Axel Wester
Affiliated to Research
E-mail: axel.wester@ki.se
Visiting address: Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Huddinge, C177, 14186 Huddinge
Postal address: H7 Medicin, Huddinge, H7 GUT Hagström, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
Assistant professor in epidemiology with a focus on liver disease and resident physician in clinical pharmacology at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge.
Part of the Hagström group at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge:
https://ki.se/en/medh/hagstrom-group
Research
Primary interest in pharmacoepidemiology, including causal inference and estimation of safety and effectiveness of drug therapies in people with chronic liver diseases.
Teaching
Lecturing and seminars in clinical epidemiology at the master programme in public health (epidemiology track).
Supervision of master students and medical students.
Supervision of PhD students.
Articles
- Journal article: CLINICAL AND MOLECULAR HEPATOLOGY. 2026Wester A; Grip ET; Rajani R; Matthews AA; Hagström H; Shang Y
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2026;149:106818Steimer PA; Wester A; Shen Q; Hagstrom H; Shang Y
- Article: ANNALS OF HEPATOLOGY. 2026;31(2):102172Lewinter C; Widman L; Melin M; Wester A; Shang Y; Hagstrom H
- Article: BMJ PUBLIC HEALTH. 2025;3(2):e003322Boeckmans J; Widman L; Strandberg R; Shang Y; Wester A; Hagstrom H
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2025;60(11):1096-1103Boeckmans J; Ullman S; Ludvigsson JF; Wester A; Wahlin S; Hagstrom H
- Article: JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY. 2025;83(5):1011-1022Vaz J; Nasr P; Helander A; Shang Y; Wester A; Strandberg R; Grip ET; Hagstrom H
- Article: JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY. 2025;83(3):643-651Issa G; Shang Y; Strandberg R; Hagstrom H; Wester A
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2025;134:104-113Boeckmans J; Widman L; Shang Y; Strandberg R; Wester A; Schattenberg J; Hagstrom H
- Article: ALIMENTARY PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS. 2025;61(1):109-121Schechter MS; Widman L; Wester A; Shang Y; Stal P; Fortune B; Hagstroem H
- Article: LIVER INTERNATIONAL. 2024;44(11):3050-3059Nasr P; Shang Y; Wester A; Strandberg R; Widman L; Lazarus JV; Hagstrom H
- Article: LIVER INTERNATIONAL. 2024;44(10):2551-2563Astrom H; Shang Y; Hagstrom H; Wester A
- Article: LIVER INTERNATIONAL. 2024;44(8):2002-2010Wester A; Jepsen P; Hagstrom H
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. 2024;13(13):e034709Hakansson A; Koul S; Omerovic E; Andersson J; James S; Agewall S; Mokhtari A; van der Pals J; Wester A; Szummer K; Jernberg T; Erlinge D; Mohammad MA
- Article: LIVER INTERNATIONAL. 2024;44(7):1689-1699Hegmar H; Wester A; Aleman S; Backman J; Degerman E; Ekvall H; Lund K; Lundgren A; Nasr P; Shahnavaz A; Vessby J; Westin J; Onnerhag K; Hagstrom H
- Article: CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY. 2024;22(5):1048-1057.e2Nasr P; Wester A; Ekstedt M; Strandberg R; Kechagias S; Shang Y; Widman L; Hagstrom H
- Article: GUT. 2024;73(5):835-843Wester A; Shang Y; Grip ET; Matthews AA; Hagstrom H
- Article: GASTRO HEP ADVANCES. 2024;3(6):783-792Michel M; Hagstroem H; Widman L; Nowak P; Shang Y; Schattenberg JM; Wester A
- Article: CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY. 2023;21(13):3346-3355.e19Ebrahimi F; Simon TG; Hagstrom H; Soderling J; Wester A; Roelstraete B; Ludvigsson JF
- Article: CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY. 2023;21(13):3336-3345.e2Hagstroem H; Shang Y; Tapper EB; Wester A; Widman L
- Journal article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2023;44:ehad655.1371Haakansson A; Koul S; Omerovic E; Andersson J; Agewall S; James S; Mokhtari A; Van der Pals J; Wester A; Szummer K; Jernberg T; Erlinge D; Mohammad MA
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All other publications
- Letter: JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY. 2025;83(3):e152-e153Wester A; Issa G; Hagstrom H
- Letter: CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY. 2024;22(3):670Hagstrom H; Shang Y; Tapper EB; Wester A; Widman L
- Conference publication: ZEITSCHRIFT FUR GASTROENTEROLOGIE. 2024;62(01):e15Michel M; Hagström H; Widman L; Nowak P; Shang Y; Schattenberg JM; Wester A
- Letter: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2023;294(4):537-538Schoenau J; Wester A; Hagstrom H; Schattenberg JM
- Conference publication: HEPATOLOGY. 2023;78:S395-S396Michel M; Hagstrom H; Widman L; Nowak P; Shang Y; Schattenberg J; Wester A
- Conference publication: HEPATOLOGY. 2023;78:S1668-S1669Wester A; Hagstrom H; Jepsen P
- Editorial: CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY. 2023;21(10):2689-2691.e1Wester A; Aberg F; Rajani R; Hagstrom H
- Conference publication: ZEITSCHRIFT FUR GASTROENTEROLOGIE. 2023;61(08):e472-e473Michel M; Hagström H; Widman L; Nowak P; Shang Y; Schattenberg JM; Wester A
- Letter: CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY. 2023;21(6):1678Wester A; Hagstrom H
- Conference publication: HEPATOLOGY. 2022;76:S1133-S1134Shang Y; Shen Q; Tapper EB; Wester A; Hagstrom H
- Conference publication: HEPATOLOGY. 2022;76:S1491Wester A; Schoenau J; Schattenberg JM; Hagstroem H
- Conference publication: HEPATOLOGY. 2022;76:S949Wester A; Shang Y; Hagstrom H
- Conference publication: JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY. 2022;77:S423Holmer M; Zenlander R; Wester A; Ekstedt M; Nasr P; Kechagias S; Romeo S; Stal P; Hagstrom H
- Conference publication: JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY. 2022;77:S30Hegmar H; Wester A; Aleman S; Backman J; Degerman E; Ekvall H; Lund K; Lundgren A; Nasr P; Shahnavaz A; Vessby J; Westin J; Onnerhag K; Hagstrom H
- Conference publication: JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY. 2022;77:S123Wester A; Ndegwa N; Hagstrom H
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2020;41:1435Wester A; Mohammad MA; Erlinge D; Koul S
- Conference publication: JACC-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 2017;70(18):B1Wester A; Mohammad M; Koul S; Andell P; Rylance R; Dankiewicz J; Friberg H; James S; Omerovic E; Erlinge D
Employments
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2028
- Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2025
Supervision
Supervision to doctoral degree
- Paulina Flis, 2024-