Maarten van Wijhe

Maarten van Wijhe is an Associate Professor in Applied Biostatistics for Clinical and Public Health at Roskilde University's Department of People and Technology, and a member of the PandemiX Center. His research focuses on infectious diseases, vaccination programs, and historical epidemiology using Danish health records. He holds a PhD from the University of Groningen (2018) and an MSc from Radboud University (2013).

Education:

• PhD in Epidemiology, University of Groningen (2013–2018)
• MSc in Biomedical Sciences (Epidemiology), Radboud University (2010–2013)

Research Interests:

• Quantifying vaccination program impacts using historical and modern data
• Analyzing mortality and disease trends via health registers
• Historical epidemiology of diseases like malaria, influenza, and RSV
• Public health responses to pandemics (e.g., COVID-19)

Key Projects:

• PandemiX: Interdisciplinary pandemic research center
• NORDEMICS: Nordic pandemic history study
• GREATLEAP: Health inequalities across centuries

Awards:

• American Journal of Epidemiology 2018 Article of the Year for work on vaccination program impacts

Grants & Advising:

• Principal investigator on PID-scapes: Post-pandemic infectious disease landscapes (2025–2027)
• Advising on projects like Understanding immunity against SARS-CoV-2

Labs & Teams: Active contributor to the PandemiX Center, collaborating internationally on pandemic preparedness and historical disease analysis.