Postdoc fellow at
Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health
Max Planck-University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health.
Affiliated with University of Glasgow and Stockholm University
Moritz Oberndorfer
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Intersectionality and MAIHDA conference - BOOKING NOW OPEN! (and it's free)
Friday 10th July, University of Sheffield
With a pre-conference MAIHDA course on Thursday 9th July
All details: intersectionalhealth.org/upcoming-eve...
Please share widely in your networks!
Los Pollos Hermanos! 🐓 Our new cohort study published in JECH: Parental death is linked to increased psychotropic medication use in adults (ages 35–55), especially among those with fewer siblings, highlighting the role of family as a support network.
jech.bmj.com/content/earl...
It's short and not technical. A quick and hopefully interesting read.
After many discussions with co-authors and colleagues, mostly at @pophel.bsky.social, it still seems like a hard to navigate space.
Is there something valuable between descriptive and causal?
I'd love to hear people's thoughts!
MPIDR@EPC2026
Have a chat with Marcus Ebeling
📅 Friday, June 5
🕑 14:00-15:00
📍MPIDR booth
Marcus Ebeling will be promoting his new Research Group Medical Demography. If you want to learn about his research and the future possibilities to join the group, visit us at our booth.
#EPC2026
On the space between descriptive and causal estimands with Annie Herbert, Anna Pearce and @vkatikireddi.bsky.social
Descriptive estimands, causal estimands, and avoiding the jungle of adjusted associations in between
doi.org/10.1136/jech...
Don't get lost in the jungle of adjusted associations.
"Temporary shock or lasting scar?"
By 2024 nearly all high-income countries remained below their pre-pandemic life expectancy trends. We identify four distinct mortality shock patterns since 2020. Full analysis in our preprint: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
👩🎓 Maria Ponkilainen successfully defended her PhD thesis "Childbearing and Divorce among Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples in the Nordic Context : A Register-Based Analysis" at the University of Helsinki in March 2026. Her thesis can be read here: hdl.handle.net/10138/627822 🥳🌈
