Sunjuri Sun

*** I am currently offering MSc projects in prediction modelling, maternal health and child health. Feel free to contact me at sunjuri.sun@ki.se if interested ***

Sunjuri Sun is a perinatal epidemiologist and postdoctoral researcher with a focus on global maternal and child health. She completed her PhD in Population Health at the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford. Her doctoral research focussed upon harnessing the potential of big data to investigate long-term outcomes following paediatric surgery. She was awarded the Nuffield Department of Population Health Scholarship to undertake her research.

Prior to studying at the University of Oxford, Sunjuri worked as a medical doctor in Melbourne. She holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (Honours) from Monash University in Australia, as well as an intercalated Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours) for her thesis on respiratory management and bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely preterm infants.

Education:

• PhD in Population Health, University of Oxford
• Postgraduate Diploma in Surgical Sciences, University of Edinburgh
• Bachelor of Medical Sciences (Honours), Monash University
• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (Honours), Monash University

ALERT project: Action Leveraging Evidence to reduce perinatal Mortality and morbidity in Sub-Saharan Africa (https://alert.ki.se/)

Keywords: Population Health, Perinatal Epidemiology, Big Data, Neonatalogy, Paediatric Surgery, Maternal Health, Prediction Modelling

• 2024-Current: Co-Course Leader, K9F5740 Quality Assurance in Research from a Global Perspective, Karolinska Institutet
• 2025-Current: Lecturer, KFH092 Project Management, Karolinska Institutet
• 2021-2023: Teaching Assistant and Stata Facilitator, Principles of Statistics module, MSc in Global Health Science and Epidemiology, University of Oxford

MSc Supervision

• Adhithi Sreenivasan (primary supervisor) – Passed with Distinction
• Michaela Franzén Malmros (primary supervisor) – Passed with Distinction
• Shrouq Daraiseh (co-supervisor) – Passed with Distinction
• Mary Hewitt (co-supervisor) – Passed with Distinction
• Eveline Drinkenburg (co-supervisor) – Passed with Distinction