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Surveillance, outbreak management and applied research in foodborne infections

Oslo Area, Norway

European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

Development and validation of a national surveillance system for infectious diseases and hospital aquired infections based on real-time laboratory data including:▪ Project coordination, data management, communication with stakeholders, supervise researchers in use of dataReal-time European mortality monitoring:▪ Weekly bulletins and Mid-season mortality analysis, network management, communication with stakeholders, website development and graphical presentation, coordination of meetings, workshops and hackathons, fundraising, representing the network at appropriate conferencesSurveillance of individual notifiable purulent meningitis and meningococcal disease

Preparing a Guidance on sampling, diagnostics and further characterization of Shigatoxin/verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC/VTEC) infections to support surveillance in the EU/EEA in collaboration with Flemming Scheutz, Head of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Escherichia and Klebsiella

• Took part in outbreak investigations, e.g. of the Hepatitis A outbreak in the Spring 2013 (Interview for case-control study, weekly meeting and briefings from the food authorities and the epidemiologists from the Nordic countries). • Validation of the real-time and automatic collected data from the Danish microbiology database (MiBa) to be used in the future surveillance of various infectious diseases in Denmark. (Chlamydia, neuroboreliose, diarrhoeagenic E. coli and meningitis)

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

Epidemiology and surveillance of three diarrhoeagenic E. coli in Denmark, 2000 – 2012▪ Registry-based research, geographical databases, communication with clinical mircobiological departments▪ Lectures on SSI, Slagelse hospital and Odense clinical microbiological department, OUH Advisors: Kåre Mølbak and Steen EthelbergFinished with a grade 12

Sierra Leone - Kono District

▪ Technical support to the Ebola outbreak response in Sierra Leone.▪ Strengthen surveillance activities, case investigations and follow-up of contacts▪ Describe the epidemiology of the outbreak, documentation and preparation of information products including weekly situation reports▪ Training of surveillance teams and local data management staff▪ Supporting the work towards post-Ebola surveillance and respons set up

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

I worked at the Copenhagen Ageing and Midlife Biobank (CAMB). The research project is collaboration between Institute of Public Health Sciences and Department of Odontology and emanates from The Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism on Rigshospitalet. The purpose of making CAMB was to establish a database and a biobank to study how biological, psychological, and social factors affect how people age. The first year I took part in the data collection (blood pressure, fitness tests, cognitive tests etc.), later I took part in the validation, cleaning, documentation, and preparation of the data.I have worked at CAMB during two periods: May 2010- December 2011 and again December 2012-January 2013. During the last employment may tasks included- documentation of the physical tests the participants went through- preparation of raw data for the database to be used by researchers

St. Paul, Minnesota

Intern at the Foodborne, Vectorborne, and Zoonotic Disease Unit- Outbreak investigation- Surveillance systems- Project about Campylobacter infections aquired in agriculturel settings in Minnesota

Denmark

Conduct health and bodyage testsCommunication of resultsMotivational conversation

Dr Koncerthuset Og Radiohuset

Lyngby

Worked primarily with the evaluation of Patientsikkert Sygehus, first as an intern and later as student assistant. - data management, interview guide, etc.

University Of Copenhagen

Student assistant for ph.d Marie Villumsen on her project on the unspecific effects of BCG- and Smallpox vaccination in Danmark

Univeristy Of Copenhagen

Worked with the Danish Cancer and the Nordcan Registries to describe the epidemiology of breast cancer in the Nordic Countries from 1960 and onwards.

Cand.Scient.San.Publ (Master Of Public Health), Public Health

• Statistical Methods • Epidemiology • Evaluation (process, effects, implementation...)

Master Of Science (Msc), Public Health, A

Activities and Societies: Public Health Film Festival • Advanced epidemiologic methods: Applications (Poisson og Cox regression (.

French Language And Culture

International Business Baccalaureate

Vce Program, Business/Commerce, General

3 month VCE program as a part of my International Business Baccalaureate from Niels Brock