Lisa Stehr
Research Associate and doctoral candidate
Lisa Stehr is a doctoral candidate at the Institute of Global Health since February 2023. Her main research interests include determinants of health behavior, health system strengthening in low-resource settings and the relationship between socioeconomic status and cardiovascular risk factors. In addition to her dissertation she coordinates the WHO-PEN@scale project, which aims to decentralize healthcare services for diabetes and hypertension in Eswatini (former Swaziland). She receives a full scholarship for her PhD from the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, and was funded by the Heinrich Böll Foundation with a scholarship for civic engagement and academic excellence during her previous studies.
Education
Contributions
Projects & Grants
WHO-PEN@scale - European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 825823; whopenatscale.com
Publications
Geldsetzer P, Tisdale RL, Stehr L, Michalik F, Lemp J, Aryal KK, Damasceno A, Houehanou C, Jørgensen JMA, Lunet N, Mayige M, Moghaddam SS, Mwangi KJ, Bommer C, Marcus ME, Theilmann M, Atun R, Davies JI, Flood D, Manne-Goehler J, Seiglie J, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S. The prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors among adults living in extreme poverty. Nature Human Behaviour. doi: 10.1038/s41562-024-01840-9 or https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01840-9
Theilmann M, Ginindza N, Myeni J, Dlamini S, Cindzi BT, Dlamini D, Dlamini TL, Greve M, Hakare HV, Hleta M, Khumalo P, Koble LM, Lewin S, Marowa LR, Masuku S, Mavuso D, Molemans M, Ntshalintshali N, Nxumalo N, Osetinsky B, Pell C, Reis R, Shabalala F, Simelane BR, Stehr L, Tediosi F, van Leth F, de Neve JW, Bärnighausen T, Geldsetzer P. Strengthening primary care for diabetes and hypertension in Eswatini: study protocol for a nationwide cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials. Available from: trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13063-023-07096-4