FROM EVIDENCE TO POLICY
Team
The work is led by Ane Fisker and involves her research team:

Ane B Fisker, MD, PhD
Professor
Ane Fisker’s research describes and evaluates the real-life impact of preventive child health interventions to improve future programmes.
afisker@health.sdu.dk

Justiniano S D Martins, MD
Research Assistant
Justiniano Martins has worked with several studies and is now assessing the impact of using hospital contacts to provide missing doses of measles vaccine.
j.martins@bandim.org

Line M Pedersen, MSc Global Health
PhD-student
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.
lmpedersen@health.sdu.dk

Andreas M Jensen, MSc
PhD-student
Andreas Jensen studies the precision of mortality estimates in low-income countries with limited coverage of vital registration systems.
amoellerjensen@health.sdu.dk

Sabine M Damerow, MSc Global Health
PhD-student
Sabine M Damerow assesses real-life effects of a health system strengthening initiative for maternal and child health in Guinea-Bissau.
sdamerow@health.sdu.dk

Julie O Vedel, MD
PhD-student
Julie O Vedel examines whether assessing the performance of the BCG vaccination programme through coverage by 1 month and BCG scarring improves child health.
jvedel@health.sdu.dk

Helene V Adrian, MSc Global Health Student
Research year student
Helene V Adrian explores barriers and facilitators to quality and timely maternal and child health services in rural Guinea-Bissau.
heleneadrian@hotmail.dk

Vegard M Lundgren, MD
Research Assistant
Vegard M Lundgren evaluates coverage and potential effects of implementing free antenatal and obstetric care in Guinea-Bissau between 2011-19 .
vlundgren@health.sdu.dk

Morten R Huno, Medical Student
Research year student
Morten R Huno examines if there are sex-differential effects of the MenAfriVac vaccine.
mortenreiffensteinhuno@gmail.com

Emil B Buhl, Medical Student
Research year student
Emil B Buhl examines whether the timing of BCG vaccination affected childhood growth in Guinea-Bissau between 2016-2020.
emil.borre.buhl@gmail.com