Simone Cecilie Grytter

Simone Cecilie Grytter serves as an Assistant Professor at the Copenhagen Health Complexity Center within the Department of Public Health at the University of Copenhagen. With expertise in medical and visual anthropology, she employs transdisciplinary approaches to examine health as a complex phenomenon shaped by inequality, culture, genetics, geography, history, and political decisions. Her work centers on integrating individual health narratives into population-level studies, particularly focusing on young adults' experiences with social networks, mental health, and working life through qualitative methodologies.

Her academic foundation includes doctoral research conducted at Medical Museion, University of Copenhagen (2018-2024), where she investigated museum objects as research and teaching tools. This background informs her dual affiliation with the Department of Public Health and Medical Museion, bridging clinical and museological perspectives on health.

Grytter's research spans medical anthropology, visual studies, and complexity theory, with deep engagement in patient experiences, everyday life studies, and museum practices. She explores how qualitative insights from individual health journeys reveal systemic factors often invisible in quantitative data, emphasizing anatomical understandings, medical technology, and human-nature relationships within healthcare contexts.

Recent publications (2021-2025) demonstrate consistent focus on orthopaedic surgery patient narratives, museum-based health research, and pandemic responses. Key projects analyze transformative patient experiences in Danish surgery, utilize medical collections for public dialogue, and interpret bodily experiences through anthropological lenses, all employing qualitative techniques to capture health complexity.

Dr. Grytter actively welcomes supervision and teaching opportunities, reflecting her commitment to academic mentorship. While specific grant funding details aren't provided, her collaborative projects with the Copenhagen Health Complexity Center and Medical Museion indicate active participation in interdisciplinary research initiatives.

She maintains strong ties with Medical Museion as a guest researcher, contributing to Professor Ken Arnold's 'New Ways of Being a Museum' group. Her current work with the museum's amulet collection develops innovative approaches for using medical artifacts in health research and public dialogue about bodily experiences and health complexity.