On May 27th, 2025, Julie Odgaard Vedel successfully defended her PhD thesis at the University of Southern Denmark. Her thesis, titled “The gap between the planned and real-life implementation of the vaccination programme: Timely and effective BCG vaccination in Guinea-Bissau”, is based on her research at the Bandim Health Project in Guinea-Bissau.
The defense took place at The National Institute of Public Health at SDU, where Julie was recognized for her significant research contribution.
Warm congratulations to Julie on this great achievement!
We are very happy that Julie has decided to continue her work with us as a Post doc on the study “Providing BCG revaccination with the third dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine to improve female survival in Africa“