Personal profile
Research
Maarten van Wijhe is associate professor in Applied Biostatistics for Clinical and Public Health, at the Department of People and Technology, Roskilde University.
He specializes in infectious diseases and in particular vaccine preventable diseases and vaccination programmes. His focus is on data analysis using Danish health and population registers and digitized historical records. In 2018 he defneded his PhD (Cum Laude) on estimating the historical impact vaccination programmes in terms of mortality and disease averted.
For contact: [email protected] or during work hours (Mon - Fri, 8:30-17:00) at +45 46 74 39 34
Education/Academic qualification
Epidemiology, PhD, The public health impact of vaccination programmes in the Netherlands, University of Groningen
2013 → 2018
Award Date: 11 Sept 2018
Epidemiology, MSc, Masters in Biomedical Sciences, Epidemiology, Radboud University
2010 → 2013
External positions
Post doctoral fellow - RESCEU, Statens Serum Institut
1 Feb 2018 → 31 Dec 2020
Keywords
- Health, Medicine
- Epidemiology
- Infectious Diseases
- Statistics
- Disease Burden Modeling
- Historical Epidemiology
- COVID-19
- Measles
- Vaccination programmes
- Research methods
Collaborations and research areas
Research output
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Associations between BMI and menopausal symptoms among Danish nurses: A cross-sectional study
Polano, L., Thinggaard, T. W., Simonsen, M. K., van Wijhe, M. & Vámosi, M., 2026, In: Maturitas. 207, 6 p., 108859.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Hospital records as a source on morbidity and mortality in the past: Copenhagen’s epidemic hospital and its patient journals, 1879 to 1910
Perner, M. V. & van Wijhe, M., 16 Jan 2026, (Submitted) In: Historical Life Course Studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The changing mortality burden of measles, pertussis, and diarrheal disease in Amsterdam, 1856-1920
Buzasi, K., van Wijhe, M., Wallinga, J. & Janssens, A., Jun 2026, In: International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 167, 8 p., 108508.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The disappearance of malaria from Denmark, 1862-1900
Ingholt, M. M., van Wijhe, M., Simonsen, L. & Weinberger, D. M., May 2026, In: Economic History Review. 79, 2, p. 555-574 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Identifying signature features of epidemic diseases from 19th century all-cause mortality data
Pedersen, R. K., Ingholt, M. M., Van Wijhe, M., Andreasen, V. & Simonsen, L., 1 Feb 2025, In: American Journal of Epidemiology. 194, 2, p. 460-468 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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PID-scapes: Post-pandemic infectious disease landscapes: interactions across time and space
Wijhe, M. V. (Project manager), Perner, M. (Project participant), Bendel, H. (Project participant), Mortensen, L. (Project participant) & Büron Franten, A. (Project participant)
Independent Research Fund Denmark
01/01/2025 → 01/03/2028
Project: Research
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GREATLEAP: The Great Leap. Multidisciplinary approaches to health inequalities, 1800-2022
Janssens, A. (Project manager), Riswick, T. (Project coordinator), Wijhe, M. V. (Project participant), Gentiana, K. (Project coordinator), Pandelejmoni, E. (Project coordinator), Devos, I. (Project coordinator), Zajc Petranovic, M. (Project coordinator), Abuladze, L. (Project coordinator), Jaadla, H. (Project coordinator), Peltola, J. (Project coordinator), Saaritsa, S. (Project coordinator), Bonnet, F. (Project coordinator), Kesztenbaum, L. (Project coordinator), Muehlichen, M. (Project coordinator), Willführ, K. (Project coordinator), Baltas, P. (Project participant), Gavalas, V. (Project coordinator), Ori, P. (Project coordinator), Sigurdardottir, R. (Project coordinator), Breathnach, C. (Project coordinator), O'Mullane, M. (Project coordinator), Rashkovits, S. (Project coordinator), Vishkin, A. (Project coordinator), Pozzi, L. (Project coordinator), Scalone, F. (Project coordinator), Libiete, I. (Project coordinator), Zalnora, A. (Project coordinator), Spataru, T. (Project coordinator), Walhout, E. (Project coordinator), Tevdovski, D. (Project coordinator), Sari, E. (Project coordinator), Sommerseth, H. L. (Project coordinator), Liczbinska, G. (Project coordinator), Ogórek, B. (Project coordinator), Teodoro De Matos, P. (Project coordinator), Tiago De Oliveira, I. (Project coordinator), Holom, E. C. (Project coordinator), Marza, D. E. (Project participant), Bakic, D. (Project coordinator), Medarevic, A. (Project coordinator), Golian, J. (Project coordinator), Ramiro-Fariñas, D. (Project coordinator), Engberg, E. (Project coordinator), van Dijk, I. (Project coordinator), Floris, J. (Project coordinator), Staub, K. (Project coordinator), Balsoy, G. (Project coordinator), Guvenc, M. (Project coordinator), Gaddy, H. (Project coordinator) & Reid, A. (Project coordinator)
19/09/2023 → 18/09/2027
Project: Other
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PandemiX: Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Pandemic Signatures - PandemiX
