Prof. Dr. med. Julia Bohlius, MD MScPH

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Head of Department

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Julia Bohlius is the Head of Department for Education and Training at Swiss TPH and Professor of Cancer Epidemiology at the University of Basel. She is a trained physician and holds an MSc in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. Julia has clinical research experience from the University of Cologne, Germany, as well as Public Health and Epidemiology from the University of Bern, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, where she led the Cancer Research Group for several years. Her research, teaching and training interests span from assessing the burden of cancer in populations living with HIV at global scale to improving quality and access to health care for women at high risk for cervical cancer to critically assess and synthesize the evidence and clinical guideline development for interventions in oncology. For her research she was awarded with a Ambizione-PROSPER grant of the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Robert Wenner Prize of the Swiss Cancer League.

Latest Publications

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Moono M et al. The cervical cancer screening and precancer treatment journey: a qualitative study of experiences among Zambian women living with and without HIV. Oncologist. 2026;31(1):oyaf412. DOI: 10.1093/oncolo/oyaf412

Dhokotera T et al. Generative artificial intelligence for data analysis: a randomised controlled trial in a public health research institute. Int J Public Health. 2025;70:1608572. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2025.1608572

Löfflad-Bürkin B.M, Matthiä A, Krasna H, Künzli N, Bohlius J, Czabanowska K. A scoping review of transformational leadership development in health-related PhD programs. Health Policy. 2025;161:105411. DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105411

Ruffieux Y et al. HIV-1 viremia and cancer risk in 2.8 million people: the South African HIV cancer match study. Clin Infect Dis. 2025;81(2):286-295. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciae652

Asangbeh-Kerman S.L et al. Cervical cancer prevention and care in HIV clinics across sub-Saharan Africa: results of a facility-based survey. J Int AIDS Soc. 2024;27(7):e26303. DOI: 10.1002/jia2.26303

Bürkin B.M et al. Competencies for transformational leadership in public health: an international Delphi consensus study. Int J Public Health. 2024;69:1606267. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2024.1606267

Davidović M et al. Facility-based indicators to manage and scale up cervical cancer prevention and care services for women living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a three-round online Delphi consensus method. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2024;95(2):170-178. DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000003343

Davidović M, Dhokotera T, Dos-Santos-Silva I, Bohlius J, Sengayi-Muchengeti M. Breast cancer in women by HIV status: a report from the South African National Cancer Registry. PLoS One. 2024;19(6):e0305274. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305274

Dhokotera T.G et al. Gynaecologic and breast cancers in women living with HIV in South Africa: a record linkage study. Int J Cancer. 2024;154(2):284-296. DOI: 10.1002/ijc.34712

Engels E.A et al. State of the science and future directions for research on HIV and cancer: summary of a joint workshop sponsored by IARC and NCI. Int J Cancer. 2024;154(4):596-606. DOI: 10.1002/ijc.34727