Staff and affiliated researchers

Steering board

Peter Aaby

Professor

Founder and International director

(+45) 60543964

p.aaby@bandim.org

Christine Stabell Benn

Professor

Representative from SDU, Head of Department at SDU

(+45) 25883964

cbenn@health.sdu.dk

Ane Bærent Fisker, MD, PhD

Professor

Leader of HDSS

(+45) 50570593

afisker@health.sdu.dk

Cesário Lourenço Martins, MD, PhD

Senior Researcher

Representative from Minsap

c.martins@bandim.org

Amabelia Rodrigues

Senior Researcher

Leader of National surveys and capacity building

Carlos Manuel Moreira Cabral

National Administrator

(+245) 955485064

c.cabral@bandim.org

Local staff

Fábio Alexandre Gomes

Accountant

(+245) 955463725

f.gomes@bandim.org

Naianca Vaz

Office Assistant, Dept. Finance

(+245) 955468054

rulzavazsanty@gmail.com

Elsi José Ca Silva, MD

Researcher, coordinator and supervisor

(+245) 966907010

elsijosecarlosca@gmail.com

PhD students and Research Assistants

Isaquel B Silva, MD

PhD student

Isaquel is the principal investigator for the MAT-VAC study, and studies the specific and non-specific effects of measles and BCG vaccines effect on maternal and child health.

(+245) 969002400

i.silva@bandim.org

Kimberly Nehal

PhD student

Project: Exploring (patterns in) health and MenAfriVac campaigns in infants and children

(+316) 4831 8085 / (+245) 95 6978 557

knehal@health.sdu.dk

Julie Odgaard Vedel, MD, PhD

Research Assistant

(+245) 956585990 / (+45) 26853580

jvedel@health.sdu.dk

Anita Magdalena Zalisch

Research Assistant

Project: Increased Tuberculosis Case Detection – a cluster-randomised trial combining available resources and novel strategies for high endemic areas (DiOpTB).

(+32) 496 93 32 03

anita.magdalena.zalisz@gmail.com

Research year students

Matias Metcalf-Clausen, Stud. Med.

Research Year Student 01.07.2024 - 30.06.2025

Project: Examining the association between the time of day at BCG vaccination and health outcomes – A hospital-based study from Guinea-Bissau (BCG Circadian).

(+45) 22525917

matiasmetcalf@gmail.com

Noemi Perobelli, MSc in Public Health Student

Research Year Student 01.02.2025 – 01.02.2026

Project: Estimating Gestational Age and Preterm Birth Rates in a low Resource Setting.

(+45) 50337017

noper23@student.sdu.dk

Adrian Falbe Maier, Stud Med

Research Year Student: 01.02.2025-31.01.2026

Project: Assessing potential advantages and disadvantages of replacing body weight measurement with middle upper arm circumference as marker of nutritional status in the Bandim TBscore.

+4520949246

adrian.falbe.maier@gmail.com

Southern Denmark University

Frederik Schaltz-Buchholzer, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

(+45) 42702170

fschaltz-buchholzer@health.sdu.dk

Sebastian Nielsen, PhD

Assistant Professor

Sebastian Nielsen. PhD

(+45) 20355349

senielsen@health.sdu.dk

Sabine Margarete Damerow

Graduate of Business Sciences, MSc Global Health, PhD

(+245) 6526899

sdamerow@health.sdu.dk

Maj Sundenæs

Administrative coordinator

(+45) 65502878

msundenaes@health.sdu.dk

Arthur Diness, Stud.Polyt

Student Assistant

Arthur Diness, Stud. Polyt.

adiness@health.sdu.dk

Parisa Wahedi, MSc in Public Health Student – Global Health

Student Assistant

wahedi@health.sdu.dk

Aarhus University

Christian Morberg Wejse Cand. med, PhD

Professor

Department of Clinical Medicine - Department of Infectious Diseases

wejse@clin.au.dk

Clinical Associated Professor at Aarhus University and Infectious diseases specialist at Aarhus University Hospital. Main research focus: Tuberculosis, Mycobacteria, Immunocompromised Hosts, Capacity Building, Case Finding, Cascade of Care.

frauke.rudolf@clin.au.dk

Bo Langhoff Hønge, MD PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark Interested in various areas of HIV research including epidemiology, immunology, genetics, co-infections, and co-morbidities.

bohonge@clin.au.dk

Affiliated researchers

Freja Winther, Stud.Scient.San.Publ.

Research Year Student at the Bandim Health Project 01.09.2024 – 31.07.2025

Project: Coverage and determinants of modern contraceptive use in rural Guinea-Bissau.

Anum Ilyas, PhD Student

Project: Health Capital as a Lens for Contextualizing Health-Related Practices across the Globe.

Karen Lise Neergaard, Stud. Med.

Research Year Student at the Bandim Health Project 01.02.2024 – 31.01.2025.

Project: Place of death and risk factors associated with home deaths amongst children in rural Guinea-Bissau.

Linea Olga Karlqvist, Stud. Med.

Research Year Student at the Bandim Health Project 01.02.2024 – 31.01.2025.

Project: Mortality of Women of Reproductive Age in Guinea-Bissau.

Jannifer Jasmin Thavarajah, Stud. Med.

