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Kristjana Hrönn Ásbjörnsdóttir - Associate Professor
–
School of Health Sciences
Kristjana Hrönn Ásbjörnsdóttir
Hún/Hennar
Íslenska
Associate Professor
Epidemiology and global health
Location
Sturlugata 8
Phone
5254942
Email
kha [at] hi.is
Unit
Public Health Sciences
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3263-3457
Research portal – Kristjana Hrönn Ásbjörnsdóttir
 
Courses 2024 - 2025
LÝÐ202F - The Scientific Process: Ethics, Communication and Practicalities
LÝÐ045F - Global Health
LÆK616G - Epidemiology
LÝÐ085F - Epidemiologic Methods (Epidemiology II)
LÝÐ107F - Epidemiology - a quantitative methodology
LÝÐ301F - Biostatistics II (Clinical Prediction Models )
LÝÐ104F - Determinants of health, health promotion and disease prevention
LÝÐ108F - Orientation seminar: public health, epidemiology and biostatistics
LÝÐ097F - Topics in Epidemiology (Epidemiology III)
Collaboration
,
,
Education
2015
,
Doktorspróf
,
University of Washington
,
PhD in Epidemiology
2012
,
Meistarapróf
,
University of Washington
,
MPH in Epidemiology
Professional Experience
2021 -
,
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology,
Centre of Public Health Sciences, University of Iceland
2018 -
2020,
Acting Assistant Professor of Epidemiology,
University of Washington
2015 -
2018,
Research Scientist,
Department of Global Health, University of Washington
Published works
2024
Coverage of community-wide mass drug administration platforms for soil-transmitted helminths in Benin, India, and Malawi
Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Post-trial experiences in sustainment of a scaled model of the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach (SAIA-SCALE) in the absence of external funding in Manica Province, Mozambique
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Soil surveillance for monitoring soil-transmitted helminths
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Mental illness and COVID-19 vaccination
Nature Communications
Scaling-up and scaling-out the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach to optimize the hypertension diagnosis and care cascade for HIV infected individuals (SCALE SAIA-HTN)
Implementation science communications
2023
Assessing drivers of implementing “Scaling-up the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach” for Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in Mozambique (SAIA-SCALE) over implementation waves
Implementation Science Communications
Trends of perceived disruption in healthcare services during the pandemic
European Journal of Public Health
Assessing drivers of implementing “Scaling-up the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach” for Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in Mozambique (SAIA-SCALE) over implementation waves
Implementation Science Communications
Adverse childhood experiences and psychological functioning among women with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
Correction: The Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach: specifying core components of an implementation strategy to optimize care cascades in public health
Implementation Science Communications
Self-reported condom use among Washington State residents prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic
BMJ Open
Overestimation of school-based deworming coverage resulting from school-based reporting
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
The Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach: specifying core components of an implementation strategy to optimize care cascades in public health.
Implementation science communications
Plasma proteomic signatures of enteric permeability among hospitalized and community children in Kenya and Pakistan
iScience
2022
Enteric Permeability, Systemic Inflammation, and Post-Discharge Growth among a Cohort of Hospitalized Children in Kenya and Pakistan
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
The neglected epidemic—Risk factors associated with road traffic injuries in Mozambique: Results of the 2016 INCOMAS study
PLOS Global Public Health
Association between service readiness and PMTCT cascade effectiveness
BMC Health Services Research
Assessing the Reach, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance of the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Manica Province, Mozambique 2018-2021 (the SAIA-SCALE Program)
Evaluation of Women's Empowerment in a Community-Based Human Papillomavirus Self-Sampling Social Entrepreneurship Program (Hope Project) in Peru
Frontiers in Public Health
Enteric permeability, systemic inflammation and post-discharge growth among a cohort of hospitalized children in Kenya and Pakistan.
