Dr. Andreas Heddini

Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (SIIDC), Sweden

Dr. Andreas Heddini  is a medical doctor with a PhD in infection biology from Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. His research concerned the pathogenesis of severe malaria, and he worked as a physician and malaria researcher in Kenya and Tanzania. Andreas currently holds a position at the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (SIIDC) where he works with preparedness and epidemiological monitoring of emerging infectious diseases. Prior to joining the SIIDC, Andreas worked as Research Advisor to the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) at the Department of Research Cooperation (SAREC) with several areas of health research. During the years 2003-2005 he was the Secretariat Coordinator of the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM).