Mirko Winkler

Professional Activities

  • Health impact assessment of large infrastructure development projects in developing country settings
  • Planning and implementing baseline health surveys, including epidemiological data collection and analysis, as part of the health impact assessment process

Higher Education & Qualifications

  • PhD, 2011 in Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
  • DTM&H, 2011, Diploma in Clinical Tropical Medicine, Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine, Lima, Peru/The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, U.S.
  • MSc, 2008 in Environmental Sciences (Major: Biomedicine and Human- Environment Systems), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), Zurich, Switzerland

Work Experience

  • 2011 to date: Research Associate and Consultant at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland in collaboration with NewFields LLC, Denver, U.S. and Shape Consulting, Pretoria, South Africa
  • 2008-2011: PhD Fellowship at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, advancing tools and methods for health impact assessment methodologies in developing country settings in collaboration with NewFields LLC, Denver, U.S.
  • 2008-2011: Consultant of NewFields LLC, Denver, U.S. and Pretoria, South Africa, specialized on health impact assessment of industrial development projects with field work in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guyana, United Republic of Tanzania, Mozambique, the Republic of Guinea, Sierra Leone, the Republic of the Congo and Zambia
  • 2007: Research Fellow at the Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques in Côte d’Ivoire
  • 2005-2006: Field Assistant at the Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques in Côte d’Ivoire
  • 2003-2007: Temporary employee at the Medical Faculty in the field of Sport Sciences at the University of Basel, Switzerland
  • 1996-2001: Civil Engineering Draftsman and CAD Technologist, WGGSP Engineering Consultants SIA/ASIC, Basel, Switzerland