Nicole Probst-Hensch, Professor, PhD (Pharmacy and Epidemiology), MPH

Function(s)
Head of Department, Group Leader, Head of Unit

Organisational Entity

Nicole Probst-Hensch is Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and the Chronic Disease Epidemiology Unit at Swiss TPH. She is also Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Basel Medical School (Switzerland). Probst-Hensch has been trained in both Pharmaceutical Sciences (ETH Zürich) and Epidemiology (UCLA Los Angeles) and holds doctorates in both fields. She has broad research experience covering several chronic diseases including cancer, respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and covering multiple domains related to NCD risks (genetic and molecular epidemiology; environmental epidemiology; nutrition and physical activity; dual disease burden NCDs-Infectious diseases). In her research she applies biomarkers in the context of Exposome and Mendelian Randomisation approaches to improve mechanistic and causal understanding modifiable disease risks. Her research group has broad expertise in developing, implementing and scientifically exploiting longitudinal cohorts and biobanks, both nationally and internationally

Latest Publications

All Publications

Doetzer J et al. Methods and exploratory findings of the first Swiss agricultural health cohort FarmCoSwiss. Sci Rep. 2025;15:10690. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-94440-0

Ikuteyijo O.O, Zepro N, Akinyemi A.I, Probst-Hensch N, Merten S. Socio-economic factors influencing intimate partner violence among adolescents and young women in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. Public Health Rev. 2025;45:1607041. DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2024.1607041

Jeong A et al. Lung function-associated exposome profile in the era of climate change: pooled analysis of 8 population-based European cohorts within the EXPANSE project. Environ Int. 2025;196:109269. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109269

Karakoltzidis A et al. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure among European adults: evidence from the HBM4EU aligned studies. Environ Int. 2025;198(in press). DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109383

Long K.Z et al. Micronutrient status, food security, anaemia, Plasmodium infection, and physical activity as predictors of primary schoolchildren's body composition in Côte d'Ivoire. Front Nutr. 2025;11:1524810. DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1524810

Loss G et al. Evaluating the hypertension cascade of care in adults in urban Lao PDR: evidence from the VITERBI Cohort Study. Vasc Health Risk Manag. 2025;21:109-123. DOI: 10.2147/vhrm.S506857

Ndiaye A et al. Associations between long-term air pollution exposure and mortality and cardiovascular morbidity: a comparison of mobility-integrated and residential-only exposure assessment. Environ Int. 2025;198(in press). DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109387

Southisavath P et al. Elimination of schistosomiasis mekongi in reach for Lao PDR: the last patient with severe disease?. Parasitol Int. 2025;104:102976. DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2024.102976

Alchalabi L, Schaffner E, Imboden M, Difloe-Geisert J.C, Zitzmann N.U, Probst-Hensch N. Removable dental prostheses and difficulties with chewing among frail individuals: results from the Swiss SAPALDIA cohort. Swiss Dent J. 2024;134(2):53-71. DOI: 10.61872/sdj-2024-02-04

Baum E et al. Burden of chronic pain among adult pastoralists in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional household survey. Pain. 2024;165(11):2629-2643. DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003282