♻️🧠Thrilled to publish my first sole-authored paper in Socail Science & Medicine. This study revealed the link of childhood indoor air pollution with later-life cognitive health and its mechanisms, using national data and a machine learning approach. @pophel.bsky.social @helsinki.fi

👩‍💻Our new paper in BMC Geriatrics shows that Internet use can 'heal' loneliness among older Chinese adults, especially married ones. Social participation & online connections partly explain this. Notably, WeChat Moments use is key for lowering loneliness. @pophel.bsky.social @helsinki.fi

✝️ Our study found: While religion may help those raised in difficult family environments to cope, it cannot fully offset the health risks associated with childhood adversity (e.g,parental mental health issues). @pophel.bsky.social @helsinki.fi @share-eric.bsky.social
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📣 Our new preprint used machine learning across 30 countries to reveal key life-course social determinants of loneliness among older adults. We also developed a Streamlined Loneliness Predictive Model for future applications.
@pophel.bsky.social @share-eric.bsky.social doi.org/10.1101/2025...

📢 PopHel Newsletter for March - September 2025 is out!! 📰
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You will also receive information on upcoming public talks 👩‍🏫 and open positions at PopHel‼️

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🚆🚀 Thrilled to share our paper has been published in Social Science & Medicine, as well as my second paper in this journal. We first reveal the olders' cognitive health externalities of high-speed rail and related mechanisms using ML causal approach and national data. @pophel.bsky.social

We are live!

The SoGreen project website is now online:
🔗 sogreen-project.eu

We invite you to explore, share, and follow along as we build knowledge to support just and evidence-based policies in the green transition in Europe.

@ess-survey.bsky.social @ggp.bsky.social @guide-cohort.bsky.social

Uusi kirja “Mitä kuuluu, Suomi? Ihmiset ja yhteiskunta suurten murrosten keskellä” on nyt tilattavissa! 📚

Oma kappaleeni käsittelee Suomen väestötrendejä ja väestöennusteita sekä sitä, miten voimme varautua tulevaan.

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⏳I will present new machine learning (ML)–based causal approach—double machine learning (DML)—with an applied example, at the ML-SDH Workshop on Oct 17, 2–3 PM, 2025 (Helsinki time, Zoom)! If you're interested in ML-based causal inference in health research, welcome to click link below to join us.

📣 I am seeking postdoctoral or faculty positions starting in 2026. My research focuses on aging, health, and machine learning, and published multiple papers in leading journals. Any opportunities would be appreciated, thank you for sharing! 😊
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👶➡️🧑‍🦳 Our study shows that adverse childhood circumstances such as lack of friendships, poor housing, increase the risk of 💔 suicidal thoughts in later life, highlighting the need for a lifespan approach to suicide prevention. @pophel.bsky.social @share-eric.bsky.social www.helsinki.fi/en/news/fair...

🎤Thrilled to have delivered my oral presentation at the 30th International Population Conference (IPC) in Brisbane 🇦🇺today! The thoughtful comments and engaging discussions made it such a rewarding experience!
#IPC2025 #Brisbane #PopulationResearch

#IPC2025 ⏰ I will present my paper about childhood exposure to air pollution and cognitive decline in old age, during Session Early Life Exposure and Cohort Change in Health and Mortality on 16/07/2025, from 08:30 to 10:00.
Look forward to everyone who have interest in this topic.😊 #IUSSP

💚 publication in Journal of Affective Disorders! We provided novel evidence of dose-repsonse relationships between childhood adversity and 🦠COVID-19-related mental disorders, also uncovered some protective moderating factors
@pophel.bsky.social @share-eric.bsky.social

🧒 New publication in Journal of Affective Disorders !
We developed advanced machine learning model to investigate strong and often overlooked emotional and behavioural risk factors that can be predicted to be present in five-year-old children. @pophel.bsky.social
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🚀 New publication in Social Science & Medicine!
We used cross-national data and a machine learning approach to examine how early religious upbringing is associated with later-life health. It varied in health domains, life-course conditions. @pophel.bsky.social
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⏳This Friday, we are thrilled to invite Jiani Yan (University of Oxford) to share her Nature Computational Science paper, “On the Unknowable Limits to Prediction.” Learn how to enhance predictive performance of Machine Learning!

blogs.helsinki.fi/zongx/introd... Welcome to register via the link 👏🏻