Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Sabine Gabrysch
Previous Unit Head, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
On June 1st, 2019, Sabine has been appointed Professor for Climate Change and Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Department head at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).
Sabine studied medicine and worked clinically in Sweden for some years before completing an MSc and then PhD in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. In 2009, she joined the Institute of Global Health at Heidelberg University. She received a Rahel Goitein-Straus fellowship in 2010 and a Postdoctoral fellowship of the Baden-Württemberg Foundation in 2011. In 2012, she was awarded a Postdoctoral fellowship of the Daimler and Benz Foundation and a Margarete von Wrangell Habilitation fellowship.
Since 2013, Sabine has been leading a BMBF-funded Junior Scientist Group in Epidemiology and in 2014 she was appointed acting head of the Unit of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and deputy head of the Institute of Global Health, a position she held until 2019. Her research interests include maternal and child health in low-income settings, infectious diseases, malnutrition and global environmental change. She enjoys working across disciplines and with NGOs.
Education
| 2014 | Habilitation in Epidemiology, Heidelberg University |
| 2006–2009 | PhD in Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Title: The influence of distance on health facility delivery in rural Zambia |
| 2005–2006 | MSc Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
| 1998–2000 | Medical doctoral thesis, Institute of Physiology, University of Tübingen |
| 1995–2002 | Medical studies, University of Tübingen, with stays in the U.S. and Argentina |
Positions
| 06/2019-current | Professor for Climate Change and Health, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Co-Chair, Research Department 2, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research |
| 2014-2019 | Head, Unit of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Deputy head, Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg |
| 2013–2014 | Research group leader, Unit of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg |
| 2009–2013 | Research associate, Unit of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg |
| 2006–2009 | Graduate Teaching Assistant, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
| 2005 | Senior house officer in infectious diseases at Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden |
| 2003-2004 | Pre-registration house officer at Höglandet’s Hospital, Eksjö, Sweden |
Projects
Current
- Food and Agricultural Approaches to Reducing Malnutrition (FAARM)
- Environment and health in arid regions
- Maternal and perinatal mortality in Ghana
- Impact and Determinants of Staphylococcus aureus colonization and infection
- Biochar-Urine Nutrient Cycling for Health
- Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project (GAAP2)
Completed
- New signal functions for routine and emergency newborn care
- Indicators and benchmarks for tracking progress towards safe motherhood
- The role of antimicrobial peptides in human skin infections
- Quality of antenatal care in Zambia, and influence of quality of care and distance on antenatal care use
- Distance to delivery care and neonatal mortality in Zambia and Malawi
- Distance to delivery care and service use in Zambia and Malawi
