Laboratory Associate
Visiting Fellow
Dr. Esen is a postdoctoral researcher from the Department of Clinical Epidemiology (DCE) at Aarhus University in Denmark. She is currently undertaking a two-year research stay at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH).
Dr. Esen holds a Master's degree in statistics and a PhD in health sciences from Aarhus University. Her research focuses on data management, data analysis, and statistical and epidemiological methods, with a particular emphasis on causal inference methods and pharmacoepidemiology. Her current research involves developing algorithms for target trial emulation.
She has been involved in numerous national and international research projects, demonstrating a strong track record of collaboration. This includes working with researchers at Stanford University and the Karolinska Institute, as well as contributing to large-scale international initiatives such as the Nordic Pregnancy Drug Safety Study (NorPreSS). Her work has been recognized through publications in high-impact journals. She was awarded the Best Flash Talk Prize in 2020 and the prestigious Tove Nilsson Research Prize in 2024 for significant contributions to the field of epidemiology.