Sonja Merten, MD, PD, PhD, MPH
Function(s)
Head of Unit
Qualification
Dr. med. et sc. nat, MPH
Organisational Entity
Profile
Professional activities at Swiss TPH
- Equity in access to health services
- Sexual and reproductive health and rights
- Maternal health, gender and rights
- Community perspectives on social protection in reproductive health
- Household food security
Higher education and qualifications
- 2003-2006: PhD student, interfaculty PhD Program Epidemiology, Institute of Social- and Preventive Medicine, University of Basel, and Swiss Tropical Institute (Perception and interpretation of traditional and biomedical health concepts in a rural African community: Nutrition among Ila-speaking peoples in Zambia. Funding: SNSF, KFPE, Zingg-Schwichtenberg Fond)
- 2005: Master of Public Health (Do Baby-friendly hospitals influence breastfeeding duration on a national level?)
- 2002-2005: Graduate School Gender Studies, University of Basel, Switzerland
- 1997: Diploma in Visual Arts, HdKZ, Switzerland
- 1993: Staatsexamen, MD
Previous work experience:
- 2009- today: Swiss TPH
- 2007-2008: Swiss School of Public Health
- 2002: WHO Headquarters, Nutrition for Health and Development
- 1999-2006: Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Basel, Switzerland
- 1994-1998: Institute of Medical Education, University of Bern, Switzerland
Selected Publications
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