Jane Brandt Sørensen

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I am an Assistant Professor in the Global Health Section. In 2018 I received my PhD in Global Health from the Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen. I hold a MA in International Development from the New School in New York, USA as well as a BA in Psychology from Roskilde University, Denmark.

My main areas of interest include community based participatory research and to develop appropriate qualitative tools to evaluate complex interventions. Especially, I focus on mental well-being, the prevention of self-harm and suicide, the harmful use of alcohol and the role the media plays in health research.

Current research

I am currently involved in the following research projects:

• Online with suicidal thoughts: Consequences and opportunities for prevention/Online med selvmordstanker: Konsekvenser og mulighed for forbyggelse (PI): a research project exploring a social media group for individuals’ living with suicidal thoughts.
• THEATRE: a complex, step-wedged intervention seeking to moderate alcohol use in rural Sri Lanka (https://publichealth.ku.dk/about-the-department/global/research/mental-health/scaling-up-of-a-community-based-alcohol-education-program-in-rural-sri-lanka/)
• Enabling Best Possible Childbirth Care in Tanzania - The PartoMa Project: A complex, step-wedged intervention using tailored clinical guidance and training for improved maternal and perinatal health in Tanzania (https://publichealth.ku.dk/about-the-department/global/research/sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights/partoma/).

I am course leader of the two MSc Global Health courses Global Health and Diseases and Country Exposure in Tanzania. Further, I am responsible for Field course in Sri Lanka on Cross-disciplinary Health Research (https://healthsciences.ku.dk/education/summercourses/gh/sri-lanka/). I have teaching responsibility within qualitative methods and theory, global mental health, and pre-departure training. I supervise dissertation and thesis work in my areas of expertise. I currently supervise two PhD students.

Selected publications

1. Published

   'We lost because of his drunkenness': The social processes linking alcohol use to self-harm in the context of daily life stress in marriages and intimate relationships in rural Sri Lanka.

   Sørensen, Jane Brandt, Agambodi, T., Sørensen, B. R., Siribaddana, S., Konradsen, Flemming & Vildekilde, Thilde, 2017, In: BMJ Global Health. 2, 9 p., e000462.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

2. Published

   An investigation into the role of alcohol in self-harm in rural Sri Lanka: a protocol for a multimethod, qualitative study

   Sørensen, Jane Brandt, Vildekilde, Thilde, Sørensen, B. R., Pearson, M., Agambodi, T., Siribaddana, S. & Konradsen, Flemming, 2014, In: B M J Open. 4, 10, p. 1-8 8 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review