Our latest findings from the SAGA Cohort highlight how widespread workplace sexual harassment and violence is among women residing in Iceland, particularly among young women and those who work shifts. Svava Dögg Jónsdóttir (she/her) 🍉 🏳️‍🌈 Edda

Looking forward to hearing keynote speaker Unnur Valdimarsdóttir, the SAGA Cohort study's guarantor, give a talk about trauma- and stress-related disorders and the development of somatic disease, at ISTSS in Atlanta next November! Register at istss.org/am22/registrat… #ISTSSnews

Recent findings from SAGA Cohort suggest a third of women report lifetime exposure to sexual harassment/violence and 8% report exposure in their current workplace. The highest prevalence of current workplace sexual harassment/violence was among women working as public figures.

Rebekka Lynch is a physician and a Ph.D. student in public health at Centre of Public Health Sciences where her focus is on the psycho-physiological sequelae of violence against women. Her results suggest that violence exposure is associated with higher cortisol levels.

One important aspect of science is sharing the knowledge gained in research. At the @ISPS conference in Perugia, Unnur Valdimarsdóttir, professor of epidemiology at the Centre of Public Health Sciences gave a talk about the human health response to major trauma and life adversities.

Hilda Björk Daníelsdóttir is a Ph.D. student in epidemiology at Centre of Public Health Sciences where one of her research projects aims to determine the genetic and environmental contributions to resilience following childhood trauma. Hilda recently presented her results at #WCPG2022 in Florence.

.Thor Aspelund, professor of biostatistics and senior researcher in SAGA Cohort, COVIDMENT, and Icelandic Heart Association is ranked nr. 6 among Icelandic scientists in medical sciences according to research.com. Proud collaborators at University of Iceland congratulate Thor!

Looking forward to hearing Unnur Valdimarsdóttir give a talk at the #ISTSS2022 conference this Thursday on the opportunities from the Nordic registers for an improved understanding of trauma‐related disorders in general health & disease 🫶

We had a great time at the International Association for Womens Mental Health conference. Few representatives from Centre of Public Health Sciences presented their results from the SAGA Cohort and COVIDMENT on women's #mentalhealth💪 #IAWMH2022

PhD students from Centre of Public Health Sciences presented their projects on day 1 at the International Association for Womens Mental Health conference. Svava Dögg Jónsdóttir (she/her) 🍉 🏳️‍🌈 presented her results on workplace sexual harassment and violence, and Sigurbjörg Anna Guðnadóttir presented results on premenstrual disorders, self-harm and suicidality. #IAWMH2022

Day 2 at International Association for Womens Mental Health conference where Centre of Public Health Sciences PhD students presented their projects! Hilda presented results on adverse childhood experiences, resilience and psychiatric morbidity, and Fenfen presented results on adverse childhood experiences and autoimmune disease. #IAWMH2022

Proud of our brilliant Unnur Valdimarsdóttir, the SAGA Cohort guarantor, who gave a talk yesterday as a keynote speaker at the ISTSS conference🧡 #ISTSS2022

We really enjoyed listening to all the fascinating talks and making new friends at the ISTSS conference🧡 Here are our representatives from Centre of Public Health Sciences 🫶 Unnur Valdimarsdóttir gave a talk as a keynote speaker and, Hilda and Ingibjörg Magnúsdóttir presented their Ph.D. projects! #ISTSS2022

.Edda is an assistant professor at Centre of Public Health Sciences, University of Iceland and a clinical psychologist at Landspítali. She is a researcher for SAGA Cohort and COVIDMENT. Her main research focus is on the effects of trauma on health, particularly #PTSD and sleep problems.

#mental health of migrants #EPA2023

Our very own Unnur Valdimarsdóttir University of Iceland gave a plenary lecture at #EPA2023 on long-term mental and physical outcomes among war migrants. The talk emphasized that this is a highly vulnerable group in need of long-term health surveillance – and how we can do better.

PhD candidate Unnur Smari doing brilliantly at the 9th World ADHD Congress | Modernising the concept of ADHD! Poster Awardee for crucial work on comorbidities in #Women with #ADHD TIMESPAN @LarssonPsychEpi Unnur Valdimarsdóttir Thor Aspelund Centre of Public Health Sciences UNSW Medicine & Health

At the 21st Biomedical and Health Sciences conference Unnur Valdimarsdóttir gave an interesting talk on "Trauma and stress – one of the main public health challenges of the 21st century"🧡

Our postdocs and doctoral students also presented their projects. A big congratulations to Yue, who won the Ministry of Health's award for promising investigators in the field of health or health promotion🎉 Ingibjörg Magnúsdóttir Svava Dögg Jónsdóttir (she/her) 🍉 🏳️‍🌈 Sigurbjörg Anna Guðnadóttir @ValentinWlkr

Attention #ADHDTwitter 📢 🆕paper on psychiatric #comorbidities in women w/wo ADHD in 🇮🇸. Conclusion: #ADHD is overrepresented among women with #cardiometabolic conditions and contributes to other psychiatric comorbidities. 🔓 bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Women with ADHD BMC Medicine