The public health expert is honoured for her pioneering achievements in research on chronic diseases. Photo: Joachim Pelikan / Swiss TPH
The public health expert is honoured for her pioneering achievements in research on chronic diseases. Photo: Joachim Pelikan / Swiss TPH - Nicole Probst-Hensch, Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Swiss TPH, has been awarded this year's Science Award by the City of Basel. She received this prize for her pioneering research on the effects of air pollution on human health and her achievements in establishing biobanks and longterm cohort studies. The government of Basel-Stadt is honouring Nicole Probst-Hensch, Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Swiss TPH and Professor at the University of Basel, with this year's Science Award. She received the award, which is endowed with CHF 20,000, for "pioneering achievements in research into chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases or diabetes, as well as the effects of air pollution on human health", as the Government Council of Basel-Stadt wrote in their media release. In the course of her national and international scientific career, she has also acquired and implemented extensive expertise in relevant health areas such as nutrition and sport as well as genetic and molecular epidemiology. -I am incredibly pleased about this recognition for Swiss TPH-s long-standing commitment to long-term studies," said Probst-Hensch.
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