Dr. Julia Schröders

Biography

Julia Schröders is a researcher in Social Epidemiology with a background in Medical Anthropology and Epidemiology & Global Health. Her research interests focus on social networks and the construction of vulnerabilities throughout the life course. She holds a PhD that investigated the health effects of social network diversity among older adults in Indonesia. Her doctoral research examined network dynamics and implementation of Universal Health Coverage related to healthcare utilization. After completing her PhD in 2021, she held a postdoctoral position at the Department of Sociology and the Centre for Demographic and Aging Research (CEDAR) at Umeå University, participating in the ERC-funded HEALFAM project. Currently, she is employed as a researcher in the Department of Epidemiology and Global Health. Julia leads several projects, focusing on social network interventions for health poverty reduction and the cognitive consequences of social frailty in cross-national contexts. She is also involved in strengthening child mental health services in Cambodia and capacity-building in health research networks in Somalia. In her teaching role, she coordinates courses in social epidemiology and supervises graduate students. Julia has published articles in the field and serves as an academic editor for Global Health Action.

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