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Cost of community-based human papillomavirus self-sampling in Peru
The Lancet Regional Health - Americas
2021
Epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminths following sustained implementation of routine preventive chemotherapy
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Epidemiology of soil transmitted helminths and risk analysis of hookworm infections in the community
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Use of a Community Center Primary Care Clinic and Subsequent Emergency Department Visits among Unhoused Women
JAMA network open
Cervical cytomegalovirus reactivation, cytokines and spontaneous preterm birth in Kenyan women
Clinical and Experimental Immunology
Factors associated with soil-transmitted helminths infection in Benin
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Forecasting the effectiveness of the DeWorm3 trial in interrupting the transmission of soil-transmitted helminths in three study sites in Benin, India and Malawi
Parasites and Vectors
2020
Systems analysis and improvement approach to optimize the hypertension diagnosis and case cascade for PLHIV individuals (SAIA-HTN)
Implementation Science
Correction to: The prevalence of hypertension and its distribution by sociodemographic factors in Central Mozambique: a cross sectional study.
BMC Public Health
Baseline patterns of infection in regions of Benin, Malawi and India seeking to interrupt transmission of soil transmitted helminths (STH) in the DeWorm3 trial
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
What does soil-transmitted helminth elimination look like? Results from a targeted molecular detection survey in Japan
Parasites and Vectors
Erratum
Implementation Science
Systems analysis and improvement approach to optimize the hypertension diagnosis and care cascade for PLHIV individuals (SAIA-HTN): a hybrid type III cluster randomized trial.
Implementation science : IS
The prevalence of hypertension and its distribution by sociodemographic factors in Central Mozambique: a cross sectional study.
BMC Public Health
Correction to
BMC Public Health
Development and application of an electronic treatment register
Global Health Action
Usability and Feasibility of an Innovative mLearning Approach for Nurses Providing Option B+ Services in Manica and Sofala Provinces, Mozambique
Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
2019
Scaling-up the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in Mozambique (SAIA-SCALE)
Implementation Science
Cascade Analysis: An Adaptable Implementation Strategy Across HIV and Non-HIV Delivery Platforms
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)
Geographic distribution and determinants of mental health stigma in central Mozambique
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and mental health care-seeking in central Mozambique
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Making Smarter Decisions Faster
Current HIV/AIDS Reports
2018
Strategies to improve treatment coverage in community-based public health programs
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Small area estimation of under-5 mortality in Bangladesh, Cameroon, Chad, Mozambique, Uganda, and Zambia using spatially misaligned data
Population Health Metrics
Testing for soil-transmitted helminth transmission elimination
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
A comparative analysis of preservation techniques for the optimal molecular detection of hookworm DNA in a human fecal specimen
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Assessing the feasibility of interrupting the transmission of soil-transmitted helminths through mass drug administration
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Developing a representative community health survey sampling frame using open-source remote satellite imagery in Mozambique
International Journal of Health Geographics
Defining stopping criteria for ending randomized clinical trials that investigate the interruption of transmission of soil-transmitted helminths employing mass drug administration
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2017
Prospects for elimination of soil-transmitted helminths
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases
Maternal highly active antiretroviral therapy reduces vertical cytomegalovirus transmission but does not reduce breast milk cytomegalovirus levels
AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
Assisted partner services for HIV in Kenya
The Lancet HIV
Identifying optimal threshold statistics for elimination of hookworm using a stochastic simulation model
Parasites and Vectors
2016
Vertical Cytomegalovirus Transmission From HIV-Infected Women Randomized to Formula-Feed or Breastfeed Their Infants
Journal of Infectious Diseases
Breastfeeding Is Associated with Decreased Risk of Hospitalization among HIV-Exposed, Uninfected Kenyan Infants
Journal of Human Lactation
Sustaining Progress towards NTD Elimination
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Differences in virologic and immunologic response to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-1-infected infants and children
AIDS
Changes in vaginal microbiota and immune mediators in HIV-1-seronegative Kenyan women initiating depot medroxyprogesterone acetate
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
2014
Compartmentalized cytomegalovirus replication and transmission in the setting of maternal HIV-1 infection
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Maternal valacyclovir and infant cytomegalovirus acquisition
PLoS ONE
2013
Compartmentalized cytomegalovirus replication and transmission in the setting of maternal HIV-1 infection.
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Breastfeeding is associated with decreased pneumonia incidence among HIV-exposed, uninfected Kenyan infants
AIDS
2012
Validation of the proteasome as a therapeutic target in Plasmodium using an epoxyketone inhibitor with parasite-specific toxicity
Chemistry and Biology
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