohorts changed during the COVID-19 pandemic - Nature Communications
The authors show that babies conceived during the COVID-19 pandemic have a different parental socioeconomic composition than expected had the pandemic not occurred.
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Joan Damiens @joandamiens.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
🏠 Homeownership is often framed as protective for #wellbeing. But less is known about what happens when #homeownership becomes a burden… Our new paper out in Social Science & Medicine shows that #mortgage affordability matters for #MentalHealth. doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 25/12/2025
Giving what we can has implemented a fun game where you spin a globe to see how your starting point in life would compare if you were reborn today, randomly somewhere on earth. www.givingwhatwecan.org/birth-lottery
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Birth Lottery
If you were reborn today, where would you land? And how would that change your life?
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Joan Damiens @joandamiens.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
📜 #QueteletJournal is a diamond #openaccess journal of #population research. #RQJ accepts original contributions in usual or unusual formats. 🖋️ Feel free to submit your work! More info here: ojs.uclouvain.be/index.php/Qu... #Demography #poptwitter
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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
📢New methodological paper on data management of register data, from our colleagues Josué Begu, @phbocquier.bsky.social & @brunoschoumaker.bsky.social in #QueteletJournal Belgian Register data gives valuable insights, but has limitations & may bias the measurement of re-emigration intensity.
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Joan Damiens @joandamiens.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
💔After a union dissolution, some will move to new housing; others will stay in the previously shared housing. 🏡In a study in collaboration with #Solidaris, #Belgium, we examine if moving is more associated with #mentalhealth struggles than staying. 📜 journalhss.com/wp-content/u...
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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
📢 New publication alert! Ashira Menashe-Oren, @damianouccheddu.bsky.social & Ester Rizzi published their work on social ties in old age and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. They compared 13 European countries using SHARE data. Read more: doi.org/10.1007/s104...
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Social ties in old age: the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic - European Journal of Ageing
Social ties amongst older adults were immediately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic—both by the deaths occurring disproportionately amongst older adults and by the policies limiting social contact imp...
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
🆕📰Marriage or Separation Angela Carollo, H.Putter,P.Eilers​​​​​​ &J.Gampe have developed a model to analyze transitions from non-marital cohabitation to either marriage or separation considering two-time scales simultaneously: age of individuals & duration of cohabitation. ow.ly/WUty50XcZzT
Two people wearing aprons prepare food together in a modern kitchen, a symbolic image of partnership and living together.
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Julia Hellstrand @juliahellstrand.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
European Demographer 2024
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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Learn more about the work of our colleagues, Denise Musni & Christine Schnor, on socioeconomic #inequalities and #family formation dynamics among single women ⏬ Read their latest paper: doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
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Jonas Schöley @jschoeley.com · 27/10/2025
3 full-time positions on Probabilistic Migration Modeling at University of @helsinki.fi in collaboration with @mpidr.bsky.social and Mikko Myrskylä. DM me if you want to know more, as I'm part of the project. Definitely DM me if you heard of conformal prediction www.vaestoliitto.fi/en/news/post...
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Postdoctoral Researchers in Demography and Population Projections
The Population Research Institute (PRI) at Väestöliitto – Family Federation of Finland and the University of Helsinki invite applications for three positions as Postdoctoral research fellow to study…
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Xu Zong @xuzong.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
📣 I am seeking postdoctoral or faculty positions starting in 2026. My research focuses on aging, health, and machine learning, and published multiple papers in leading journals. Any opportunities would be appreciated, thank you for sharing! 😊 More about me: researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/x...
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Julia Hellstrand @juliahellstrand.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Highly surprised but deeply honored to receive the European Demographer Award. Thank you! Congratulations to fellow awardees @cosmostrozza.bsky.social and @fertdem.bsky.social. See you in Berlin in October?
