Swiss TPH

Professional Activities

• Management of Swiss TPH as chief executive
• Teaching at the University of Basel as full professor in medical parasitology and epidemiology
• Undertaking research on the control of communicable diseases (malaria,emphasizing vaccine trials and effectiveness)

Higher Education & Qualifications

• 1977 MSc Medical Zoology (University of Basel)
• 1980 PhD in Medical Parasitology (University of Basel)
• 1987 MSc CHDC (MPH), (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University London)
• 1987 "Venia Docendi" (Associate Professor; University of Basel)
• 1993 Professor, Chair of Epidemiology & Med. Parasitology (University of Basel)
• 1996 Honorary Professor (Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland)
• 2002-2004 Dean Faculty of Science University of Basel
• 2008 Honorary Doctorate, Faculty of Science, University of Neuchâtel
• 2010 Chair Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel

Work Experience

• 1997- Present: Director Swiss TPH
• Research on communicable diseases control (mainly malaria and schistosomiasis), health planning and projects on environment and health (partly supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation)
• Assistance/consultancies in health development projects and research capacity building in Africa and Asia, mainly on behalf of the Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation.
• 1988-1995: Head, Dept. Public Health and Epidemiology at STI
• 1996: Research fellow and visiting professor at Tropical Health Program, School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
• Consultancies in international health issues for governments and international organisations (WHO, World Bank)
• Teaching/training at universities in the field of epidemiology and public health in Europe, USA, Africa, Australia and Asia
• Health development projects at district level in rural and urban areas of Africa (Tanzania, Chad, Cameroon) and Asia (India, Thailand).
• Research on urban environment and health in Africa (Tanzania, Chad, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Mauritania) and Asia (China, India).
• Research on health planning emphasizing urbanisation, health service utilisation and decentralisation in health planning and resources allocation.
• Research in the field of the control of communicable diseases, mainly malaria and schistosomiasis based on extended fieldwork in Africa and Asia.
• 1981-1984: Head, Swiss Tropical Institute Field Laboratory in Ifakara, Tanzania
• Implementation of a primary health care programme at district level. These studies entailed research, service and training components and were partly supported by grants from the Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation.
• Community-based studies on the interactions between infection-nutrition-immunity
• Epidemiological research projects on malaria and schistosomiasis
• 1979: Field work on onchcerciasis and schistosomiasis in Cameroon and Liberia
• Assistant scientist and post-doctoral position studying immune mechanisms against the infective stage larvae of filariae at the Swiss Tropical Institute (STI).

Publications

• 477 original papers in peer-reviewed journals, 30 bookchapters, co-editor of two books on urban health and urbanisation, more than 200 published short communications and abstracts as well as numerous evaluation reports and studies for governments and international agencies.
• List of Publications

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