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Birgitte Freiesleben de Blasio

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Norwegian
Phone +47-22851508
Fax +47-22851313
Room 2175a
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Visiting address Sognsvannsveien 9 Domus Medica 0372 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1122 Blindern 0317 Oslo

Academic interests

  • Infectious disease modeling
  • Social contact networks
  • Health-economic evaluations of interventions against infectious diseases 
  • Species evolution

Courses taught

  • MF9020 - Introduction to infectious disease modelling
  • MF9130E - Introductory course in statistics
  • MF9270 - Quantitative biology, or mathematics is biology’s next microscope
  • HME4309 - Advanced course in economic evaluation of health care

Background

  • MSc, Physics,The Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen University 1997
  • Researcher Risø National Laboratory, Denmark, 1997-1998
  • PhD physics, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen University, 2003
  • Researcher Department of Nutrition Research/Department of Biostatistics, University of Oslo, 2002-2004
  • Post doc, Department of Biostatistics, University of Oslo, January 2005 - 2007
  • Associate professor, Department of Biostatistics, University of Oslo, 2008 -
Tags: Infectious diseases, Health Economics & Health Policy, Infectious disease modelling, Dynamic models, Network analysis, Social contact networks

Publications

  • De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben; Iversen, Bjørn Gunnar & Scalia Tomba, Gianpaolo (2012). Effect of vaccines and antivirals during the major 2009 a(H1N1) pandemic wave in Norway – and the influence of vaccination timing. PLoS ONE.  ISSN 1932-6203.  7(1) . doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030018
  • Lavine, Jennie; Bjørnstad, Ottar Nordal; De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben & Storsæter, Jann (2012). Short-lived immunity against pertussis, age-specific routes of transmission, and the utility of a teenage booster vaccine. Vaccine.  ISSN 0264-410X.  30(3), s 544- 551 . doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.11.065
  • De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben; Seierstad, Taral Guldahl & Aalen, Odd O. (2011). Frailty effects in networks: comparison and identification of individual heterogeneity versus preferential attachment in evolving networks. Journal of the Royal Statistic Society, Series C: Applied Statistics.  ISSN 0035-9254.  60, s 239- 259 . doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2010.00746.x
  • De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben; Kasymbekova, Kaliya & Flem, Elmira (2010). Dynamic model of rotavirus transmission and the impact of rotavirus vaccination in Kyrgyzstan. Vaccine.  ISSN 0264-410X.  28(50), s 7923- 7932 . doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.09.070
  • Xue, Yiting; Kristiansen, Ivar Sønbø & De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben (2010). Modeling the cost of influenza: the impact of missing costs of unreported complications and sick leave. BMC Public Health.  ISSN 1471-2458.  10(724) . doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-724
  • De Blasio, Fabio V & De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben (2009). Extinctions in a spatial model of fossil communities subject to correlated environmental disturbance. Ecological Complexity : An International Journal on Biocomplexity in the Environment and Theoretical Ecology.  ISSN 1476-945X.  6(1), s 70- 75 . doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2008.10.013
  • Zechmeister, Ingrid; de Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben; Garnett, Geoff P.; Neilson, Aileen Rae; Aileen, Rae Neilson & Siebert, Uwe (2009). Cost-effectiveness analysis of human papillomavirus-vaccination programs to prevent cervical cancer in Austria. Vaccine.  ISSN 0264-410X.  27(37), s 5133- 5141 . doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.06.039
  • Zechmeister, Ingrid; De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben & Garnett, Geoff P. (2009). HPV-vaccination for the prevention of cervical cancer in Austria: a model based long-term prognosis of cancer epidemiology. Journal of Public Health.  ISSN 0943-1853. . doi: 10.1007/s10389-009-0276-3
  • De Blasio, Fabio V & De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben (2008). Extinctions in a spatial model of fossil communities subject to correlated environmental disturbance. Ecological Complexity : An International Journal on Biocomplexity in the Environment and Theoretical Ecology.  ISSN 1476-945X.
  • De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben; Liljeros, Fredrik & Svensson, Åke (2007). Preferential attachment in sexual networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America.  ISSN 0027-8424.  104(26), s 10762- 10767
  • De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben & Wegener, Joachim (2006). Impedance Spectroscopy, In John G. Webster (ed.),  Encyclopedia of Medical Devices and Instrumentation.  John G. Webster.  ISBN 978-0-471-26358-6.  Impedance Spectroscopy.
  • De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben & De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio (2005). Dynamics of competing species in a model of adaptive radiations and macroevolution. Physical Review E. Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics.  ISSN 1063-651X.  72(3)
  • De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben; Iversen, Jens Gustav Heber & Røttingen, John-Arne (2004). Intercellular calcium signalling in cultured renal epithelia: a theoretical study of synchronization mode and pacemaker activity.. European Biophysics Journal.  ISSN 0175-7571.  33, s 657- 670
  • De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben; Laane, Carl Morten M; Walmann, Thomas & Giæver, Ivar (2004). Combining optical and electrical impedance techniques for quantitative measurement of confluence in MDCK-I cell cultures. BioTechniques.  ISSN 0736-6205.  36, s 650- +
  • De, Blasio Birgitte Freiesleben; Røttingen, John-Arne; Sand, Kristin Larsen; Giaever, I & Iversen, Jens Gustav Heber (2004). Global, synchronous oscillations in cytosolic calcium and adherence in bradykinin-stimulated Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica.  ISSN 0001-6772.  180, s 335- 346

