Prof. Dr. Sarah Koch

Koch, Sarah, Buekers, Joren, Espinosa, Ana, Gómez-Salgado, Juan, Pombo, Gabriel, Werkman, Loes, Arjona, Lourdes, Al Rashed, Ali, Caplin, Ben, Kogevinas, Manolis, Fernandez, Francisco Brocal, Oomatia, Amin, Pearce, Neil, Ramirez-Rubio, Oriana, Ruíz-Frutos, Carlos, Garcia-Aymerich, Judith, & O’Callaghan-Gordo, Cristina. (2025). Association between objectively assessed physical activity and kidney function among female agricultural workers in hot environments in Spain [Journal-article]. Environmental Research, 276, 121420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2025.121420

Delgado-Ortiz, Laura, Buekers, Joren, Chynkiamis, Nikolaos, Demeyer, Heleen, Frei, Anja, Gimeno-Santos, Elena, Hansen, Clint, Hausdorff, Jeffrey M., Hopkinson, Nicholas S., Jansen, Carl-Philipp, Kirsten, Anne, Koch, Sarah, Maetzler, Walter, Megaritis, Dimitrios, Puhan, Milo A., Singleton, David, Vogiatzis, Ioannis, Watz, Henrik, Del Din, Silvia, et al. (2025). How do people with COPD walk? A European study on digitally measured real-world gait [Journal-article]. European Respiratory Journal, 2402303. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02303-2024

Baretta, Dario, Koch, Sarah, Buekers, Joren, Aymerich, Judith Garcia, Knapova, Lenka, Elavsky, Steriani, Godino, Job, Olthof, Merlijn, Lichtwarck-Aschoff, Anna, Hartigh, Ruud den, & Chevance, Guillaume. (2025). Predicting Recovery After Stressors Using Step Count Data Derived From Activity Monitors [Posted-content]. In OSF Reprints. Center for Open Science. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/gwvhx

Baretta, Dario, Koch, Sarah, Buekers, Joren, Aymerich, Judith Garcia, Knapova, Lenka, Elavsky, Steriani, Godino, Job, Olthof, Merlijn, Lichtwarck-Aschoff, Anna, Hartigh, Ruud den, & Chevance, Guillaume. (2025). Predicting Recovery After Stressors Using Step Count Data Derived From Activity Monitors [Posted-content]. In Center for Open Science. Center for Open Science. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/gwvhx_v3

Kirk, C., Küderle, A., Micó-Amigo, M. E., Bonci, T., Paraschiv-Ionescu, A., Ullrich, M., Soltani, A., Gazit, E., Salis, F., Alcock, L., Aminian, K., Becker, C., Bertuletti, S., Brown, P., Buckley, E., Cantu, A., Carsin, A.-E., Caruso, M., Caulfield, B., et al. (2024). Mobilise-D insights to estimate real-world walking speed in multiple conditions with a wearable device. Scientific Reports, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-51766-5

Micó-Amigo, M. Encarna, Bonci, Tecla, Paraschiv-Ionescu, Anisoara, Ullrich, Martin, Kirk, Cameron, Soltani, Abolfazl, Küderle, Arne, Gazit, Eran, Salis, Francesca, Alcock, Lisa, Aminian, Kamiar, Becker, Clemens, Bertuletti, Stefano, Brown, Philip, Buckley, Ellen, Cantu, Alma, Carsin, Anne-Elie, Caruso, Marco, Caulfield, Brian, et al. (2024). Correction to: Assessing real-world gait with digital technology? Validation, insights and recommendations from the Mobilise-D consortium (Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, (2023), 20, 1, (78), 10.1186/s12984-023-01198-5). Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-024-01361-6

Williams, M. O., Buekers, J., Castaño-Vinyals, G., de Cid, R., Delgado-Ortiz, L., Espinosa, A., Garcia-Aymerich, J., Koch, S., Kogevinas, M., Viola, M., Whitmarsh, L., & Chevance, G. (2024). Climate anxiety and its association with health behaviours and generalized anxiety: An intensive longitudinal study. British Journal of Health Psychology, 29(4), 1080–1095. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12746

Blondeel, A., Demeyer, H., Alcaraz-Serrano, V., Buttery, S. C., Buekers, J., Chynkiamis, N., Josa-Culleré, A., Delgado-Ortiz, L., Frei, A., Glorie, L., Gimeno-Santos, E., Hopkinson, N., Hume, E., Jansen, C.-P., Kirsten, A., Koch, S., Megaritis, D., Mellaerts, P., Puhan, M. A., et al. (2024). Validation of the Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument in People Living with COPD [Journal-article]. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. https://doi.org/10.1513/annalsats.202404-432oc

