Dr. Ganna Rozhnova is an Assistant Professor in Infectious Disease Modeling (Infection and Immunity Research Program) at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care at the University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands and an affiliated researcher at the BioISI—Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute in Portugal. Prior to this, she earned a PhD in Statistical Physics (summa cum laude) at Lisbon University, and held postdoctoral and visiting positions at Manchester and Cologne Universities. Her research centers on the application of infectious disease modeling to answer questions and support evidence-based policymaking in public health. Her mission as a researcher is to help improve people’s health by providing guidance to various stakeholders on the implementation of public health interventions to formulate an effective response to infectious diseases. More recently, her research has focused on understanding the spatio-temporal dynamics and evolution of HIV, SARS-CoV-2, influenza, CMV, childhood infections, and on evaluating the impact of interventions such as, e.g., vaccination or treatment, on the dynamics of these diseases on different scales (e.g., within patient, hospital or population). Research topics where she expects to make major contributions in near future are HIV elimination among men who have sex with men in the Netherlands, development of tailored interventions for HIV and childhood diseases, impact of promising HIV cure strategies on HIV transmission and (post-)pandemic dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses.
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Willemsen MS, Tanja AAN, Munsaka S, Nakanjako D, Ndung'u T, Papathanasopoulos MA, Jenniskens K, Sinatti G, Symons J, Wensing AMJ, Nijhuis M, Rozhnova G. (2026). Reservoir differences across HIV-1 subtypes: a systematic review to guide cure research. Frontiers in immunology, (17)
Canfora B, Escosio RA, Boldea O, Nunes A, Rozhnova G. (2026). Counterfactual evaluation of elementary and secondary school policies in the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature communications, 17(1)
Teslya A, Heijne JCM, van der Loeff MFS, van Sighem A, Roberts JA, Dijkstra M, de Bree GJ, Schmidt AJ, Jonas KJ, Kretzschmar ME, Rozhnova G. (2025). Impact of increased diagnosis of early HIV infection and immediate antiretroviral treatment initiation on HIV transmission among men who have sex with men in the Netherlands. PLoS computational biology, 21(2)
De Bellis A, Willemsen MS, Guzzetta G, van Sighem A, Romijnders KAGJ, Reiss P, Schim van der Loeff MF, van de Wijgert JHHM, Nijhuis M, Kretzschmar MEE, Rozhnova G. (2025). Model-based evaluation of the impact of a potential HIV cure on HIV transmission dynamics. Nature communications, 16(1)
Romijnders KAGJ, Romero Gonzalez F, Matser A, Verburgh ML, Dijkstra M, Reiss P, Kretzschmar M, Nieuwkerk P, Schim van der Loeff M, Basten M, Rozhnova G. (2025). The expected impact of a cure for HIV among people with HIV and key populations. Communications medicine, 5(1)
van Boven M, van Dorp CH, Westerhof I, Jaddoe V, Heuvelman V, Duijts L, Fourie E, Sluiter-Post J, van Houten MA, Badoux P, Euser S, Herpers B, Eggink D, de Hoog M, Boom T, Wildenbeest J, Bont L, Rozhnova G, Bonten MJ, Kretzschmar ME, Bruijning-Verhagen P. (2024). Estimation of introduction and transmission rates of SARS-CoV-2 in a prospective household study. PLoS computational biology, 20(1)
Reitsema M, Wallinga J, van Sighem AI, Bezemer D, van der Valk M, van Aar F, Maria Heijne JC, Hoornenborg E, Rozhnova G, van Benthem B, Xiridou M. (2024). Impact of varying pre-exposure prophylaxis programs on HIV and Neisseria gonorrhoeae transmission among MSM in the Netherlands: a modelling study. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)
