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Sibylle Herzig van Wees

Sibylle Herzig van Wees

Assistant Professor | Docent
Visiting address: Widerströmska huset Tomtebodavägen 18 A, plan 3, 17165 Solna
Postal address: K9 Global folkhälsa, K9 GPH Hanson Herzig van Wees, 171 77 Stockholm

About me

  • I am a global behavioral and implementation science researcher working with mixed methods. Currently, I research vaccine confidence, develop interventions to strengthen vaccine confidence and evaluate these interventions in Sweden, Nigeria and Ethiopia. I am currently PI of several projects, including: a Forte funded project that investigates vaccine hesitancy in Sweden (2021-2023); a VR funded project investigating vaccine confidence among healthcare workers in Nigeria (2022-2024); a HPV vaccine awareness project in Ethiopia (2023-2026); and a Forte funded project to work on HPV vaccine confidence building using a digital health intervention in Sweden (2024-2027).

    Education:

    *Docent/Associate Professor (2024)
    * PhD Development Studies at The School of Oriental and African
    Studies (University of London)
    * Postgraduate Certificate, Academic Practice in Higher Education at King's
    College London
    * MSc Public Health in Developing Countries at London School of Hygiene and
    Tropical Medicine
    * BA (Hons.) Development Studies and Social Anthropology at The School of
    Oriental and African Studies (University of London)

Research

  • Addressing HPV vaccine hesitancy by co-designing a digital health intervention with and for socioeconomically disadvantaged adolescents and parents/guardians in Sweden (HPV-END-IT) (FORTE funded 2024-2027)

    Healthcare worker trust (HCW-TRUST) (VR: 2022-2025): This project investigates healthcare workers' low confidence in new vaccines (COVID19, HPV) in Nigeria, and pilot tests an intervention to address the vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers.

    Improving HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening awareness and uptake through a co-designed demand generating intervention with and for women and girls in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (HPV-AWARE) (Einhorn Foundation and Church of Sweden, 2023-2025): This project focuses on strengthening confidence in HPV vaccine and cervical cancer screening in Ethiopia.

    GLOBE-HPV (IVI, LSHTM, KI): This is a large scale Gates funded project that focuses on measuring and understanding risk factors for HPV infection in eight countries. My focus area in this project is to support the multi-country qualitative work as well as the HPV vaccine confidence studies.

    Rumours and trust in vaccine hesitant communities in Sweden: This is a Forte funded project (2021-2023) that explored rumours and trust in migrant communities, the anthroposophic community and Swedish online communities.

    Working with faith-leaders to address gender inequality and intimate partner violence in Ethiopia (IPV-FAITH) (New Investigator Award KI).

    In addition to these projects I collaborate with various researchers on projects related to hard-tor-reach populations, adolescent health, sexual and reproductive health and co-design methods, as well as some policy related studies.

Teaching

  • *12 years of teaching experience at undergraduate and postgraduate level in
    global health from the UK and in Sweden (>1000 teaching hours)

    *Co-module leade: Degree Project for Masters in Global Health
    * Substantial experience teaching *qualitative research methods* at both
    undergraduate and postgraduate level.
    * Introductory sessions to the politics of global health.
    * *Health Systems and Policy* courses at King's College London and am a
    Distance Learning Tutor on the Health Policy and Planning Masters at The
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
    * Supervised various *Master thesis* and I am currently a co-supervisor on
    three PhD projects based at Uppsala University.
    * At KI I lead the Health Systems and Policy module delivered at LIME.

