Research team
 

Team leader and Professor

Ane B. Fisker, MD, PhD

Ane Fisker’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 Martins assesses the impact of using hospital contacts to provide missing doses of measles vaccine.

PhD-Student

Line M. Nanque, MSc Global Health

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

PhD-Student

Andreas M. Jensen, MSc Mathematics

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

PhD-Student

Sabine M. Damerow, MSc Global Health

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 Year Student

Emil B. Buhl, Medical student 

Emil examines whether the timing of BCG vaccination affected childhood growth in Guinea-Bissau between 2016-2020.

Research Year Student

Morten R. Huno, Medical student

Morten uses surveillance data from 2015-17 to examine sex-differential effects of the MenAfriVac vaccine.

Research Assistant

Kimberly R. Nehal, MSc

Kimberly is preparing a PhD proposal to assess the effect of the new meningitis A vaccine, MenAfriVac.

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Research Year Student

Paula M. Silva

Paula assesses which characteristics of health centers are associated with child vaccination coverage, uptake of antenatal care consultations, and frequency of facility births

Research Year Student

Patrick R. Wulff

Patrick is assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on childhood vaccination coverage, timeliness, and mortality.