Professur für Entwicklungsökonomie / Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS)

Dominik Jockers

Doctoral Student & Research Associate
at CeMIS, Prof. Dr. Sebastian Vollmer and
at the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health

Dominik joined CeMIS as a doctoral student in November 2022. Since 2020, he has been working as a research associate at the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health. Dominik holds a Masters in Economics from University of Heidelberg and a Bachelor in Economics from University of Trier.

Current work:

  • The effect of sensitization campaigns on leprosy related stigma: A cluster randomized trial in Togo (with Akila.Bakoubayi, Kate Bärnighausen, Till Bärnighausen, Denis Gadah, Teresia Maina, Jonas Wachinger) Protocol Paper.

  • Assessing the impact of the National Community Health Assistant (NCHA) Program implementation on under-5 mortality in Liberia (with Till Bärnighausen, Lisa Hirschhorn, Avi Kenny, Hawa Obaje and Mark Siedner and Marion Subah) Protocol Paper.

  • Assessing the role, responsibilities and the precise profile of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in the municipality of Nouna, Burkina Faso (with Till Bärnighausen, Cedric Breit, Sarah Langlotz, Kagoné Moubassira, Rajesh Ramachandran, and Ali Sié).

  • Application of regression discontinuity designs (RDD) in UK based primary care cohorts (with Till Bärnighausen, Christian Bommer, Pascal Geldsetzer and Sebastian Vollmer).

  • Assessing the economic burden of HIV in Mexico (with Till Bärnighausen, Mauricio Hernandez Avila, Waldo Vieyra).

  • Inter Cluster Correlation coefficients for HIV field research (with Till Bärnighausen and Sebastian Vollmer).


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