Katarina Matthes, PhD
- Deputy Head & Senior Research Assistant
- Anthropometrics & Historical Epidemiology Group
- Phone
- +41 44 635 05 13 (Room Y11 G68)
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I am a statistician and epidemiologist interested in understanding the effect of past epidemics/pandemics, specifically through the lens of socio-demographic disparities and inequalities. I am interested in both; the immediate effects, such as mortality and morbidity, and the long-term consequences, such as effects on health, mortality, or socio-economic status in adulthood resulting from exposure in-utero or during early life to a pandemic. I am also interested in historical epidemiology and the analysis of historical data collected from archives (e.g. birth weights, causes of death, diseases) using modern epidemiological and statistical methods. My research employs the analysis of mortality and morbidity trends, excess mortality and spatial mortality/morbidity patterns using various statistical methods, including survival analysis and competing risk models, infectious disease modelling or Bayesian statistical methods.
Long-term Mortality Effects of In-Utero Exposure - The 1918/19 Pandemic as a Natural Experiment with Relevance for the Future? (PI - SNSF SPARK Grant)
Neonatal and maternal health at the beginning of the 20th century vs. now
EU Cost Action “ The Great Leap. Multidisciplinary approaches to health, 1800-2022” (MC Member Switzerland, Active Member in working group 3)
EU Cost Action “ Maternal Perinatal Stress and Adverse Outcomes in the Offspring: Maximising infants´development (TREASURE)” (Active Member in working group 2)
Population health then and now: Historical epidemiology, body height, excess weight
