Department of Precision Health
The Department of Precision Health is an interdisciplinary research centre, focusing on epidemiological, clinical and public health research across a wide range of areas including digital health, lifestyle, human biomonitoring, health economics and sociodemographic inequalities in key diseases such cardio-metabolic conditions, neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, and COVID-19. By the evidence we generate, we aim at tackling the major causes of morbidity and mortality, improving quality of life and supporting clinical practice and public health bodies to advance the field of precision health.
Mission
By embracing novel digital technologies, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence approaches to analyse large datasets of patient-derived biological, clinical, environmental, and lifestyle information, we address major public health issues which are relevant to both Luxembourg and the international community. We carry out studies in epidemiology, clinical research or health economics and work on the impact on health of the exposome, lifestyle, socioeconomic inequalities – with a strong digital health dimension..
The department is also responsible for a range of public health projects such as disease registries or national surveys.
It relies on expertise from a number of disciplines (epidemiologists, data scientists, clinicians, methodologists, clinical trialists, translational researchers).
We aim to foster interdisciplinary and translational research collaborations across the different units of the department and strengthen networks with national and international partners and stakeholders. We strive to become a national training centre in epidemiology and public health research for the next generation of scientists and health professionals. Our goal is to promote the integration of digital technologies and use of real-world data into research, clinical practice and for the benefit of patients.
Director of Department
In January 2021, Dr Guy Fagherazzi was appointed Director of the Department of Precision Health at the Luxembourg Institute of Health.
FAGHERAZZI
- Cardiovascular Research Unit
- Chronic Disease And Environmental Epidemiology
- Deep Digital Phenotyping Research Unit
- Digital Medicine
- Human Biomonitoring Research Unit
- Human Motion, Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine and Digital Methods
- Neuroimaging
- NutriHealth
- Physical Activity, Sport and Health
- Public Health Expertise
WATCH 📺 – PRECISION HEALTH RESEARCH AT DOPH
The DoPH focuses its interdisciplinary research around the vision of Precision Health, encompassing aspects of precision public health, innovative exposure measurements (hair analysis, new biomarkers, etc.), precision prevention, lifestyle, health economics and digital health. The ultimate objective of the department is to provide more tailored, personalized prevention and treatment. In the current digital and data-driven world, to achieve this the researchers can rely on an increasing volume of data generated by populations and patients. The DoPH is strongly engaged in patient-centric research using new technologies and big data.
Watch the thematic videos to learn more about DoPH research activities in the domain of precision health. The talks were recorded during a DoPH webinar series dedicated to Precision Public Health in 2021.
Projects & clinical trials
Featured team members
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Shubhra
Acharya M.S.
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Leonie
Aengenheister Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow -
Gloria
Aguayo M.S.
Scientist -
Brice
Appenzeller Ph.D.
Group leader -
Anne
Backes Research Engineer -
Claudine
Backes Epidemiologist -
Audrey
Billy Data Manager -
Charline
Bour
Scientific publications
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Associations between sleep patterns, smoking, and alcohol use among older adults in Canada – 01/09/2022
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Secular trends in low birth weight and child undernutrition in West Africa – 01/09/2022
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Examining the prevalence and correlates of multimorbidity among community-dwelling older adults – 02/08/2022
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An individualized functional magnetic resonance imaging protocol to assess semantic congruency effects on episodic memory in an aging multilingual population – 22/07/2022
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Extraction of Explicit and Implicit Cause-Effect Relationships in Patient-Reported Diabetes-Related Tweets From 2017 to 2021 – 19/07/2022
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Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 spreading under the influence of environmental factors and strategies to tackle the pandemic – 01/06/2022
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Emulating a virtual digital cohort study based on social media data as a complementary approach to traditional epidemiology: when, what for, and how? – 24/05/2022
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An individualized fMRI-based protocol to assess semantic memory in a heterogeneous multilingual population – 22/05/2022
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Prevalence and Cost of Care for Parkinson’s Disease in Luxembourg – 01/01/2022
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Small steps, strong shield – 01/05/2022
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Associations between physical activity prior to infection and COVID-19 disease severity and symptoms – 29/04/2022
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Combinatorial analysis reveals highly coordinated early-stage immune reactions that predict later antiviral immunity in mild COVID-19 patients – 01/01/2022
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Residential greenness and substance use among youth and young adults – 24/03/2022
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Interim analysis of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against Severe Acute Respiratory Infection due to laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 among individuals aged 30 years and older, ECDC multi-country study – second update – 14/03/2022
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Attitudes and Expectations of Clinical Research Participants Toward Digital Health and Mobile Dietary Assessment Tools – 09/03/2022
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Associations Between Device-Measured Physical Activity and Glycemic Control and Variability Indices Under Free-Living Conditions – 14/12/2021
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Global Vaccine Equity to End the COVID-19 Pandemic – 27/01/2022
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Improving Diabetes-Related Biomedical Literature Exploration in the Clinical Decision-making Process via Interactive Classification and Topic Discovery – 18/01/2022
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Association between Dietary Factors and Constipation in Adults Living in Luxembourg and Taking Part in the ORISCAV-LUX 2 Survey – 28/12/2021
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Advanced analytical methods to assess physical activity behavior using accelerometer time series – 01/01/2021
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