Empirical Social Research and Demography - Rostock

Regional Disparities in Life Expectancy in the Netherlands and the Role of Internal Migration Whereas longevity differences between movers and stayers are well-known, the impact of migration on regional disparities in longevity remains understudied. We estimated the contribution of internal m...

New paper in Population, Space and Place:

"Regional Disparities in #lifeexpectancy in the #Netherlands and the Role of #internalmigration"

by Maximilian Frentz-Göllnitz, Adrien Remund, Ernst van der Hoeven, Carel Harmsen, Gabriele Doblhammer & Fanny Janssen

doi.org/10.1002/psp....

We warmly congratulate Dr Elena Rakuša! After successfully defending her dissertation entitled "Health Care and Social Networks in the Context of Neurodegeneration and Mortality in Old Age and End of Life", she was awarded her doctorate by the Faculty Council of the WSF at the University of Rostock.

Congratulations to our research assistants Jonas Mauersberger and Oliver Nix on officially receiving their graduation certificates!

Can vigorous physical activity mitigate the effect of systemic inflammation on cognitive performance? Results from a large older community dwelling population in The Netherlands - Anne Fink, Constanti... Background Elevated systemic inflammation is associated with poorer cognitive function, while vigorous physical activity enhances cognition. Objective This stu...

New paper in Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease:

Can vigorous physical activity mitigate the effect of systemic inflammation on cognitive performance?

by Anne Fink, Constantin Reinke, Benjamin Aretz, Michael T. Heneka & Gabriele Doblhammer
doi.org/10.1177/1387...

#Cognition #Netherlands

Team dinner to start the semester – with farewells, welcomes and good conversations

Prof. Dr. Nandita Saikia during her guest lecture on the topic "Charting the course: India’s triumphs and
future horizons in population health“

Prof. Dr. Nandita Saikia (from IIPS in Mumbai) is currently our Mare Balticum Fellow in Rostock, contributing her expertise in the areas of population studies and life expectancy.

Here she is at a meeting with the dean, the vice-rector, and chair holder Prof. Doblhammer.

#demography

There will be another guest lecture by Prof. Nandita Saikia on June 3, 2025. If you are interested, please register.

The event will take the form of an interactive talk focusing on social science and #demography in India.

As part of the Mare Balticum Fellowship Program, a guest lecture by Prof. Nandita Saikia (International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) in Mumbai) will take place on 28 May 2025.

Title: “Charting the course: India's triumphs and future horizons in population health”

The current edition of “Demografische Forschung Aus erster Hand” reports on the research article “Contributions of causes of death to differentials in #lifeexpectancy by internal migrant status in the #Netherlands” by M. Frentz-Göllnitz and colleagues:
www.demografische-forschung.org/artikel/2025...

Predictors of attendance at the first follow-up and poor visual outcome after paediatric cataract surgery in Kinshasa for the years 2001–2021 - Tropical Medicine and Health Background About 90% of blind children come from low- and middle-income countries. The main cause of childhood blindness is cataract. Cataract surgery can improve vision, but regular follow-up is nece...

New research article "Predictors of attendance at the first follow‑up and poor visual outcome after paediatric #cataract surgery in Kinshasa for the years 2001–2021" by Helene Schulz & colleagues has been published online Tropical Medicine and Health:
tropmedhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Dementia as a predictor of palliative care: Uncovering patient patterns based on German claims data - BMC Palliative Care Background Palliative care aims to ensure a dignified and self-determined life for people facing the end of life. While palliative care is established for tumor diseases, it’s notably absent from Germ...

NEW PAPER: " #Dementia as a predictor of palliative care: Uncovering patient patterns based on German claims data"

By Elena Rakuša, Constantin Reinke, Gabriele Doblhammer & colleagues

📖Open Access:
link.springer.com/10.1186/s129...

Today, Constantin Reinke successfully defended his thesis on “Dementia Risk Factors Over The Life Course - Identification, Trajectories and Pathways”. PhDone. Congratulations!

Our PhD student Poulami Barman recently met one of her thesis supervisors, Prof Nandita Saikia, in Mumbai to discuss the research on #mortality and #dementia challenges in India, part of the joint PhD programme between University of Rostock and International Institute of Population Sciences, Mumbai.

