Lisa Hefele

Lisa Hefele

Epidemiologist working across digital data collection, applied analytics, and open, reproducible research.

About

About Me

I specialise in planning and conducting epidemiological research, utilising digital data‑collection platforms and applying advanced analytics in R and Stata to generate actionable insights. I am passionate about open science; I share reproducible code on GitHub and advocate transparent, version-controlled workflows. I also leverage generative AI to accelerate literature reviews, refine code, and build automated workflows. Comfortable in multidisciplinary teams, I focus on translating reliable data into practical improvements for public health.

Skills

Research & Technical Skills

Interests

Research Interests

Projects

Selected Projects

Measles Resurgence Tracker

Interactive dashboard of reported measles cases and MCV1/MCV2 vaccination coverage by country (WHO & World Bank data), built with R Shiny and deployed as a static WebAssembly app. Code on GitHub.

High exposure to hepatitis C virus in Saravan, southern Laos

Identification of several risk practices in a high-prevalence setting using epidemiological tools and community-level data.

Factors associated with hepatitis B vaccination in Laos

Analysis of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (2011/12 and 2017) to identify determinants of hepatitis B vaccination uptake.

Personal Knowledge Management in Research

A hands-on workshop teaching PKM techniques using Obsidian and Zotero to boost academic productivity and knowledge retention.

The identification of enteric fever-specific antigens for population based serosurveillance

Collaborative research project aiming to establish serosurveillance markers for enteric fever through laboratory and population-based approaches.

Contact

Contact for Consultation