Hernandez-Pacheco, N., Kilanowski, A., Kumar, A., Curtin, J. A., Olvera, N., Kress, S., Bertels, X., Lahousse, L., Bhatta, L., Granell, R., Marí, S., Bilbao, J. R., Sun, Y., Tingskov Pedersen, C.-E., Karramass, T., Thiering, E., Dardani, C., Kebede Merid, S., Wang, G., et al. (2024). Exploring the genetics of airflow limitation in lung function across the lifespan – a polygenic risk score study. eClinicalMedicine, 75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102731

Koch, S., Peralta, G. P., Carsin, A.-E., Abellan, A., Roda, C., Torrent, M., Iñiguez, C., Ballester, F., Ferrero, A., Zabaleta, C., Lertxundi, A., Guxens, M., Vrijheid, M., Sunyer, J., Casas, M., & Garcia-Aymerich, J. (2024). Physical activity and body mass related to catch-up lung function growth in childhood: A population-based accelerated cohort study. Thorax, 79(8), 762–769. https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax-2022-219666

Domínguez, A., Koch, S., Marquez, S., de Castro, M., Urquiza, J., Evandt, J., Oftedal, B., Aasvang, G. M., Kampouri, M., Vafeiadi, M., Mon-Williams, M., Lewer, D., Lepeule, J., Andrusaityte, S., Vrijheid, M., Guxens, M., & Nieuwenhuijsen, M. (2024). Childhood exposure to outdoor air pollution in different microenvironments and cognitive and fine motor function in children from six European cohorts. Environmental Research, 247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.118174

Josa-Culleré, A., Basagaña, X., Koch, S., Arbillaga-Etxarri, A., Balcells, E., Bosch de Basea, M., Celorrio, N., Foraster, M., Rodriguez-Roisin, R., Marin, A., Peralta, G. P., Rodríguez-Chiaradia, D. A., Simonet, P., Torán-Monserrat, P., Vall-Casas, P., & Garcia-Aymerich, J. (2024). Short-term effects of air pollution and weather on physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Environmental Research, 247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.118195

Buttery, S. C., Williams, P. J., Alghamdi, S. M., Philip, K. E. J., Perkins, A., Kallis, C., Quint, J. K., Polkey, M. I., Breuls, S., Buekers, J., Chynkiamis, N., Delgado-Ortiz, L., Demeyer, H., Frei, A., Garcia-Aymerich, J., Gimeno-Santos, E., Koch, S., Megaritis, D., Polhemus, A., et al. (2023). Investigating the prognostic value of digital mobility outcomes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis. European Respiratory Review, 32(170). https://doi.org/10.1183/16000617.0134-2023

Micó-Amigo, M. E., Bonci, T., Paraschiv-Ionescu, A., Ullrich, M., Kirk, C., Soltani, A., Küderle, A., Gazit, E., Salis, F., Alcock, L., Aminian, K., Becker, C., Bertuletti, S., Brown, P., Buckley, E., Cantu, A., Carsin, A.-E., Caruso, M., Caulfield, B., et al. (2023). Assessing real-world gait with digital technology? Validation, insights and recommendations from the Mobilise-D consortium. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-023-01198-5

Buekers, J., Megaritis, D., Koch, S., Alcock, L., Ammour, N., Becker, C., Bertuletti, S., Bonci, T., Brown, P., Buckley, E., Buttery, S. C., Caulfied, B., Cereatti, A., Chynkiamis, N., Demeyer, H., Echevarria, C., Frei, A., Hansen, C., Hausdorff, J. M., et al. (2023). Laboratory and free-living gait performance in adults with COPD and healthy controls. ERJ Open Research, 9(5). https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00159-2023

Baretta, D., Koch, S., Cobo, I., Castaño-Vinyals, G., de Cid, R., Carreras, A., Buekers, J., Garcia-Aymerich, J., Inauen, J., & Chevance, G. (2023). Resilience characterized and quantified from physical activity data: A tutorial in R. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102361

Delgado-Ortiz, L., Carsin, A.-E., Merino, J., Cobo, I., Koch, S., Goldberg, X., Chevance, G., Bosch De Basea, M., Castaño-Vinyals, G., Espinosa, A., Carreras, A., Cortes Martínez, B., Straif, K., De Cid, R., Kogevinas, M., & Garcia-Aymerich, J. (2023). Changes in Population Health-Related Behaviors during a COVID-19 Surge: A Natural Experiment. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57(3), 216–226. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaac054

Hung, A., Koch, S., Bougault, V., Gee, C. M., Bertuzzi, R., Elmore, M., McCluskey, P., Hidalgo, L., Garcia-Aymerich, J., & Koehle, M. S. (2023). Personal strategies to mitigate the effects of air pollution exposure during sport and exercise: A narrative review and position statement by the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine and the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 57(4), 193–202. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2022-106161