Boldea O, Alipoor A, Pei S, Shaman J, Rozhnova G. (2024). Age-specific transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 during the first 2 years of the pandemic. PNAS nexus, 3(2)
Rouzine IM, Rozhnova G. (2023). Evolutionary implications of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination for the future design of vaccination strategies. Communications medicine, 3(1)
Romijnders KAGJ, de Groot L, Vervoort SCJM, Basten MGJ, van Welzen BJ, Kretzschmar ME, Reiss P, Davidovich U, Rozhnova G. (2022). The perceived impact of an HIV cure by people living with HIV and key populations vulnerable to HIV in the Netherlands: A qualitative study. Journal of virus eradication, 8(1)
Teslya A, Rozhnova G, Pham TM, van Wees DA, Nunner H, Godijk NG, Bootsma M, Kretzschmar ME. (2022). The importance of sustained compliance with physical distancing during COVID-19 vaccination rollout. Communications medicine, 2(1)
Romijnders KAGJ, de Groot L, Vervoort SCJM, Basten M, van Welzen BJ, Kretzschmar ME, Reiss P, Davidovich U, van der Loeff MFS, Rozhnova G. (2022). The experienced positive and negative influence of HIV on quality of life of people with HIV and vulnerable to HIV in the Netherlands. Scientific reports, 12(1)
Kretzschmar ME, Ashby B, Fearon E, Overton CE, Panovska-Griffiths J, Pellis L, Quaife M, Rozhnova G, Scarabel F, Stage HB, Swallow B, Thompson RN, Tildesley MJ, Villela D. (2022). Challenges for modelling interventions for future pandemics. Epidemics, (38)
van Wees DA, Diexer S, Rozhnova G, Matser A, den Daas C, Heijne J, Kretzschmar M. (2021). Quantifying heterogeneity in sexual behaviour and distribution of STIs before and after pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men. Sexually transmitted infections
Viana J, van Dorp CH, Nunes A, Gomes MC, van Boven M, Kretzschmar ME, Veldhoen M, Rozhnova G. (2021). Controlling the pandemic during the SARS-CoV-2 vaccination rollout. Nature communications, 12(1)
Rozhnova G, van Dorp CH, Bruijning-Verhagen P, Bootsma MCJ, van de Wijgert JHHM, Bonten MJM, Kretzschmar ME. (2021). Model-based evaluation of school- and non-school-related measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature communications, 12(1)
Basten MGJ, van Wees DA, Matser A, Boyd A, Rozhnova G, den Daas C, Kretzschmar MEE, Heijne JCM. (2021). Time for change: Transitions between HIV risk levels and determinants of behavior change in men who have sex with men. PloS one, 16(12)
Teslya A, Pham TM, Godijk NG, Kretzschmar ME, Bootsma MCJ, Rozhnova G. (2020). Impact of self-imposed prevention measures and short-term government-imposed social distancing on mitigating and delaying a COVID-19 epidemic: A modelling study. PLoS medicine, 17(7)
Basten M, den Daas C, Heijne JCM, Boyd A, Davidovich U, Rozhnova G, Kretzschmar M, Matser A. (2021). The Rhythm of Risk: Sexual Behaviour, PrEP Use and HIV Risk Perception Between 1999 and 2018 Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. AIDS and behavior, 25(6)
Gomes MC, Nunes A, Nogueira J, Rebelo C, Viana J, Rozhnova G. (2020). [Forecasting the Pandemic: The Role of Mathematical Models]. Acta medica portuguesa, 33(11)
Rozhnova G, E Kretzschmar M, van der Klis F, van Baarle D, Korndewal M, C Vossen A, van Boven M. (2020). Short- and long-term impact of vaccination against cytomegalovirus: a modeling study. BMC medicine, 18(1)
Rozhnova G, Heijne JCM, Basten M, den Daas C, Matser A, Kretzschmar M. (2019). Impact of sexual trajectories of men who have sex with men on the reduction in HIV transmission by pre-exposure prophylaxis. Epidemics, (28)
Rozhnova G, Heijne J, Bezemer D, van Sighem A, Presanis A, De Angelis D, Kretzschmar M. (2018). Elimination prospects of the Dutch HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men in the era of preexposure prophylaxis. AIDS (London, England), 32(17)
Rouzine IM, Rozhnova G. (2018). Antigenic evolution of viruses in host populations. PLoS pathogens, 14(9)
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