communication&health

Simone Keller , University of Lugano

Ive attended a Bachelor program in Science of Communication at the University of Lugano and graduated in 2004 with a bachelor thesis about youth suicide and new technologies as prevention method.

Ive then started a Master in Health communication at the University of Lugano and received my degree in 2006 with a thesis about food advertisement for children in the Swiss television.

Since November 2006, I am a research assistant at the Institute of Communication and Health ICH at the University of Lugano.
One of my task is the evaluation of different prevention projects launched by Swiss Health Promotion in relation to obesity and children.
The topic of my PHD dissertation is: The impact of the Swiss Cultural microdiversity in the area of health communication