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Hampus Holmer

Hampus Holmer

Affiliated to Research
Visiting address: Tomtebodavägen 18A, 17177 Stockholm
Postal address: K9 Global folkhälsa, K9 GPH Alfvén, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • I am a postdoctoral research fellow at ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ interested in
    the intersection of global public health, politics, economics and diplomacy.
    I am a ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ doctor by training and hold a PhD focused on global surgery,
    obstetrics and anaesthesia metrics.
    I am also a part-time resident in social medicine/public health and am
    currently on leave of absence from KI to serve as a special advisor in global
    health for the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
    Swedish Research Council International Postdoc Grant, 2020
    Fulbright Commission Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 2020
    Postdoc, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2020–
    Fulbright Commission Visiting Scholar, Duke University, 2020
    PhD in Global Health and Surgery, Lund University, 2019
    More information about my thesis here: Measuring global surgery, obstetrics
    and anaesthesia – from health systems to patients [1]
    Licensed Physician, Karolinska University Hospital, 2019
    Medical Degree, Lund University, 2017
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Research

  • *Selected publications*
    Implementation of non-communicable disease policies from 2015 to 2020: a
    geopolitical analysis of 194 countries. [1]
    Allen LN, Wigley S, Holmer H
    /Lancet Glob Health 2021 11
  • 9(11):e1528-e1538/
    Catastrophic expenditure and impoverishment after caesarean section in Sierra
    Leone: An evaluation of the free health care initiative. [2]
    van Duinen AJ, Westendorp J, Ashley T, Hagander L, Holmer H, Koroma AP,
    Leather AJM, Shrime MG, Wibe A, Bolkan HA
    /PLoS One 2021
  • 16(10):e0258532/
    Global surgery, obstetric, and anaesthesia indicator definitions and
    reporting: An Utstein consensus report. [3]
    Davies JI, Gelb AW, Gore-Booth J, Mellin-Olsen J, Martin J, Ã…kerman C, Ameh
    EA, Biccard BM, Braut GS, Chu KM, Derbew M, Ersdal HL, Guzman JM, Hagander L,
    Haylock-Loor C, Holmer H, Johnson W, Juran S, Kassebaum NJ, Laerdal T,
    Leather AJM, Lipnick MS, Ljungman D, Makasa EMM, Meara JG, Newton MW,
    Østergaard D, Reynolds T, Romanzi LJ, Santhirapala V, Shrime MG, Søreide K,
    Steinholt M, Suzuki E, Varallo JE, Visser GHA, Watters D, Weiser TG
    /PLoS Med 2021 Aug
  • 18(8):e1003749/
    [The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - an important opportunity to
    improve global health]. [4]
    Alfvén T, Ekman AT, Awil H, Holmer H, Mia Ekström A, Preet R, Agardh A,
    Frielingsdorf Lundqvist H
    /Lakartidningen 2020 10
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    Travel time and perinatal mortality after emergency caesarean sections: an
    evaluation of the 2-hour proximity indicator in Sierra Leone. [5]
    van Duinen AJ, Adde HA, Fredin O, Holmer H, Hagander L, Koroma AP, Koroma MM,
    Leather AJ, Wibe A, Bolkan HA
    /BMJ Glob Health 2020 12
  • 5(12):/
    Global health beyond geographical boundaries: reflections from global health
    education. [6]
    Herzig van Wees S, Holmer H
    /BMJ Glob Health 2020 05
  • 5(5):/
    The rate and perioperative mortality of caesarean section in Sierra Leone.
    [7]
    Holmer H, Kamara MM, Bolkan HA, van Duinen A, Conteh S, Forna F, Hailu B,
    Hansson SR, Koroma AP, Koroma MM, Liljestrand J, Lonnee H, Sesay S, Hagander
    L
    /BMJ Glob Health 2019
  • 4(5):e001605/
    Evaluating the collection, comparability and findings of six global surgery
    indicators. [8]
    Holmer H, Bekele A, Hagander L, Harrison EM, Kamali P, Ng-Kamstra JS, Khan
    MA, Knowlton L, Leather AJM, Marks IH, Meara JG, Shrime MG, Smith M, Søreide
    K, Weiser TG, Davies J
    /Br J Surg 2019 01
  • 106(2):e138-e150/
    Cost-effectiveness of club-foot treatment in low-income and middle-income
    countries by the Ponseti method. [9]
    Grimes CE, Holmer H, Maraka J, Ayana B, Hansen L, Lavy CBD
    /BMJ Glob Health 2016
  • 1(1):e000023/
    Mortality of emergency abdominal surgery in high-, middle- and low-income
    countries. [10]
    GlobalSurg Collaborative
    /Br J Surg 2016 Jul
  • 103(8):971-988/
    Global cancer surgery: delivering safe, affordable, and timely cancer
    surgery. [11]
    Sullivan R, Alatise OI, Anderson BO, Audisio R, Autier P, Aggarwal A, Balch
    C, Brennan MF, Dare A, D'Cruz A, Eggermont AM, Fleming K, Gueye SM, Hagander
    L, Herrera CA, Holmer H, Ilbawi AM, Jarnheimer A, Ji JF, Kingham TP, Liberman
    J, Leather AJ, Meara JG, Mukhopadhyay S, Murthy SS, Omar S, Parham GP,
    Pramesh CS, Riviello R, Rodin D, Santini L, Shrikhande SV, Shrime M, Thomas
    R, Tsunoda AT, van de Velde C, Veronesi U, Vijaykumar DK, Watters D, Wang S,
    Wu YL, Zeiton M, Purushotham A
    /Lancet Oncol 2015 Sep
  • 16(11):1193-224/
    Global distribution of surgeons, anaesthesiologists, and obstetricians. [12]
    Holmer H, Lantz A, Kunjumen T, Finlayson S, Hoyler M, Siyam A, Montenegro H,
    Kelley ET, Campbell J, Cherian MN, Hagander L
    /Lancet Glob Health 2015 Apr
  • 3 Suppl 2():S9-11/
    The global met need for emergency obstetric care: a systematic review. [13]
    Holmer H, Oyerinde K, Meara JG, Gillies R, Liljestrand J, Hagander L
    /BJOG 2015 Jan
  • 122(2):183-9/
    Global health education in Swedish ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ schools. [14]
    Ehn S, Agardh A, Holmer H, Krantz G, Hagander L
    /Scand J Public Health 2015 Nov
  • 43(7):687-93/
    Determining universal processes related to best outcome in emergency
    abdominal surgery: a multicentre, international, prospective cohort study.
    [15]
    Bhangu A, Fitzgerald JE, Fergusson S, Khatri C, Holmer H, Søreide K,
    Harrison EM
    /BMJ Open 2014 Oct
  • 4(10):e006239/
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Teaching

