Laboratory

Max Planck – University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health (MaxHel)

Mortality inequalities are socially patterned, growing, observed in all societies, and driven by upstream social inequalities in health and morbidity. Despite considerable contributions by many previous studies, there are major shortcomings in our understanding of the causes of social inequalities in health and mortality. Detailed Description

Selected Publications

Hiilamo, A.:

To what extent does the onset of limiting health condition co-occur with poverty entries across European countries and educational groups?

Social Science and Medicine 387:118630, 1–9. (2025)

Afable, S. B. D.; Vierboom, Y. C.; Evans, M.; Mikolai, J.; Kulu, H.; Myrskylä, M.:

Health decline and residential transitions among older adults in Europe

Population, Space and Place 31:7, e70116–e70116. (2025)

Hiilamo, A.; Metsä-Simola, N.; Dierker, P.; Martikainen, P.; Myrskylä, M.:

Heterogenous long-term health and social outcomes of type 1 diabetes: a full population 30-year observational cohort study

American Journal of Epidemiology 195:1, 117–125. (2025)

Evans, M.; Graif, C.; Newell, A.:

Arrests and the opioid epidemic: an investigation into the spatial and social network spillover of opioid overdoses in Chicago

Journal of Quantitative Criminology 42:1, 1–30. (2026)

Gueltzow, M.; Lahtinen, H.; Bijlsma, M. J.; Myrskylä, M.; Martikainen, P.:

Genetic propensity to depression and the role of partnership status

Social Science and Medicine 351:116992, 1–8. (2024)

Research