Giola Santoni
Statistician | Docent
E-mail: giola.santoni@ki.se
Visiting address: Blombäcks väg 23, plan 4, 17177 Stockholm
Postal address: K1 Molekylär medicin och kirurgi, K1 MMK Övre GI-kirurgi, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
I am a biostatistician at the Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery group at MMK.
I have a background in engineering and statistics.
I received a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and a certificate in
Applied Statistics from the University of South Carolina, USA. I also
obtained a PhD in Epidemiology from Karolinska Institutet.I received from the University of South Carolina, USA the Outstanding Dissertation Award for
Mathematics, Physical Sciences and Engineering.
Research
- I am involved in research studies, collaborating with researchers on
statistical analyses, methodological developments in survival data analysis,
and guiding PhD students with methodological aspects of their research
projects.
Teaching
2020-2025: Study Design in Clinical Research - KI course 2980 (Course
director and teacher)
2018-2025: Research School for Clinicians in Epidemiology. Biostatistics 1,
2, 3, 4. Laboratories
2018: Geriatric epidemiology: Health assessments in old ages: Measurements
of health in aging
2015, 2017: Application of Epidemiological Approaches to Aging Research
Articles
- Article: GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2026;171(3):481-488Achalasia and Risk of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Adenocarcinoma in a Multinational StudyLeijonmarck W; Santoni G; Holmberg D; Spechler S; von Euler-Chelpin M; Birgisson H; Ness-Jensen E; Kauppila JH; Lagergren J
- Article: JNCI-JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE. 2026;118(8):1436-1443Wocalewski V; Santoni G; Birgisson H; Von Euler-Chelpin M; Kauppila JH; Ness-Jensen E; Xie S; Lagergren J
- Article: JNCI-JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE. 2026;118(8):1478-1484Huang Y; Santoni G; Petrick JL; Wocalewski V; Sparrelid E; Xie S-H
- Article: ENDOSCOPY. 2026;58(06):588-594Holmberg D; Aspelund AL; Wani S; Ness-Jensen E; Von Euler-Chelpin M; Kauppila JH; Santoni G; Lagergren J
- Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2026;9(3):e262027Xie S-H; Santoni G; Birgisson H; von Euler-Chelpin M; Kauppila JH; Ness-Jensen E; Lagergren J
- Article: CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY. 2026;24(3):667-677Wani S; Santoni G; Holmberg D; Kauppila JH; Farkkila M; Shaheen NJ; Lagergren J
- Article: OBESITY SURGERY. 2026;36(3):941-947Gerber P; Santoni G; von Euler-Chelpin M; Kauppila JH; Holmberg D
- Article: ANNALS OF SURGERY. 2026Leijonmarck W; Santoni G; Holmberg D; von Euler-Chelpin M; Ness-Jensen E; Kauppila JH; Lagergren J
- Article: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2026;392:e086384Duru O; Santoni G; Holmberg D; Birgisson H; Kauppila JH; von Euler-Chelpin M; Ness-Jensen E; Lagergren J
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2026;233:116192Wiklund A-K; Santoni G; Radkiewicz C; Xie S; Birgisson H; Ness-Jensen E; von Euler-Chelpin M; Kauppila JH; Lagergren J
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2025Hardvik Åkerström J; Santoni G; von Euler-Chelpin M; Birgisson H; Ness-Jensen E; Kauppila JH; Holmberg D; Lagergren J
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2025;15(10):e104455Xie S-H; Santoni G; Gottlieb-Vedi E; Mattsson F; Lagergren J
- Article: GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2025;169(2):244-250.e1Wiklund A-K; Santoni G; Yan J; Radkiewicz C; Xie S; Birgisson H; Ness-Jensen E; von Euler-Chelpin M; Kauppila JH; Lagergren J
- Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2025;8(6):e2517754Holmberg D; Bielik J; Santoni G; Ness-Jensen E; von Euler-Chelpin M; Kauppila JH; Lagergren J
- Article: OBESITY SURGERY. 2025;35(5):1845-1853Holmberg D; Santoni G; von Euler-Chelpin M; Kauppila JH; Ness-Jensen E; Lagergren J
- Article: GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2024;167(3):485-492.e3Wiklund A-K; Santoni G; Yan J; Radkiewicz C; Xie S; Birgisson H; Ness-Jensen E; von Euler-Chelpin M; Kauppila JH; Lagergren J
- Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2024;7(8):e2427457Gerber P; Naqqar D; von Euler-Chelpin M; Kauppila JH; Santoni G; Holmberg D
- Journal article: GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2024;166(5):s-106Wani SB; Santoni G; Holmberg D; Kauppila J; Färkkilä MA; Shaheen NJ; Lagergren J
- Article: GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2024;166(1):132-138.e3Akerstroem JH; Santoni G; Chelpin MVE; Ness-Jensen E; Kauppila JH; Holmberg D; Lagergren J
