Regine Unkels

Regine Unkels

Postdoctoral Studies
Visiting address: Solnavägen 1 E, 11365 Stockholm
Postal address: K9 Global folkhälsa, K9 GPH Möller, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • I am a medical doctor trained in obstetrics/gynaecology and a research affiliate at the EPHIR Research Group at
    the Department of Global Public Health. I work at the intersection of academics, research and implementation.
    In my previous work I have led the maternal and newborn health project, Improved Maternal and Child Health (IMCH) of the Tanzanian
    German Programme to Support Health (German Development Cooperation) in Southern Tanzania. In addition to this I was as a Clinical Lecturer
    at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM). I have clinical, research/project management experience from countries such
    as Germany, Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, Ghana and Burkina Faso.
    My passion is underpinning implementation of evidence-based practice with complexity awareness and solid research and monitoring &
  • evaluation methods.
    I enjoy writing peer reviews for scientific journals on topics like maternal and newborn health, reproductive health and visualizing data and information.

Research

  • My PhD studies related to social practices around data quality and use to inform the digitalization of routine health information systems in Tanzania. I am experienced and interested in participatory methods in qualitative research fostering co-design of interventions to improve people's lives. I am also interested in decoloniality of education, research and health care and the use of non-eurocentric ontologies in qualitative research.

Teaching

  • I am passionate about teaching international students from various
    backgrounds and hold a certificate in /Supporting Learning/ from
    the /Staff and Development Association/, UK.
    At Karolinska Institutet, I lecture on /health service delivery and the
    health workforce and on Health Information Systems for the MSc
    Course Health Policy, Management and Economics (3GB014).
    I contribute to the Module Research Management and lecture on Co-design Experiences of the MSc course
    in Public Health Science and to the module Maternal and Child Health of
    the MSc course in Global Health /(3GB013).
    I am also a guest lecturer for MSc courses at London Imperial College and SWISS TPH.
    Previously, I have taught on various courses at MSc and diploma level at
    LSTM, such as the MSc in Public Health and the Diploma in Tropical
    Medicine and Hygiene.
    I was the course director of the Diploma in Sexual and Reproductive
    Medicine for Developing Countries.

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