The role of leukocytes in cognitive impairment due to long‐term exposure to fine particulate matter: A large population‐based mediation analysis INTRODUCTION Our understanding of how fine particulate matter (PM2.5) impacts cognitive functioning is limited. Systemic inflammation processes may play a role in mediating this effect. METHODS Th.....

New research article: The role of #leukocytes in cognitive impairment due to long-term exposure to fine particulate matter - by B. Aretz, G. Doblhammer and M. Heneka

#mediation #analysis #cognitivefunctioning

alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The effect of diabetes in the multifaceted relationship between education and cognitive function - BMC Public Health Background Education has been shown to be positively associated with cognitive performance. However, the pathways via lifestyle-related disease through which education is related to cognitive performa...

New research article from Constantin Reinke: The effect of #diabetes in the multifaceted relationship between education and cognitive function

Open Access: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Das ESF-Team beim diesjährigen 15. Rostocker Firmenlauf im Stadthafen am 26. Juni- leicht erschöpft, aber happy nach dem Zieleinlauf bei bestem Sommerwetter 😎

Ein Team unseres Lehrstuhls um Prof. Gabriele Doblhammer, Poulami Barman und Anna-V. Holtz gaben am Rostocker Käthe-Kollwitz-Gymnasium einen Einblick in die Demographie.

Themen u.a.: #Lebenserwartung und Bevölkerungsentwicklung Indiens sowie Deutschlands.
musikgymnasium-rostock.de/neuigkeiten/...

Contributions of causes of death to differentials in life expectancy by internal migrant status in the Netherlands. A population register based study, 2015–2019 Important health differences exist in the context of international migration and residential mobility. Less is known about health differences regardin…

New research article: "Contributions of causes of death to differentials in life expectancy by internal migrant status in the Netherlands ..." - by M. Frentz-Göllnitz, G. Doblhammer and colleagues.

Published in: SSM - Population Health
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Happy to share my first paper (ever) on colonoscopy procedures and subsequent risk of Parkinson’s disease. It's open access

content.iospress.com/articles/jou...

Introductory article published in Comparative Population Studies (CPoS):

#Demographic Developments in Eastern and Western Europe Before and After the #Transformation of Socialist Countries (Ed.: Gabriele Doblhammer, Zsolt Spéder)

www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CP...

Neue Publikation - Beitrag in Sammelband veröffentlicht:

Georges, Daniela & Doblhammer, Gabriele: Älter und diverser: Demografische Entwicklungen in Deutschland und ihre Herausforderungen für die Gesundheitsversorgung und Pflege.

#Demografie

Nachwuchspreisverleihung DGD 2024- Benjamin Aretz erhält eine Auszeichnung für seine Dissertation "Health consequences of exposure to environmental living conditions: Pathways and spatial patterns in Europe"
- betreut von Prof. Dr. G. Doblhammer (Univ. Rostock)/Prof. Dr. F. Janssen (Univ. Groningen)

The article entitled " #Antibiotics and #dementia: Antibiotic therapies can delay the onset of dementia" from "Demografische Forschung aus erster Hand" by Elena Rakuša has been published in Schattenblick magazine.

www.schattenblick.de/infopool/med...

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Doblhammer and Dr. Daniela Georges are represented at this year's DGD annual conference with sessions on "Social Inequalities in #Morbidity and #Mortality in a Comparative Perspective" and "Demographic Data/Methods for Western and Northern Europe".

dgd-online.de/jahrestagung...

Wow, our article about "Dementia risk predictions from German claims data using methods of machine learning" is a #TopDownloadedArticle in Alzheimer's & Dementia 🤩

alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

A powerful nonparametric test of the effect of dementia duration on mortality A continuous-time multi-state history is semi-Markovian, if an intensity to migrate from one state into a second, depends on the duration in the first state. Such duration can be formalised as mark...

New research article: “A powerful nonparametric test of the effect of #dementia duration on #mortality” - by Rafael Weißbach and Lucas Radloff in collaboration with Gabriele Doblhammer and Constantin Reinke from our chair.
 
Available at:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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