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.

Researcher

Justiniano S. D. Martins, MD

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

Affuiliated 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.

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.

Research Assistant

Paula M. Silva

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

PhD-student

Kimberly R. Nehal, MSc

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

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.

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,