Disease Outcomes
IMM projects in this area
Allergy, hyperreactivity and skin irritants
- Hazardous skin exposure
- Hand eczema and contact allergy in adolescents
- Chromium in leather and allergy
- Consumer, cosmetics and skin sensitizers
- Nickel on skin - what is normal levels and safe levels?
- Does increased hand hygiene because of Covid-19 affect work-related hand eczema and contact allergies?
- Cobalt nanoparticles - a risk of uptake and allergy
- Karelian Allergy Project - KARA
- Microbes in Allergy and Autoimmunity Related to the Skin - MAARS
- Allergic and irritant contact dermatitis
- Traffic-related air pollution in relation to respiratory and other health effects from infancy to adulthood
- Fish intake and long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in relation to allergic disease from childhood to early adulthood
- Health Related Quality of Life in relation to food hypersensitivity
- From fetal life to early adulthood: tobacco exposure, nutrition and health
- Can asthma and atopic dermatitis in childhood influence the risk of cardiometabolic conditions in early adulthood?
- Biological mechanisms behind health effects of air pollution exposure from childhood to adulthood
Cancer
- Apoptotic signaling pathways regulated by miRNA in non-small cell lung cancer cells: roadmap for therapies
- Targeting energy producing pathways as a promising strategy in neuroblastoma therapy
- Cross-talk between autophagy and apoptosis in sensitivity/resistance of lung cancer cells to treatment
- Gender differences in carcinogenesis
- Cancer risk associated with low dose silica exposure
- Cancer in firefighters
- Pooled analysis of European case-control studies on lung cancer - SYNERGY
- Occupational exposure to chemicals and breast cancer
- Genetic and epigenetics of metals
- Chimney sweeping and risk of cancer
- Natural antibodies
- SALiCCS - Socioeconomic Consequences in Adult Life after Childhood Cancer in Scandinavia
- Survival after childhood cancer diagnosis – impact of social inequality?
- CEFALO - risk factors for childhood brain tumors
- INTERPHONE - case-control study on risk factors for brain tumor
- NORDTEST - occupational risk factors for testicular cancer
- Early mortality among children with cancer: the role of social factors and comorbidities
- Social Factors in Incidence And survival from childhood cancer (SOFIA)
- Health effects of air pollution from different sources in relation to cardiovascular and metabolic diseases as well as cancer
Cardiovascular diseases
- Occupational exposure to particles and cardiovascular disease
- Inflammatory markers and coronary heart disease
- The Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program - SHEEP
- The Cohort of 60-year-olds
- Exposure to welding particles and effects on the cardiovascular system
- Diet quality and combined diet and lifestyle in prevention of cardiovascular disease
- Novel biomarkers and their role in risk prediction of cardiovascular disease
- Studies of determinants of myocardial infarction fatality
- Combined Cohorts of Menopausal women – studies of Register-based Health outcomes in relation to hormonal Drugs (COMPREHEND)
- The IMPROVE study
- Natural antibodies against lipid antigens as phosphorylcholine (PC) and malondialdehyde (MDA)
- Mechanisms of immune activation and inflammation in atherosclerosis
- Explorative research to identify novel therapies
- Effect of dietary interventions on cardiovascular risk
- Replicating and extending the results from randomized trials for cardiovascular disease
- Health effects of air pollution from different sources in relation to cardiovascular and metabolic diseases as well as cancer
- Environmental exposures and atrial fibrillation
- MiljöSCAPIS- Noise and Air pollution Exposures and Cardiometabolic Health and Atherosclerosis in the Swedish Cardiopulmonary BioImage Study
- EXPANSE - EXposome Powered tools for healthy living in urbAN SEttings
- Health effects of noise from different traffic sources in relation to cardiovascular and metabolic diseases
- Environmental factors and cardiovascular disease in a cohort of Swedish women – An exposome approach
- From fetal life to early adulthood: tobacco exposure, nutrition and health
- Can asthma and atopic dermatitis in childhood influence the risk of cardiometabolic conditions in early adulthood?
Common mental disorders
- Return to work/improving work ability among employees with stress or common mental disorders
- A gender perspective on sick-leave among youth; obstacles and resources for return-to-work as experienced by employees and managers
- A problem-solving intervention in the primary care – PROSA
- A problem-solving intervention to enhance return to work among people on sick leave due to common mental disorders: Effects on short-term sick leave, psychosocial factors and balance in everyday life
- A problem-solving intervention involving employees at risk of developing common mental disorders and their managers - PRIME
- Coordination of return-to-work among employees on sick leave due to common mental disorders, with focus on barriers, facilitators and ethical aspects – CORE
- Supporting schools with the prevention of mental ill health at the workplace: a randomized controlled trial evaluating implementation strategies effectiveness
- Understanding implementation mechanisms: a randomized controlled trial in schools aimed at testing the effectiveness of implementation strategies and their mechanisms of change
- Sickness presenteeism, health and productivity (SHOP)
- Multilevel Interventions to Promote Mental Health in SMEs and Public Workplaces, H-WORK
- Rehabilitation guarantee: Evaluation of the initiation of the national rehabilitation guarantee for common mental disorders and backpain.
