Katalin Gémes

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About me

I have a background in public health epidemiology and research experience in the field of survey- and register-based research, cardiovascular and psychiatric epidemiology, and insurance medicine. My research interest involves investigating the interrelations between somatic and mental health, as well as sustainable working life, using a combination of register and survey data. My current projects in the MENTE research group involve the investigation of risk factors related to labor market marginalization among individuals on sick leave due to common mental disorders, and investigating work and other risk factors for hazardous alcohol use.

Research

My research interests covers:
- the understanding of the interactions between health- and work-related factors in relation to sustainable working life
- gaining knowledge on which factors can contribute to a sustainable working life among individuals with chronic health problems
- exploring the possibilites of using register and survey data to answer questions that can help to improve health and work-related outcomes in these populations.

Teaching

I am a regular lecturer at the Public Health Epidemiology Master Program

Articles

Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTRAUMATOLOGY. 2025;16(1):2517920
Co-RESPOND: a federated network of cohorts on mental health and adversity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Challenges, solutions and recommendations for retrospective data harmonization
Petri-Romao P; Stoffers-Winterling J; Doerschner C; Jurgeit J; Godde P; Hecker I; Melchior M; Czepiel D; Witteveen A; van der Ven E; Sijbrandij M; Mediavilla R; Ayuso-Mateos JL; Smith P; Lorant V; Monistrol Mula A; Haro Abad JM; Gemes K; Mittendorder-Rutz E; Monzio Compagnoni M; Lora A; Caggiu G; Conflitti C; Kalisch R; Lieb K
Article: PLOS ONE. 2025;20(7):e0317272
Psychological distress and compliance with sanitary measures during the Covid-19 pandemic
Hecker I; Wallez S; Scarlett H; Ayuso-Mateos JL; Bryant R; Caggiu G; Conflitti C; Gemes K; Haro JM; Lorant V; Mediavilla R; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Monistrol-Mula A; Compagnoni MM; Petri-Romao P; Pinucci I; Sijbrandij M; Stoffers-Winterling J; Walter H; Mary-Krause M; Melchior M
Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2025;379:822-834
Working life patterns after sickness absence due to depression: A 15-year register-based prospective cohort study
Stutaite G; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Helgesson M; Kautzky A; Finnes A; Gemes K
Article: BIPOLAR DISORDERS. 2025;27(3):192-204
Treatment Patterns for Incident Bipolar Disorder Among Nonrefugee Immigrants, Refugees, Second-Generation Immigrants, and Host Population in Sweden
Kautzky A; Pettersson E; Amin R; Akhtar A; Tanskanen A; Taipale H; Wancata J; Gemes K; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2025;25(1):840
Specialized mental healthcare use for common mental disorders and prescription of antidepressants before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among working-age refugees and Swedish-born individuals - a nationwide register-based study
Atarodi V; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Morillo-Cuadrado D; Mediavilla R; Felez-Nobrega M; Monistrol-Mula A; Smith P; Lorant V; Petri-Romao P; Sijbrandij M; Witteveen AB; Pinucci I; Compagnoni MM; Conflitti C; Caggiu G; Melchior M; Vuillermoz C; Bergstroem J; Gemes K
Article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2025;344:116325
SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 outcomes across mental disorders and the role of sex: A register-based study from Catalonia
Monistrol-Mula A; Gine-Vazquez I; Caggiu G; Conflitti C; Gemes K; Hecker I; Mediavilla R; Compagnoni MM; Pinucci I; Stoffers-Winterling J; Witteveen AB; Smith P; Walter H; Ayuso-Mateos JL; Melchior M; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Sijbrandij M; Haro JM; Felez-Nobrega M
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2024;54(16):1-9
Suicidal behavior in patients with severe mental disorders prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Bergstrom J; Josefsson P; Taipale H; Sijbrandij M; Witteveen A; Compagnoni MM; Lora A; Felez-Nobrega M; Haro JM; Melchior M; van der Waerden J; Gemes K; Amin R
Article: PLOS ONE. 2024;19(12):e0315706
Sickness absence and disability pension trajectories among individuals on sickness absence due to stress-related disorders. Two prospective population-based cohorts with 13-month follow-up
Gemes K; Pettersson E; Andoff SS; Farrants K; Friberg E; Alexanderson K
Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;34:ckae144.1105
Sick-leave trajectories among people sickness absent with stress-related diagnoses; cohort studies
Gemes K; Petterson E; Farrants K; Friberg E; Nilsson K; Andoff SS; Alexanderson K
Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;34:ckae144.962
Work- & family-related stress & the risk of hazardous alcohol use: role of sex and social support
Amin R; Goppers JS; Moller J; Engstrom K; Sidorchuk A; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Gemes K
Article: JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH. 2024;33(5):e14156
Insomnia symptoms and risk for atrial fibrillation - The HUNT study
Gemes K; Malmo V; Strand LB; Ellekjaer H; Loennechen JP; Janszky I; Laugsand LE
Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2024;7(3):e242859
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Medications and Work Disability and Mental Health Outcomes
