Laura Pazzagli
About me
I have a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Statistics and computer science (University of Perugia, Italy) and in 2015 I became Ph.D. in Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Economic and Social Sciences at the University of Perugia, Italy. The title of my thesis was “Inverse probability weighting and doubly robust estimators under model misspecification and a study on the socioeconomic determinants of end-stage renal disease in Sweden”. I started my Ph.D. program in Italy in 2013 and I have spent almost three years as visiting Ph.D. student, Research Assistant and Research Associate at the Department of Statistics of Umeå University, Sweden. During my doctoral education I did research in causal inference methods and started a collaboration with the Swedish Childhood Diabetes Study Group. After my Ph.D. I was involved in a project using the national stroke register “Riks-Stroke register” with the aim of studying disparities and socioeconomic inequalities in emergency care after stroke in Sweden. In June 2016 I started a postdoctoral project about new methodologies for time-varying exposure in pharmacoepidemiology at the Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet. After my postdoctoral training I continued to work at the Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology as statistician contributing to several projects related to drug safety. In October 2022 I joined Björn Pasternak's Team, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine Solna where I am currently Research Specialist and the principal investigator of a project focusing on the study of socioeconomic factors and antidiabetic medication use patterns in type 2 diabetes patients via causal inference methods.
Education
- June 2016 - June 2020, postdoctoral researcher in "Methods for time-varying exposure in Pharmacoepidemiology", Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet
- November 2015, doctoral degree in "Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Economic and Social Sciences", University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
- July 2007, master degree in “Statistics and Computer Science”, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
- July 2003, bachelor degree in “Statistics and Computer Science”, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
Honours and awards
- 2024, among articles published in Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety between January 2022 and December 2023, my article "Pharmacological and epidemiological considerations while constructing treatment episodes using observational data: A simulation study" was among the top 10 most-cited. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pds.5366
- 2024, among articles published in Biometrical Journal between January 2022 and December 2022, my article "Model misspecification and bias for inverse probability weighting estimators of average causal effects" was among the top downloaded to rank within the top 10% of papers published. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/bimj.202100118
- 2023, among articles published in Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety between January 2021 and December 2021, my article “The use of uncertain exposure-A method to define switching and add-on in pharmacoepidemiology” was one of the journal’s most downloaded papers. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pds.5363
- 2019, Honor of best reviewer 2018 acknowledged by the scientific journal Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. https://ki.se/en/meds/best-reviewer-2018-for-pharmacoepidemiology-and-drug-safety
- 2018, Award from the American College of Epidemiology for the best paper published by a junior investigator in the Annals of Epidemiology. The awarded article is ”Marginal structural model to evaluate the joint effect of socioeconomic exposures on the risk of developing end-stage renal disease in patients with type 1 diabetes: a longitudinal study based on data from the Swedish Childhood Diabetes Study Group”. https://acoe.memberclicks.net/annals-of-epidemiology-award
- 2018, among articles published in Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety between July 2016 and June 2018, my article “Methods for time-varying exposure related problems in pharmacoepidemiology: An overview” was one of the journal’s top 20 most downloaded papers. https://ki.se/en/meds/top-20-most-downloaded-recent-papers.
Research
My research focuses on pharmacoepidemiology and causal inference methods and I am currently the principal investigator of a project on socioeconomic factors and antidiabetic medication use patterns in type 2 diabetes patients.
