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Blegdamsvej 3B
2200 København N
Personal data
Name: Christian William Wang
e-mail: [email protected]
Work address
Centre for translational Medicine and Parasitology (CMP)
University of Copenhagen (UCPH)
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Department of Immunology and Microbiology (ISIM)
Maersk Tower 07-11, Panum Institute, Blegdamsvej 3B,
DK-2200 Copenhagen Denmark
Work telephone +45 35 32 77 67
Current position
2017 – Associate Professor in Molecular Parasitology and International Health
Past positions
2013 – 2017 Postdoc, CMP, UCPH
2012 – 2013 Scientific Research Assistant, UCPH and Rigshospitalet
2009 – 2012 PhD Fellow, UCPH
2008 – 2009 Scientific Research Assistant, UCPH
Education
Oct. 2012 PhD Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH, Denmark. Area: Molecular Parasitology / International Health
March 2008 MSc in Biology, Faculty of Science, UCPH, Denmark
Publications
Total 42, incl. Nature, Cell Host & Microbe, and PNAS. 7 first authorships (2 shared), 4 last authorships, 7 Corresponding authorships, Citations= 2875; H-index= 24, i10-index=33
Ongoing projects
Strong experience in conducting and bridging research on infectious diseases between field hospitals in malaria-endemic countries and state of the art molecular biology laboratories in Copenhagen since 2009.
-Project Coordinator, FFU, Mitigating emerging climate-sensitive disease vectors amongst internally displaced communities in Somaliland, 2024-2029.
-Co-Investigator and Work package leader, FFU, Predicting vector-borne disease epidemics: Dissemination of risk forecasting using District Helath Information Software2 in Tanzania, 2020-2025.
-Co-Investigator, FFU, Climate Change and its Adverse Effects on the double burden of Malnutrition and Infectious Diseases among women of reproductive age in Tanzania, 2023-2028
-Course coordinator, International Perspective, International Health, 5th semester KA medicine, UCPH, encompassing “Summer Course in International Health” and “International Study Exposure – Health Provision in Tropical Africa”; coordination and supervision in Tanzania of yearly 40 Danish medical students, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, 2017 – ongoing.
- Involved in the DANIDA-funded Building Stronger Universities in Developing Countries programme, BSU I, BSU II and BSU III (since 2012 and ongoing), regarding capacity building of laboratory related issues at KCMC (Tanzania) as well as PhD supervisor, course facilitator and teaching; BSU IV Somaliland 2023-2028
Funding
DANIDA, FFU project no 24-02-KU, Mitigating emerging climate-sensitive disease vectors amongst internally displaced communities in Somaliland, PI, 10.4M DKK
DANIDA, FFU project no 23-10-KU, Climate Change and its Adverse Effects on the double burden of Malnutrition and Infectious Diseases among women of reproductive age in Tanzania, Co-investigator, 10M DKK
DANIDA, BSU3-COVID19, Strengthening the capacity of (Covid-19) disease surveillance, diagnostics, vaccination programmes and promoting mental health of frontline health care workers/professionals …2021-2024, Co-Investigator, 11.7M DKK
EDCTP, COVID-19 research in sub-Saharan Africa 2021/2023, Co-Investigator, 3.7M DKK
AP Møller, Fonden til Lægevidenskabens Fremme, 2020, PI, 20,000 DKK
DANIDA, FFU project no 19-02-KU, PreVBD, 2019, 5-year grant, Co-Investigator, 12M DKK
Læge Sofus Carl Emil Friis og Hustru Olga Doris Friis Legat, 2018, PI, 620,000 DKK
Kirsten og Freddy Johansens Fond, 2018, PI, 620,000 DKK
Augustinus Fonden, 2017, PI, 660,000 DKK
Dr. Thorvald Madsens legat til Fremme af Lægevidenskabelig Forskning, 2014, PI, 50,000 DKK
The Danish Council for Independent Research, 2013, PI, 3.3M DKK
Dr. Thorvald Madsens legat til Fremme af Lægevidenskabelig Forskning, 2012, PI, 30,000 DKK
Augustinus Fonden, 2011, PI, 100,000 DKK
Supervision and training of students
PhD: 5 students; MMed/MSc: 9 students; BSc: 2
Geographical footprints
Europe: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Northern Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Turkey
Asia: Cambodia, Indonesia, Israel, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam (2000, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2015)
North America: Canada, Mexico, USA (Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, Wisconsin) (2004, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018)
Central America and the Caribbean: Belize, Cuba, Guatemala (2004)
Africa: Botswana, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe (2009-2021) (+Canary Islands 1990, 1998, 2008)
See https://cmp.ku.dk/research/teamtanzania/
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Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review