dr. K. (Kerstin) Klipstein-Grobusch
dr. K. (Kerstin) Klipstein-Grobusch
- Julius Center, dept. Global Public Health & Bioethics
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Biography
Biography
Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, MSc, MSc, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Vice-Chair Global Health at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, Department of Global Public Health and Bioethics, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands and Visiting Professor at the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
She is an epidemiologist and nutrition scientist with over 25 years of experience in international research capacity building in epidemiology and public health including in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) as previous Academic Head of the Master of Science in Epidemiology programme at the University of the Witwatersrand and as a principal investigator and collaborator in capacity building training programmes and courses in epidemiology, biostatistics, public and global health such as the CAPSTONE (Capacity Strengthening of Transdisciplinary Education for Non-Communicable Disease Care in West Africa) Consortium.
She leads the Julius Center’s Global Health research on cardiovascular and cardiometabolic disease in low-resource settings and vulnerable populations that addresses (i) the influence of urbanisation and migration on cardio-metabolic disease risk; (ii) the short- and long-term consequences of non-communicable diseases during pregnancy on maternal and child health; and (iii) communicable and non-communicable co-and multimorbidity. She is the Utrecht based principal investigator on several implementation science projects that aim to improve and scale-up care for hypertension in Africa, Asia and Europe such as the iHEART-SA (Integrating heart health in HIV care in South Africa (NIH)), SCUBY (Scaling-up diabetes and hypertension in vulnerable populations (EC H2020)) or MRC-PaLS (Patient-led support groups in the management of hypertension and diabetes in low-resource settings (UKRI). She has supervised and mentored over 100 Master, PhD and postdoctoral fellows and published over 275 peer-reviewed papers.
In her current position as Associate Professor and Vice-Chair Global Health her focus is on the development of global health research and education (www.globalhealth.eu) at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Academic and societal activities include memberships of institutional committees and academic/research networks. Amongst others, she is Deputy Editor of the World Health Federations’ scientific journal Global Heart and Executive Board Member of the European Global Health Research Institutes Network (EGHRIN).
Research Output (301)
Ginkel Florian van, Barth Roos, Tempelman Hugo, Klipstein-Grobusch Kerstin, Grobbee Diederick, Scheuermaier Karine, Venter Francois, Vos-Seda Alinda 23 Apr 2024, In: Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine. 25 , p. 1-12 12 p.
Soesanti Frida, Hoek Gerard, Brunekreef Bert, Meliefste Kees, Chen Jie, Idris Nikmah S, Putri Nina D, Uiterwaal Cuno S P M, Grobbee Diederick E, Klipstein-Grobusch Kerstin 17 Apr 2024, In: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. 97 , p. 575-586 12 p.
Lammertyn Leandi, Klipstein-Grobusch Kerstin, Kruger Herculina S., Kruger Iolanthe M., Fourie Carla M. T. 10 Apr 2024, In: Ethnicity and Disease. 33 , p. 108-115 8 p.
Williams Victor, Vos-Seda Alinda G, Haumba Samson, Mdluli-Dlamini Lindiwe, Calnan Marianne, Grobbee Diederick E, Otwombe Kennedy, Klipstein-Grobusch Kerstin 24 Jan 2024, In: International Journal of Public Health. 69 , p. 1-2 1 p.
Verstraeten Rita, Vos-Seda Alinda G, Boateng Daniel, Scheuermaier Karine, Tempelman Hugo, Barth Roos E, Devillé Walter, Coutinho Roel A, Venter Francois, Grobbee Diederick E, Klipstein-Grobusch Kerstin 12 Jan 2024, In: Journal of the American Heart Association. 13
Osei-Yeboah James, Kengne Andre-Pascal, Owusu-Dabo Ellis, Schulze Matthias B., Meeks Karlijn A.C., Klipstein-Grobusch Kerstin, Smeeth Liam, Bahendeka Silver, Beune Erik, Moll van Charante Eric P., Agyemang Charles Dec 2023, In: Public Health in Practice. 6
Williams Victor, Vos-Seda Alinda G., Calnan Marianne, Mdluli-Dlamini Lindiwe, Haumba Samson, Grobbee Diederick E., Klipstein-Grobusch Kerstin, Otwombe Kennedy Dec 2023, In: Public Health in Practice. 6 6 p.
Voogdt-Pruis Helene, van den Brekel Lieke, Wispelweij Lian , Jawalapershad Laxmie, Narain Soerin, Vaartjes Ilonca, Grobbee Diederick, Klipstein-Grobusch Kerstin 28 Nov 2023, In: International Journal of Public Health. 68 1 p.
Paulo Linda Simon, Msema Bwire George, Klipstein-Grobusch K., Kamuhabwa Appolinary, Kwesigabo Gideon, Chillo Pilly, Asselbergs Folkert W., Lenters Virissa C. 12 Sep 2023, In: Frontiers in Microbiomes. 2
Bannerman-Williams Emmanuel, Hayfron-Benjamin Charles F., Atiase Yacoba, Bahendeka Silver, Meeks Karlijn, Klipstein-Grobusch Kerstin, Addo Juliet, Mockenhaupt Frank, Schulze Matthias B., Beune Erik, van den Born Bert-Jan, Agyemang Charles Aug 2023, In: Heliyon. 9