Christina Viskum Larsen

Christina Viskum Larsen is a Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, affiliated with the Center for Public Health in Greenland. Her work spans public health, mental health, reproductive health, and environmental health in Arctic Indigenous communities.

• University: University of Southern Denmark
• Key Affiliation: Center for Public Health in Greenland

Her research focuses on Indigenous health, genomics, addiction studies, and child-rearing practices. She employs community-based participatory research to address health disparities in Greenlandic Inuit populations.

Recent publications analyze fertility trends under climate change, genetic architecture in Greenland, and microbiota interventions in livestock. Her work bridges human and animal health within an Arctic One Health framework.

Scientific recognition includes the Jens Peder Hart Hansen Award (2009). She supervises PhD students Ottendahl C. B. and Ingemann C., with Katajavaara Seidler I. as a project participant.

Collaborations with WHO and Arctic institutions drive her implementation studies on parenting programs like MANU, emphasizing cultural competence and health equity.