My research is and has been funded by- FORTE, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare
- Strategic Research Programme (SRP) in Diabetes of Karolinska Institutet
- Karolinska Institutet Foundations and Funds
Articles
- Journal article: CARDIOVASCULAR DIABETOLOGY. 2025;24(1):365Liu Q; Welsh P; Celis-Morales C; Lees JS; Mark PB; Pazzagli L
- Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2025;79(8):571-579Joneus P; Pasternak B; Odsbu I; Cesta CE; Bellocco R; Lagerros YT; Pazzagli L
- Article: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 2025;25(1):672Nakitanda AO; Pazzagli L; Pasternak B; Odsbu I
- Article: CTS-CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE. 2025;18(3):e70174Pazzagli L; Odsbu I; Cesta CE; Bellocco R; Lagerros YT; Pasternak B
- Article: OBESITY FACTS. 2025;18(2):130-138Pazzagli L; Lagerros YT
- Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2024;7(12):e2451117Wittstroem F; Cesta CE; Bateman BT; Bendix M; Bliddal M; Chan AYL; Cho Y; Choi E-Y; Cohen JM; Donald S; Gissler M; Havard A; Hernandez-Diaz S; Huybrechts KF; Kollhorst B; Lai EC-C; Leinonen MK; Li BMH; Man KKC; Ng VWS; Parkin L; Pazzagli L; Rasmussen L; Rotem RS; Schink T; Shin J-Y; Tran DT; Wong ICK; Zoega H; Reutfors J
- Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2024;7(11):e2445055Nakitanda AO; Odsbu I; Cesta CE; Pazzagli L; Pasternak B
- Article: JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2024;184(11):1301-1312Ueda P; Soderling J; Wintzell V; Svanstrom H; Pazzagli L; Eliasson B; Melbye M; Hviid A; Pasternak B
- Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2024;7(10):e2438269Cesta CE; Reutfors J; Cohen JM; Eriksson J; Furu K; Zoega H; Pazzagli L
- Article: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2024;33(4):e5780Sakakibara S; Pazzagli L; Linder M
- Article: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2024;103(3):531-539Nakitanda AO; Odsbu I; Pasternak B; Karlsson P; Pazzagli L
- Article: JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2024;184(2):144-152Cesta CE; Rotem R; Bateman BT; Chodick G; Cohen JM; Furu K; Gissler M; Huybrechts KF; Kjerpeseth LJ; Leinonen MK; Pazzagli L; Zoega H; Seely EW; Patorno E; Hernandez-Diaz S
- Article: DIABETES CARE. 2023;46(8):1556-1564Kjerpeseth LJ; Cesta CE; Furu K; Engeland A; Gissler M; Gulseth HL; Karlstad O; Leinonen MK; Pazzagli L; Zoega H; Cohen JM
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY MFM. 2023;5(4):100860Nakitanda AO; Kieler H; Odsbu I; Rhedin S; Almqvist C; Pasternak B; Pazzagli L
- Article: BIOMETRICAL JOURNAL. 2023;65(2):e2100118Waernbaum I; Pazzagli L
- Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2023;80(2):156-166Huybrechts KF; Straub L; Karlsson P; Pazzagli L; Furu K; Gissler M; Hernandez-Diaz S; Norgaard M; Zoega H; Bateman BT; Cesta CE; Cohen JM; Leinonen MK; Reutfors J; Selmer RM; Suarez EA; Ulrichsen SP; Kieler H
- Article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2022;315:114704Pazzagli L; Reutfors J; Lucian E; Zerial G; Perulli A; Castelpietra G
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2022;17(8):e0272046Pazzagli L; Chacon SS; Karampelias C; Cohen JM; Broms G; Kieler H; Odsbu I; Selmer R; Andersson O; Cesta CE
- Article: VETERINARY RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. 2022;46(2):481-486Bagardi M; Palermo V; Locatelli C; Colombo FM; Pazzagli L; Brambilla PG
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2022;12(1):6245Pazzagli L; Liang D; Andersen M; Linder M; Khan AR; Sessa M
- Journal article: ZEITSCHRIFT FUR GESUNDHEITSWISSENSCHAFTEN. 2022;30(2):487-494Zhao L; Cesta CE; Pazzagli L
- Article: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2022;31(1):55-60Pazzagli L; Andersen M; Sessa M
- Article: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2022;31(1):28-36Pazzagli L; Linder M; Reutfors J; Brandt L
- Article: PEDIATRIC DIABETES. 2021;22(7):969-973Pazzagli L; Karampelias C; Selmer R; Andersson O; Cesta CE
- Article: VETERINARY SCIENCES. 2021;8(10):205Bagardi M; Ghilardi S; Locatelli C; Bionda A; Polli M; Bussadori CM; Colombo FM; Pazzagli L; Brambilla PG
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2021;12(1):3362Karampelias C; Rezanejad H; Rosko M; Duan L; Lu J; Pazzagli L; Bertolino P; Cesta CE; Liu X; Korbutt GS; Andersson O
- Article: ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2021;55:83-90.e1The association between family structure and children's BMI over time d the mediating role of incomeBurkill S; Waterhouse P; Pazzagli L
