Jennifer Keiser

Professional Activities

  • Research and development of novel treatment options for food-borne trematode infections
  • Epidemiology and control of malaria, schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis
  • Health impact assessment with particular consideration of water resource development

Higher Education & Qualifications

  • Princeton University (2000-2003) (Office of Population Research, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA) Postdoctoral Research in Demography and Epidemiology
  • University of Basel, Switzerland (1997-1999) (Swiss Tropical Institute, Department of Medical Parasitology) PhD in Medical Parasitology: Thesis: “Pharmacological investigations on current and new drugs for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis"
  • University of Basel, Switzerland (1990-1995) MS in Pharmacy Basic and specialized studies in pharmaceutical subjects (Federal diploma in pharmacy)

Work Experience

  • 10-2004- present Project leader Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland
  • 1/2004 – 9/2004 Postdoc (part time) Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland
  • 5/2000 – 12/2003 Visiting Research Fellow Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
  • 12/1999 – 5/2000 Research Fellow Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland
  • 1/1997 – 11/1999 Doctoral Student Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland & Karolinska Institut, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 3/1996 – 12/1996 Pharmacist Weiherschloss Apotheke, Bottmingen, Switzerland