  • I have been engaged in the undergraduate global health course [1] at KI since
    2019, initially as an accompanying teacher in Laos and Tanzania and later as
    course leader in 2020.
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Articles

  • Journal article: THE LANCET. 2024;:S0140-6736(24)02633-3
    Holmer H; Reid-Henry S; Agyepong IA; Songane FF; Heymann DL
  • Article: THE LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH. 2023;11(4):e525-e533
    Allen LN; Wigley S; Holmer H; Barlow P
  • Article: BMJ OPEN. 2022;12(8):e055656
    Allen LN; Wigley S; Holmer H
  • Article: SOCIAL SCIENCE AND MEDICINE. 2022;297:114825
    Allen LN; Wigley S; Holmer H
  • Article: BMJ OPEN. 2022;12(2):e052972
    Wilson S; Bah MM; George P; Caulker A; Holmer H; Leather AJ; Kamara TB
  • Article: GLOBAL HEALTH, SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 2021;9(4):905-914
    Juran S; Moren S; Santhirapala V; Roa L; Makasa E; Davies J; Guzman JM; Hagander L; Holmer H; Shrime MG; Weiser TG; Meara JG; Klug SJ; Ljungman D
  • Article: THE LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH. 2021;9(11):e1528-e1538
    Allen LN; Wigley S; Holmer H
  • Article: PLOS MEDICINE. 2021;18(8):e1003749
    Davies JI; Gelb AW; Gore-Booth J; Mellin-Olsen J; Martin J; Akerman C; Ameh EA; Biccard BM; Braut GS; Chu KM; Derbew M; Ersdal HL; Guzman JM; Hagander L; Haylock-Loor C; Holmer H; Johnson W; Juran S; Kassebaum NJ; Laerdal T; Leather AJM; Lipnick MS; Ljungman D; Makasa EMM; Meara JG; Newton MW; Ostergaard D; Reynolds T; Romanzi LJ; Santhirapala V; Shrime MG; Soreide K; Steinholt M; Suzuki E; Varallo JE; Visser GHA; Watters D; Weiser TG
  • Article: PLOS ONE. 2021;16(10):e0258532
    van Duinen AJ; Westendorp J; Ashley T; Hagander L; Holmer H; Koroma AP; Leather AJM; Shrime MG; Wibe A; Bolkan HA
  • Article: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH. 2020;5(12):e003943
    van Duinen AJ; Adde HA; Fredin O; Holmer H; Hagander L; Koroma AP; Koroma MM; Leather AJM; Wibe A; Bolkan HA
  • Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2020;117:20037
    Alfvén T; Ekman A-T; Awil H; Holmer H; Mia Ekström A; Preet R; Agardh A; Frielingsdorf Lundqvist H
  • Article: SURGERY. 2020;168(3):550-557
    Lantz A; Holmer H; Finlayson SRG; Ricketts TC; Watters DA; Gruen RL; Johnson WD; Hagander L
  • Article: JOURNAL OF SURGICAL EDUCATION. 2019;76(2):469-479
    Anderson GA; Albutt K; Holmer H; Muguti G; Mbuwayesango B; Muchuweti D; Gidiri MF; Mugapathyay S; Iverson K; Roa L; Sharma S; Jeppson B; Jonsson K; Lantz A; Saluja S; Lin Y; Citron I; Meara JG; Hagander L
  • Article: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA. 2019;66(2):218-229
    Juran S; Gruendl M; Marks IH; Broer PN; Guzman JM; Davies J; Shrime M; Johnson W; Holmer H; Peck G; Makasa E; Hagander L; Klug SJ; Meara JG; Gelb AW; Ljungman D
  • Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 2019;106(2):e138-e150
    Holmer H; Bekele A; Hagander L; Harrison EM; Kamali P; Ng-Kamstra JS; Khan MA; Knowlton L; Leather AJM; Marks IH; Meara JG; Shrime MG; Smith M; Soreide K; Weiser TG; Davies J
