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Dr. Susan Dierickx is a medical anthropologist with an expertise in gender. She has over 10 years of experience designing and working in interdisciplinary research projects, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Socio-ecological Health Research Unit at the Institute of Tropical Medicine. Susan has received the Paul de Vroede Prize, and the network she co-founded was honored with the Presidential Medal Award from IFFS.
From 2020 to 2022, Susan served as a research professor and coordinator of the Centre of Expertise on Gender, Diversity, and Intersectionality at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).
Susan completed her joint-PhD in Gender and Diversity at the VUB and Ghent University (2015-2020). As part of her doctoral research, she designed and implemented an interdisciplinary research project on infertility in The Gambia and Senegal. From 2013 to 2015, she worked as a social scientist at the Medical Anthropology Unit at the Institute of Tropical medicine. During this time she was responsible for the design and implementation of several research projects on malaria and maternal health in The Gambia, Benin and Burkina Faso.
She holds a bachelor in Sociology (Ghent University), a master in social and cultural anthropology with a specialization in African studies (University of Leuven) and an advanced master in development studies (Ghent University). During her bachelor, she spent a year as Erasmus student at the University of Paris X Nanterre, Department of Sociology. As student she conducted several qualitative research projects on people with a disability in Belgium, and alternative forms of tourism in Ghana and Jordan.
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Projects
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HITIHE: Health information and technology for improved healthcare education in SEA
Zolfo, M., Alcedo Ascencios, G. S., Kiyan Tsunami, C., Baert, E., Van Den Broucke, S., Dierickx, S. & Jiang, L.
15/11/19 → 14/11/23
Project: Education project
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Understanding social vulnerability for malaria control and elimination
Dierickx, S., Peeters, K., Hardon, A. & Nguyen, V. K.
22/01/14 → 4/10/18
Project: PhD-project
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Fertility care in low and middle income countries: Implementing fertility care: insights from a participatory workshop in The Gambia
Afferri, A., Dierickx, S., Bittaye, M., Marena, M., Ceesay, SM., Bittaye, H., Pacey, AA. & Balen, J., 2024, In: Reproduction and Fertility. 5, 4, 9 p., e240029.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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'It's about time': policymakers' and health practitioners' perspectives on implementing fertility care in the Gambian health system: policymakers' and health practitioners' perspectives on implementing fertility care in the Gambian health system
Afferri, A., Dierickx, S., Allen, H., Bittaye, M., Marena, M., Pacey, A. & Balen, J., 2024, In: BMC Health Services Research. 24, 11 p., 2882.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Policy action points and approaches to promote fertility care in The Gambia: Findings from a mixed-methods study
Afferri, A., Dierickx, S., Bittaye, M., Marena, M., Pacey, AA. & Balen, J., 2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 5, 15 p., e0301700.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Wikitropica: access to inclusive and equitable quality education on tropical medicine (HITIHE consortium)
HITIHE Consortium, 2023, In: Tropical Medicine and International Health. 28, S1, p. 48-48 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract in journal
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Availability of services for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility in The Gambia`s public and private health facilities: a cross-sectional survey
Afferri, A., Allen, H., Dierickx, S., Bittaye, M., Marena, M., Pacey, A. & Balen, J., 2022, In: BMC Health Services Research. 22, 1, 11 p., 1127.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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