Assessing the variability in experimental hut trials evaluating insecticide-treated nets against malaria vectors (Publications)
Experimental hut trials (EHTs) are used to evaluate indoor vector control interventions against malaria vectors in a controlled setting. The level of variability present in the assay will influence wh
Introducing the Library of Guidance for Health Scientists (LIGHTS): a living database for methods guidance (Publications)
IMPORTANCE: Improving methodological quality is a priority in the health research community. Finding appropriate methods guidance can be challenging due to heterogeneous terminology, poor indexing in
Harmonized human biomonitoring in European children, teenagers and adults: EU-wide exposure data of 11 chemical substance groups from the HBM4EU... (Publications)
As one of the core elements of the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU) a human biomonitoring (HBM) survey was conducted in 23 countries to generate EU-wide comparable HBM data. This surve
Discrepancy in reporting of perioperative complications: a retrospective observational study (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To assess the discrepancy between perioperative complications, prospectively recorded during a cohort study versus retrospectively from health records. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Perioperativ
Trends in maternal mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic-evidence from Zambia (Publications)
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased social and emotional stressors globally, increasing mental health concerns and the risk of psychiatric illness worldwide. To date, relatively little is known about
Potential mechanisms by which cash transfer programmes could improve the mental health and life chances of young people: a conceptual framework and... (Publications)
Mental health is inextricably linked to both poverty and future life chances such as education, skills, labour market attachment and social function. Poverty can lead to poorer mental health, which re
Associations between environmental noise and myocardial infarction and stroke: investigating the potential mediating effects of hypertension (Publications)
BACKGROUND: We investigated whether hypertension may be a mediator in the pathway linking environmental noise exposure to incident MI and stroke. METHODS: Separately for MI and stroke, we built two po
Long-term exposure to ultrafine particles and natural and cause-specific mortality (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Health implications of long-term exposure to ubiquitously present ultrafine particles (UFP) are uncertain. The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between long-term UFP e
Emodepside for<em> Trichuris trichiura </em>and hookworm infection (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Current treatments for soil-transmitted helminth infections in humans have low efficacy against Trichuris trichiura. Emodepside - a drug in veterinary use and under development for the tre