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Dr Christian Hansen

BSc MSc PhD

Associate Professor
in Medical Statistics and Epidemiology

Room
G7

LSHTM
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom

I have a background in mathematics and medical statistics and joined LSHTM in Feb 2014 after previously working at the University of Edinburgh. From 2014 to 2020 I was based in East Africa, first in Tanzania at Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit (MITU), and subsequently at the MRC/UVRI/LSHTM Uganda Unit where I headed the statistics section. I currently also hold a position with Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen working on COVID-19 epidemiology. I am a member of the MRC International Statistics and Epidemiology Group.

My research interests include HIV epidemiology and non-communicable diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa, COVID-19, clinical trials methodology, statistical modelling, estimation of vaccine effectiveness.

Affiliations

Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Teaching

I teach on Practical Research Skills (module number 3462 – slot C1) which I helped set up and have helped organise since 2016.

Research

I am Trial Statistician on the multi-arm adaptive PrEPVacc HIV vaccine trial currently recruiting in South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.

My recent work in NCDs includes (1) a modelling study on the measurement of renal function through eGFR equations, and estimation of the prevalence of chronic kidney disease across numerous countries in SSA; (2) prevalence studies from Tanzania and Uganda describing high levels of unexplained elevated blood pressure among children, adolescents and young adults.

My work on COVID-19 epidemiology includes studies of vaccine effectiveness and natural immunity after SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Research Area
Sexual health
Statistical methods
Vaccines
Randomised controlled trials
Discipline
Epidemiology
Statistics
Disease and Health Conditions
HIV/AIDS
Infectious disease
Kidney disease
Non-communicable diseases
Sexually transmitted infection
Coronavirus

Selected Publications

Clinical manifestations of Rift Valley fever in humans: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
Anywaine Z; Lule SA; Hansen C; Warimwe G; Elliott A
2022
PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Measurement of kidney function in Malawi, South Africa, and Uganda: a multicentre cohort study.
Fabian J; Kalyesubula R; Mkandawire J; Hansen CH; Nitsch D; Musenge E; Nakanga WP; Prynn JE; Dreyer G; Snyman T
2022
The Lancet Global health
Vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 hospitalization with the Alpha, Delta, or Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant: A nationwide Danish cohort study.
Gram MA; Emborg H-D; Schelde AB; Friis NU; Nielsen KF; Moustsen-Helms IR; Legarth R; Lam JUH; Chaine M; Malik AZ
2022
PLoS Medicine
Risk of reinfection, vaccine protection, and severity of infection with the BA.5 omicron subvariant: a nation-wide population-based study in Denmark.
Hansen CH; Friis NU; Bager P; Stegger M; Fonager J; Fomsgaard A; Gram MA; Christiansen LE; Ethelberg S; Legarth R
2022
The Lancet Infectious diseases
Association of impaired kidney function with mortality in rural Uganda: results of a general population cohort study.
Kalyesubula R; Sekitoleko I; Tomlin K; Hansen CH; Ssebunya B; Makanga R; Mbonye MK; Seeley J; Smeeth L; Newton R
2022
BMJ Open
Observed protection against SARS-CoV-2 reinfection following a primary infection: A Danish cohort study among unvaccinated using two years of nationwide PCR-test data.
Michlmayr D; Hansen CH; Gubbels SM; Valentiner-Branth P; Bager P; Obel N; Drewes B; Møller CH; Møller FT; Legarth R
2022
The Lancet regional health Europe
Blood pressure levels among children in rural Uganda: results from 1913 children in a general population survey.
Kansiime S; Webb EL; Kusemererwa S; Lule SA; Niwaha AJ; Seeley J; Karabarinde A; Hansen CH; Newton R
2021
J Hum Hypertens
The burden of HIV, syphilis and schistosome infection and associated factors among adults in the fishing communities in northwestern Tanzania.
Kapiga S; Hansen CH; Downs JA; Sichalwe S; Hashim R; Mngara J; van Dam GJ; Corstjens PLAM; Kingery JR; Peck RN
2020
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH
HPV prevalence around the time of sexual debut in adolescent girls in Tanzania.
Baisley KJ; Andreasen A; Irani J; Nnko S; Changalucha J; Crucitti T; Francis S; Holm Hansen C; Hayes RJ; Buvé A
2019
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Prevalence of high blood pressure and associated factors among adolescents and young people in Tanzania and Uganda.
Nsanya MK; Kavishe BB; Katende D; Mosha N; Hansen C; Nsubuga RN; Munderi P; Grosskurth H; Kapiga S
2019
Journal of Clinical Hypertension
Drowning among fishing communities on the Tanzanian shore of lake Victoria: a mixed-methods study to examine incidence, risk factors and socioeconomic impact.
Whitworth HS; Pando J; Hansen C; Howard N; Moshi A; Rocky O; Mahanga H; Jabbar M; Ayieko P; Kapiga S
2019
BMJ Open
Results from a cross-sectional sexual and reproductive health study among school girls in Tanzania: high prevalence of bacterial vaginosis.
Francis SC; Holm Hansen C; Irani J; Andreasen A; Baisley K; Jespers V; Crucitti T; Changalucha J; Hayes RJ; Nnko S
2018
Sexually transmitted infections
A practical guide to pre-trial simulations for Bayesian adaptive trials using SAS and BUGS.
Hansen CH; Warner P; Walker A; Parker RA; Whitaker L; Critchley HOD; Weir CJ
2018
PHARMACEUTICAL STATISTICS
Development of a Bayesian response-adaptive trial design for the Dexamethasone for Excessive Menstruation study.
Holm Hansen C; Warner P; Parker RA; Walker BR; Critchley HO; Weir CJ
2015
Statistical methods in medical research
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