- SPA or Stress prevention at work (prevention of stress-related mental ill-health in the workplace
- Sustainable University Life (SUN-study) – The increasing mental health problems among students – a cohort study to identify modifiable risk factors for pain and mental illness
- Promoting Evidence-based Practice for improved occupational safety and health at Swedish occupational Health services. A research program.
- Return to work/improving work ability among employees with stress or common mental disorders
Covid-19
Diabetes and other metabolic diseases
- ESTRID - Epidemiological study of risk factors for LADA and type 2 diabetes
- Autoimmune Bullous Diseases in Sweden
- Diet and genes in the development of autoimmune diabetes
- Health effects of air pollution from different sources in relation to cardiovascular and metabolic diseases as well as cancer
- MiljöSCAPIS- Noise and Air pollution Exposures and Cardiometabolic Health and Atherosclerosis in the Swedish Cardiopulmonary BioImage Study
- Health effects of noise from different traffic sources in relation to cardiovascular and metabolic diseases
- From fetal life to early adulthood: tobacco exposure, nutrition and health
- Can asthma and atopic dermatitis in childhood influence the risk of cardiometabolic conditions in early adulthood?
Inflammatory diseases
- Epidemiological Investigation of Multiple Sclerosis - EIMS
- Epidemiological Investigation of Reumatoid Arthritis - EIRA
- Immunomodulation and Multiple Sclerosis Epidemiology Study - IMSE
- Genes and Environment in Multiple Sclerosis - GEMSGenes and Environment in Multiple Sclerosis - GEMS
- Risk markers, outcome and underlying mechanisms in SLE
- Risk markers, outcome and underlying mechaninsms in RA
- Explorative research to identify novel therapies
- Genetic mechanisms and gene-environment interaction
Musculoskeletal disorders
- Epidemiological Investigation of Reumatoid Arthritis - EIRA
- EIMS - an epidemiological investigation of risk factors for Multiple Sclerosis
- Genes and Environment in Multiple Sclerosis - GEMS
- Immunomodulation and Multiple Sclerosis Epidemiology Study - IMSE
- Musculoskeletal & Sports Injury Epidemiology Center
- Recurrent and persistent low back pain
- Preferences for physical activity in managing low back pain
- Prevention of recurrent and persistent low back pain
- Back Complaints in Elders, BACE
- Spinal Manipulative Therapy, HRV and pain, SPARC
- Development of a maintenance care instrument (MAINTAIN)
- Employees' preferences for physical activity as a strategy for managing low back pain
- Corona And Manual Professions - CAMP
- Pain in the body – Pain in the soul. Activity-limiting pain and mental ill health – identification of modifiable factors that affect risk and prognosis
- Longitudinal Analysis of Nursing Education (LANE-study) – Musculoskeletal health one decade after start of career
- The Swedish Handball Cohort – National-wide implementation of injury preventive strategies in adolescent handball
- Stockholm Neck trial (STONE) – A randomized controlled trial of the effect of treatment of disabling neck pain
- Karolinska football Injury Cohort – KIC – Risk factors for football related injuries in young female football players
- Shoulder Management and Assessment Serving High performance (SMASH) – A cohort study of risk factors for injuries in adolescent competitive tennis players
- SPEEID – High performance in tennis
- The Karolinska Handball Study – KHAST I. Shoulder injuries in adolescent elite handball players
- The Karolinska Handball Study part II – A randomized controlled trial of injury prevention in adolescent elite handball players
- Musculoskeletal & Sports Injury Epidemiology Center (MUSIC)
- Rehabilitation guarantee: Evaluation of the initiation of the national rehabilitation guarantee for common mental disorders and backpain.
- Sustainable University Life (SUN-study) – The increasing mental health problems among students – a cohort study to identify modifiable risk factors for pain and mental illness
- Promoting Evidence-based Practice for improved occupational safety and health at Swedish occupational Health services. A research program.
Neurofibromatosis, Tuberous sclerosis, other genetic syndromes
Respiratory diseases
- Th17-associated cytokines and host defense in smokers
- The IL-36 family of cytokines in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Cadmium as a pathogenic factor in tobacco smokers
- Lung development and COPD
- Risk markers, outcome and potential mechanisms and treatment in COPD
- Mechanisms behind Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and chronic bronchitis.
- Indoor environment and respiratory health – a longitudinal study from childhood to early adulthood
- Toward risk assessment without animals: Development of Adverse Outcome Pathways for lung cancer
- Traffic-related air pollution in relation to respiratory and other health effects from infancy to adulthood
- EXPANSE - EXposome Powered tools for healthy living in urbAN SEttings
- Fish intake and long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in relation to allergic disease from childhood to early adulthood
- From fetal life to early adulthood: tobacco exposure, nutrition and health
- Indoor environment and respiratory health – a longitudinal study from childhood to early adulthood
- Biological mechanisms behind health effects of air pollution exposure from childhood to adulthood