Curriculum Vitae Irena Klavs

PERSONAL INFORMATION Irena Klavs

Einspielerjeva 5c, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
+386 1 2441477 +386 41 344196
[email protected]

Sex Female | Date of birth 16/05/1954 | Nationality Slovene

JOB APPLIED FOR

POSITION
PREFERRED JOB
STUDIES APPLIED FOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

1986 – 2013 (ongoing) Medical Doctor Epidemiologist

National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ)
Trubarjeva 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
(www.nijz.si)
▪ Coordination of national HIV/STI/HEP & HAI surveillance and research
Business or sector Public Health

1985-1986 Medical Doctor

Primary Health Care Centre Ljubljana
▪ General Practitioner
Business or sector Health Care

1984 Medical Doctor

University Medical Centre Ljubljana
▪ Assistant to the Chair of the University Medical Centre Research Committee
Business or sector Health Research

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2003 Philosophy Doctor

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London, UK
▪ Research skills in epidemiology

1994 Specialist in Epidemiology

Ministry of Health of the Republic of Slovenia
▪ Skills in epidemiology

1992 Master of Science in Epidemiology

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London, UK
▪ Research skills in epidemiology

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1991 Diploma in Social Medicine (postgraduate course)

Medical School, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
▪ Skills in social medicine

1998 Diploma in Hospital Hygiene (postgraduate course)

Medical School, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
▪ Skills in hospital hygiene

1988 Diploma in Principles of Epidemiology (self study course)

Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
▪ Basic skills in epidemiology

1982 Medical Doctor

Medical School, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
▪ Medicine

PERSONAL SKILLS

Mother tongue(s) Slovenian

Other language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING

Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production

English C2 C2 C1 C1 C2

Croatian C2 C2 B2 B2 B2

Levels: A1/2: Basic user - B1/2: Independent user - C1/2 Proficient user
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Communication skills Good communication skills gained through experience as a coordinator of the Slovenian national
surveillance and research in the area of HIV / sexually transmitted infections (STI) / hepatitises &
health care associated infections (HAI) and international collaboration with ECDC, the European
Commission and national institutes of public health in other EU member states.

Organisational / managerial skills ▪ leadership (currently responsible for coordinating national HIV/STI/HEP & HAI surveillance and
research)
▪ coordinating research (have been principle investigator in several national surveys)
▪ mentoring (have been mentor to medical doctors specialising in epidemiology and public health,
young researchers and EPIET fellows)
▪ supervision (currently principle supervisor of the EPIET training site in Slovenia)

Job-related skills ▪ External evaluation (have been external evaluator for Health and Consumers Protection DG,
Directorate C in 2005 and 2006)

Computer skills Good command of Microsoft Office™ tools, Novel Group wise, STATA, SPSS.

Driving licence B

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Publications MEDLINE (6th April 2017): See Annex 1

Awards 1st price in the category of oral presentations: "Feasibility of testing for Chlamydia trachomatis in a
general population sexual behaviour survey in Slovenia"; Sexually Transmitted Diseases in a
Changing Europe, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, April 13 – 15, 2000
Teaching titles
▪ Assoc. prof. of Public Health, Medical School, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (since 2012)
▪ Honorary Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Epidemiology & Population Health, Department of Infectious
Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London,
London, UK (since 2012)
Memberships
▪ European Centre for Diseases Prevention and Control (ECDC) Advisory Forum member (2005 –
ongoing)
▪ HIV Think Tank member for Slovenia, European Commission (2004 – ongoing)
▪ National AIDS Committee at the Ministry of Health, Slovenia member (1993 – ongoing)
▪ National Committee for Prevention and Control of Heallthcare Associated Infections at the Ministry
of Health, Slovenia member (2003 – ongoing)
▪ EuroHIV Steering Committee, Institute de Veile Sanitaire, France member (2001-2007)
▪ ESSTI Steering Group member, Health Protection Agency, UK (2006-2008)

ANNEXES

ANNEX 1 ▪ Publications referenced in MEDLINE as of 6th April 2017

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ANNEX 1

Publications as referenced in MEDLINE as of 6th April 2017

1. Serdt M, Lejko Zupanc T, Korošec A, Klavs I. Sensitivity and specificity of the method used for ascertainment of
healthcare-associated infections in the second Slovenian national prevalence survey. Zdr Varst. 2016 Jul 28;55(4):248-
255. eCollection 2016 Dec 1.

2. Klavs I, Kolman J, Lejko Zupanc T, Kotnik Kevorkijan B, Korošec A, Serdt M; SNHPS Network. The prevalence of and
risk factors for healthcare-associated infections in Slovenia: results of the second national survey. Zdr Varst. 2016 Jul
28;55(4):239-247. eCollection 2016 Dec 1.