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Natacha Zimmer @natachazimmer.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
The first paper of my PhD research is out! Using Belgian national register data, we analyse the influence of the initial reception place on residential trajectories among asylum-seeking migrants. Read more ⏬
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Xu Zong @xuzong.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
💚 publication in Journal of Affective Disorders! We provided novel evidence of dose-repsonse relationships between childhood adversity and 🦠COVID-19-related mental disorders, also uncovered some protective moderating factors @pophel.bsky.social @share-eric.bsky.social
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Eugenio Paglino @eugeniopaglino.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
🚨 Another article on health and migration out in Social Science and Medicine! With Pekka Martikainen and Irma Elo, we look at the mortality of internal migrants in Finland www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Internal migration, health selection, and the salmon bias: A register-based study of Finland
Studies on international migrants have repeatedly found a mortality advantage of migrant over native-born populations. Data artifacts, differential pr…
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Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health @pophel.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
How homeownership (and possibly its duration) both in teenage years and in the late thirties can be associated with psychotropic medication and hospital visits and specialised care for mental health reasons and self-harm? Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🏠💊🏥
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Individual and parental housing tenure and mental healthcare use among Finnish men and women in early mid-adulthood
Homeownership is a valuable status associated with better mental health outcomes than being a tenant. However, research has yet to investigate the rol…
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Joan Damiens @joandamiens.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
"If #academia is serious about #equity, it needs to rethink how authorship is assigned." Authors highlight: 1️⃣"Local researchers should be recognised as intellectual partners" 2️⃣"Marginalised scholars’ work is overlooked" 3️⃣"Encouraging multilingual publications" #science #demography #inclusivity
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Eugenio Paglino @eugeniopaglino.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
🚨 New article out in Social Science & Medicine! Irma Elo and I take a deeper look at trends in life expectancy for foreign-born and native-born populations in the United States before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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US-Born and Foreign-born Life Expectancy by Race and Hispanic Origin before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
Interdisciplinary health scholarship has long documented the lower mortality of the foreign-born compared to the US-born populations. In this study, w…
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Margherita Moretti @morettimarg.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
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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Philippe Bocquier @phbocquier.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
A retrospective on fundamental cause theory: State of the literature, and goals for the future Sean A P Clouston et al. Annu Rev Sociol. 2021 Jul. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34949900/
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A retrospective on fundamental cause theory: State of the literature, and goals for the future - PubMed
Fundamental Cause Theory (FCT) was originally proposed to explain how socioeconomic inequalities in health emerged and persisted over time. The concept was that higher socioeconomic status helped some...
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Philippe Bocquier @phbocquier.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Nice, my article with Ashira is now fully open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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The Potential of Internal Migration to Shape Rural and Urban Populations Across Africa, Asia, and Latin America
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Hud's Bar & Greasy Spoon 🟧 @erikhuddleston.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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Damiano Uccheddu @damianouccheddu.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
On my way to Luxembourg for a month of research, ideas, and collaboration with Prof. @anjaleist.bsky.social (Institute for Research on Socio-Economic Inequality – IRSEI @uni.lu) on how #socialinequalities shape #cognitiveHealth in later life. Can’t wait to get started! #AcademicSky
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Joan Damiens @joandamiens.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Is #homeownership (HO🏡) associated with lower mental healthcare use in the late 30ies? With Liina Junna, Lasse Tarkiainen and Pekka Martikainen, from @helsinki.fi @pophel.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social, we found so! ➡️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 📜 SSM - Mental health
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Individual and parental housing tenure and mental healthcare use among Finnish men and women in early mid-adulthood
Homeownership is a valuable status associated with better mental health outcomes than being a tenant. However, research has yet to investigate the rol…
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
💡[SPOTLIGHT]💡 Study examines how pregnancy outcomes affect women’s health over time. @aledinal.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social compares the physical health of women who experienced pregnancy losses to those with live births. www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
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Linda Enroth @lindaenroth.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Welcome to the 36th Reves conference 14-16 May in Tampere, Finland. The full program has been published and the registration is open until 23rd April. The George Myers lecture will be given by Jean-Marie Robine! Join us at Tampere hall 🌱 #REVES2025 events.tuni.fi/reves2025/pr...
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Program and instructions | 36th REVES CONFERENCE 2025 | Tampere Universities
36th REVES Meeting 14-16 May 2025 Tampere, Finland
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Eva Beaujouan @fertdem.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Demography paper: we explore the link between mental or physical health and fertility desires across the life course. Mental health seems to trigger changes in reproductive goals at young ages (men), physical health becomes more important at older reproductive ages. @erc.europa.eu @univie.ac.at
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Ingrid van Dijk @ingridvandijk.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
I'm looking for 1-2 doctoral candidates in my ERC-funded project "Relative Health: Long-Run Inequalities in Health and Survival Between Families and Across Generations". These are 4-year, fully funded positions at Lund University. More info: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Doctoral student in Economic History – Inequalities in health and survival
The Department of Economic History is a research-intensive department that employs about 100 people: researchers, teachers, technical/administrative staff, and Ph.D. candidates. The department has a l
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CNRS @cnrs.fr · 31/03/2025
#CNRSleJournal 📰 En France, les troubles psychiatriques sont la première cause de handicap. Le projet #ProPSY investit dans l’imagerie et les biomarqueurs pour personnaliser les soins et améliorer la prise en charge. La santé mentale est un enjeu de santé publique !🔍🧠
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« Il n’y a pas de santé sans santé mentale »
Pour des diagnostics plus précis et des traitements individualisés, la recherche française en psychiatrie se dote d’un vaste projet, ProPSY, financé sur cinq ans. Ses armes : une imagerie de pointe et...
