Associate Professor Helga Zoega
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听Postdoctoral Fellow (Epidemiology), 2011-2013,听Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York
PhD (Public Health), 2011, University of Iceland
MA (Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences), 2006, Columbia University, New York
BA (Political Science), 2001, University of Iceland
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Helga Zoega is a pharmacoepidemiologist with expertise in medicine use, safety and effectiveness within mental health. She is a Scientia A/Professor at the School of Population Health, 国产精品 Sydney, and a Professor of Public Health at the University of Iceland.听
Zoega鈥檚 research uses 'big health data' to generate real-world safety evidence on prescription medicines across the lifespan, focused on treatment outcomes for mental health disorders in vulnerable populations, e.g. pregnant women and children. She leads several international studies and research consortia combining high-quality data across Australia, the Nordic countries, North America and Asia. Zoega has led commissioned work for the Australian Department of Health, resulting in federal policy changes in 2019 and 2020. Her research findings inform current clinical guidelines and medicines regulation.
Dr Zoega holds an MA in Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences from Columbia University (2006) and听a PhD in Public Health from the University of Iceland (2011). She听was a postdoctoral fellow in Epidemiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York (2011-2013) and has been听a faculty member of Medicine at the University of Iceland since 2012 (Professor in 2016). She听was听awarded a 国产精品 Scientia Fellowship in Medicine (2018-2026) and leads a research program in Life-Course Pharmacoepidemiology in collaboration with the Medicines Intelligence (MedIntel) research program at the School of Population Health, 国产精品 Sydney.
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Current postdocs:
Claudia Bruno, 国产精品 (2023- )
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Current doctoral students:
Kate Maston (joint primary supervision, 国产精品, 2023- )
Ramya Padmavathy Radha Krishnan (co-supervision, University of Sydney, 2023- )
Bianca Varney, Scientia Scholar (joint primary supervision 国产精品, 2020- )
Unnur Jakobsdottir Sm谩ri (primary supervision, University of Iceland, 2022- )
Edythe Laquindanum Mangindin (joint primary supervision, University of Iceland, 2021- )
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Current masters/honours students:
Andrea Sit (joint primary supervision, MPH 国产精品, 2023- )
Sonja Steinsson (primary supervision MPH University of Iceland, 2023- )
Mar铆a Dalberg (primary supervision, MPH听University of Iceland, 2023- )
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Previous postdocs:
脫skar 脰rn H谩lfd谩narson (2019- 2021)
Sujita Narayan (2018-19)
Previous doctoral students:
Claudia Bruno, 国产精品 (2023)
Smriti Raichand, 国产精品 (2023)
脫skar 脰rn H谩lfd谩narson, University of Iceland (2019)
Emma Marie Swift, University of Iceland (2019)
V茅d铆s Helga Eir铆ksd贸ttir, University of Iceland (2016)
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Masako Araki MPH (2023)
Marissa Tousey-Pfarrer MPH (2023)
脕sa D贸ra Gylfad贸ttir MSc (2023)
Claudia Bruno听Hon. (2018)
Fri冒geir Andri Sverrisson听MPH (2016)
Kristjana P谩lsd贸ttir MPH (2016)
Dagn媒 Baldvinsd贸ttir MPH (2016)
Brynd铆s Kristj谩nsd贸ttir听MPH (2015)
Vigd铆s J贸hannsd贸ttir MPH (2015)
Hrafnhildur Halld贸rsd贸ttir听MPH (2015)
A冒albj枚rg Gu冒steinsd贸ttir MPH (2014)
脼ur铆冒ur Anna Gu冒nad贸ttir MPH (2014)
Dr铆fa P谩l铆n Geirsd贸ttir MPH (2014)
Ingibj枚rg Kjartansd贸ttir MPH (2011)听 听
Ragnhildur Gu冒r煤n Finnbj枚rnsd贸ttir MSc (2010)听
D铆ana 脫skarsd贸ttir MPH (2010)
Hanne Krage-Carlsen MPH (2010)
Hugr煤n Elfa Hjaltad贸ttir MPM (2009)听 听
Anna L谩ra Steingr铆msd贸ttir听MSc (2008)
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