Olivia Biermann, PhD, MSc, BSc
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Dr Olivia Biermann is a health policy and systems researcher with a PhD from Karolinska Institutet and work experience from the World Health Organization. Her mission is to do research that is relevant and useful for informing decision-making in health, and to build capacity for research and research use, especially in low- and middle-income countries. She conducts qualitative and mixed-methods research, as well as evidence syntheses, while integrating knowledge translation activities into her work. She was named an Emerging Voice for Global Health in 2018.
Currently, Dr Biermann is working as a postdoctoral researcher in transformation for sustainable health at the Department of Global Public Health at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. She also serves as a knowledge translation consultant for the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) at the World Health Organization. Previously, Dr Biermann was a full-time consultant in knowledge translation at the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (2014-2017) where she provided technical support to the Evidence-informed Policy Network (EVIPNet) Europe.
Dr Biermann worked and studied in Ecuador, India, Nepal, Nicaragua, South Africa, and Vietnam, and holds degrees in global health and health communication sciences. In addition to her academic activities, she is President of the non-governmental organization Foundation Human Nature, supporting community-based rural health and development projects in Ecuador, Ghana, Nepal, and Rwanda.
Twitter: @olibiermann