Academic Research Projects | Centre of Public Health Sciences

Our office coordinates interdisciplinary graduate study programs in Public Health Sciences, Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Since the centre´s establishment in 2007, over 120 master’s and doctoral level students have graduated from our programs.

Doctoral dissertations and MPH/MS student´s final thesis are accessible in the national digital repository Skemman. From 2016, academic research papers and doctoral dissertations are deposited in the open access repository Opin vísindi.

Links to a few of the peer reviewed papers and dissertations produced through our programs.

Risk Factors for Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Among Avalanche Survivors: A 16-Year Follow-Up

Sixteen-year follow-up of childhood avalanche survivors

Low Birth Weight, Small for Gestational Age and Preterm Births before and after the Economic Collapse in Iceland: A Population Based Cohort Study

Pregnancy-Induced Hypertensive Disorders before and after a National Economic Collapse: A Population Based Cohort Study

Exposure to Violence and Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness in Mexican Women

Obstetric Outcomes of Mothers Previously Exposed to Sexual Violence

Enhanced Antenatal Care: Combining one-to-one and group Antenatal Care models to increase childbirth education and address childbirth fear