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):2484870
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2023;52(2):e116-e124
- Article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. 2021;1(2):100002
- Article: QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH. 2021;31(5):967-982
All other publications
- Doctoral thesis: 2025
- Report: 2022
Employments
- 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
- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2023
- Degree Of Master Of Science In Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2019