Maria Holst Algren
Senior Advisor at National Institute of Public Health- Claim this Profile
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Danish Native or bilingual proficiency
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English Professional working proficiency
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Experience
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National Institute of Public Health
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Research Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Advisor
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Jun 2023 - Present
• Project management• Research, public sector consultancy and advisory tasks• Epidemiological and statistical analyses on advanced level in SAS• Development of questionnaires on health and well-being• Writing reports and scientific papers• Primary research areas: HPV vaccination uptake; Potential side effects of HPV vaccination; Social inequalities in health; Health behaviour; Mental health; Drowning deaths • Submission of fund applications• Working environment representative Show less
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Postdoc
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Jun 2018 - Jun 2023
• Project leader on the project “National sundhedsprofilundersøgelse blandt FGU-elever”• Project leader on the annual reports “Druknedødsfald i Danmark”• Project leader on the report “Fatale drukneulykker i havne, lystbådehavne og bykanaler i Danmark 2001-2020”• Project leader on the project “HPV Vaccination among Danish Girls and Boys: A Study of Determinants for Uptake, Effectiveness and Consequences of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination”• Daily leader on the project “Forundersøgelse til en national undersøgelse af sundhed og trivsel blandt FGU-elever”• Module coordinator in the course ‘Demography and Public Health’ at the Bachelor of Science in Public Health program, SDU (2018)• Submission of fund applications• Working environment representative Show less
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National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark
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Copenhagen Area, Denmark
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Academic employee
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Jan 2018 - May 2018
• Project leader on the project “HPV Vaccination among Danish Girls and Boys: A Study of Determinants for Uptake, Effectiveness and Consequences of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination” • Project leader on the project “HPV Vaccination among Danish Girls and Boys: A Study of Determinants for Uptake, Effectiveness and Consequences of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination”
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Syddansk Universitet - University of Southern Denmark
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Denmark
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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PhD Student
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Feb 2014 - Dec 2017
PhD Student at the Unit for Health Promotion Research, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark• My PhD thesis "Health-risk behaviour in deprived neighbourhoods: Social inequalities and the role of perceived stress, social isolation and loneliness" was based on quantitative research methods – including statistical and epidemiological analysis of large cross-sectional survey data• Teaching in the course ‘Health Promotion in Practice’ at the Bachelor of Science in Public Health program, SDU• Teaching in the course ‘Preparation for Bachelor Project’ at the Bachelor of Science in Public Health program, SDU• Teaching in the course ‘Health Sociology, Setting, and Planning’ at the Bachelor of Science in Public Health program, Princess Noura Bint Abdul Rahman University, Saudi Arabia• Supervisor for master thesis and bachelor thesis at the Bachelor and Master of Science in Public Health program, SDU• Internship supervisor for students at the Master of Science in Public Health program, SDU Show less
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Lecturer
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Sep 2013 - May 2015
Teaching in Epidemiology, and Health Sociology, Settings and Planning in the Bachelor's program in Health Promotion and Health Education at Princess Nora Bint Abdul Rahman University (PNU) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Academic employee
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May 2013 - Jan 2014
• Developing a PhD research protocol • Teaching in the course ‘Epidemiology’ in the admission course for MSPH Master of Science in Public Health program, SDU• Teaching in the course ‘Epidemiology’ at the Bachelor of Science in Public Health program, Princess Noura Bint Abdul Rahman University, Saudi Arabia• Teaching in the course ‘Health Promotion in Practice’ at the Bachelor of Science in Public Health program, SDU• Internship supervisor for students at the Master of Science in Public Health program, SDU Show less
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Research assistant
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Apr 2010 - May 2013
• My work was overall to describe the Danish population's health and morbidity using data from Danish health surveys and Danish register data.• Teaching assistant in the course ‘Biostatistics’ at the Bachelor of Science in Public Health program, SDU
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Lecturer
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Sep 2012 - Oct 2012
Teaching in biostatistics, Public health science (bachelor's programme)
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SAS
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Professional Services Consultant
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Nov 2008 - Apr 2010
• As a SAS consultant in the PS Supply Chain Intelligence department, I worked with analysis and development of IT solutions customized customer needs based on SAS software. • As a SAS consultant in the PS Supply Chain Intelligence department, I worked with analysis and development of IT solutions customized customer needs based on SAS software.
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Aalborg University
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Denmark
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Research Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Assistant lecturer at Aalborg University, The Faculty of Social Sciences.
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Aug 2008 - Nov 2008
• Assisting students with SAS programming during exercises in register and life course analyses with the use of Danish register data. • Assisting students with SAS programming during exercises in register and life course analyses with the use of Danish register data.
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Region Nordjylland
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Denmark
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Student assistant
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Jan 2008 - Oct 2008
Analysis Division. Quantitative analysis of health profile data. • Performed quantitative analyses on Danish health profile surveys and Danish register data. Analysis Division. Quantitative analysis of health profile data. • Performed quantitative analyses on Danish health profile surveys and Danish register data.
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Supervisor
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2006 - 2008
• Organization and management of telephone interviewers in relation to collection of quantitative data regarding different projects. • Organization and management of telephone interviewers in relation to collection of quantitative data regarding different projects.
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Trainee
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Aug 2007 - Dec 2007
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Education
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University of Southern Denmark
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Health Sciences -
Aalborg Universitet
Master of Science in Sociology with specialisation in Health Sociology, 12 -
Aalborg University
Bachelor degree in Sociology -
Aalborg Katedralskole
Mathematical student