3. Kustec T, Keše D, Klavs I. Under-reporting of sexually transmitted infection with chlamydia trachomatis - a revision of
surveillance system is required. Zdr Varst. 2016 May 10;55(3):174-178. eCollection 2016 Sep 1. Review.

4. Lorente N, Fernàndez-López L, Fuertes R, Rojas Castro D, Pichon F, Cigan B, Chanos S, Meireles P, Lucas R, Morel S,
Slaaen Kaye P, Agustí C, Klavs I, Platteau T, Casabona J; Euro HIV EDAT Study Group. COBA-Cohort: a prospective
cohort of HIV-negative men who have sex with men, attending community-based HIV testing services in five European
countries (a study protocol). BMJ Open. 2016 Jul 13;6(7):e011314. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011314.

5. Šubelj M, Učakar V, Kraigher A, Klavs I. Adverse events following school-based vaccination of girls with quadrivalent
human papillomavirus vaccine in Slovenia, 2009 to 2013. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(14). doi: 10.2807/1560-
7917.ES.2016.21.14.30187.

6. Gios L, Mirandola M, Toskin I, Marcus U, Dudareva-Vizule S, Sherriff N, Breveglieri M, Furegato M, Folch C, Ferrer L,
Montoliu A, Nöstlinger C, Vanden Berghe W, Kühlmann-Berenzon S, Velicko I, Dias S, Suligoi B, Regine V, Stanekova
D, Rosińska M, Caplinskas S, Klavs I, Alexiev I, Rafila A. Bio-behavioural HIV and STI surveillance among men who
have sex with men in Europe: the Sialon II protocols. BMC Public Health. 2016 Mar 2;16:212. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-
2783-9.

7. Matičič M, Klavs I, Videčnik Zorman J, Vidmar Vovko D, Kogoj R, Keše D. Confirmed inguinal lymphogranuloma
venereum genovar L2c in a man who had sex with men, Slovenia, 2015. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(5):2-5. doi:
10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.5.30129.

8. Fernàndez-López L, Reyes-Urueña J, Agustí C, Kustec T, Klavs I, Casabona C; COBATEST Network group. The
COBATEST network: a platform to perform monitoring and evaluation of HIV community-based testing practices in
Europe and conduct operational research. AIDS Care. 2016;28 Suppl 1:32-6. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2016.1146218.
Epub 2016 Feb 17.

9. Pharris A, Quinten C, Tavoschi L, Spiteri G, Amato-Gauci AJ; ECDC HIV/AIDS Surveillance Network. Trends in HIV
surveillance data in the EU/EEA, 2005 to 2014: new HIV diagnoses still increasing in men who have sex with men. Euro
Surveill. 2015;20(47). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2015.20.47.30071. Erratum in: Euro Surveill. 2015;20(49). doi:
10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2015.20.49.30090.

10. Cole MJ, Spiteri G, Jacobsson S, Pitt R, Grigorjev V, Unemo M; Euro-GASP Network. Is the tide turning again for
cephalosporin resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Europe? Results from the 2013 European surveillance. BMC Infect
Dis. 2015 Aug 11;15:321. doi: 10.1186/s12879-015-1013-x.

11. Kopilović B, Poljak M, Seme K, Klavs I. Hepatitis C virus infection among pregnant women in Slovenia: study on 31,849
samples obtained in four screening rounds during 1999, 2003, 2009 and 2013. Euro Surveill. 2015 Jun 4;20(22):21144.

12. Cole MJ, Spiteri G, Town K, Unemo M, Hoffmann S, Chisholm SA, Amato-Gauci AJ, van de Laar M, Ison CA; Euro-
GASP Network. Risk factors for antimicrobial-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Europe. Sex Transm Dis. 2014
Dec;41(12):723-9. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000185.

13. Wiessing L, Ferri M, Grady B, Kantzanou M, Sperle I, Cullen KJ; EMCDDA DRID group., Hatzakis A, Prins M,
Vickerman P, Lazarus JV, Hope VD, Matheï C. Hepatitis C virus infection epidemiology among people who inject drugs in
Europe: a systematic review of data for scaling up treatment and prevention. PLoS One. 2014 Jul 28;9(7):e103345. doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0103345. eCollection 2014. Review.

14. Učakar V, Poljak M, Oštrbenk A, Klavs I. Pre-vaccination prevalence of infections with 25 non-high-risk human
papillomavirus types among 1,000 Slovenian women in cervical cancer screening. J Med Virol. 2014 Oct;86(10):1772-9.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.23997. Epub 2014 Jun 30.

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15. Učakar V, Jelen MM, Faust H, Poljak M, Dillner J, Klavs I. Pre-vaccination seroprevalence of 15 human papillomavirus
(HPV) types among women in the population-based Slovenian cervical screening program. Vaccine. 2013 Oct
9;31(43):4935-9. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.08.038. Epub 2013 Aug 29.

