Leo Ziegel
About me
Licensed physician and currently pursuing an independent postdoc, focusing on social aspects of health in different countries. Topics of the PhD were social determinants of mental illness and alcohol use in a Ugandan population cohort, run by a local research organization called AMBSO. Further, I was part of an international collaboration on adolescent mental health which contributed to UNICEF's The State of the World's Children 2021 report.
Ongoing research:
* Collaborations between traditional/faith healers and psychiatry in Uganda to improve care for people with severe mental illness
* Sexual and reproductive health of female drug users and sex workers in Myanmar
Please reach out if you're interested in our work or would like to collaborate.Education:
2025 PhD
2019 MD
Articles
- Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2025;18(1):2484870Ziegel L; Sjoland CF; Nabunya E; Bulamba R; Kyasanku E; Mugamba S; Kigozi G; Daama A; Kigozi G; Miller AP; Hollander A-C; Hammarberg A; Nalugoda F; Ekstrom AM
- Journal article: JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH. 2025;77(3):405-412Ziegel L; Sjoland CF; Zuo X; Fine SL; Ekstrom AM
- Article: BMC PSYCHIATRY. 2025;25(1):502Ziegel L; da Silva CE; Bulamba R; Daama A; Kigozi G; Miller AP; Kigozi G; Kyasanku E; Mugamba S; Hammarberg A; Ekstrom AM; Nalugoda F; Hollander A-C
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2023;52(2):e116-e124Mugamba S; Ziegel L; Bulamba RM; Kyasanku E; Arhem KJ; Sjoland CF; Miller AP; Nakigozi G; Nalwoga GK; Watya S; Kiwanuka N; Kagaayi J; Kiwanuka D; Ddaaki W; Wagman JA; Kigozi G; Ekstrom AM; Nalugoda F
- Article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. 2021;1(2):100002Miller AP; Espinosa da Silva C; Ziegel L; Mugamba S; Kyasanku E; Malyabe RB; Wagman JA; Mia Ekström A; Nalugoda F; Kigozi G; Nakigozi G; Kagaayi J; Watya S; Kigozi G
- Article: QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH. 2021;31(5):967-982Miller AP; Ziegel L; Mugamba S; Kyasanku E; Wagman JA; Nkwanzi-Lubega V; Nakigozi G; Kigozi G; Nalugoda F; Kigozi G; Nkale J; Watya S; Ddaaki W
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2021;11(3):e045427Awungafac G; Mugamba S; Nalugoda F; Sjoland CF; Kigozi G; Rautiainen S; Malyabe RB; Ziegel L; Nakigozi G; Nalwoga GK; Kyasanku E; Nkale J; Watya S; Ekstrom AM; Kagesten A
All other publications
- Report: 2022Ekman A-S; Helle S; Johansson U; Kåks P; Shahnavaz S; Muwonge J; Sven W; Matelin E; Ziegel L
Employments
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2026
- Phd Student, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2025
- Clinical Assistant, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2024
Degrees and Education
- Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2025
- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2023
- Degree Of Master Of Science In Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2019