PRC Seed Grant Symposium 2025
The 1. PRC Seed Grant Symposium was held on Friday, June 20, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM in KOL-G-212. The event featured seven research projects supported by a PRC Seed Grant and provided an opportunity to showcase innovative and interdisciplinary population-based research.
Each project was presented in a 10-minute session, followed by 3–4 minutes of discussion. Project summaries were distributed to all registered participants one week prior to the event.
A subsequent symposium of a similar format is planned for 2026, with further details to be announced in due course
Program:PRC_Seed_Grant_Symposium_2025 (PDF, 169 KB)
Welcome (10:00) |
Sustainable travel medicine: a “Planetary Health” approach to international travel (the Planet Health project) Dr. Andrea Farnham (Department of Public and Global Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute), Dr. Walter Bierbauer (Psychologisches Institut, Angewandte Sozial- und Gesundheitspsychologie) |
Turning the Tide on Kidney Disease: Developing Digital Strategies to Increase Awareness in High-Risk Groups Andrew Hall (Institute of Anatomy and Zurich Kidney Center), Annalise Baines (Department of Communication and Media Research), Kathrin Johanna Meier (Zurich Kidney Center) |
Risk factors for developmental delay in early childhood: An umbrella review as a basis for a population based clinical study PD Dr. Michael von Rhein (University Children’s Hospital Zurich), Prof. Boris Quednow (Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Zurich), Dr. Holger Dressel (Department of Epidemiology, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute), Corina S. Rüegg (Department of Epidemiology, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute), Prof. Oskar Jenni (University Children’s Hospital Zurich) |
Digging the digital – Using digital data donations to enrich population research Dr. Markus Wolf (Department of Psychology), Dr. Oliver Grübner (Department of Geography), Dr. Eileen Neumann (Department of Adult Psychiatry and Psychotherapy), Nico Pfiffner (Department of Communication and Media Research; Digital Donation Lab) |
| 11:00 Coffee break |
Adolescent Well-being in Flux: A Comparative Analysis of Adolescent Health Behaviors and Mental Distress Across Countries and Time Dr. Clarissa Janousch (University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich, Experimental Pharmacopsychology and Psychological Addiction Research), Dr. Laura Bechtiger (Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development, Risk and Resilience) |
Towards a better understanding of the ongoing decline in the birth rate in Switzerland: Updating trends and exploring the potential of dataset triangulation Prof. Dr. Kaspar Staub (Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich), PD Dr. Tilo Burkhard (Department of Obstetrics, University Hospital Zurich), Prof. Dr. Katja Rost (Institute of Sociology and URPP "Human Reproduction Reloaded", University of Zurich) |
AI-enabled Language Processing of Adolescents’ and Young Adults’ Challenges and Aspirations (z-proso ALPACA) Dr. Christina Haag (Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care), Dr. David Bürgin (Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development) |
| 12:00 End |