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Sabrina Juran, PhD

Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine, Part-time, Harvard Medical School

Sabrina Juran, Ph.D serves as Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine at the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Juran has lectured or spoken around the world on topics of population and development, global health inequalities, population and health data, research and policy formulation practice and translating evidence into policies and programs. Dr. Juran is a development sociologist, with more than 15 years of international professional and management experience in the areas of population and development, data and policy, and global health. 

Dr. Juran has worked in all major areas of population research and policy.

Dr. Juran holds a degree (Diplom) in social sciences and a PhD in sociology from Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany and is currently pursuing a post-doctoral degree in epidemiology at Munich’s Technical University, Germany. 

Sabrina performs stand-up comedy sometimes, with the ambition to use her stage time to educate others about topics such as population census, international migration, the power of maps, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) using engaging communication techniques and bringing new ideas to unexpected places. 

Sabrina Juran, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Program in Global Surgery and Social Change
Department of Global Health and Social Medicine

Affiliates

  • United Nations Population Fund, Technical Division, Population and Development Branch, New York, NY, Unites States of America: www.unfpa.org
  • Epidemiology, Department for Sport and Health Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany: https://www.sg.tum.de/en/epidemiologie/team/

Harvard Medical School
641 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115

Dr. Juran’s research interest is in building systems to reduce inequalities and vulnerabilities in access to health care, with a particular focus on diseases amenable to surgery. Her research uses geospatial mapping techniques to identify geographical and socioeconomic health inequalities at a global, regional and national level by systematically studying aspects of vulnerabilities and resilience.Program in Global Surgery and Social Change.

The need to collect, aggregate, and analyze global anesthesia and surgery data.
Authors: Authors: Juran S, Gruendl M, Marks IH, Broer PN, Guzman JM, Davies J, Shrime M, Johnson W, Holmer H, Peck G, Makasa E, Hagander L, Klug SJ, Meara JG, Gelb AW, Ljungman D.
Can J Anaesth
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The ideal ear position in Caucasian females.
Authors: Authors: Broer PN, Thiha A, Ehrl D, Sinno S, Juran S, Szpalski C, Ng R, Ninkovic M, Prantl L, Heidekrueger PI.
J Craniomaxillofac Surg
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Geospatial mapping of access to timely essential surgery in sub-Saharan Africa.
Authors: Authors: Juran S, Broer PN, Klug SJ, Snow RC, Okiro EA, Ouma PO, Snow RW, Tatem AJ, Meara JG, Alegana VA.
BMJ Glob Health
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Safe and sustainable: the extracranial approach toward frontoethmoidal meningoencephalocele repair.
Authors: Authors: Heidekrueger PI, Thu M, Mühlbauer W, Holm-Mühlbauer C, Schucht P, Anderl H, Schoeneich H, Aung K, Mg Ag M, Thu Soe Myint A, Juran S, Aung T, Ehrl D, Ninkovic M, Broer PN.
J Neurosurg Pediatr
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The Ideal Buttock Size: A Sociodemographic Morphometric Evaluation.
Authors: Authors: Heidekrueger PI, Sinno S, Tanna N, Szpalski C, Juran S, Schmauss D, Ehrl D, Ng R, Ninkovic M, Broer PN.
Plast Reconstr Surg
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Lip Attractiveness: A Cross-Cultural Analysis.
Authors: Authors: Heidekrueger PI, Szpalski C, Weichman K, Juran S, Ng R, Claussen C, Ninkovic M, Broer PN.
Aesthet Surg J
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The current preferred female lip ratio.
Authors: Authors: Heidekrueger PI, Juran S, Szpalski C, Larcher L, Ng R, Broer PN.
J Craniomaxillofac Surg
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Surgical Needs of Refugee Populations in the European Union: Implications for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Authors: Authors: Niclas Broer P, Juran S.
World J Plast Surg
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Surgical Needs of Refugee Populations in the European Union: Implications for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Authors: Authors: Broer PN, Juran S.
Ann Plast Surg
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The Role of Plastic Surgeons in Advancing Development Global.
Authors: Authors: Broer PN, Jenny HE, Ng-Kamstra JS, Juran S.
World J Plast Surg
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