Research team

Our current team consists of international researchers, with different backgrounds relating to medicine or (global) health.

Team leader and Professor

Ane B. Fisker, MD, PhD

Ane’s research describes and evaluates the real-life impact of preventive child health interventions to improve future programmes.

Justiniano S. D. Martins, MD

Justiniano assesses the impact of using hospital contacts to provide missing doses of measles vaccine.

Postdoc

Sabine M. Damerow, PhD

Sabine assesses real-life effects of a health system strengthening initiative for maternal and child health in Guinea-Bissau.

PhD Student

Julie O. Vedel, MD

Julie examines whether changing the performance indicators of the BCG vaccination programme can improve child health.

PhD student

Kimberly R. Nehal, MSc

Kimberly studies the effect of the new meningitis A vaccine (MenAfriVac) on overall child health.

Research Assistant

Paula M. Silva, MPH

Paula studies health centers and their association with child vaccination coverage, uptake of antenatal care consultations, and frequency of facility births

Research Year Student

Nikita S. Dzegle, Public Health student

Nikita will be examining maternal mortality and investigate the relative distribution of death within and outside the health facilities,

Research Year Student

Linea O. Karlqvist, Medical Student

Linea is investigating the mortality of women of reproductive age and describing the proportion of maternal and non-maternal deaths.

Research Year Student

Karen L. Neergaard, Medical Student

Karen will investigate place of death and risk factors associated with home deaths amongst children in rural Guinea-Bissau.

Research Year Student

Nicoline M. Svendsen, Medical Student

Nicoline is investigating measurement for gestational age and how this affects neonatal mortality and preterm birth in Urban Bissau.

Research Year Student

Anne-Sophie S. Bærentzen, Medical Student

Anne-Sophie studies health worker's prioritization in the provision of preventive maternal and child health services at health facilities in rural Guinea-Bissau.

Research Year Student

Henrik F. Aaseby, Medical Student

Henrik investigates whether co-administering BCG vaccine with pentavalent vaccine can lower the risk of morbidity.

Affiliated Researcher

Line M. Nanque, PhD

Line has worked on a range of trials in Guinea-Bissau and is studying the real-life effects of live and inactivated polio vaccines.

Affiliated researcher

Andreas M. Jensen, MSc, PhD

Andreas studies the precision of mortality estimates in low-income countries with limited coverage of vital registration systems.