Anneli Eriksson

Research specialist in the research group Global Disaster Medicine - Health Needs and Response at the Department of Global Public Health.

Within the research area global disaster medicine, I focus particularly on needs assessment, methods for measuring and predicting disaster medicine needs, and evaluation of disaster medicine interventions. I am also programme director of the Erasmus Mundus Master's programme Public Health in Disasters. 

In 2020, I defended my doctoral thesis at the University of Bergen. I also hold a Master in International Health.

I am a nurse, specialised in anaesthesia care and I have worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) since 1995. I have worked on missions in several countries, including in several Ebola outbreaks in West and East Africa, and I have served as President of MSF Sweden. I now also conduct evaluations of MSF's medical projects.

My research focuses on ways to predict and measure the severity and needs in different disasters (needs assessment).

Currently, I am working on the research project Societies at Risk, which is led by Uppsala University and is a collaboration between seven Swedish and foreign universities. The project studies how societies are affected by conflict, focusing on economy, health, socio-psychological factors, access to water, forced displacement and political institutions. My focus is on health in conflicts.

My main teaching topics: 

• Public Health in Disasters
• Actors and Priorities in Disaster Response
• Evaluation of Humanitarian Assistance

I am the programme director for the Erasmus Mundus Master programme Public Health in Disasters.