Lisa Stehr
Research Associate and Doctoral Candidate
Lisa Stehr has been a doctoral candidate at the Institute of Global Health since February 2023. Her main research interests include the determinants of health behavior, the strengthening of health systems in low resource settings, and the impact of vaccination on population health. Alongside her dissertation, she coordinated the WHO PEN@scale project, which aimed to decentralize healthcare services for diabetes and hypertension in Eswatini. Her research has taken her to Eswatini and South Africa, and included a doctoral fellowship at the Yale School of Public Health. She holds a full PhD scholarship from the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, and during her previous studies was supported by a scholarship from the Heinrich Böll Foundation recognizing civic engagement and academic excellence.
Education
Master of Arts, International Development Studies, Marburg University
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and Economics, Heidelberg University
Bachelor of Science, Psychology, FernUniversität Hagen
Contributions
Projects & Grants
WHO-PEN@scale - European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 825823; https://whopenatscale.com/
Publications
Harkare, H.V., Ginindza, N., Stehr, L., Osetinsky, B., Theilmann, M., Marowa, L.R., Ntshalintshali, N., Bärnighausen, T., Tediosi, F. (2026). Implementation of WHO-PEN interventions in Eswatini: an assessment of health equity and out-of-pocket expenditure for diabetes and hypertension care. Int J Equity Health, 25(119), http://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-026-02829-8.
Pardoel, Z.E., Folkertsma, I., Koot, J.A.R., Ramani-Chander, A., Thrift, A.G., Joshi, R., Bandurek, I., van Olmen, J., Shrestha, A., Rawal, L., Wouters, E., Maharai, A., Delobelle, P., Hueiming, L., Theilmann, M., Webster, J., Sujarwoto, S., Siddiqi, K., Probandari, A., Widyaningsih, V., Miranda, J.J., Zhang, P., Stehr, L., Hirschhorn, L.R., Alma, M. (2025). Enablers and barriers for scaling up non-communicable disease interventions across diverse global health contexts: insights from using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. BMJ Open 15(12), e101292, http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-101292.
Bal, N., Pell, C., Theilmann, M., Polman, K., Hoekstra, T., Cindzi, B.T., Ginindza, N., Dlamini, S., Stehr, L., Harkare, H.V., Reis, R., van Leth, F. (2025). Syndemic processes between NCDs and HIV among adults aged 40 years and above within the Kingdom of Eswatini. J Epidemiol Community Health 79(11), 849–857, http://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2025-223753.
Geldsetzer, P., Tisdale, R.L., Stehr, L., Michalik, F., Lemp, J., Aryal, K.K., Damasceno, A., Houehanou, C., Jørgensen, J.M.A., Lunet, N., Mayige, M., Saeedi Moghaddam, S., Mwangi, K.J., Bommer, C., Marcus, M.E., Theilmann, M., Ebert, C., Atun, R., Davies, J.I., Flood, D., Manne-Goehler, J., Seiglie, J., Bärnighausen, T., Vollmer, S. (2024). The prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors among adults living in extreme poverty. Nat Hum Behav 8(5), 903–916, http://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01840-9.
Theilmann, M., Ginindza, N., Myeni, J., Dlamini, S., Cindzi, B.T., Dlamini, D., Dlamini, T.L., Greve, M., Harkare, H.V., Hleta, M., Khumalo, P., Kolbe, L.M., Lewin, S., Marowa, L.R., Masuku, S., Mavuso, D., Molemans, M., Ntshalintshali, N., Nxumalo, N., Osetinsky, B., Pell, C., Reis, R., Shabalala, F., Simelane, B.R., Stehr, L., Tediosi, F., van Leth, F., De Neve, J.W., Bärnighausen, T., Geldsetzer, P. (2023). Strengthening primary care for diabetes and hypertension in Eswatini: study protocol for a nationwide cluster-randomized controlled trial. Trials 24(1), 210, http://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07096-4.
