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Katja Polman is an epidemiologist and heads the Unit of Medical Helminthology within the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp. She also has a position as associate professor within the Section of Infectious Diseases at the VU University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She has a university training in Medical Biology and Parasitology and a Master in Epidemiology, and did her PhD at the Leiden University on the diagnosis and epidemiology of schistosomiasis. Since then she has been working in the field of neglected tropical diseases. Her research interests and expertise lie in the field of parasite epidemiology, with focus on helminth (co)infections and associated diseases.
Research lines
(Eco-)epidemiology, transmission dynamics, diagnosis and control of schistosomiasis and other human helminth infections
Helminth co-infections: interactions with other infections (eg. polyparasitism) and diseases (eg. allergy, malnutrition), and how these shape disease patterns and control.
Teaching expertise
Katja Polman teaches in various institutional postgraduate and master courses, as well as in university master courses, and is involved in coaching of MSc/PhD students. Main teaching topics are on parasites/helminths, neglected diseases, epidemiology and statistics.
@ITM: Master in Public Health Master of Public Health MPH: Modules Advanced statistics, NTD control, MSc thesis coaching; Postgraduate in Tropical Medicine and International Health TMIH: Module Vector-borne diseases; Postgraduate in Tropical Medicine for Bachelors in Nursing & Midwifery TMED: Module Helminthiases; Short course Molecular Epidemiology/Molecular Data for Infectious Diseases MID: Module Epidemiology.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD
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Looking through the right lens: a syndemic framework for HIV disease
Bal, N., Polman, K., Van Leth, F. & Hoekstra, T.
14/11/24 → …
Project: PhD-project
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The impact of nutrition and infection on child growth in Cambodia
Som, V. S., Polman, K., Campos-Ponce, M., Van Der Hoeven, M. & Wieringa, F. T.
29/05/24 → …
Project: PhD-project
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KIS-AN2: Preventie van Diabetes type 2 en hart- en vaatziekten in de gemeenschap van Kisantu (DR Congo)
Polman, K., Katsuva, D., Ku, G. M. V. & Sagastume Cabrera, D.
1/01/24 → 31/12/25
Project: Research Project
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Fascioliasis transmission, and it’s burden in Northern Vietnam
Hoang, Q. V., Polman, K., Callens, S., Dermauw, V. & Trung Dung, D.
6/07/22 → …
Project: PhD-project
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RIVER EPILEPSY: Stopping the burden of disease caused by onchocerciasis- associated epilepsy
Polman, K., Polman, K. & Trevisan, C.
1/01/22 → 31/12/25
Project: Research Project
Research output
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Pregnant women, a potential reservoir for Onchocerca volvulus?: a cross sectional study in Maridi County, South Sudan
Trevisan, C., Hadermann, A., Jada, SR., Abong, RA., Bol, YY., Fodjo, JNS., Polman, K. & Colebunders, R., 2025, In: Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health. 15, 1, 7 p., 14.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Antimalarial artesunate-mefloquine versus praziquantel in African children with schistosomiasis: an open-label, randomized controlled trial
Bottieau, E., Mbow, M., Brosius, I., Roucher, C., Gueye, C. T., Mbodj, O. T., Faye, B. T., De Hondt, A., Smekens, B., Arango, D., Burm, C., Tsoumanis, A., Paredis, L., Van Herrewege, Y., Potters, I., Richter, J., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Cissé, B., Mboup, S. & Polman, K., 2024, In: Nature Medicine. 30, p. 130-137Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Dynamics of the double burden of malnutrition in Guatemala a secondary data analysis of the demographic and health surveys from 1998-2015
Sagastume, D., Peñalvo, JL., Ramírez-Zea, M., Polman, K. & Benová, L., 2024, In: Public Health. 229, p. 135-143 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Fasciola spp. in Southeast Asia: A systematic review
Quang, VH., Levecke, B., Trung, DD., Devleesschauwer, B., Lam, BVT., Goossens, K., Polman, K., Callens, S., Dorny, P. & Dermauw, V., 2024, In: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 18, 1, 22 p., e0011904.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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How are health systems in sub-Saharan Africa adapting to protect human health from climate change threats? A scoping review and case study
Hounkpatin, H., Nieto-Sanchez, C., Pleguezuelo, VC., Polman, K. & Marchal, B., 2024, In: The Lancet Planetary Health. 8, S1, p. S10-S10 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract in journal › peer-review
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