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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
😍It’s time for a new #MeetDEMOmembers post! Today, let’s discover the work of Denise Musni! Her PhD investigates single #motherhood in #Belgium. She looks at factors linked to single motherhood, the prevalence of single ♀️ using assisted reproduction, income & partnership changes after childbirth🤰
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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
“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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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
🎉Today we are launching the #MeetDEMOmembers series in which we regularly present the work of DEMO researchers. 🥁Let's start with... Philippe Bocquier (@phbocquier.bsky.social), current head of the centre! His main topics: determinants of #urbanization; #migration & health
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Ined @ined.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
| Parution | Quelle évolution démographique pour la France ? La population de la France va-t-elle diminuer ? Dans le dernier numéro de Population & Sociétés, deux démographes projettent l’évolution démographique du pays jusqu’en 2070. www.ined.fr/fr/publicati... #PopulationEtSociétés #RevueIned
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Joan Damiens @joandamiens.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
☀️Very happy to have reached lovely Milano 🇮🇹 for the #RC28 on dynamics of #social stratification and #inequalities, through #education, markets & family. 🏡On Thursday, 4pm, I’ll talk about (intergenerational) #housing tenure and #mentalhealth care use in Finland #demography #sociology
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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Since 2015, drugs, homicide, and unintentional injuries have significantly contributed to the stalling and widening of the Black-White mortality gap, especially among men without a college degree. 📄👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Which religion you follow matters for life expectancy. Even in a secular country such as Finland, there are differences of up to six years between different denominations. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... @martinkolk.bsky.social
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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Mobile phone surveys are a promising tool for rapid measurement of age-specific mortality in settings where face-to-face surveys are difficult to implement. Researchers computed mortality levels from national MPS conducted in 2021–2022 in Burkina Faso. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
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Xu Zong @xuzong.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
⏳This Friday, we are thrilled to invite Jiani Yan (University of Oxford) to share her Nature Computational Science paper, “On the Unknowable Limits to Prediction.” Learn how to enhance predictive performance of Machine Learning! blogs.helsinki.fi/zongx/introd... Welcome to register via the link 👏🏻
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Workshop on ML in Research on SDH – XU ZONG
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Margherita Moretti @morettimarg.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
My last PhD paper is finally out in Population Studies🥳 With @angelorenti.bsky.social and @timriffe1.bsky.social, we examined changes in (multistate) disability-free life expectancy in Italy and used decomposition to understand the key drivers of these changes www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Multistate analysis and decomposition of disability-free life expectancy trends at mid-to-older ages in Italy, 2004–19
Italy has witnessed increases in life expectancy and population ageing, raising concerns about their impact on population health. Disability status greatly affects the participation of mid-to-older...
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Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health @pophel.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
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...
A portrait of researcher Aapo Hiilamo.
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Joan Damiens @joandamiens.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
🦠In #Belgium, #Covid19 led to a doubling in deaths in 2020. 💻 We investigated the relative contribution of individual 🧓💰 and spatial🏥🏘️ factors on #mortality with #register data. 📊 Pandemic amplified some of the pre-existing differences in mortality. doi.org/10.1002/psp.... #demography #socialdata
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
💡[SPOTLIGHT]💡 Josephine Jackisch + @alysonvanraalte.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social find that a difficult childhood is an important determinant of inequalities in mortality. The size of the contribution is equivalent to established behavioral risk factors. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/childhood_adversity
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Joan Damiens @joandamiens.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
👨‍🔬 👩‍🏫 PopHel researchers publish studies, attend conferences, receive grants, and start new projects. 🌱🧩We are also plant caretakers and puzzle solvers! 🚨 And great news, we are recruiting!! Find out + about #population #health and #demography in our brand new Newsletter!! #science #research
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