Taipale H; Bergstrom J; Gemes K; Tanskanen A; Ekselius L; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Helgesson M
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2024;193(1):96-106
Hypothetical 22-Year Intervention With the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension and Risk of Heart Failure in a General Population
Ibsen DB; Chiu Y-H; Gemes K; Wolk A
Article: BMJ MENTAL HEALTH. 2023;26(1):e300802
Understanding the protective effect of social support on depression symptomatology from a longitudinal network perspective
Li G; Li Y; Lam AIF; Tang W; Seedat S; Barbui C; Papola D; Panter-Brick C; van der Waerden J; Bryant R; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Gemes K; Purba FD; Setyowibowo H; Pinucci I; Palantza C; Acarturk C; Kurt G; Tarsitani L; Morina N; Burchert S; Patane M; Quero S; Campos D; Huizink AC; Fuhr DC; Spiller T; Sijbrandij M; Hall BJ
Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;33:ckad160.1326
Life course patterns after parental leave: a 10-year Swedish cohort study with sequence analysis
Virtanen M; Gemes K; Farrants K; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Alexanderson K
Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;33:ckad160.323
Period effects in the risk of labour market marginalization among refugees in Sweden: cohort study
Kirchner S; Amin R; Niederkrotenthaler T; Cullen AE; Gemes K; Helgesson M; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: NORDIC STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. 2023;40(3):233-249
Predictors of beverage-specific, alcohol consumption trajectories: A Swedish population-based cohort study
Sidorchuk A; Engstrom K; Moller J; Gemes K
Article: HEART. 2023;109(11):839-845
Risk of myocardial infarction after invasive outpatient procedures
Sen A; Gemes K; Svensen C; Varmdal T; Jonsson M; Janszky I; Moller J
Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY. 2023;14:1152286
The role of sociodemographic and clinical factors in the initiation and discontinuation of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medication among young adults in Sweden
Gemes K; Taipale H; Bjorkenstam E; Rahman S; Gustafsson K; Tanskanen A; Ekselius L; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Helgesson M
Article: PLOS ONE. 2023;18(2):e0281056
Working life sequences over the life course among 9269 women and men in Sweden; a prospective cohort study
Gemes K; Heikkilae K; Alexanderson K; Farrants K; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Virtanen M
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;33(1):106-113
Period effects in the risk of labour market marginalization among refugees in Sweden: a register-based cohort study
Kirchner S; Amin R; Niederkrotenthaler T; Cullen AE; Gemes K; Helgesson M; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: PLOS ONE. 2023;18(1):e0280048
A prognostic model for predicting the duration of 20,049 sickness absence spells due to shoulder lesions in a population-based cohort in Sweden
Gemes K; Holm J; Frumento P; Almondo G; Bottai M; Friberg E; Alexanderson K
Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2022;311:214-223
Symptoms of anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic in six European countries and Australia - Differences by prior mental disorders and migration status
Gemes K; Bergstro J; Papola D; Barbui C; Lam AIF; Hall BJ; Seedat S; Morina N; Quero S; Campos D; Pinucci I; Tarsitani L; Deguen S; van der Waerden J; Patan M; Sijbrandij M; Acartuerk C; Burchert S; Bryant RA; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;19(12):7254
Occupational Branch and Labor Market Marginalization among Young Employees with Adult Onset of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder-A Population-Based Matched Cohort Study
Gemes K; Bjorkenstam E; Rahman S; Gustafsson K; Taipale H; Tanskanen A; Ekselius L; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Helgesson M
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2022;12(5):e054351
Mental and somatic disorders and the subsequent risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in refugees, non-refugee migrants and the Swedish-born youth: a population-based cohort study in Sweden
Helgesson M; Bjorkenstam E; Filatova S; Rahman SG; Cullen A; Dorner T; Gemes K; Amin R; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2022;175(5):628-633
Risk for Acute Myocardial Infarction After Ophthalmologic Procedures
Sen A; Gemes K; Stalhammar G; Svensen C; Tornvall P; Jonsson M; Varmdal T; Endreseth BH; Janszky I; Moller J
Article: BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS. 2021;22(1):603
Predicting the duration of sickness absence due to knee osteoarthritis: a prognostic model developed in a population-based cohort in Sweden
Holm J; Frumento P; Almondo G; Gemes K; Bottai M; Alexanderson K; Friberg E; Farrants K
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2020;117:20081
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Modig K; Gemés K; Feychting M
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2020;35(5):401-409
Burden and prevalence of prognostic factors for severe COVID-19 in Sweden
Gemes K; Talback M; Modig K; Ahlbom A; Berglund A; Feychting M; Matthews AA
Article: OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE. 2020;77(2):115-121
Predicting the duration of sickness absence spells due to back pain: a population-based study from Sweden
Ropponen A; Gemes K; Frumento P; Almondo G; Bottai M; Friberg E; Alexanderson K
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2019;9(8):e028878
