Frerik Smit

Frerik Smit is a PhD student within the #PopHealthLab at the University of Fribourg. He holds a BSc in Economics and Politics from Queen Mary University of London (UK), an MA in Community Development and Planning with a concentration in Health Equity from Clark University (USA), and a Master of Public Health specialising in Research Methods from the University of Sydney (Australia). Prior to joining the lab, he has conducted research on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among Black women in the USA, the impact of antiretroviral therapy and PrEP on the sexual health of young men and adolescent boys in Southern Africa, and on the relationship between socioeconomic position and falls. His PhD project focuses on cancer prevention, namely, low-value cancer screening.

Social epidemiology, health equity, public health, prevention, HIV/AIDS, cancer, low-value care, cancer screening

ORCID: 0009-0007-6034-2300