What’s new

A new survey at 14 years is starting

La nouvelle enquête "Ados" à 14 ans commence ! Quels sont leurs soucis et leurs attentes  ? Cette nouvelle étape marque pour Elfe l’occasion de redonner la parole aux adolescent(e)s Elfe !

Elfe & Epipage 2: Call for expressions of interest in 2025

Ce nouvel appel est ouvert pour les échantillons recueillis en maternité et chez l’enfant à 3,5 ans et 9,5 ans.

Il a pour objectif d’identifier les projets reposant sur les données de la cohorte Elfe nécessitant l’accès à des échantillons biologiques et ce, avant la phase de recherche de financement.

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! 

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?

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.