Jürg Utzinger, Professor, PhD
Function(s)
Director
Qualification
Professor in Epidemiology, Director
Organisational Entity
- Swiss TPH
- Directorate
Jürg Utzinger is the Director of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) and Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Basel. He holds an MSc in environmental science, a PhD in epidemiology and pursued several years of postdoctoral research in demography and epidemiology at Princeton University in the USA. His research, teaching and training interests pertain to the epidemiology and integrated control of neglected tropical diseases and health impact assessments of large footprint projects in low- and middle-income countries. He is engaged in trans-national global health research consortia with ongoing projects in China, Côte d’Ivoire, South Africa and Tanzania.
Latest Publications
All PublicationsArnaiz P et al. Acceptability and perceived feasibility of the KaziKidz health promotion intervention among educators and caregivers in schools from South Africa: a qualitative descriptive study. BMC Public Health. 2024;24:934. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18456-3
Brummaier T et al. Design of a targeted blood transcriptional panel for monitoring immunological changes accompanying pregnancy. Frontiers in Immunology. 2024;15:1319949. DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1319949
Cambaco O et al. Adolescent health and well-being in the context of impact assessment of natural resource extraction projects: a scoping review. Environ Impact Assess Rev. 2024;105:107360. DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107360
Ekou F.K et al. Randomised controlled trial on the effect of social support on disease control, mental health and health-related quality of life in people with diabetes from Côte d'Ivoire: the SoDDiCo study protocol. BMJ Open. 2024;14(1):e069934. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069934
Giovanoli Evack J et al. Genetic characterization of schistosome species from cattle in Côte d'Ivoire. Parasit Vectors. 2024;17:122. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-024-06221-9
Gordon C.A et al. Strongyloidiasis. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2024;10:6. DOI: 10.1038/s41572-023-00490-x
Long K.Z et al. Randomized trial to improve children's body composition and micronutrient status among South African Children. Am J Prev Med. 2024(in press). DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2024.01.017
Nebie E.I, van Eeuwijk P, Sawadogo H.N, Reus E, Utzinger J, Burri C. Operational differences between product development partnership, pharmaceutical industry, and investigator initiated clinical trials. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2024;9(3):56. DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed9030056
Qian M.B, Keiser J, Utzinger J, Zhou X.N. Clonorchiasis and opisthorchiasis: epidemiology, transmission, clinical features, morbidity, diagnosis, treatment, and control. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2024;37(1):e0000923. DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00009-23
Traoré N, Singhal T, Millogo O, Sié A, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P. Relative effects of climate factors and malaria control interventions on changes of parasitaemia risk in Burkina Faso from 2014 to 2017/2018. BMC Infect Dis. 2024;24:166. DOI: 10.1186/s12879-024-08981-2