Claudia Hanson

Claudia Hanson is a Senior Lecturer (Docent) at Karolinska Institutet and Professor of Implementation Science and Perinatal Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is also a visiting researcher at the Aga Khan University in Nairobi. Her career integrates clinical expertise in obstetrics/gynecology, epidemiology, and implementation science.

• MD, MSc in International Health (Charité, Germany), MSc in Epidemiology, and PhD in Epidemiology (LSHTM)
• Specializes in maternal and newborn health in LMICs, with fieldwork in East Africa
• Principal Investigator for ALERT, QUALI-DEC, and SISTer’s Care projects

Her research focuses on implementation science, health systems strengthening, quality of maternal care, and perinatal mortality reduction. Recent publications address vaccine confidence, stillbirth prevention, anaemia management, and climate change impacts on birth outcomes.

Scientific awards include the SIGHT award (2019), WHO and FIGO advisory roles, and leadership in the Doctoral Programme in Biology of Infections and Global Health (BIGH). She has supervised 10 PhD students (4 main, 8 co-supervised) and leads the Sweden–Tanzania PhD training program in reproductive health.