Research Year Student at the Bandim Health Project 01.02.2024 – 31.01.2025.

Project: HIV Reservoir Size & Neutralization Efficacy of bNAbs in HIV-2 in Guinea-Bissau.

Emma Elisabeth Poulsen, Stud.Med

Research Year Student at the Bandim Health Project 01.09.2023 – 31.08.2024.

Project: Assessing the effects of tuberculosis on lung function, physical ability, and quality of life during treatment.

Nikita Sepopo Dzegle, Stud.Scient.San.Publ.

Research Year Student at the Bandim Health Project 01.08.2023 – 30.06.2024.

Simon Hoff Moesgaard Jensen, Stud. Med

Research Year Student at the Bandim Health Project 01.01.2023 – 31.01.2024.

Kia Lærke Madsen, Stud. Med

Research Year Student at the Bandim Health Project 01.02.2023 – 31.01.2024.

Anna Memborg Toft, BSc. Med

Research Year Student at the Bandim Health Project 01.02.2023 – 31.01.2024.

Martin Schjødt Foged. Cand. Soc.

Volunteer researcher at the Bandim Health Project 01.02.2023 – 31.01.2024.

Inês Fronteira, RN, MSc, PhD Hab

Inês is a public health professor and researcher with a soft spot for epidemiology and health policy. She is employed at NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Center, Comprehensive Health Research Center, CHRC, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon Portugal.

Matilde Ferraz Pacheco, PhD student

Matilde is a PhD student in public health. Her main area of research is maternal and child health, mainly on the African continent.

Martin Kunc, PhD student

Martin is a Postdoc from Aarhus University and is in Guinea-Bissau 25.09.2023 – 01.02.2024. His research is focused on efficacy of Covid vaccination technologies (mRNA vaccine, Viral vector vaccine, Subunit vaccine) in helminth positive patients.

Line Møller Nanque, MSc Global Health, PhD

Link to PhD dissertation: Evaluating the effects of polio vaccines on general child health in Guinea-Bissau

Andreas M. Jensen, MSc Global Health, PhD

Link to PhD dissertation: Measuring early neonatal mortality in low-income countries

Lise Gehrt, MSc Global Health, PhD

Link to PhD dissertation: Non-specific effects of vaccination against MeaslesMumps-Rubella on vaccine non-targeted infections in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden

Signe Sørup, MSc Global Health, PhD

PhD dissertation: Childhood vaccinations in Denmark: Non-specific effects on morbidity

Tobias R. Kollmann, MD, PhD

Professor in paediatric infectious diseases and honorary Research Associate with the Immunology and Breast Feeding at Telethon Kids Institute, Australia

Nelly Amenyogbe, BSc, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dalhouise University,

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen, MD, PhD

Staff specialist in medical endocrinology,

Associate Professor at the Department of Regional Health Research,

University of Southern Denmark

Anu Kantele, MD, PhD

Professor of Infectious Diseases,

Helsinki University, Finland

Senior Medical Officer,

Helsinki University Hospital, Finland

Marianne Skytte Jakobsen, MD, PhD

Chief Medical Officer,

HC Andersen Childrens- and young People’s Hospital, OUH, Denmark

Kristoffer Jarlov Jensen, MSc, PhD

Pharmacoepidemiologist,

Copenhagen Phase IV Unit, Center for Clinical Research and Prevention &

Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, Denmark

Victor Francisco Gomes, MSc, PhD

Universidade Federal do Ceará

Sanne Jespersen, MD, PhD

Senior consultant
Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital

Poul-Erik Lund Kofoed, MD

Professor in Paediatrics, The Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark,
Senior Consultant in Paediatrics, Department of Paediatrics, Kolding Hospital /Sygehus Lillebælt.

Lilica Hulilê Sanca

Biologist at LNSP, Guinea-Bissau

Morten Sodemann, MD, PhD

Professor of Global and Migrant Health, The Migrant Health Clinic at Odense University Hospital
Senior Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Institute of Clinical Research, Infectious Diseases, University of Southern Denmark

Sanne Marie Thysen, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Denmark

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Bandim Health Project

Steering board

Peter Aaby

Christine Stabell Benn

Ane Bærent Fisker, MD, PhD

Cesário Lourenço Martins, MD, PhD

Amabelia Rodrigues

Carlos Manuel Moreira Cabral

Local staff

Fábio Alexandre Gomes

Naianca Vaz

Elsi José Ca Silva, MD

PhD students and Research Assistants

Isaquel B Silva, MD

Kimberly Nehal

Julie Odgaard Vedel, MD, PhD

Anita Magdalena Zalisch

Research year students

Matias Metcalf-Clausen, Stud. Med.

Noemi Perobelli, MSc in Public Health Student

Adrian Falbe Maier, Stud Med

Southern Denmark University

Frederik Schaltz-Buchholzer, MD, PhD

Sebastian Nielsen, PhD

Sabine Margarete Damerow

Maj Sundenæs

Bastiaan Geelhoed, PhD

Arthur Diness, Stud.Polyt

Parisa Wahedi, MSc in Public Health Student – Global Health

Aarhus University

Christian Morberg Wejse Cand. med, PhD

Frauke Rudolf

Bo Langhoff Hønge, MD PhD

Affiliated researchers

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