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Event by Elfe & Epipage 2 teams: Scientific Day 2025

The Elfe and Epipage 2 teams are pleased to invite researchers and study partners to a new scientific day to be held on Friday October 17, 2025 at the Centre de Colloques on the Condorcet campus in Aubervilliers. The day will also be broadcast live. Subscription obligatory.

The Elfe team wishes you all the best for 2025!

The Elfe team wishes you a happy new year 2025. 

As a new survey will start in 2025, we can’t wait to begin this new journey with you all! 

Event: the Elfe team is launching the second edition of its Family Ambassador’s Day

As the kids participating in the cohort are turning 13 years old, the Elfe team considers highly important to discuss with them and their parents in order to offer the best development possible for its study.

That is why on the 6th of July 2024, we will be launching the second edition of our Family Ambassador’s Day!

Elfe and the youth screen time exposure committee

At the end of April 2024, the committee analysing youth screen time exposure shared its report to the French government.

Aiming to protect children and their health, the committee used data available thanks to the involvement of our families in the investigations carried out by the Elfe team.

Impact de l’exposition professionnelle aux solvants pendant la grossesse sur la croissance fœtale [Résultats]

Dans les pays développés, environ 15 % des femmes sont exposées professionnellement à des solvants. L’objectif principal de cette recherche a été d’évaluer l’association entre l’exposition professionnelle de la mère aux solvants et divers indicateurs de la croissance fœtale.

Early schooling at age 2 narrow the gaps in child development?

Using data from the Elfe study, Estelle Herbaut and Géraldine Farges examine the effects of 2-year-old schooling on children’s development. [VIDEO FR]. What are the effects of preschooling on children’s development? Which children benefit most from 2-year-old schooling?

Elfe and France Cohortes are working together concerning data protection for families

Created by INSERM, France Cohortes is a plateform which is making possible to sustain and enhance the scientific use of the data produced, strengthen the level of protection and confidentiality of participants’ data and facilitate their access to data.

As a pilot cohort, Elfe had a true and positive impact on France Cohortes.

The microbiota of toddlers under the microscope!

Using data from the Elfe study, Gaël Toubon looks at children’s microbiota. In this interview, "Regards sur l’enfance", Gaël Toubon, a doctoral student at Inserm, wrote his thesis on children’s intestinal microbiota as part of the Elfe study. He presents his results and answers our questions...

Elfe data access - A new, simplified and secure platform

The Elfe team is pleased to present its new data access platform for researchers. This new tool was developed by the Elfe team in response to the obsolescence of the old Pandora platform and to unify our data catalog.