PD Dr. sc. nat. Oliver Grübner
Lecturer and Research Officer in Public Health and Quantitative Methods
T +41 41 229 59 01 • Alpenquai 4, Room 7 • oliver.gruebner@unilu.ch
Research
My research focuses on the psychosocial challenges resulting from natural disasters, violent conflicts, or diagnoses that lead to serious illnesses in childhood. I mainly use methods and concepts from digital and spatial epidemiology.
Publications
- Pediatric Neuromuscular Diseases and Psychosocial Wellbeing: Why We Also Need to Invest in Digital Platforms. (2024). International journal of public health. https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2024.1607460
- Challenges and best practices for digital unstructured data enrichment in health research: A systematic narrative review. (2023). PLOS Digital Health; PLOS, 2 (10). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000347
- Mental health challenges and digital platform opportunities in patients and families affected by pediatric neuromuscular diseases - experiences from Switzerland. (2023). DIGITAL HEALTH. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076231213700
- Reproducibility and Scientific Integrity of Big Data Research in Urban Public Health and Digital Epidemiology: A Call to Action. (2023). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021473
- Sedlakova, J., Daniore, P., Wintsch, A. H., Wolf, M., Stanikic, M., Haag, C., … von Wyl, V. (2022). Challenges and best practices for digital unstructured data enrichment in health research: a systematic narrative review. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.28.22278137
- Morese, R., Gruebner, O., Sykora, M., Elayan, S., Fadda, M., & Albanese, E. (2022). Detecting Suicide Ideation in the Era of Social Media: The Population Neuroscience Perspective. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.652167
- Digital Platform Uses for Help and Support Seeking of Parents With Children Affected by Disabilities: Scoping Review. (2022). Journal of Medical Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/37972
- Does diet map with mortality? Ecological association of dietary patterns with chronic disease mortality and its spatial dependence in Switzerland. (2022). The British journal of nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007114521001525
- Fadda, M., Sykora, M., Elayan, S., Puhan, M. A., Naslund, J. A., Mooney, S. J., … Gruebner, O. (2022). Ethical issues of collecting, storing, and analyzing geo-referenced tweets for mental health research. Digital Health, 8. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076221092539
- Small Area Variation of Adherence to Clinical Recommendations: An Example from Switzerland. (2022). Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1177/23333928221097741
- Are weak or negative clinical recommendations associated with higher geographical variation in utilisation than strong or positive recommendations? Cross-sectional study of 24 healthcare services. (2021). BMJ Open; BMJ, 11 (5). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044090
- Geospatial Analysis of COVID-19: A Scoping Review. (2021). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (5), 2336 ff. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052336
- Staub, K., Jüni, P., Urner, M., Matthes, K. L., Leuch, C., Gemperle, G., … Floris, J. (2021). Public health interventions, epidemic growth, and regional variation of the 1918 influenza pandemic outbreak in a Swiss canton and its greater regions. Annals of Internal Medicine, 174 (4). https://doi.org/10.7326/M20-6231
- Space-Time Dependence of Emotions on Twitter after a Natural Disaster. (2021). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (10), 5292 ff. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105292
- Brüngger, B., Bähler, C., Schwenkglenks, M., Ulyte, A., Dressel, H., von Wyl, V., … Blozik, E. (2021). Surgical procedures in inpatient versus outpatient settings and its potential impact on follow-up costs. Health Policy, 125 (10). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.07.006
- Bähler, C., Brüngger, B., Ulyte, A., Schwenkglenks, M., von Wyl, V., Dressel, H., … Blozik, E. (2021). Temporal trends and regional disparities in cancer screening utilization: an observational Swiss claims-based study. BMC Public Health, 21 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-10079-8
- Can Big Data Be Used to Monitor the Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19? (2021). International Journal of Public Health, 66. https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2021.633451
