Leo Ziegel

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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):2484870
Social determinants of hazardous alcohol use in a Ugandan population cohort
Ziegel 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: BMC PSYCHIATRY. 2025;25(1):502
Prevalence of anxiety symptoms in a Ugandan population sample and psychometric properties of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 scale (GAD-7) in Luganda and Runyoro.
Ziegel L; da Silva CE; Bulamba R; Daama A; Kigozi G; Miller AP; Kigozi G; Kyasanku E; Mugamba S; Hammarberg A; Ekström AM; Nalugoda F; Hollander A-C
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2023;52(2):e116-e124
Cohort Profile: The Africa Medical and Behavioral Sciences Organization (AMBSO) Population Health Surveillance (APHS) in rural, semi-urban and urban Uganda
Mugamba 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):100002
Construct validity and internal consistency of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) depression screening measure translated into two Ugandan languages.
Miller 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):967-982
Not Enough Money and Too Many Thoughts: Exploring Perceptions of Mental Health in Two Ugandan Districts Through the Mental Health Literacy Framework
Miller 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):e045427
Household food insecurity and its association with self-reported male perpetration of intimate partner violence: a survey of two districts in central and western Uganda
Awungafac 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

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Doctoral thesis: 2025
Mental health/illness and its social determinants in Uganda
Ziegel L
Report: 2022
Global psykisk hälsa- en introduction
Ekman A-S; Helle S; Johansson U; Kåks P; Shahnavaz S; Muwonge J; Sven W; Matelin E; Ziegel L

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Phd Student, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2025
Clinical Assistant, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2024

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Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2023
Degree Of Master Of Science In Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2019

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