Anthropometrics & Historical Epidemiology ☛ PD Kaspar Staub

We are an interdisciplinary research group (epidemiologists, historians, biostatisticians) using quantitative methods to analyse different modern and historical data sets. We add a historical and evolutionary perspective to modern health issues and data in order to better understand and monitor ongoing developments at the population level. The group has two main areas of research: a) Anthropometry: The analysis of regional/temporal variability in human height, body shape, overweight and size at birth over the last 200 years; b) Historical Epidemiology: The analysis of historical morbidity and mortality data from archives using modern epidemiological methods.

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PI Kaspar Staub

Staff and Students

Open Positions / Thesis Projects

Neonatal and maternal health at the beginning of the 20th century vs. now

Long-term Mortality Effects of In-Utero Exposure - The 1918/19 Pandemic as a Natural Experiment with Relevance for the Future?

EU Cost Action “The Great Leap. Multidisciplinary approaches to health, 1800-2022”

Bridging the gap: Dialogues between scientists and the public and policymakers about lost past pandemic experiences

Data & Visualization Hub LEAD “Lessons from the past: Digitized historical health data in Switzerland”

Population health then and now: Historical epidemiology, body height, excess weight

Group activities & news

4 Apr 2024

New paper on neonatal health in Switzerland, and how it changes during periods of crises

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23 Feb 2024

Media coverage of our body height research

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13 Feb 2024

New preprint on spatial pattern of all cause excess mortality in Swiss districts during the pandemic years 1890, 1918 and 2020

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