
Gitte Thybo Pihl works as a lecturer at University College Lillebaelt in Denmark. She has a background in nursing and sociology, and obtained her PhD in 2017 on a thesis about parents’ decision making and informational needs about vaccination.
Her main research interest is patient centered communication, shared decision making and health literacy but she is also involved in a research project about empowerment of patients living with a chronic disease by means of self-tracking and coaching by a nurse.
Gitte teaches in public health, communication and research methodology.