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY AND REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY. 2020;254:271-276Pazzagli L; Abdi L; Kieler H; Cesta CE
- Article: SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH. 2020;220:106-115Reutfors J; Cesta CE; Cohen JM; Bateman BT; Brauer R; Einarsdottir K; Engeland A; Furu K; Gissler M; Havard A; Hernandez-Diaz S; Huybrechts KF; Karlstad O; Leinonen MK; Li J; Man KKC; Pazzagli L; Schaffer A; Schink T; Wang Z; Yu Y; Zoega H; Broms G
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY. 2020;76(2):267-275Pazzagli L; Brandt L; Linder M; Myers D; Mavros P; Andersen M; Bahmanyar S
- Article: BMJ OPEN DIABETES RESEARCH & CARE. 2019;7(1):e000759Cesta CE; Cohen JM; Pazzagli L; Bateman BT; Broms G; Einarsdottir K; Furu K; Havard A; Heino A; Hernandez--Diaz S; Huybrechts KF; Karlstad O; Kieler H; Li J; Leinonen MK; Gulseth HL; Duong T; Yu Y; Zoega H; Odsbu I
- Article: ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2017;27(8):479-484Pazzagli L; Mollsten A; Waernbaum I
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All other publications
- Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2024;33:658Wittstrom F; Bendix M; Cohen JM; Pazzagli L; Reutfors J; Cesta CE
- Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2024;33:513Joneus P; Pasternak B; Odsbu I; Cesta CE; Bellocco R; Lagerros YT; Pazzagli L
- Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2024;33:460Nakitanda AO; Odsbu I; Cesta CE; Pazzagli L; Pasternak B
- Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2024;33:94-95Pazzagli L; Lagerros YT
- Review: JOURNAL OF HEALTH POPULATION AND NUTRITION. 2023;42(1):122Studer CM; Linder M; Pazzagli L
- Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2023;32:9Wittstrom F; Cesta CE; Cohen JM; Bendix M; Bliddal M; Gissler M; Leinonen MK; Pazzagli L; Rasmussen L; Zoega H; Reutfors J
- Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2022;31:313Sakakibara S; Pazzagli L; Linder M
- Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2022;31:191Nakitanda A; Odsbu I; Karlsson P; Pazzagli L
- Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2022;31:18-19Nakitanda A; Kieler H; Odsbu I; Rhedin S; Almqvist C; Pasternak B; Pazzagli L
- Book chapter: NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY. 2022;p. 805-822Pazzagli L; Li X
- Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2021;30:74-75Huybrechts KF; Straub L; Karlsson P; Pazzagli L; Hernandez-Diaz S; Cohen JM; Bateman BT; Selmer RM; Suarez EA; Furu K; Norgaard M; Gissler M; Leinonen MK; Zoega H; Kieler H
- Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2021;30:365Pazzagli L; Linder M; Reutfors J; Brandt L
- Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2021;30:61-62Kjerpeseth LJ; Cesta CE; Engeland A; Furu K; Gissler M; Gulseth HL; Karlstad O; Kieler H; Leinonen MK; Norgaard M; Pazzagli L; Selmer R; Zoega H; Cohen JM
- Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2021;30:298-299Pazzagli L; Andersen M; Sessa M
- Book chapter: NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY. 2021;p. 1-18Pazzagli L; Li X
- Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2020;29:513-514Cesta CE; Halfdanarson OO; Cohen JM; Einarsdottir K; Furu K; Gissler M; Leinonen M; Norgaard M; Reutfors J; Semler R; Zoega H; Pazzagli L; Kieler H
- Conference publication: DIABETOLOGIA. 2020;63(SUPPL 1):S209Kjerpeseth LJ; Cesta CE; Engeland A; Furu K; Gissler M; Gulseth HL; Halfdanarson OO; Karlstad O; Kieler H; Leinonen MK; Norgaard M; Pazzagli L; Pedersen L; Zoega H; Cohen JM
- Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2019;28:414-415Pazzagli L; Stuart EA; Hernan M; Schneeweiss S
- Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2018;27:178Cesta CE; Cohen JM; Pazzagli L; Bateman BT; Broms G; Einarsdottir K; Furu K; Gissler M; Heino A; Hernandez-Diaz S; Huybrechts KF; Karlstad O; Li J; Reutfors J; Selmer R; Yu Y; Zoega H; Odsbu I
- Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2018;27:162Pazzagli L; Brandt L; Linder M; Sundstrom A; Vago E; Myers D; Andersen M; Mavros P; Bahmanyar S
- Review: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2018;27(2):148-160Pazzagli L; Linder M; Zhang M; Vago E; Stang P; Myers D; Andersen M; Bahmanyar S
- Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2017;26:87-88Pazzagli L; Linder M; Zhang M; Vago E; Stang P; Myers D; Andersen M; Bahmanyar S
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Employments
- Research Specialist, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2025