The ESPR Epidemiology, Public Health & Health Systems Research Section

Welcome to the Epidemiology, Public Health & Health Systems Research Section of the European Society of Paediatric Research (ESPR)

Our Epidemiology, Public Health & Health Systems Research section aims to promote the use of high-quality and innovative methods for clinical and population-based paediatric research. This research is needed for the evaluation of curative and preventive interventions, predicting disease, understanding the aetiology and risk factors of disease and assessing the long-term consequences of perinatal and paediatric events. Results guide clinical care, the organisation of health systems and public health policy and generate knowledge relevant to topics in all of the ESPR sections.

We focus on highlighting new methodological concepts and innovative analytic approaches in paediatrics to foster the understanding and use of high-quality research methods among the ESPR membership. Our aims are achieved by encouraging the exchange of knowledge about epidemiological and statistical methods and their application in research amongst researchers both formally and informally.

• Our objectives
  In its mission to promote the use of high-quality and innovative methods for clinical and population-based paediatric research, the Epidemiology, Public Health & Health Systems Research section aims to:

   

  • Invite presentations on research concepts and methods in epidemiology and public health that are relevant to paediatric research topics and inspire innovation in research among ESPR members.
  • Offer pre-congress courses that present these methods in an accessible and hands-on way for clinicians involved in research. These courses are designed for members with advanced as well as basic epidemiological training.
  • Summarise these concepts and methods in publications adapted to paediatric research topics.
  • Provide a forum for discussion about the study design and statistical methods that are of interest to the ESPR membership so that the Section can better address members' needs
  • Create links with neonatal and paediatric research networks
• Meet the Section Council

  Jasper Been Consultant Neonatologist & Assoc. Professor, MD, MPH, PhD Section chair since 2023 Erasmus MC – Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, NL	Jennifer Zeitlin Perinatal Epidemiologist, Senior DSc, MA. Professor Section council member since 2019 Obstetrical, Perinatal & Pediatric Epidemiology Research Team, INSERM (National Institute of Health & Med. Reseach), Paris, FR	Chris Gale Professor and Reader in Neonatal Medicine, MBBS, MSc, PhD Section council member since 2019 Imperial College London, UK and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in the UK	David Odd Consultant Neonatologist and Senior Lecturer, MBChB MSc MD Section council member since 2022 Division of Population Medicine at Cardiff University School of Medicine, UK
  Andrei Morgan Neonatologist & Paediatrician / Perinatal Epidemiologist, MBChB, FRCPCH, MSc, PhD Section council member since 2023 Obstetrical, Perinatal & Pediatric Epidemiology Research Team, INSERM (National Institute of Health & Med. Reseach), Paris, FR	Mette V. Pedersen MD, PhD Clinical Research Fellow Young section council member Department of Clinical Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, Aarhus, DK	Emily van Blankenstein MD, PhD Clinical Research Fellow Young section council member Neonatal Medicine Research Group, Imperial College London, UK
• Our Special Interest Groups
  • Planetary Health
  • Technology & AI
  • Quality Improvement & Innovation
• Current activities of the sections

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• Upcoming meetings of the section

  The next section meeting will take place at the upcoming CEPAS congress in Lyon, France, in October 2026 (date & time tba).
• How to engage with us

  Please contact the ESPR Secretariat via office@espr.eu. We will be more than happy to forward your request to the members of the Epidemiology Section.