Simonsen, L. (Project manager), Ingholt, M. M. (Project participant), Pedersen, R. K. (Project participant), Andreasen, V. (Project participant), Wijhe, M. V. (Project participant), Eilersen, A. T. (Project participant), Poder, S. K. (Project participant), Nielsen, B. F. (Project participant), Krogfelt, K. A. (Project participant), Ørskov, S. (Project participant), Berrig, C. (Project participant), Thorn, A. V. (Project participant), Qvesel, A. G. (Project participant), Sneppen, K. (Project participant), Pedersen, A. G. (Project participant), Fischer, T. K. (Project participant), Harboe, Z. B. (Project participant), Roed, C. (Project participant), Holler, J. G. (Project participant), Viboud, C. (Project participant), Lipsitch, M. (Project participant), Davenport, R. (Project participant) & Pedersen, C. W. (Project participant)
01/06/2023 → 31/05/2029
Project: Research
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HiJo: Paper Trails: The Historical Patient Journal Database (HiJo)
Wijhe, M. V. (Project manager), Perner, M. (Project participant), Bendel, H. (Project participant), Mortensen, L. (Project participant) & Büron Franten, A. (Project participant)
01/08/2026 → 31/07/2027
Project: Research
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NORDEMICS: Pathogens, Pandemics and the Development of Nordic Societies
Simonsen, L. (Project manager), Lummaa, V. (Project participant), Stenseth, N. C. (Project participant), Bengtsson, T. (Project participant), Andreasen, V. (Project participant), Quaranta, L. (Project participant), Castenbrandt, H. (Project participant), Schmid, B. (Project participant), Wijhe, M. V. (Project participant), Briga, M. (Project participant), Nitsch, A. (Project participant), Ingholt, M. M. (Project participant), Ukonaho, S. (Project participant), Poder, S. K. (Project participant), Sneppen, K. (Project participant), Vallgårda, S. (Project participant), Pedersen, R. K. (Project participant) & Eilersen, A. T. (Project participant)
01/05/2021 → 30/09/2025
Project: Research
Activities
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Department of Social Sciences and Business (Organisational unit)
Aagaard, P. (Chairman) & Wijhe, M. V. (Member)
1 Oct 2024 → 29 Oct 2024Activity: Membership › Membership in review committee
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Kulturmødet på Mors
Wijhe, M. V. (Participant)
24 Aug 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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5th Conference of the European Society of Historical Demography
Wijhe, M. V. (Participant)
30 Aug 2023 → 2 Sept 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation and participation in conference
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Options Xi: For the control of influenza
Wijhe, M. V. (Participant)
26 Sept 2022 → 29 Sept 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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How detail-rich mortality data can reveal disease-signatures: Understanding the 1831 epidemic
Simonsen, L. (Speaker), Ingholt, M. M. (Speaker), Pedersen, R. K. (Speaker) & Wijhe, M. V. (Speaker)
16 Dec 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
Press/Media
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PandemiX m/ Maarten van Wijhe og Karen Angeliki Krogfelt
Wijhe, M. V. & Krogfelt, K. A.
03/07/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Indsigt i historiske sygdomme hjælper planlægning af pandemiberedskab i dag
20/06/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Ældre og mænd blev hårdest ramt af første COVID-bølge
05/03/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Stort dansk studie: Ældre og mænd blev hårdest ramt af første COVID-19-bølge
04/03/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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CEA Global Voices Ep. 1: Epidemiologists Maarten van Wijhe and Catalina Gonzalez Uribe on the Historical Significance of COVID-19
14/04/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Datasets
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First wave of COVID-19 hospital admissions in Denmark: a Nationwide population-based cohort study
Holler, J. G. (Creator), Eriksson, R. (Creator), Jensen, T. Ø. (Creator), van Wijhe, M. (Creator), Fischer, T. K. (Creator), Søgaard, O. S. (Creator), Israelsen, S. B. (Creator), Mohey, R. (Creator), Fabricius, T. (Creator), Jøhnk, F. (Creator), Wiese, L. (Creator), Johnsen, S. (Creator), Søborg, C. (Creator), Nielsen, H. (Creator), Kirk, O. (Creator), Madsen, B. L. (Creator) & Harboe, Z. B. (Creator), figshare, 10 Jan 2021
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5263239.v1, https://figshare.com/collections/First_wave_of_COVID-19_hospital_admissions_in_Denmark_a_Nationwide_population-based_cohort_study/5263239
Dataset
Prizes
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American Journal of Epidemiology 2018 Article of the Year
Wijhe, M. V. (Recipient), Wallinga, J. (Recipient), SA, M. (Recipient), Van Asten, L. (Recipient) & Hoek, W. V. D. (Recipient), 22 Feb 2018
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions