Research students

On this page you can find all our ongoing and previous PhD students.

Jasmine
Arcilla

A holistic One Health approach to address Taenia solium in Uganda: Exploring the gender structures in WASH and the pork value chain

jasmine.arcilla@uu.se

Jasmines profile

Atsuyoshi
Ishizumi

Atsu

Evaluating the implementation of infodemic management interventions to improve vaccine confidence and uptake in low-resource settings

atsuyoshi.ishizumi@uu.se

Atsuyoshi profile

Luong Nguyen
Thanh

Bridging the gap: Leveraging the sustainability agenda to inform policies and actions on drivers of antimicrobial resistance

nguyen.luong@uu.se

Jacquellyn Nambi
Ssanyu

Implementing family planning interventions in urban settings: formative and process evaluation studies in Eastern Uganda

jacquellyn.ssanyu@uu.se

Jacquellyns profile

Marije
Poort

Tending Tourism – a transformative research approach for regenerative tourism

marije.e.poort@uu.se

Marijes profile

Johanna
Sjömar

Experience of Kangaroo Mother Care in Bangladesh

johanna.sjomar@uu.se

Johannas profile

Abubakr
Mohamed

Diabetes care in Sudan - introducing diabetes educators in the public health system

abubakr.mohamed@uu.se

Abubakrs profile

Kassa
Haile

Implementation of bubble CPAP for treating severe pneumonia with hypoxemia in children 1-59 months in Ethiopia

kassa.haile@uu.se

Previous PhD students

Kalkidan Yohannes

kalkidan.yohannes@uu.se

Kalkidan Yohannes successfully defended her thesis "The dynamics of women’s homelessness in Ethiopia" on March 27, 2025.

Rejina Gurung

rejina.gurung@uu.se

Rejina Gurung successfully defended her thesis "Co-creating Respectful Maternity Care intervention to Improve Perinatal Mental Health in Nepal" on December 12, 2024

Susanna Barrineau

susanna.barrineau@uu.se

Susanna Barrineau successfully defended her thesis "“Thinking with soils”: relational and care-full perspectives on carbon farming futures and deep transformations" on December 2, 2024.

Max Whitman

max.whitman@uu.se

Max Whitman successfully defended his thesis "Reframing Bush-Fire Communication for Sustainability" on June 5, 2024

Per Kåks

Per Kåks

Per Kåks successfully defended his thesis "Contextualising a South African social innovation for maternal and child health to mothers with experiences of migration in Sweden" on May 8, 2024

Antti Kukka

antti.kukka@uu.se

Antti Kukka successfully defended his thesis "Surviving Birth and Thriving: Identifying infants at risk of death and disability in low- and middle-income countries" on April 25, 2024

Doris

Doris Kwesiga

doris.kwesiga@uu.se

Doris Kwesiga successfully defended her thesis "Exploring the Under Reporting of Pregnancy and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Population and Health Surveys: A Multi-Country Qualitative Study" on January 22, 2024

Hai

Hai Hoang Tuan Ngo

Hai Hoang Tuan Ngo successfully defended his thesis "Evaluating implementation strategies for improved food safety in Vietnam" on June 14th, 2023

Maissa

Maissa Al-Adhami

maissa.aladhami@kbh.uu.se

Maissa Al Adhami succesfully defended her thesis "Health of refugee migrants in the early post-migration phase in Sweden: The role of health resources and health promotion" on May 30th, 2023

Olivia

Olivia Brunell

olivia.brunell@akademiska.se

Olivia Brunell successfully defended her thesis "Improving neonatal health care in Nepal" on December 9th, 2022

Browen

Bronwen Holloway

bronwen.holloway@uu.se

Bronwen Holloway successfully defended her thesis "Acute febrile illnes, antibiotic use, and the role of diagnosis to target treatment in India" on April 28th, 2022

Dipak

Dipak Raj Chaulagain

Dipak Raj Chaulagain successfully defended his thesis "Improving quality of neonatal care practices in Nepal" February 16th, 2022