Else Foverskov
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20142024

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Short presentation

I am an assistant professor of social epidemiology. My research focuses on how social factors such as education, poverty and neighborhood deprivation are linked to health inequalities across the life course. I have a particular interest in applying advanced quantitative and quasi-experimental methods to study the potential implications of social and economic policies on population health and inequality in health.

Teaching

Course manager: Sociology of health and illness - analytical perspectives, BA in Public Health

Supervision: Bachelor and master's thesis in Public Health and Medicine

CV

Education

2020 PhD in Public Health & Epidemiology, University of Copenhagen

2013 MSc in Sociology, University of Copenhagen

2011 BSc in Sociology, University of Copenhagen

 

Current position

2022- Assistant Professor, Section of Social Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen

 

Previous positions

2020-22 Postdoc, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University and Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen

2016-20 PhD-fellow, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen

2014-15 Research assistant, Department of Social Policy, The London School of Economics and Political Science

Keywords

  • Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
  • Social epidemiology
  • Sociology of health and illness
  • Social inequality
  • Neighborhood effects
  • Life course research
  • Social production of disease