Publications

ZORA Publication List

Publications

• 2026

  • Journal Article

    • Steiner, S., Matthes, K. L., Middelkamp, P. W., Riou, J., Hauser, A., & Staub, K. (2026). Sex and gender differences in morbidity and mortality from influenza-like illness during pandemics and throughout the 20th century in Switzerland Infectious Diseases, Epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1080/23744235.2026.2644272
    • Bramajo, O., O’Grady, B., Chakraborty, M., & Mehta, N. K. (2026). Age-specific trends in limitations of daily activities in American adults aged 50–84 by race and ethnicity, 2000–2018 PLoS ONE, 21, e0340694. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340694
    • Watson, L. M., Frémondière, P., Staub, K., Mitteroecker, P., Fischer, B., Haeusler, M., & Webb, N. M. (2026). Over the edge: Empirical evidence for the cliff‐edge model of obstetric selection The Anatomical Record, ar.70159. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.70159
    • Schneider, E., Jaramillo Echeverri, J., Purcell, M., A’Hearn, B., Arthi, V., Blum, M., Brainerd, E., Capuno, J., Cermeño, A. L., Challú, A., Cho, Y.-J., Cole, T., Corpuz, J., Depauw, E., Droller, F., Von Fintel, D., Floris, J., Galofré-Vilà, G., Harris, B., … Staub, K. (2026). The decline of child stunting in 122 countries: a systematic review of child growth studies since the 19th century BMJ Global Health, 11, e018607. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018607
    • Rubini, E., Trentin, M., Maffi, P., Aammar, B., Gaievskyi, S., Bahattab, A., Lamine, H., Kordi-Kaiser, M., Staub, K., & Ragazzoni, L. (2026). Challenges in healthcare facilities’ response to past outbreaks: a systematic review of reviews BMC Health Services Research, 26, 141. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-13934-9

• 2025

  • Journal Article

    • Friedauer, C., Matthes, K. L., Lang, P., & Staub, K. (2025). Reconstructing the spread of measles in the 20th century: an epidemiological analysis of the period prior to the introduction of vaccination in Switzerland American Journal of Epidemiology, 194(12), 3556–3565. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwaf167
    • Haag, N., Le Vu, M., Jaeggi, A. V., Baud, D., Desseauve, D., Haeusler, M., Staub, K., & Matthes, K. L. (2025). Association between a mismatch of maternal/neonatal body size and obstetrical interventions in Switzerland in the 1920s: a cross-sectional study Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift, 155, 4546. https://doi.org/10.57187/s.4546
    • Le Vu, M., Matthes, K. L., Schneider, E. B., Moerlen, A., Hösli, I., Baud, D., & Staub, K. (2025). Maternal Influenza-Like Illness and Neonatal Health During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in a Swiss City Annals of Internal Medicine, 178, 1632–1641. https://doi.org/10.7326/annals-24-03796
    • Radivojevic, N., Puhan, M., Staub, K., & Ballouz, T. (2025). Reconstruction of the Discourse on Influenza During Pandemics Between 1889 and 1980 in the Predecessor Journal of Swiss Medical Weekly - A Narrative Review and Bibliometric Analysis Public Health Reviews, 46, 1608522. https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2025.1608522
    • Gubelmann, C., Stanga, Z., Staub, K., & Marques-Vidal, P. (2025). Impact of obesity and physical fitness on hypertension: a mediation analysis including over 380 000 Swiss young male conscripts from 2007 to 2022 BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 11, e002455. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2025-002455
    • Slekiene, J., Gamma, A. E., Wade, P., Robateau, D., Oketch, J. A., & Palacios, S. (2025). Psychosocial and context factors associated with breastfeeding and complementary feeding changes in Belize: a mixed methods approach BMC Public Health, 25, 2321. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22854-6
    • Urban, C., Vrancken, B., Patrono, L. V., Düx, A., Le Vu, M., Matthes, K. L., Burkhard-Koren, N. M., Widulin, N., Schnalke, T., Carraro, S., Rühli, F., Lemey, P., Staub, K., Calvignac-Spencer, S., & Schuenemann, V. J. (2025). An ancient influenza genome from Switzerland allows deeper insights into host adaptation during the 1918 flu pandemic in Europe BMC Biology, 23, 179. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02282-z
    • Matthes, K. L., Le Vu, M., & Staub, K. (2025). Fertility dynamics through historical pandemics and COVID-19 in Switzerland, 1871–2022 Population Studies, 79, 463–478. https://doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2025.2462291
    • Matthes, K. L., & Staub, K. (2025). Is height loss in adulthood associated with health in later life among the 1946 UK Birth Cohort (NSHD) participants? Aging and Health Research, 5, 100224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahr.2025.100224
    • Ziegler, E., Matthes, K. L., Middelkamp, P. W., Schünemann, V., Althaus, C. L., Rühli, F., & Staub, K. (2025). Retrospective modelling of the disease and mortality burden of the 1918-1920 influenza pandemic in Zurich, Switzerland Epidemics, 50, 100813. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2025.100813
    • Bramajo, O. (2025). The role of birth cohorts in recent mortality trends among Mexicans aged 60 plus in urban and rural areas Canadian Studies in Population, 52, 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42650-025-00088-6

  • Book Section

    • Floris, J., & Staub, K. (2025). Measuring Food Requirements and Deprivation In M. Cox & C. Morelon (Eds.), Hunger Redraws the Map. Food, State, and Society in the Era of the First World War (pp. 280–318). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009441278.011

  • Conference or Workshop item

    • Braggion, A., Chiolero, A., Fahr, A., & Staub, K. (2025). Benefits and challenges of communicating long-term data in public health, SSPH+ Workshop - Final Report online. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16961076

• 2024

  • Journal Article

    • Skrivankova, V. W., Schreck, L. D., Berlin, C., Panczak, R., Staub, K., Zwahlen, M., Schulzke, S. M., Egger, M., & Kuehni, C. E. (2024). Sociodemographic and regional differences in neonatal and infant mortality in Switzerland in 2011–2018: the Swiss National Cohort Swiss Medical Weekly, 154, 3682. https://doi.org/10.57187/s.3682
    • Suter, J., Devos, I., Matthes, K. L., & Staub, K. (2024). The health and demographic impacts of the “Russian flu” pandemic in Switzerland in 1889/1890 and in the years thereafter Epidemiology and Infection, 152, e174. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0950268824001651

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