Jessica Bengtsson

Short presentation

Research

My primary research interest is related to social adversity in childhood and young adulthood and development of type 1 diabetes. My industrial PhD project is a collaboration between the Section of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen and the research group of Clinical Epidemiology at Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen. The title of the project is Childhood Adversities and Onset of Type 1 Diabetes and adopts a life course perspective. The primary objective is to investigate the effects of social adversity and major life events experienced in childhood on development of type 1 diabetes. The project is based on the nationwide Danish registers and includes all children born in Denmark between 1980 and 2015, totaling more than 2 million children. I have previously investigated the association between dysfunctional family relations early in life and type 1 diabetes. 

Teaching

I am a teaching assistant at the master's course in epidemiology at the University of Copenhagen. I am also supervising projects in public health and epidemiology at both bachelor and master level.

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Uddannelse

2016                    Kandidat i Folkesundhedsvidenskab, Københavns Universitet

2014                    Udveksling, Deakin University, Melbourne

2013                    Bachelor i Folkesundhedsvidenskab, Københavns Universitet

Ansættelser

• 2016 - Erhvervs ph.d.-stipendiat, Afdeling for Social Medicin, Institut for Folkesundhedsvidenskab, Københavns Universitet/Afdeling for Klinisk Epidemiologi, Steno Diabetes Center
• 2016 Fuldmægtig, Patienterstatningen, Behandlings- og Lægemiddelskader