16. Faust H, Jelen MM, Poljak M, Klavs I, Učakar V, Dillner J. Serum antibodies to human papillomavirus (HPV)
pseudovirions correlate with natural infection for 13 genital HPV types. J Clin Virol. 2013 Jan 2. doi:pii: S1386-
6532(12)00444-1. 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.12.004. [Epub ahead of print]

17. Zarb P, Coignard B, Griskeviciene J, Muller A, Vankerckhoven V, Weist K, Goossens M, Vaerenberg S, Hopkins S, Catry
B, Monnet D, Goossens H, Suetens C; National Contact Points for the ECDC pilot point prevalence survey; Hospital
Contact Points for the ECDC pilot point prevalence survey. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
(ECDC) pilot point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use. Euro Surveill. 2012 Nov
15;17(46). doi:pii: 20316.

18. Učakar V, Poljak M, Klavs I. Pre-vaccination prevalence and distribution of high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) types
in Slovenian women: a cervical cancer screening based study. Vaccine. 2012 Jan 5;30(2):116-20. doi:
10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.10.066. Epub 2011 Nov 12.

19. Grgič-Vitek M, Klavs I. High burden of tick-borne encephalitis in Slovenia--challenge for vaccination policy. Vaccine.
2011 Jul 18;29(32):5178-83. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.05.033. Epub 2011 May 26.

20. Poljak M, Ostrbenk A, Seme K, Ucakar V, Hillemanns P, Bokal EV, Jancar N, Klavs I. Comparison of clinical and
analytical performance of the Abbott Realtime High Risk HPV test to the performance of hybrid capture 2 in population-
based cervical cancer screening. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 May;49(5):1721-9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00012-11. Epub 2011 Mar
23.

21. Grgic-Vitek M, Klavs I. Low coverage and predictors of vaccination uptake against tick-borne encephalitis in Slovenia.
Eur J Public Health. 2012 Apr;22(2):182-6. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr018. Epub 2011 Mar 11.

22. Devaux I, Kreidl P, Penttinen P, Salminen M, Zucs P, Ammon A; ECDC influenza surveillance group; national
coordinators for influenza surveillance. Initial surveillance of 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic in the European
Union and European Economic Area, April-September 2009. Euro Surveill. 2010 Dec 9;15(49). doi:pii: 19740. Erratum in:
Euro Surveill. 2011;16(3). pii: 19769. Gunson, Rory [added].

23. Cole MJ, Chisholm SA, Hoffmann S, Stary A, Lowndes CM, Ison CA; European Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted
Infections Network. European surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Sex Transm Infect.
2010 Nov;86(6):427-32. doi: 10.1136/sti.2010.044164.

24. Grgič-Vitek M, Avšič-Županc T, Klavs I. Tick-borne encephalitis after vaccination: vaccine failure or misdiagnosis.
Vaccine. 2010 Oct 28;28(46):7396-400. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.09.003. Epub 2010 Sep 20.

25. Hansen S, Schwab F, Asensio A, Carsauw H, Heczko P, Klavs I, Lyytikäinen O, Palomar M, Riesenfeld-Orn I, Savey A,
Szilagyi E, Valinteliene R, Fabry J, Gastmeier P. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Europe: which
infection control measures are taken? Infection. 2010 Jun;38(3):159-64. doi: 10.1007/s15010-010-0001-8. Epub 2010
Mar 16.

26. Savage EJ, van de Laar MJ, Gallay A, van der Sande M, Hamouda O, Sasse A, Hoffmann S, Diez M, Borrego MJ,
Lowndes CM, Ison C; European Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted Infections (ESSTI) network.
Lymphogranuloma venereum in Europe, 2003-2008. Euro Surveill. 2009 Dec 3;14(48). doi:pii: 19428.

27. Savage EJ, Hughes G, Ison C, Lowndes CM; European Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted Infections network.
Syphilis and gonorrhoea in men who have sex with men: a European overview. Euro Surveill. 2009 Nov 26;14(47).
doi:pii: 19417.

28. Klavs I, Bergant N, Kastelic Z, Lamut A, Kustec T. Disproportionate and increasing burden of HIV infection among men
who have sex with men in Slovenia: surveillance data for 1999-2008. Euro Surveill. 2009 Nov 26;14(47). doi:pii: 19419.

29. ECDC working group on influenza A(H1N1)v. Preliminary analysis of influenza A(H1N1)v individual and aggregated
case reports from EU and EFTA countries. Euro Surveill. 2009 Jun 11;14(23):19238.