- Article: ANNALS OF SURGERY. 2023;278(6):904-909Akerstrom JH; Santoni G; Chelpin MVE; Chidambaram S; Markar SR; Maret-Ouda J; Ness-Jensen E; Kauppila JH; Holmberg D; Lagergren J
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All other publications
- Editorial: DISEASES OF THE ESOPHAGUS. 2025;38:doaf061.001-1Holmberg D; Bielik J; Santoni G; Ness-Jensen E; von Euler-Chelpin M; Kauppila J; Lagergren J
- Letter: GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2024;166(5):945-946Akerstrom JH; Santoni G; Lagergren J
- Corrigendum: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2022;126(7):1109Zheng J; Gao Y; Xie S-H; Santoni G; Lagergren J
- Review: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2022;126(7):1100-1107Zheng J; Gao Y; Xie S-H; Santoni G; Lagergren J
- Preprint: SSRN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL. 2022Maret-Ouda J; Panula J; Santoni G; Xie S-H; Lagergren J
- Editorial: ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. 2020;27(Suppl 3):765-766Santoni G; Lagergren J; Bottai M
- Letter: BJS-BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 2020;107(9):e350Kauppila J; Santoni G; Tao W; Koivukangas V; Tryggvadottir L; Ness-Jensen E; Romundstad P; von Euler-Chelpin M; Lagergren J
- Preprint: SSRN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL. 2019Maret-Ouda J; Santoni G; Wahlin K; Artama M; Brusselaers N; Färkkilä M; Lynge E; Mattsson F; Pukkala E; Romundstad P; Tryggvadóttir L; von Euler-Chelpin M; Lagergren J
- Doctoral thesis: 2017Santoni G
- Conference publication: GERONTOLOGIST. 2015;55:350Heiland EG; Welmer A; Wang R; Santoni G; Angleman S; Fratiglioni L; Qiu C
- Conference publication: GERONTOLOGIST. 2015;55:170Santoni G; Angleman S; Fratiglioni L
- Conference publication: GERONTOLOGIST. 2015;55:125-126Rizzuto D; Santoni G; Mossello E; Fratiglioni L; Wang H
- Corrigendum: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(6):e0130024Santoni G; Angleman S; Welmer A-K; Mangialasche F; Marengoni A; Fratiglioni L
- Conference publication: GERONTOLOGIST. 2013;53:365Santoni G; Orsini N; Angleman S; Fratiglioni L
- Conference publication: GERONTOLOGIST. 2012;52:141Angleman S; Santoni G; von Strauss E; Fratiglioni L
- Conference publication: GERONTOLOGIST. 2012;52:139-140Xu W; Caracciolo B; Wang H; Santoni G; Winblad B; Fratiglioni L
- Published conference paper: JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES. 2011;22(12):1359-1370Giurgiutiu V; Lin B; Santoni-Bottai G; Cuc A
- Published conference paper: AIAA JOURNAL. 2011;49(3):565-581Giurgiutiu V; Santoni-Bottai G
- Doctoral thesis: 2010Fundamental Studies In the Lamb-Wave Interaction Between Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensor and Host Structure During Structural Health MonitoringSantoni G
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Grants
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2023 - 31 December 2025
- Prediction of conditional survival after surgery for oesophageal cancerKarolinska Institutet1 January 2021
- The risk of oesophageal adenocarcinoma after eradication treatment of Helicobacter pyloriSjöbergstiftelsen1 January 2021
- Swedish Research Council1 December 2019 - 31 December 2023
- Model-based prediction of long-term survival after surgery for esophageal cancerKarolinska Institutet1 January 2019
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 October 2017 - 30 September 2022
- Nordic Cancer Union
Employments
- Statistician, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 2017-
- Project Manager, General Electric (Italy), 2000-
- Project engineer, Ingegneria dei Sistemi (Italy), 1999-
- Product Engineer, Magna international, 2001-2003
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2025
- Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2017
- PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Fundamental Studies In the Lamb-Wave Interaction Between Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensor and Host Structure During Structural Health Monitoring, Mechanical Engineeing, University of South Carolina, 2010
Distinction and awards
- Outstanding Dissertation Award for Mathematics, Physical Sciences and Engineering, 2010
Supervision
Supervision to doctoral degree
- Onyineychi Duru, Risk and survival of gastric cancer after proton pump inhibitor use and Helicobacter pylori eradication, 2023-
- Johan Åkerström, Oesophageal adenocarcinoma after antireflux surgery, obesity surgery, and anti-carcinogenic medications, 2022-
- Anna-Klara Wiklund, The Nordic Helicobacter Pylori Eradication Project: Cancer risk after Helicobacter pylori therapy, 2021-
- Manar Yanes, Antireflux surgery in the prevention of supra-esophageal cancer and mortality, 2021
- Jiaojiao Zheng, Diabetes, metformin and gastric adenocarcinoma, 2021