Véronique Addor
Public Health Specialist
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Epidemiologist, Division of Health Services Research (Maternal and Child Health), then Adolescent Health Research Unit. Promoted Project Manager in 1994.
INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE (SWITZERLAND)
1990
to 2002
France
- • Head of Research for a geographically-based cohort study on chronic diseases in 4,500 children born 1993-94 and follow-up to age four (19 maternity hospitals, supervision of 5 to 10 physicians, psychologists and nurses over 7 years): study design, fundraising, budget management (CHF 1,7 M), statistical analysis, international presentations and publications
- • Representative mail household survey on childhood injuries (n=27,000): same responsibilities as above plus media interventions on injury prevention
- • Swiss multicenter adolescent health survey 2002: development of a scientific, logistic and professional network in the 20 participating cantons from 3 cultural regions, after gaining support from the Public Health and School authorities; study design and questionnaire development in 3 languages; data collection and analysis
- • Epidemiologic surveillance of abortion 1990-2002 (Vaud), improvement of existing data content and type of analyses, contribution to the new abortion legalization legislation at national level in 2002
- • Development sexual and reproductive health indicators for the Swiss Health Observatory
- • Consultant to the Vaud Public Health Department (1991-1992): definition of health policy objectives based on population health indicators; study of inappropriate hospitalizations in a regional hospital
- • Head of a quality certification team for the assessment of a rehabilitation center (upon request from the Public Health Department, 1995)
- • Teaching: Laval University, Canada (WHO-sponsored International training course in injury control, 1997); Nursing School ‘La Source’, Lausanne (basic epidemiology, community needs assessment 1996-1999); Nursing School ‘Le Bon Secours’, Geneva (1997, neonatal epidemiology)
- • Member of the Childhood Injury Prevention Group of the Swiss Bureau of Injury Prevention (BPA), 1992-1997