Alcohol consumption trajectories and self-rated health: findings from the Stockholm Public Health Cohort
Gemes K; Moeller J; Engstroem K; Sidorchuk A
Article: ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA. 2019;139(6):526-535
Moderate alcohol consumption and depression - a longitudinal population-based study in Sweden
Gemes K; Forsell Y; Janszky I; Laszlo KD; Lundin A; Ponce De Leon A; Mukamal KJ; Moller J
Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2019;250:9-15
A prediction model for duration of sickness absence due to stress-related disorders
Gemes K; Frumento P; Almondo G; Bottai M; Holm J; Alexanderson K; Friberg E
Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 2018;71(24):2744-2752
Invasive Procedures Associated With the Development of Infective Endocarditis
Janszky I; Gemes K; Ahnve S; Asgeirsson H; Moller J
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2018;8(5):e020777
Light-moderate alcohol consumption and left ventricular function among healthy, middle-aged adults: the HUNT study
Gemes K; Janszky I; Strand LB; Laszlo KD; Ahnve S; Vatten LJ; Dalen H; Mukamal KJ
Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. 2017;6(10):e007094
Does Moderate Drinking Increase the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation? The Norwegian HUNT (Nord-Trondelag Health) Study
Gemes K; Malmo V; Laugsand LE; Loennechen JP; Ellekjaer H; Laszlo KD; Ahnve S; Vatten LJ; Mukamal KJ; Janszky I
Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2016;279(4):365-375
Alcohol consumption is associated with a lower incidence of acute myocardial infarction: results from a large prospective population-based study in Norway
Gemes K; Janszky I; Laugsand LE; Laszlo KD; Ahnve S; Vatten LJ; Mukamal KJ
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2016;203:553-560
Light-to-moderate drinking and incident heart failure - the Norwegian HUNT study
Gemes K; Janszky I; Ahnve S; Laszlo KD; Laugsand LE; Vatten LJ; Mukamal KJ
Article: CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2012;31(2):267-272
Tea consumption, incidence and long-term prognosis of a first acute myocardial infarction - The SHEEP study
Pyshchyta G; Mukamal KJ; Ahnve S; Hallqvist J; Gemes K; Ahlbom A; Janszky I
Article: AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL. 2009;157(3):495-501
Coffee consumption and mortality after acute myocardial infarction: The Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program
Mukamal KJ; Hallqvist J; Hammar N; Ljung R; Gemes K; Ahlbom A; Ahnve S; Janszky I
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2008;23(2):95-103
Inflammation a possible link between economical stress and coronary heart disease
Gemes K; Ahnve S; Janszky I
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Corrigendum: PLOS ONE. 2025;20(3):e0319833
Working life sequences over the life course among 9269 women and men in Sweden; A prospective cohort study (vol 18,e0281056,2023)
Gemes K; Heikkila K; Alexanderson K; Farrants K; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Virtanen M
Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2025
Psychological distress and compliance with sanitary measures during the Covid-19 pandemic: effect modification by participants’ gender and socioeconomic characteristics, an IPD meta-analysis
Hecker I; Wallez S; Scarlett H; Ayuso-Mateos JL; Bryant R; Caggiu G; Conflitti C; Gémes K; Haro JM; Lorant V; Mediavilla R; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Monistrol-Mula A; Compagnoni MM; Petri-Romão P; Pinucci I; Sijbrandij M; Stoffers-Winterling J; Walter H; Mary-Krause M; Melchior M
Conference publication: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE. 2023;18(3):127
SHORT-TERM RISK OF ISCHEMIC STROKE AFTER OUTPATIENT INVASIVE PROCEDURE
Sen A; Gemes K; Svensen C; Varmdal T; Liang Y; Horn J; Moller J; Janszky I
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;32:ckac129.744
Anxiety and depression symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in European countries and Australia
Gemes K; Bergstrom J; Sijbrandij M; Pinucci I; Quero S; van der Waerden J; Burchert S; Bryant RA; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2020
Burden and prevalence of prognostic factors for severe covid-19 disease in sweden
Gémes K; Talbäck M; Modig K; Ahlbom A; Berglund A; Feychting M; Matthews A
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;27:ckx187.385
Light-moderate alcohol consumption and risk of atrial fibrillation
Mukamal KJ; Laugsand LE; Loennechen JP; Ellekjr H; Laszlo KD; Ahnve S; Malmo V; Janszky I; Gemes K
Doctoral thesis: 2017
Light to moderate alcohol consumption and acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and atrial fibrillation
Gémes K
Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE. 2015;17:379-380
Light-to-moderate alcohol consumption and heart failure incidence: the HUNT study
Gemes KK; Janszky I; Laszlo KD; Laugsand LE; Vatten LJ; Ahnve S; Mukamal KJ

Grants

The role of multi-morbidity, social factors, work environment and treatment on labor market marginalization after sick leave due to depression, anxiety and stress-related mental disorders.
Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
1 January 2023 - 31 December 2025

Employments

Principal Researcher, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-
Research Specialist, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2025
Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2021-2024

Degrees and Education

Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2018

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