30. Klavs I, Rodrigues LC, Wellings K, Weiss HA, Hayes R. Sexual behaviour and HIV/sexually transmitted infection risk
behaviours in the general population of Slovenia, a low HIV prevalence country in central Europe. Sex Transm Infect.
2009 Apr;85(2):132-8. doi: 10.1136/sti.2008.034256. Epub 2008 Dec 5.

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31. Likatavicius G, Klavs I, Devaux I, Alix J, Nardone A. An increase in newly diagnosed HIV cases reported among men
who have sex with men in Europe, 2000-6: implications for a European public health strategy. Sex Transm Infect. 2008
Nov;84(6):499-505. doi: 10.1136/sti.2008.031419.

32. Klavs I, Grgic-Vitek M. The burden of genital warts in Slovenia: results from a national probability sample survey. Euro
Surveill. 2008 Nov 6;13(45):pii: 19032.

33. Hansen S, Schwab F, Behnke M, Carsauw H, Heczko P, Klavs I, Lyytikäinen O, Palomar M, Riesenfeld Orn I, Savey A,
Szilagyi E, Valinteliene R, Fabry J, Gastmeier P. National influences on catheter-associated bloodstream infection rates:
practices among national surveillance networks participating in the European HELICS project. J Hosp Infect. 2009
Jan;71(1):66-73. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.07.014. Epub 2008 Sep 16.

34. Grgic-Vitek M, Klavs I, Kraigher A. Re-emergence of pertussis in Slovenia: time to change immunization policy. Vaccine.
2008 Mar 28;26(15):1874-8. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.01.045. Epub 2008 Feb 12.

35. Klavs I, Hamers FF. Male circumcision in Slovenia: results from a national probability sample survey. Sex Transm Infect.
2008 Feb;84(1):49-50. Epub 2007 Sep 19.

36. Klavs I, Rodrigues LC, Weiss HA, Hayes R. Factors associated with early sexual debut in Slovenia: results of a general
population survey. Sex Transm Infect. 2006 Dec;82(6):478-83.

37. Grgic-Vitek M, Svab I, Klavs I. Prevalence of and risk factors for self-reported sexually transmitted infections in Slovenia
in 2000. Croat Med J. 2006 Oct;47(5):722-9.

38. Klavs I, Rodrigues LC, Wellings K, Weiss HA, Hayes R. Increased condom use at sexual debut in the general population
of Slovenia and association with subsequent condom use. AIDS. 2005 Jul 22;19(11):1215-23.

39. Pebody RG, Andrews N, Brown D, Gopal R, De Melker H, François G, Gatcheva N, Hellenbrand W, Jokinen S, Klavs I,
Kojouharova M, Kortbeek T, Kriz B, Prosenc K, Roubalova K, Teocharov P, Thierfelder W, Valle M, Van Damme P,
Vranckx R. The seroepidemiology of herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2 in Europe. Sex Transm Infect. 2004
Jun;80(3):185-91.

40. Klavs I, Rodrigues LC, Wellings K, Kese D, Hayes R. Prevalence of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the
general population of Slovenia: serious gaps in control. Sex Transm Infect. 2004 Apr;80(2):121-3.

41. Klavs I, Poljak M. Unlinked anonymous monitoring of human immunodeficiency virus prevalence in high- and low-risk
groups in Slovenia, 1993-2002. Croat Med J. 2003 Oct;44(5):545-9.

42. Klavs I, Albreht T, Berger T, Drev A, Kraigher A, Moravec Berger D, Otorepec P, Rogac M, Seljak M, Stergar E, Svab I,
Marusic A. Eighty years of the Slovenian Institute of Public Health: challenges for the future. Croat Med J. 2003
Oct;44(5):511-9.

43. Klavs I, Bufon Luznik T, Skerl M, Grgic-Vitek M, Lejko Zupanc T, Dolinsek M, Prodan V, Vegnuti M, Kraigher A, Arnez Z;
Slovenian Hospital-Acquired Infections Survey Group. Prevalance of and risk factors for hospital-acquired infections in
Slovenia-results of the first national survey, 2001. J Hosp Infect. 2003 Jun;54(2):149-57.

44. Klavs I, Rodrigues LC, Wellings K, Kese D, Svab I. Feasibility of testing for Chlamydia trachomatis in a general
population sexual behaviour survey in Slovenia. Int J STD AIDS. 2002 Dec;13 Suppl 2:5-8.

45. Grgic-Vitek M, Klavs I, Potocnik M, Rogl-Butina M. Syphilis epidemic in Slovenia influenced by syphilis epidemic in the
Russian Federation and other newly independent states. Int J STD AIDS. 2002 Dec;13 Suppl 2:2-4.

46. Vidmar L, Poljak M, Tomazic J, Seme K, Klavs I. Transmission of HIV-1 by human bite. Lancet. 1996 Jun 22;347(9017):1762.

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