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Geir Gunnlaugsson - Professor
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School of Social Sciences
Geir Gunnlaugsson
Íslenska
Professor
Professor of Global Health
Location
Oddi / O-319
Phone
+354-525 4369
+354-843 6237
Email
geirgunnlaugsson [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics
Website
https://www.hi.is/starfsfolk/geirgunnlaugsson
Published Work
Geir Gunnlaugsson - published work
Curriculum Vitae
Geir Gunnlaugsson - Curriculum Vitae
Consultation hours
By an appointment.
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6674-2862
Courses 2020 - 2021
MAN015F - Reading Course in Development Studies
MAN429G - Assignment in anthropology
MAN603F - Global health
MAN701F - Project design, monitoring and evaluation
HVS202G - Introduction to multidisciplinary health sciences - The health science day
HJÚ821M - Women, health and society
MAN019F - Theories of development
MAN006F - Reading Course in Development Theories
MAN326G - Assignment in anthropology
MAN095F - Globalization: Culture, gender and transnationalism
HVS501M - Interdisciplinary cooperation in health sciences
LJÓ208F - Clinical training III – professional specialisation
Education
1997
,
MPH
,
Karolinska institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
,
Master in Public Health Sciences
1993
,
PhD
,
Karolinska institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
,
Doctoral studies in Paediatrics
1978
,
MD
,
University of Iceland
,
Medical studies
1972
,
,
Wayne State College, Nebraska, USA
,
General courses
1971
,
Graduation
,
Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð, Reykjavík
,
High School
Professional Experience
2015 -
,
Professor of Global Health,
University of Iceland
2007 -
2015,
Professor of Public Health,
Reykjavik University
2010 -
2014,
Chief Medical Officer for Iceland/Surgeon General,
Directorate of Health
1999 -
2011,
Consultant for Monkey Bay Health Care Project, Malawi, and other tasks in Mozambique,
Icelandic International Development Agency (Iceida)
2000 -
2009,
Director,
Centre for Child Health Services, Primary Health Care Organization of Reykjavík Capital Area
2004 -
2007,
Adjunct Faculty Position,
Medical faculty, University of Iceland
1998 -
2000,
Lecturer/IDirector of Studies,
Section for Maternal and Child Health (IMCH), University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
1993 -
1998,
Medical Advisor,
Biombo Regional Health Management Team, Quinhamel, Guinea-Bissau
1985 -
1993,
Junior Doctor/pediatrician,
St Göran´s/Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
1982 -
1985,
General Practitioner/paediatrics,
Centre for Maternal and Child Health, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
1980 -
1981,
General Practitioner,
Höfn Hornafjordur, Iceland
1978 -
1980,
Junior doctor,
University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
Published works
2020
Use of Digital Technology among Adolescents Attending Schools in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Iodine status of breastfed infants and their mothers' breast milk iodine concentration
Maternal & Child Nutrition
2018
„Allt sem ég þrái“: Menntun og skólaganga barna sem leita alþjóðlegrar verndar á Íslandi
Tímarit um uppeldi og menntun
Review shows that Icelandic society is taking firmer steps to tackle the diverse forms of child abuse and neglect that its children are exposed to.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
2017
Infant Mortality in a Global Context
Oxford Bibliographies Online Datasets
Financial crises and child health: reflections from Iceland
BMJ Paediatrics Open
2016
‘All’s well in Iceland?’ Austerity measures, labour market initiatives, and health and well-being of children
Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research
Child health in times of austerity as a result of the economic crisis that started in 2008
Acta Paediatrica
Applied ethics and allocation of foreign aid: disparity in pretensions and practice
Development Policy Review
2015
Child health in Iceland before and after the economic collapse in 2008
Archives of Disease in Childhood
[Prevalence and diversity of emotional abuse and neglect in childhood in Iceland].
Laeknabladid
2014
Initiation of Complementary Feeding and Duration of Total Breastfeeding: Unlimited Access to Lactation Consultants Versus Routine Care at the Well-Baby Clinics
Breastfeeding Medicine
RICHE – Research Inventory, Indicators, Gaps and Roadmaps for Child Health in Europe - an EU FP7 project
2013
Exclusive breastfeeding for 4 versus 6 months and growth in early childhood
Acta Paediatrica
Exclusive Breastfeeding and Developmental and Behavioral Status in Early Childhood
Nutrients
[Experience of Icelandic adults of corporal punishment and abuse in childhood].
Laeknabladid
2012
[Directorate of Health following a merger].
Laeknabladid
Timing of the introduction of complementary foods in infancy: a randomized controlled trial.
Pediatrics
Randomized controlled trial of 4 compared with 6 mo of exclusive breastfeeding in Iceland: differences in breast-milk intake by stable-isotope probe
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
2011
Intrafamilial conflict and emotional well-being: A population based study among Icelandic adolescents
Child Abuse & Neglect
2009
Docosahexaenoic acid in red blood cells of women of reproductive age is positively associated with oral contraceptive use and physical activity
Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids
2007
Optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding: what is the evidence to support current recommendations?
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
2006
[Health services for children and the implementation of IMCI in Monkey Bay, Malawi].
Laeknabladid
2005
International aid, partnership, and child survival
The Lancet
[Immunization coverage in the Monkey Bay Head zone Malawi].
Laeknabladid
2004
There's Many a Slip between Chocolate and Lip
Anthropology News
2001
Health education and cholera in rural Guinea-Bissau
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Infant feeding practices during the first six months of life in a rural area in Tanzania.
East African medical journal
2000
Epidemic cholera in Guinea-Bissau: The challenge of preventing deaths in rural West Africa
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
1999
Corpses and the spread of cholera.
Lancet (London, England)
First do no harm: making oral rehydration solution safer in a cholera epidemic.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
1998
Funerals during the 1994 cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa: the need for disinfection of bodies of persons dying of cholera.
Epidemiology and infection
1997
Selective compartmentalization of gammadelta-T lymphocytes in human breastmilk.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
1995
Does age at the start of breast feeding influence infantile diarrhoea morbidity? A case-control study in periurban Guinea-Bissau.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
1993
Colostrum and ideas about bad milk: A case study from Guinea-Bissau
Social Science & Medicine
[Monitoring of quality in human milk. Breast feeding and children's health in Guinea-Bissau]
Jordemodern
Age at breast feeding start and postneonatal growth and survival.
Archives of disease in childhood
1992
Determinants of Delayed Initiation of Breastfeeding: A Community and Hospital Study from Guinea-Bissau
International Journal of Epidemiology
1989
Rotavirus Serology and Breast-Feeding in Young Children in Rural Guinea-Bissau
Acta Paediatrica
1988
Follow-up of the Antibody Response to Measles Vaccine in a Rural Area of Guinea-Bissau
Acta Paediatrica
1986
Augmented antibody response to live attenuated measles vaccine in children withPlasmodium falciparumparasitaemia
Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
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