Esben Østergaard Eriksen

Esben Østergaard Eriksen (b. 1993, Denmark) is a trained veterinarian (2021) and holds a PhD (2023) from the University of Copenhagen. Eriksen uses epidemiological methods in applied research on the health of dogs, pigs, and cattle. He has expertise in the design and analysis of observational field studies, as well as in statistical analysis and programming in R and Stata.

Eriksen is highly interested in the development and application of methods for estimating causal effects from observational studies (causal inference), as well as in the estimation of disease occurrence (prevalence and incidence). He is also experienced in using veterinary registry data and evaluating data quality.

Eriksen has worked on several topics, including:

• Post-weaning diarrhea in pigs
• Herd health management
• Veterinary clinical decision-making
• Registry data quality evaluation
• Antimicrobial use and resistance in livestock production
• Infection epidemiology in farm animals
• Microbiology of pigs
• Animal movement and disease spread modeling
• Disease occurrence in dogs
• Hemorrhagic diarrhea in dogs
• Footpad dermatitis in broilers

Declarations
In the past five years (2021–2026), Eriksen has collaborated with DyreID A/S, Norsk Kylling A/S, SEGES Innovation, Tine SA, and Animalia on research projects. He has also worked on projects receiving financial support from the Danish pig production industry.