Youth health from a Holistic perspective (2025-2029) [YEAH!] - project led by Aïna Chalabaev
The YEAH! project tackles the growing challenges of mental health and obesity among EU children, who face rising rates of anxiety, depression, and chronic disease risks worsened by socioeconomic disparities. Coordinated by Université Grenoble Alpes and funded by Horizon Europe, it aims to develop a personalised digital intervention targeting children aged 8–10 and adolescents aged 14–16 across seven European countries. The intervention focuses on fostering stronger connections with family, peers, and educators to create a supportive environment for positive behavioural change. By addressing multiple health behaviours — diet, physical activity, sleep, and screen time — YEAH! develops innovative, evidence-based digital tools to tackle youth health inequalities.
Exploring co-workers'network impact: a new lever for the adoption of healthy and pro-environmental behaviours (2024 - 2028) [RESPRO]
ResPro addresses the health and environmental challenges stemming from poor daily lifestyle choices — sedentary behaviour, unhealthy diets, and polluting transport habits. In France, over a third of adults combine high sedentarity with insufficient physical activity, contributing to higher mortality and chronic disease risks. The project takes an innovative approach by leveraging social interactions and the workplace as key channels for spreading healthy and pro-environmental behaviours. Drawing on network econometrics, behavioural economics, and social psychology, ResPro ultimately aims to strengthen the effectiveness of public health and environmental policies.
Data collection on mobility behaviours and network along with a 3 month-intervention is on going among 750 employees of 11 private and public firm.
Children as Receptors and Messengers for Health Education (2024-2028) [ERMES] - project led by Aurélie Maurice
The ERMES project focuses primarily on the various uses of and behavioral effects of food-related messages received or shared by elementary school children. Food-related messages are primarily verbal statements expressing a positive or negative opinion about a food or group of foods. The ERMES project also focuses specifically on social interactions among students and how food-related behaviors and messages are involved in these interactions.
Data collection on food consumption at the canteen, food preferences and network is on going among 290 pupils of 9 years old in 10 Parisian schools.
Network for Health Workers: Covid and Organisation of Emergency teams [NEWCARE] - project led by Marie-Estelle Binet
Our research project has several objectives. The first is to create an original database to describe the characteristics and interactions between caregivers working in healthcare teams in the emergency department. These data will be extracted (or desilated) from the PREDIMED clinical data warehouse (CDW), which gathers health and administrative data from patients and healthcare professionals working at Grenoble University Hospital. Then, the analysis of social networks will allow us to identify the modes of collaboration in place between caregivers and their ability to adapt to their environment. Impact evaluation methods will allow us to estimate the impact of the organizational changes caused by the covid-19 health crisis on the quality of work and the well-being of healthcare professionals.
Mobility and improvement of air quality (2018-2023) project in collaboration with Sandrine Mathy and Anna Risch [ResCampus]
In February 2020, we collected original data through an online survey on networks and sustainable behaviours among 334 individuals working in ten research labs located in the University Grenoble Alps’ campus. In order to collect data on networks, we used similar questions as the one used in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), which is one of the most frequently used databases when studying peer effects.
Mobility and improvement of air quality (2018-) project led by Sandrine Mathy [MobilAir project]
HIV prevention among sex workers in Dakar, Senegal (2015 -) project in collaboration with Aurélia Lépine
In 2015, together with Aurélia Lépine (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) and in collaboration with the DLSI of the Ministry of Health in Senegal, we have started a new longitudinal data set of female sex workers (2015: 651 FSWs interviewed, 2017: 592 FSWs of which 441 already surveyed in 2015). The data set includes information on risk aversion and altruism elicited using real payment and information on sexual and health behaviours including biological markers. We investigate the over-reporting of condom use thanks to the list randomization methodology as well as the impact of the registration programme of female sex workers on their physical and mental health.
Road safety among motorcyclists in Delhi, India (2010-2014) project in collaboration with Michael Grimm
Data was collected in Delhi among 902 motorcyclists (either drivers or passengers). The data set contains information on helmet and motorbike use, socio-demographic characteristics, experiences of road accidents and traffic offences as well as expectations regarding the financial and medical consequences of helmet non-use. In this project, we investigate the relation between different types of prevention behaviors as well as the impact of risk preferences on these attitudes. We also study the formation and influence of perceived consequences of helmet non-use and simulate the effect of different road safety measures.
Adherence to antibiotic treatments in France (2014-2017) project led by Bruno Ventelou
100 pharmacies in four different regions participated to a randomized controlled trial aiming at modifying the delivery mode of antibiotics. 3/4 of these pharmacies replaced pre-packed boxes by a per-unit dispensing of tablets in the exact numbers prescribed. Information on adherence to treatment and recycling habits have been then collected among 1200 patients. We evaluate the environmental, economic and public health consequences of this intervention.
Vaccination decisions in France (2015-2017) project led by Judith Mueller
This multidisciplinary project aims at investigating population preferences towards vaccination for different diseases with a focus on elements that could be included in vaccination promotion campaigns. A first study has been implemented among 775 students in Rennes and considered vaccination against a rare, severe and rapidly evolving disease. Using a discrete choice experiment, participants were asked to decide whether to vaccinate immediately or not in different scenarios varying along the following dimensions: epidemic situation, adverse event, information on vaccination coverage and potential for indirect protection.