Stefan Peterson

I am a Public Health Physician and Professor of Global Transformation fo Health. My formative work has been in East Africa over the last 20 years working on healht systems and implementation science in the fiels of child survival, perinatal quality of care and capacity development. I served as the Global Chief of the Health for UNICEF 2016-20, based in New York. From 1 January 2021 I am Professor of Global Transformation for Health at KI, with side affiliation to Makerere University, Uganda. 

Education
University Medical Degree, Uppsala University
Master of Public Health, Harvard University
PhD, Uppsala University
Postdoc, Karolinska Institutet and Makerere University

Academic honours, awards and prizes
Alumnus of the year, Uppsala University, 2012
Honorary Member, Västgöta Nation, 2015

Stefan Swartling Peterson has a keen interest in implementation science and is occupied with the question how the world’s children can have optimal health and development now, but also a livable future, by addressing the social, commercial, and political determinants of health.