- Edry, T., Maani, N., Sykora, M., Elayan, S., Hswen, Y., Wolf, M., … Gruebner, O. (2021). Real-time geospatial surveillance of localized emotional stress responses to COVID-19: A proof of concept analysis. Health and Place, 70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102598
- Wei, W., Ulyte, A., Gruebner, O., von Wyl, V., Dressel, H., Brüngger, B., … Schwenkglenks, M. (2020). Degree of regional variation and effects of health insurance-related factors on the utilization of 24 diverse healthcare services - a cross-sectional study. BMC Health Services Research, 20 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05930-y
- von Wyl, V., Ulyte, A., Wei, W., Radovanovic, D., Grübner, O., Brüngger, B., … Schwenkglenks, M. (2020). Going beyond the mean: economic benefits of myocardial infarction secondary prevention. BMC Health Services Research, 20 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05985-x
- Exploring geographic variation of and influencing factors for utilization of four diabetes management measures in Swiss population using claims data. (2020). BMJ open diabetes research & care. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjdrc-2019-001059
- Insights into the protective effects of influenza vaccination: More hospitalizations but lower follow-up mortality during the 2014/15 influenza season in a Swiss cohort. (2020). Vaccine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.06.019
- Variation of colorectal, breast and prostate cancer screening activity in Switzerland: Influence of insurance, policy and guidelines. (2020). PloS one. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231409
- Ulyte, A., Bähler, C., Schwenkglenks, M., Von Wyl, V., Gruebner, O., Wei, W., … Dressel, H. (2019). Measuring diabetes guideline adherence with claims data: Systematic construction of indicators and related challenges. BMJ Open, 9 (4). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027138
- Naslund, J. A., Gonsalves, P. P., Gruebner, O., Pendse, S. R., Smith, S. L., Sharma, A., & Raviola, G. (2019). Digital Innovations for Global Mental Health: Opportunities for Data Science, Task Sharing, and Early Intervention. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40501-019-00186-8
- Finkelman, M. D., Lowe, S. R., Kim, W., Gruebner, O., Smits, N., & Galea, S. (2018). Item ordering and computerized classification tests with cluster-based scoring: An investigation of the countdown method. Psychological Assessment, 30 (2). https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000470
- Frings, M., Lakes, T., Müller, D., Khan, M. M. H., Epprecht, M., Kipruto, S., … Gruebner, O. (2018). Modeling and mapping the burden of disease in Kenya. Scientific Reports, 8 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28266-4
- Wei, W., Gruebner, O., von Wyl, V., Brüngger, B., Dressel, H., Ulyte, A., … Schwenkglenks, M. (2018). Variation of preoperative chest radiography utilization in Switzerland and its influencing factors: a multilevel study with claims data. Scientific Reports, 8 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35856-9
- Lowe, S. R., Young, M. N., Acosta, J., Sampson, L., Gruebner, O., & Galea, S. (2018). Disaster Survivors’ Anticipated Received Support in a Future Disaster; Disaster Survivors` Anticipated Received Support in a Future Disaster. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2017.148
- Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Negative Emotions in New York City After a Natural Disaster as Seen in Social Media. (2018). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15102275
- Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Negative Emotions in New York City After a Natural Disaster as Seen in Social Media. (2018). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15102275
- Customized computer-based administration of the PCL-5 for the efficient assessment of PTSD: A proof-of-principle study. (2017). Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 9 (3). https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000226
- A novel surveillance approach for disaster mental health. (2017). PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181233
- Gruebner, O., Sykora, M., Lowe, S. R., Shankardass, K., Galea, S., & Subramanian, S. V. (2017). Big data opportunities for social behavioral and mental health research. Social Science and Medicine, 189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.07.018
- Cities and Mental Health. (2017). Deutsches Aerzteblatt Online. https://doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2017.0121
- Gruebner, O., Khan, M. M. H., Burkart, K., Lautenbach, S., Lakes, T., Krämer, A., … Galea, S. (2017). Spatial variations and determinants of infant and under-five mortality in Bangladesh. Health and Place, 47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.08.012
