Jennifer Keiser, Associate Professor, PhD

Professional activities at Swiss TPH

• Maintenance of large range of helminth life cycles (e.g. Necator americanus)
• In vitro and in vivo evaluation of biological activities of compounds
• Development of novel in vitro helminth assays to study drug sensitivities
• Pharmacokinetic studies in rodents, large animals and humans
• Bioanalytical method development
• Clinical trials in helminthiasis endemic countries

Higher education and 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 Zoology
• University of Basel (1990-1995) MSc in Pharmacy