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  • De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben; Neilson, RA & Skjeldestad, Finn Egil (2011). Modeling the impact of screening policy and screeing compliance in the post HPV vaccination era in Norway..
  • Mdala, Ibrahimu; Haffajee, AD; Socransky, SS; De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben; Thoresen, Magne & Olsen, Ingar (2010). Multilevel analysis of clinical parameters in chronic periodontitis after root planing/scaling, surgery and systemic and local antibiotics: 2-years results.
  • De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben (2009). Mathematical models of infectious disease transmission--an overview illustrated with examples.
  • De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben (2009). Rotavirus modelling in Kyrgyzstan.
  • De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben (2009). Social network study design in the Västra Götaland study.
  • De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben; Kasymbekova, Kaliya & Flem, Elmira (2009). A dynamic model for assessing the impact of rotavirus vaccination in Kyrgyzstan.
  • Xue, Yiting & De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben (2009). The Socio‐Economic Impact of Influenza in Norway: Measuring Disease Burden and Economic Costs.
  • De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben (2008). Graduate School in Biostatistics, UiO.
  • De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben (2008). Mechanistic infectious disease modelling.
  • De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben & Gjertsen, Marianne Klemp (2008). Estimating uncertainties of HPB16/18 vaccination--a dynamic modelling approach.
  • de Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben; Neilson, Aileen Rae & Gjertsen, Marianne Klemp (2008). Estimating uncertainties of HPV16/18 vaccination – a dynamic modelling approach .
  • Ingrid, Zechmeister; De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben; Garnett, Geoff; Neilsen, Aileen Rae & Radlberger, Philipp (2008). Should the HPV vaccination be reimbursed in Austria? A cost-effectiveness analysis of vaccination programs compared to current screening.
  • Aalen, Odd O. & De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben (2007). Mathematical Modelling of infectious disease.
  • De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben (2007). Modeling the impact of HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) type 16/18 vaccination on the incidence of cervical cancer in Norway.
  • De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben (2007). Modeling the impact of HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) type 16/18 vaccination on the incidence of cervical cancer in Norway.
  • De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben (2007). Preferential attachment in sexual networks.
  • De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben (2007). The Yule process and frailty.
  • Gjertsen, Marianne Klemp; Nielson, Aileen Rae Nielson & De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben (2007). HPV-vaksiner - effekt, sikkerhet og kostnadseffektivitet. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening.  ISSN 0029-2001.  127(12), s 1674
  • Neilson, Aileen Rae & De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben (2007). Økonomisk evaluering av humant papillomavirus (HPV)-vaksinasjon i Norge.
  • Neilson, Aileen Rae; de Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben & Gjertsen, Marianne Klemp (2007). Økonomisk evaluering av humant papillomavirus (HPV)-vaksinasjon i Norge .
  • Nielson, Aileen Rae Nielson & De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben (2007). Cost-effectiveness of HPV 16/18 vaccination for the prevention of cervical cancer in Norway.
  • Zechmeister, Ingrid; De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben; Radlberger, Philipp; Wild, Claudia & Kvas, Erich (2007). Ökonomische Evaluation der Impfung gegen humane Papillomaviren (HPV-Impfung) in Österreich.
  • De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben (2006). Social networks and spread of infectious diseases.
  • De Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben (2005). Preferential attachment in sexual networks.
  • de Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben (2004). Prevalence and determinants of Chlamydia trachomatis infection among heterosexual men and women attending an STI clinic in Oslo, NOrway.
  • de Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben (2004). The distribution of sexual partnerships in Norway and determinants of high number of sexual contacts.
  • Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben De (2002). Electrical impedance measurements of cultured epithelial cells.
  • Blasio, Birgitte Freiesleben De & Røttingen, John-Arne (2001). Intracellular calcium and impedance oscillations in MDCK-cells: A lattice stochastic model based on gap junctional flux.

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Published Apr 13, 2011 02:40 PM - Last modified May 27, 2011 04:37 PM