Basic Data:

• Name: Britt Pinkowski Tersbøl
• Date of Birth: 25th November 1964
• Nationality: Danish
• Work address: Section for Global Health, Institute of Public Health, CSS, Farimagsgade 5 A, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Phone: +45 3533 7447                                               

Education:

• 2006: PhD study (Public Health), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1994: Masters Degree in Anthropology, Faculty of Social Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1991: Bachelor of Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Work Experience:

• August 2015 - present: Associate Professor, Section for Global Health, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen 
• March 2009 - July 2015: Assistant Professor, Institute of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen
• March 2007 - February 2009: Post Doc., Institute of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen
• October 2003 - March 2007: Research Coordinator for the Danish Research Network for International Health (specialkonsulent) financed by Danida.
• Sept. 1997 - March 2005: Ph.D. study at Institute of Public Health, Department of Women and Gender Research in Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Aug. 1994 - Aug. 1997: Programme Officer, UNFPA Field Office, Windhoek, Namibia 

Teaching Experience:

• PhD, Master, bachelors courses (Global Health, Public Health, Master of Disaster Management, Summer courses in Global Health and International Health)  
• Teaching Experience since 1997

Course leadership:

• Global partners, policies and health care systems (MSc Global Health)
• Empirical data thesis seminars (MSc Global Health)
• Advanced qualitative research in public and global Health (PhD course)

Teaching and supervising in the following topics

Medical anthropology and global health
Health systems research

Reproductive health
Child health in health systems in low-and middle income countries
Qualitative research methodology
Ethics in qualitative research
Research communication and utilization
Gender and global health
Gender and reproductive health

Supervision of Global- Medical- and Public Health students

Britt Pinkowski Tersbøl has a master’s degree in anthropology and a PhD in Public Health. BPT conducts research with a focus on the interactions between health/illness, treatment and socio-cultural aspects. For example, BPT works with exploring how health interventions and the context in which these are implemented mutually constitute each other. BPT is involved in research projects in Tanzania, Ghana and Denmark in the fields of reproductive health, chronic illness, health systems research and access to / use of medicines, inkluding antibiotics.

Gender, reproductive health and HIV/AIDS, Child Health & Health Systems