Frerik Smit

Frerik Smit is a PhD student and research assistant within the #PopHealthLab at the University of Fribourg. He holds a BSc in Economics and Politics from Queen Mary University of London (UK), an MA in Community Development and Planning with a concentration in Health Equity from Clark University (USA), and a Mater of Public Health specialising in Research Methods from the University of Sydney (Australia). Prior to joining the lab, he has conducted research on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and on the relationship between socioeconomic position and falls. His PhD project focuses on low-value cancer screening, that is, screening whose benefits do not outweigh its harms at a reasonable cost. More specifically, his PhD aims to describe the frequency of low-value cancer screening in Switzerland and across Europe, and to better understand the patterning of screening among older adults for whom screening is generally not recommended within evidence-based guidelines.

Public health, social epidemiology, prevention, ageing, cancer screening, low-value care

ORCID: 0009-0007-6034-2300