Professor of injury epidemiology and prevention at KI, honorary professor at the University of South Africa (UNISA), and research fellow at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS).
Lucie Laflamme
Professor
Professor of injury epidemiology and prevention at KI, honorary professor at the University of South Africa (UNISA), and research fellow at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS).
About me
Current position: Professor of injury epidemiology and prevention
Current assignment: Deputy Chairperson of the recruitment committee at Karolinska Institutet
Current affiliation: Honorary Professor at the University of South Africa (UNISA), in South Africa
Research fellow at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies (STIAS)
Research group: Head of the research group on Injuries' Social Aetiology and Consequences (ISAC)
Supervision of doctoral students - main supervisor
I have supervised 17 doctoral students who have defended their doctoral theses and I have three additional ones registered.
Appointment as external examiner for doctoral theses in other universities
8 occasions - in Australia, Canada, France, Norway, Spain, and Sweden
Examples of scientific assignments
- Member of the Scientific Board of the French Institute for Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks (IFSTTAR)
- Temporary advisor to the WHO at several occasions, among others for the World report on child and adolescent injuries (WHO and UNICEF; reviewer of the full report; January 2008), as a lead author of a policy briefing on the reduction of social inequality in injuries (2010), and as a lead author for reviews on social inequalities in injuries in Europe (2008 and 2019).
- 2004-2013 Regular member of the Regional Ethics Review Board in Stockholm
Research description
My current research projects deal with:
- mHealth consultation among clinicians and emergency care of burn injury in resource-poor settings ( South Africa)
- medication and injuries among older people (Sweden)
Current research grants (as PI)
2017-2019
Deep learning for image-based diagnostics of burn injuries: Accuracy and potential for scale of a computer assisted diagnosis
From: The Swedish Scientific Council (3,0 million sek)
2017-2021
Mozambique Capacity Building Programme in Public Health Research
From: Sida (Capacity building project; 20,5 million sek)
Teaching portfolio
Teaching areas
Course development and course responsibility on the following topics
- Ethics in public and global health research
- Injury control and safety promotion
Education
(1988-90) Postdoctoral studies
Sweden’s National Institute of Occupational Health, Division of Social Psychology (IPS), Solna, Sweden
(1984-87) Ph.D. in Industrial Relations
Laval University, Department of Industrial Relations, Quebec, Canada
(1980-83) Master Degree in Industrial Relations (MSc)
University of Montreal, School of Industrial Relations, Montreal, Canada