Faculty

Kristjana Asbjornsdottir

Affiliate Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

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

Box 357236
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)

Overestimation of school-based deworming coverage resulting from school-based reporting.
(2023 Apr)
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 17(4): e0010401
Sheahan W, Anderson R, Aruldas K, Avokpaho E, Galagan S, Goodman J, Houngbegnon P, Israel GJ, Janagaraj V, Kaliappan SP, Means AR, Morozoff C, Pearman E, Ramesh RM, Roll A, Schaefer A, Simwanza J, Witek-McManus S, Ajjampur SSR, Bailey R, Ibikounlé M, Kalua K, Luty AJF, Pullan R, Walson JL, Ásbjörnsdóttir KH

Correction: The Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach: specifying core components of an implementation strategy to optimize care cascades in public health.
(2023 Mar 27)
Implement Sci Commun 4(1): 33
Gimbel S, Ásbjörnsdóttir K, Banek K, Borges M, Crocker J, Coutinho J, Cumbe V, Dinis A, Eastment M, Gaitho D, Lambdin BH, Pope S, Uetela O, Hazim C, McClelland RS, Mocumbi AO, Muanido A, Nduati R, Njuguna IN, Wagenaar BH, Wagner A, Wanje G, Sherr K

The neglected epidemic-Risk factors associated with road traffic injuries in Mozambique: Results of the 2016 INCOMAS study.
(2022)
PLOS Glob Public Health 2(2): e0000163
Peralta-Santos A, Gimbel S, Sorensen R, Covele A, Kawakatsu Y, Wagenaar BH, Augusto O, Ásbjörnsdóttir KH, Gloyd SS, Cuembelo F, Sherr K, with input from the INCOMAS Study Team

The Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach: specifying core components of an implementation strategy to optimize care cascades in public health.
(2023 Feb 14)
Implement Sci Commun 4(1): 15
Gimbel S, Ásbjörnsdóttir K, Banek K, Borges M, Crocker J, Coutinho J, Cumbe V, Dinis A, Eastment M, Gaitho D, Lambdin BH, Pope S, Uetela O, Hazim C, McClelland RS, Mocumbi AO, Muanido A, Nduati R, Njuguna IN, Wagenaar BH, Wagner A, Wanje G, Sherr K

Association between service readiness and PMTCT cascade effectiveness: a 2018 cross-sectional analysis from Manica province, Mozambique.
(2022 Nov 28)
BMC Health Serv Res 22(1): 1422
Dinis A, Augusto O, Ásbjörnsdóttir KH, Crocker J, Gimbel S, Inguane C, Ramiro I, Coutinho J, Agostinho M, Cruz E, Amaral F, Tavede E, Isidoro X, Sidat Y, Nassiaca R, Murgorgo F, Cuembelo F, Hazim CE, Sherr K

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