Researcher/Postdoc
Biography
Dr. Amanda Karapici is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Implementation Science at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.
She is a researcher and systems scientist with over 10 years of experience in implementation science, health systems research, and policy, focusing on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and food systems. Her work examines how complex systems shape, and are shaped by, the design, adaptation, and scale-up of evidence-based interventions across diverse contexts.
She contributes to PEN-CONNECT, a project that aims to improve and scale up integrated care for hypertension, diabetes, and common mental disorders in Mozambique.
Dr. Karapici completed her PhD in Public Health and Policy at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, where she examined the impact of food environment policies on dietary behaviour using system dynamics and spatial agent-based modelling. She also holds an MPhil in System Dynamics from the University of Bergen (Norway), an MSc in System Dynamics from the NOVA University of Lisbon (Portugal), and an MScBA from Radboud University (The Netherlands).
Prior to joining UMC Utrecht, she worked with the World Health Organization's Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health and the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research in Geneva, supporting implementation research and capacity-strengthening initiatives.
She also has experience in public policy and governance, having served as Parliamentary Adviser to the Work, Social Issues, and Health Parliamentary Committee of the Parliament of Albania, and later as Head of EU Integration and International Affairs at the High Council of Justice of Albania.
Her research interests focus on how systems approaches and implementation science can support the adaptation, implementation, and scale-up of integrated NCD care models across diverse health system contexts.
