Dr M. Balaj, Project Leader

Baravelli, C. M., Skrindo Knudsen, A. K., Eikemo, T. A., Forthun, I., Balaj, M., Madsen, C., Henson, C., & Gakidou, E. (2026). Intergenerational education and premature mortality in Norway, 1990-2019: a nationwide cohort study. LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH, 11(6), e364-e374. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(26)00073-3

Muhlis, A. N. A., Mahrouseh, N., Andrade, C. A. S., Chen-Xu, J., Eikemo, T. A., Balaj, M., Economou, M., A Mechili, E., Unim, B., Baravelli, C. M., Badache, A., Spijker, J., Gabrani, J., Vieira, R. J., Lassen, B., Haneef, R., Tecirli, G., Cuschieri, S., Rojas-Rueda, D., ... Varga, O. (2026). Potential impact of increasing physical activity on NCD mortality in the EU: pathways to SDG 3.4.1 by 2030. BMJ Global Health, 11(5), Article e022998. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2025-022998

Grad, D., Chen-Xu, J., Economou, M., Mahrouseh, N., Haneef, R., Balaj, M., Unim, B., Spijker, J., von der Lippe, E., & Varga, O. (2025). Differences in health expenditure in 29 European countries. European Journal of Public Health, 35(suppl 4), Article 1082. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf161.1082

Baravelli, C. M., Knudsen, A. K. S., Balaj, M., Eikemo, T. A., & Gakidou, E. (2025). Impact of own vs. parental education on premature mortality: A registry cohort study (1990–2019). European Journal of Public Health, 35(suppl 4), Article 193. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf161.193

Vidaurre-Teixido, P., Balaj, M., Martino, S., Riebler, A., Martínez-Beneito , M. A., & Eikemo, T. A. (2025). Mapping health and its social determinants across 31 European countries in 2024. European Journal of Public Health, 35(4), Article 1150. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf161.1150

Hoven, H., Eikemo, T. A., Backhaus-Hoven, I., Riebler, A., Fitzgerald, R., Martino, S., Huijts, T., Heggebø, K., Vidaurre-Teixido, P., Bambra, C., & Balaj, M. (2025). The second Health Inequalities Module in the European Social Survey (ESS): Methodology and research opportunities. Social Science & Medicine, 380, Article 118228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118228