Salis, F., Bertuletti, S., Bonci, T., Caruso, M., Scott, K., Alcock, L., Buckley, E., Gazit, E., Hansen, C., Schwickert, L., Aminian, K., Becker, C., Brown, P., Carsin, A.-E., Caulfield, B., Chiari, L., D’Ascanio, I., Din, S. D., Eskofier, B. M., et al. (2023). A multi-sensor wearable system for gait assessment in real-world conditions: performance in individuals with impaired mobility [Posted-content]. Research Square Platform LLC. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2486943/v1

Romijnders, R., Salis, F., Hansen, C., Küderle, A., Paraschiv-Ionescu, A., Cereatti, A., Alcock, L., Aminian, K., Becker, C., Bertuletti, S., Bonci, T., Brown, P., Buckley, E., Cantu, A., Carsin, A.-E., Caruso, M., Caulfield, B., Chiari, L., D’Ascanio, I., et al. (2023). Ecological validity of a deep learning algorithm to detect gait events from real-life walking bouts in mobility-limiting diseases. Frontiers in Neurology, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1247532

Salis, F., Bertuletti, S., Bonci, T., Caruso, M., Scott, K., Alcock, L., Buckley, E., Gazit, E., Hansen, C., Schwickert, L., Aminian, K., Becker, C., Brown, P., Carsin, A.-E., Caulfield, B., Chiari, L., D’Ascanio, I., Del Din, S., Eskofier, B. M., et al. (2023). A multi-sensor wearable system for the assessment of diseased gait in real-world conditions. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1143248

Scott, K., Bonci, T., Salis, F., Alcock, L., Buckley, E., Gazit, E., Hansen, C., Schwickert, L., Aminian, K., Bertuletti, S., Caruso, M., Chiari, L., Sharrack, B., Maetzler, W., Becker, C., Hausdorff, J. M., Vogiatzis, I., Brown, P., Del Din, S., et al. (2022). Design and validation of a multi-task, multi-context protocol for real-world gait simulation. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-022-01116-1

López-Dóriga, I., Vich, G., Koch, S., Khomenko, S., Marquet, O., Roig-Costa, O., Daher, C., Rasella, D., Nieuwenhuijsen, M., & Mueller, N. (2022). Health impacts of electric micromobility transitions in Barcelona: A scenario analysis. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2022.106836

Koch, S., Khomenko, S., Cirach, M., Ubalde-Lopez, M., Baclet, S., Daher, C., Hidalgo, L., Lõhmus, M., Rizzuto, D., Rumpler, R., Susilo, Y., Venkataraman, S., Wegener, S., Wellenius, G. A., Woodcock, J., & Nieuwenhuijsen, M. (2022). Impacts of changes in environmental exposures and health behaviours due to the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular and mental health: A comparison of Barcelona, Vienna, and Stockholm. Environmental Pollution, 304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119124

Cruz, R., Koch, S., Matsuda, M., Marquezini, M., Sforça, M. L., Lima-Silva, A. E., Saldiva, P., Koehle, M., & Bertuzzi, R. (2022). Air pollution and high-intensity interval exercise: Implications to anti-inflammatory balance, metabolome and cardiovascular responses. Science of the Total Environment, 809. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151094

Mazzà, C., Alcock, L., Aminian, K., Becker, C., Bertuletti, S., Bonci, T., Brown, P., Brozgol, M., Buckley, E., Carsin, A.-E., Caruso, M., Caulfield, B., Cereatti, A., Chiari, L., Chynkiamis, N., Ciravegna, F., Del Din, S., Eskofier, B., Evers, J., et al. (2021). Technical validation of real-world monitoring of gait: A multicentric observational study. BMJ Open, 11(12). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050785

Polhemus, A., Ortiz, L. D., Brittain, G., Chynkiamis, N., Salis, F., Gaßner, H., Gross, M., Kirk, C., Rossanigo, R., Taraldsen, K., Balta, D., Breuls, S., Buttery, S., Cardenas, G., Endress, C., Gugenhan, J., Keogh, A., Kluge, F., Koch, S., et al. (2021). Walking on common ground: a cross-disciplinary scoping review on the clinical utility of digital mobility outcomes. Npj Digital Medicine, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-021-00513-5

de Bont, J., Márquez, S., Fernández-Barrés, S., Warembourg, C., Koch, S., Persavento, C., Fochs, S., Pey, N., de Castro, M., Fossati, S., Nieuwenhuijsen, M., Basagaña, X., Casas, M., Duarte-Salles, T., & Vrijheid, M. (2021). Urban environment and obesity and weight-related behaviours in primary school children. Environment International, 155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.106700

