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Mirjam Kretzschmar

Full Professor

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Research groups

Infectious disease modelling Utrecht

Research aim

Our mission is to use state-of-the-art mathematical and statistical modelling techniques to gain insight into the dynamics of infectious diseases in populations and to improve public health interventions for disease control.

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Recent publications

Mechanics of pandemics Seba Contreras, Philipp Dönges, Laura Müller, Piklu Mallick, Sydney Paltra, Ulrik Hvid, Robyn J.N. Kettlitz, Andreas Reitenbach, Rodrigo Amaral Lind, Maíra Aguiar, Philip Bechtle, André Calero Valdez, Ronja Gronemeyer, Manuela Harries, Veronika K. Jaeger, André Karch, Carolina J. Klett-Tammen, Peter Klimek, Mirjam E. Kretzschmar, Kai Nagel, Bjarke Frost Nielsen, Barbara Prainsack, Isabella M. Radhuber, Lone Simonsen, Kim Sneppen, Janik Suer, Viola Priesemann
EClinicalMedicine, 2026, vol. 98
Impact of temporal patterns in working contacts on epidemic spread Aleksandr Bryzgalov, Johannes Ponge, Janik Suer, Tyll Krueger, Beryl Musundi, Chao Xu, Wolfgang Bock, Johannes Horn, Mahreen Kahkashan, André Karch, Julian Patzner, Mirjam Kretzschmar, Rafael Mikolajczyk,
Scientific Reports, 2026, vol. 16
A comparison of contact patterns derived from the population structure in agent-based models and empirical contact survey data Janik Suer, Johannes Ponge, Michael Brüggemann, Jan Pablo Burgard, Vitaly Belik, Bernd Hellingrath, Alejandra Rincón Hidalgo, Andrzej K. Jarynowski, Richard Pastor, Huynh Thi Phuong, Steven Schulz, Ashish Thampi, Chao Xu, Marlli Zambrano, Rafael Mikolajczyk, André Karch, Veronika K. Jaeger, João Vitor Pamplona, Ralf Münnich, Soheil Shams, Berit Lange, Isti Rodiah, Maren Steinmann, Sebastian Gruhn, Wolfgang Greiner, Wolfgang Bock, Lukas Bayer, Sudarshan Tiwari, Hannah Derwanz, Aleksandr Bryzgalov, Beryl Musundi, Johannes Horn, Julian Patzner, Kahkashan Mahreen, Myka Sarajan, Moritz Kersting, Markus Scholz, Alexander Kuhlmann, André Calero Valdez, Lilian Kojan, Beate Jahn, Uwe Siebert, Mirjam E. Kretzschmar
PLoS ONE, 2026, vol. 22
WHO estimates of the global, regional, and national foodborne burdens of 14 invasive parasitic diseases, 2000-21 Lucy J Robertson, Yuki Minato, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Carlotta Di Bari, Louise Vaes, Karen H Keddy, Banchob Sripa, Kim Fernandez, Sara M Pires, Shannon E Majowicz, Robin J Lake, Charlee Roberts, Gabriela F Nane, Mirjam E Kretzschmar, Lapo Mughini-Gras, Ali Rostami, Hélène Carabin, Christine M Budke, Meritxell Donadeu, Paul R Torgerson,
The Lancet. Global health, 2026, vol. 14
WHO estimates of the global, regional, and national disease burden of nine foodborne chemicals, 2000–21 Lea S. Jakobsen, Antonio Agudo, Louise Vaes, Mohammed Al Huthiel, Fadi Al Natour, Carlotta di Bari, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Gabriela F. Nane, Sara M. Pires, Sofie Theresa Thomsen, Hernan Gomez Redondo, Herman Gibb, Robin J. Lake, Arie H. Havelaar, Charlee Roberts, Yuki Minato, Luc Ingenbleek, Li Bai, Beau Bruce, Sithar Dorjee, Teresa Estrada-Garcia, Luria Leslie Founou, Tesfaye Gobena, Sandra Hoffmann, Karen Keddy, Martyn Kirk, Mirjam Kretzschmar, Kunihiro Kubota, Ashok Kumar, Shannon Majowicz, Lapo Mughini-Gras, Tety Rachmawati, Lucy Robertson, Elaine Scallan Walter, Banchob Sripa, Paul Torgerson,
The Lancet Global Health, 2026, vol. 14
WHO estimates of the global, regional, and national burden of 42 foodborne infectious and chemical hazards, 2000-21 Robin J Lake, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Shannon E Majowicz, Lucy J Robertson, Lea Sletting Jakobsen, Antonio Agudo, Sara M Pires, Martyn D Kirk, Elaine Scallan Walter, Karen H Keddy, Carlotta di Bari, Louise Vaes, Arie H Havelaar, Charlee Roberts, Tesfaye Gobena, Mirjam E Kretzschmar, Gabriela F Nane, Sandra Hoffmann, Lapo Mughini-Gras, Banchob Sripa, Kunihiro Kubota, Luria Leslie Founou, Li Bai, Mohammed Al Huthiel, Tety Rachmawati, Teresa Estrada-Garcia, Ashok Kumar, Fadi Al Natour, Steven Jaffee, Spencer Henson, Luc Ingenbleek, Richard Kumapley, Elaine Borghi, Yuki Minato,
The Lancet. Global health, 2026, vol. 14