Articles

  • Article: GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH. 2025;20(1):2439887
    Gurung R; Van Wees SH
  • Article: VACCINE. 2025;55:127020
    Bakare AA; Gobbo E; Akinsola KO; King C; Salako J; Bakare D; Usman H; Hanson C; Falade AG; van Wees SH
  • Article: BMJ OPEN. 2025;15(4):e098308
    Herzig van Wees S; Bakare AA; Akinsola KO; Salako J; Bakare D; Gobbo E; Hanson C; Falade AG; King C
  • Article: FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH. 2025;13:1488770
    Yohannes K; Malqvist M; Bradby H; Berhane Y; Tewahido D; van Wees SH
  • Article: PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH. 2025;5(3):e0003301
    Berhanu W; Gobbo E; Dube AA; Megersa N; Amenu Y; Demeke M; Addisse A; Van Wees SH
  • Journal article: FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH. 2025;13:1563677
    da Cunha NM; Tzirita S; Gobbo E; van Wees SH
  • Article: GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;19(1):2386988
    Gobbo E; Dube AA; Demeke M; Berhanu W; Megersa N; Amenu Y; Addisse A; Van Wees SH
  • Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;24(1):3504
    Persson P; Hughton A; van Wees SH
  • Article: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH. 2024;9(11):e015107
    Agardh C; Bielik J; Ekman A-T; Velin L; van Wees SH
  • Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2024;24(1):1325
    Herzig van Wees S; Kilander H; Salah K; Saidarab S; Waengborg A; Larsson EC
  • Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2024;24(1):1262
    Bakare AA; Akinsola KO; King C; Sogbesan AA; Bakare OR; Fadahunsi OY; Salako J; Falade AG; van Wees SH
  • Article: SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE. 2024;349:116893
    van Wees SH; Strom M
  • Article: BMJ OPEN. 2024;14(4):e071566-8
    Yibeltal K; Workneh F; Melesse H; Wolde H; Kidane WT; Berhane Y; van Wees SH
  • Article: VACCINE. 2023;41(49):7476-7481
    Wees SHV; Stalgren M; Viberg N; Puranen B; Ekstrom AM; Larsson EC
  • Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2023;23(1):821
    Yohannes K; Berhane Y; Bradby H; Herzig van Wees S; Malqvist M
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH. 2023;22(1):80
    Yohannes K; MÃ¥lqvist M; Bradby H; Berhane Y; Herzig van Wees S
  • Article: GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;18(1):2257771
    Herzig van Wees S; Dini S
  • Article: JMIR INFODEMIOLOGY. 2023;3(1):e42357
    Beirakdar S; Klingborg L; Wees SHV
  • Article: FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;11:1332738
    Kaks P; Stansert Katzen L; Malqvist M; Bergstrom A; van Wees SH
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH. 2022;21(1):88
    Kaks P; Bergstrom A; van Wees SH; Malqvist M
  • Article: REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. 2022;19(1):126
    Awasom-Fru A; Sop Sop MD; Larsson EC; Herzig van Wees S
  • Article: GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;16(6):895-910
    Herzig van Wees S; Sop Sop MD; Betsi E; Olongo SA; Jennings M
  • Article: SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE. 2021;28:100596
    van Wees SH; Fried S; Larsson EC
  • Article: HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING. 2021;36(4):464-472
    van Wees SH; Jennings M
  • Journal article: DEVELOPMENT IN PRACTICE. 2021;31(3):356-367
    van Wees SH; Betsi E; Sop MDS
  • Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;21(1):552
    Kantner AC; van Wees SH; Olsson EMG; Ziaei S
  • Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2020;13(1):1775992
    Bylund S; Malqvist M; Peter N; Herzig van Wees S
  • Article: NUTRIENTS. 2020;12(11):E3497-3497
    Chalermsri C; Herzig van Wees S; Ziaei S; Ekstrom E-C; Muangpaisan W; Rahman SM
  • Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;47(8):793-795
    Herzig Van Wees SL; Malqvist M; Irwin R
  • Journal article: MOUNT SINAI JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2017;83(1):44
    van Wees SH
  • Article: GLOBALIZATION AND HEALTH. 2016;12:9
    Tillson E; van Wees SH; McGowan C; Franklin H; Jones H; Bogue P; Aliabadi S; Baraitser P
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All other publications

  • Review: HUMAN VACCINES & IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS. 2024;20(1):2431380
    Alpeza F; Avermark H; Gobbo E; Herzig van Wees S
  • Review: HUMAN VACCINES & IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS. 2024;20(1):2402122
    Bakare D; Gobbo E; Akinsola KO; Bakare AA; Salako J; Hanson C; Herzig van Wees S; Falade A; King C
  • Review: HUMAN VACCINES & IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS. 2024;20(1):2322796
    Akinsola KO; Bakare AA; Gobbo E; King C; Hanson C; Falade A; van Wees SH
  • Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2024
    Sogbesan A; Bakare A; van Wees SH; Salako J; Bakare D; Olojede O; Akinsola K; Bakare O; Falade A; King C
  • Review: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;23(1):2238
    Herzig van Wees S; Abunnaja K; Mounier-Jack S
  • Review: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;23(1):1354
    Gobbo ELS; Hanson C; Abunnaja KSS; van Wees SH
  • Preprint: JMIR PREPRINTS. 2022
    Beirakdar S; Klingborg L; Herzig van Wees S
  • Editorial comment: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH. 2022;7(4):e008497
    Velin L; Van Daalen K; Guinto R; Herzig van Wees S; Saha S
  • Preprint: PREPRINTS.ORG. 2020
    Chalermsri C; van Wees SH; Ziaei S; Ekström E-C; Muangpaisan W; Rahman SM
  • Editorial comment: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH. 2020;5(5):e002583
    Herzig van Wees S; Holmer H
  • Letter: LANCET. 2020;395(10217):32
    van Wees SH
  • Review: JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE. 2015;108(3):93-100
    Chatfield-Ball C; Boyle P; Autier P; van Wees SH; Sullivan R

Grants

  • Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
    1 July 2024 - 30 June 2025
  • Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
    1 January 2024 - 31 December 2026
  • Swedish Research Council
    1 January 2023 - 31 December 2024
  • Swedish Research Council
    1 December 2022 - 30 November 2025
  • Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
    1 January 2022 - 31 December 2023

Employments

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Global Public Health, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2023-2029

Degrees and Education

  • Docent, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2024

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