Jürg Utzinger, Professor, PhD

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Director

Qualification
Professor in Epidemiology, Director

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Jürg Utzinger is the Director of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) and Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Basel. He holds an MSc in environmental science, a PhD in epidemiology and pursued several years of postdoctoral research in demography and epidemiology at Princeton University in the USA. His research, teaching and training interests pertain to the epidemiology and integrated control of neglected tropical diseases and health impact assessments of large footprint projects in low- and middle-income countries. He is engaged in trans-national global health research consortia with ongoing projects in China, Côte d’Ivoire, South Africa and Tanzania.

Latest Publications

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Long K.Z et al. Micronutrient status, food security, anaemia, Plasmodium infection, and physical activity as predictors of primary schoolchildren's body composition in Côte d'Ivoire. Front Nutr. 2025;11:1524810. DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1524810

Matimbwa H et al. Factors contributing to retention in care and treatment adherence among people living with HIV returning to care in South-eastern Tanzania: a qualitative study. HIV AIDS (Auckl). 2025;17:39-57. DOI: 10.2147/hiv.S492673

Arnaiz P et al. Acceptability and perceived feasibility of the KaziKidz health promotion intervention among educators and caregivers in schools from South Africa: a qualitative descriptive study. BMC Public Health. 2024;24:934. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18456-3

Brummaier T et al. Design of a targeted blood transcriptional panel for monitoring immunological changes accompanying pregnancy. Frontiers in Immunology. 2024;15:1319949. DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1319949

Cambaco O et al. Adolescent health and well-being in the context of impact assessment of natural resource extraction projects: a scoping review. Environ Impact Assess Rev. 2024;105:107360. DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107360

Chernet A, Paris D.H, Alchalabi L, Utzinger J, Reus E. Public and patient involvement in migration health research: Eritrean and Syrian refugees' and asylum seekers' views in Switzerland. Healthcare (Basel). 2024;12(16):1654. DOI: 10.3390/healthcare12161654

Ehrenberg J.P, Chernet A, Luján M, Utzinger J. One Health as a potential platform to rescue the neglected fruit trees in Yucatan, Mexico. Sci One Health. 2024;3:100073. DOI: 10.1016/j.soh.2024.100073

Ekou F.K et al. Randomised controlled trial on the effect of social support on disease control, mental health and health-related quality of life in people with diabetes from Côte d'Ivoire: the SoDDiCo study protocol. BMJ Open. 2024;14(1):e069934. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069934

Emerson P.M et al. Need for a paradigm shift in soil-transmitted helminthiasis control: targeting the right people, in the right place, and with the right drug(s). PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2024;18(10):e0012521. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012521

Giovanoli Evack J et al. Genetic characterization of schistosome species from cattle in Côte d'Ivoire. Parasit Vectors. 2024;17:122. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-024-06221-9