I am a health scientist and field epidemiologist, with a current focus on infodemic management. I have ten years of work experience with infectious disease monitoring and surveillance, in both resource-rich and resource-limited settings (Europe, sub-Saharan Africa and the Pacific). Furthermore, I advocate for (online) science communication for public health (#SoMe4epi).
MSc in Applied Epidemiology, 2021
Charité - Universtätsmedizin & Berlin School of Public Health
PhD in Global Health, 2016
Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development - University of Amsterdam
PGCert in International Public Health (with distinction), 2012
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
MSc in Health Sciences - Public Health & Infectious Diseases, 2011
VU University Amsterdam
BSc in Health Sciences, 2010
VU University Amsterdam
Project Group for Risk Communication
Main projects:
Establishing infodemic management, with a focus on social listening and integrated insights analysis
Supporting the monkeypox outbreak response in Germany
Digital/online science communication, contributor to RKI’s Social Media Task Force: on Twitter (@rki_de), Instagram (@rki_fuer_euch) and LinkedIn
WHO working group member to provide expertise to the WHO project on evidence gap mapping on infodemic management interventions
Involved in field epidemiology training: ECDC EPIET fellow supervision and training
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Surveillance Unit.
Main projects:
Supporting the COVID-19 outbreak response
Establishing a syndromic surveillance system using routine emergency department data
Investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated non-pharmaceutical interventions on other notifiable infectious diseases
Involved in field epidemiology training: ECDC EPIET fellow supervision, TEPHINET member of Alumni Needs Working Group
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology.
Fellow of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) Fellowship Programme.
EU-track fellow, field epidemiology path.
EPIET: European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training.
Monitoring HIV drug resistance in adults and children in sub-Saharan Africa.
Project manager of the PASER (PharmAccess/Pan African Studies to Evaluate Resistance) and MARCH (Monitoring Antiretroviral Resistance in Children) cohort studies.
Expert consultant for WHO HIVResNet - a global network advising the World Health Organisation on the control and surveillance of HIV drug resistance.