  • Article: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH. 2019;4(5):e001605
    Holmer H; Kamara MM; Bolkan HA; van Duinen A; Conteh S; Forna F; Hailu B; Hansson SR; Koroma AP; Koroma MM; Liljestrand J; Lonnee H; Sesay S; Hagander L
  • Article: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH. 2016;3(6):e000023
    Grimes CE; Holmer H; Maraka J
  • Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2015;43(7):687-693
    Ehn S; Agardh A; Holmer H; Krantz G; Hagander L
  • Article: THE LANCET ONCOLOGY. 2015;16(11):1193-1224
    Sullivan R; Alatise OI; Anderson BO; Audisio R; Autier P; Aggarwal A; Balch C; Brennan MF; Dare A; D'Cruz A; Eggermont AMM; Fleming K; Gueye SM; Hagander L; Herrera CA; Holmer H; Ilbawi AM; Jarnheimer A; Ji J-F; Kingham TP; Liberman J; Leather AJM; Meara JG; Mukhopadhyay S; Murthy SS; Omar S; Parham GP; Pramesh CS; Riviello R; Rodin D; Santini L; Shrikhande SV; Shrime M; Thomas R; Tsunoda AT; van de Velde C; Veronesi U; Vijaykumar DK; Watters D; Wang S; Wu Y-L; Zeiton M; Purushotham A
  • Article: BMJ OPEN. 2014;4(10):e006239
    Bhangu A; Fitzgerald JE; Fergusson S; Khatri C; Holmer H; Soreide K; Harrison EM

All other publications

  • Review: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT. 2024;13:7989
    Loffreda G; Arakelyan S; Bou-Orm I; Holmer H; Allen LN; Witter S; Ager A; Diaconu K
  • Editorial comment: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH. 2020;5(5):e002583
    Herzig van Wees S; Holmer H
  • Letter: THE LANCET. 2015;386(10007):1942
    Marks IH; Patel SB; Holmer H; Billingsley ML; Philipo GS
  • Meeting abstract: THE LANCET. 2015;385:S40-40
    Holmer H; Shrime MG; Riesel JN; Meara JG; Hagander L
  • Letter: THE LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH. 2015;3:S9-11
    Holmer H; Lantz A; Kunjumen T; Finlayson S; Hoyler M; Siyam A; Montenegro H; Kelley ET; Campbell J; Cherian MN; Hagander L
  • Letter: THE LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH. 2015;3:S11-S12
    Lantz A; Holmer H; Finlayson S; Ricketts TC; Watters D; Gruen R; Hagander L
  • Review: BJOG: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY. 2015;122(2):183-189
    Holmer H; Oyerinde K; Meara JG; Gillies R; Liljestrand J; Hagander L
  • Editorial comment: TROPICAL DOCTOR. 2014;44(4):189
    Cotton M; Di Salvo I; Bentaleb J; Holmer H; Ologunde R; Nyembo P; Seyedian LS; Philipo GS; Wanjai WC
  • Letter: WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 2014;38(10):2738-2739
    Ologunde R; Holmer H
  • Letter: WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 2014;38(5):1243-1244
    Ologunde R; Holmer H

Employments

  • Affiliated to Research, Department of Global Public Health, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2024-2025
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Global Public Health, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2020-2024

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