Koch, S., Welch, J. F., Tran, R., Ramsook, A. H., Hung, A., Carlsten, C., Guenette, J. A., & Koehle, M. S. (2021). Ventilatory responses to constant load exercise following the inhalation of a short-acting ß2-agonist in a laboratory-controlled diesel exhaust exposure study in individuals with exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. Environment International, 146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.106182

Koch, S., Yoon, L., & Gils, B. (2020). From the Exposome to the Socioexposome in COVID-19 Research - A Call for More Multidisciplinary Research. JAMA Network Open, 3(12). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.32287

Cruz, R., Alves, D. L., Rumenig, E., Gonçalves, R., Degaki, E., Pasqua, L., Koch, S., Lima-Silva, A. E., S. Koehle, M., & Bertuzzi, R. (2020). Estimation of minute ventilation by heart rate for field exercise studies. Scientific Reports, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58253-7

Vert, C., Gascon, M., Ranzani, O., Márquez, S., Triguero-Mas, M., Carrasco-Turigas, G., Arjona, L., Koch, S., Llopis, M., Donaire-Gonzalez, D., Elliott, L. R., & Nieuwenhuijsen, M. (2020). Physical and mental health effects of repeated short walks in a blue space environment: A randomised crossover study. Environmental Research, 188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109812

Polhemus, A. M., Bergquist, R., Bosch De Basea, M., Brittain, G., Buttery, S. C., Chynkiamis, N., Dalla Costa, G., Delgado Ortiz, L., Demeyer, H., Emmert, K., Garcia Aymerich, J., Gassner, H., Hansen, C., Hopkinson, N., Klucken, J., Kluge, F., Koch, S., Leocani, L., Maetzler, W., et al. (2020). Walking-related digital mobility outcomes as clinical trial endpoint measures: Protocol for a scoping review. BMJ Open, 10(7). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038704

Chan, M., Macinnis, M. J., Koch, S., MacLeod, K. E., Lohse, K. R., Gallo, M. E., Sheel, A. W., & Koehle, M. S. (2020). Cardiopulmonary Demand of 16-kg Kettlebell Snatches in Simulated Girevoy Sport. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 34(6), 1625–1633. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000002588

Koch, S., Zelembaba, A., Tran, R., Laeremans, M., Hives, B., Carlsten, C., De Boever, P., & Koehle, M. S. (2020). Vascular effects of physical activity are not modified by short-term inhaled diesel exhaust: Results of a controlled human exposure study. Environmental Research, 183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109270

Carter, E. A., Koch, S., O’Donovan, J. P., Sheel, A. W., Milsom, W. K., & Koehle, M. S. (2019). Perfusion of Intrapulmonary Arteriovenous Anastomoses Is Not Related to VO2max in Hypoxia and Is Unchanged by Oral Sildenafil. High Altitude Medicine and Biology, 20(4), 399–406. https://doi.org/10.1089/ham.2019.0051

Koch, S., Lasinsky, A. M., & Puterman, E. (2019). Leveraging Omics Profiling to Advance the Treatment of Pediatric Obesity. JAMA Pediatrics, 173(10), 910–911. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.2740

Koch, S., Sinden, S. M., & Koehle, M. S. (2018). Inconsistent calculation methodology for the eucapnic voluntary hyperpnoea test affects the diagnosis of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2018-000358

Koch, S., MacInnis, M. J., Rupert, J. L., Sporer, B. C., & Koehle, M. S. (2016). Pharmacogenetic effects of inhaled salbutamol on 10-km time trial performance in competitive male and female cyclists. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 26(2), 145–151. https://doi.org/10.1097/jsm.0000000000000201

Koch, S., Ahn, J. R., & Koehle, M. S. (2015). High-dose inhaled salbutamol does not improve 10-km cycling time trial performance. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 47(11), 2373–2379. https://doi.org/10.1249/mss.0000000000000679

Koch, S., Karacabeyli, D., Galts, C., MacInnis, M. J., Sporer, B. C., & Koehle, M. S. (2015). Effects of inhaled bronchodilators on lung function and cycling performance in female athletes with and without exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 18(5), 607–612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2014.07.021

Koch, S., Macinnis, M. J., Sporer, B. C., Rupert, J. L., & Koehle, M. S. (2015). Inhaled salbutamol does not affect athletic performance in asthmatic and non-asthmatic cyclists. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 49(1), 51–55. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2013-092706

Koch, S., Cassel, M., Linné, K., Mayer, F., & Scharhag, J. (2014). ECG and echocardiographic findings in 10-15-year-old elite athletes. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 21(6), 774–781. https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487312462147

Macinnis, M. J., Koch, S., Macleod, K. E., Carter, E. A., Jain, R., Koehle, M. S., & Rupert, J. L. (2014). Acute mountain sickness is not repeatable across two 12-hour normobaric hypoxia exposures. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, 25(2), 143–151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2013.11.007