Kristjana Asbjornsdottir
Affiliate Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Affiliate Associate Professor, Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing
206-616-7841
kasbjorn@uw.edu
Education
PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2015
MPH Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2012
BS Biochemistry, University of Iceland, 2005
Contact
206-616-7841
kasbjorn@uw.edu
Department of Epidemiology
Seattle, WA
Research Areas
Research Interests
Dr. Ásbjörnsdóttir is an epidemiologist with interests in global maternal and child health and infectious diseases. Her specific research interests are in the health and survival of HIV-exposed and -infected infants and improving HIV care services in resource-limited settings. She currently works on the SAIA-Scale study, a stepped wedge trial scaling up a systems analysis and improvement approach intervention for mother-to-child transmission of HIV services in Manica Province, Mozambique; and on the DeWorm3 study, a multi-country cluster randomized trial of community-wide deworming with the goal of interrupting transmission of soil-transmitted helminths. She is a member of the Health Alliance International and Global Women Adolescent and Child Health (Global WACh) research centers in the Department of Global Health.
Dr. Ásbjörnsdóttir teaches Epi 320: Introduction to Epidemiology, offered in Winter and Spring quarters.Global maternal and child health; HIV; infant feeding and morbidity; health care in resource-limited settings.
Recent Publications (PubMed)
(2026 May)
EClinicalMedicine 95(): 103928
Quinn L, Caspersen IH, Magnúsdóttir I, Wang Y, Lundberg M, Gådin J, Kõiv K, Unnarsdóttir AB, Hauksdóttir A, Aagaard B, Feenstra B, Erikstrup C, Mikkelsen C, DBDS Genetic Consortium, Helenius D, Thordardottir EB, Corfield EC, Sørensen E, Geller F, Bay JT, Jakobsdóttir J, Pettersen JH, Lehto K, Dinh KM, Ásbjörnsdóttir KH, Trogstad L, Didriksen M, Topholm Bruun M, Andreassen O, Magnus P, Brandlistuen RE, Ostrowski SR, Brunak S, Werge T, Aspelund T, Ask H, Valdimarsdóttir UA, Pedersen OBV, Nordahl Christoffersen LA
(2026 Apr 11)
BMC Med 24(1):
Magnúsdóttir I, Nygaard AB, Hoffart A, Murphy G, Kõiv K, Barker MM, Lovik A, Unnarsdóttir AB, Kähler AK, Hauksdóttir A, Thordardottir EB, Eyþórsson E, Gísladóttir EU, Joyce EE, Frans EM, Tómasson G, Hjördísar Jónsdóttir HL, Rúnarsdóttir H, Harðardóttir H, Dahl JA, Jakobsdóttir J, Kalleberg KT, Ásbjörnsdóttir KH, Ellingjord-Dale M, Istre MS, Landrø NI, Shen Q, Bø R, Mägi R, Pálsson R, Brunvoll SH, Johnson SU, Søraas A, Fang F, Lehto K, Ebrahimi OV, Aspelund T, Valdimarsdóttir UA
(2025 Aug 2)
Lancet 406(10502): 475-488
Ajjampur SSR, Aruldas K, Ásbjörnsdóttir KH, Avokpaho E, Bailey R, Cottrell G, Galagan SR, Halliday KE, Houngbégnon P, Ibikounlé M, Israel GJ, Kaliappan SP, Kalua K, Legge H, Littlewood DTJ, Luty AJF, Manuel M, Massougbodji A, Means AR, Oswald WE, Pilotte N, Pullan R, Ramesh RM, Samikwa L, Simwanza J, Thomas KK, Williams SA, Witek-McManus S, Walson JL, DeWorm3 Trials Team
(2024 Dec)
BMJ Public Health 2(2): e001294
Wang Y, Hauksdóttir A, Thordardottir EB, Ge F, Gísladóttir EU, Jakobsdóttir J, Ásbjörnsdóttir KH, Rúnarsdóttir H, Unnarsdóttir AB, Magnúsdóttir I, Love TJ, Kristinsson SY, Palsson R, Zoega H, Fang F, Tómasson G, Song H, Aspelund T, Valdimarsdottir U
(2024 Nov 1)
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 97(3): 203-207
Hazim CE, Coutinho J, Crocker J, Asbjornsdottir K, Cruz M, Agostinho M, Amaral F, de Fatima Cuembelo M, Dinis A, Fernandes Q, Gimbel S, Inguane C, Murgorgo F, Nassiaca R, Ramiro I, Sherr K
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