Leo Gkekos
Phd Student
E-mail: leo.gkekos@ki.se
Telephone: +46852486157
Visiting address: Nobels väg 12 a, 17165 Solna
Postal address: C8 Medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik, C8 MEB Dickman Johansson, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- I am a PhD student in Cancer Epidemiology and Applied Biostatistics, with a
background in biomedical sciences, health policy, and epidemiology. I am
interested in cancer epidemiology, register-based research, and molecular
pathophysiology of cancer.
*Main supervisor*:
Dr. Anna Johansson [1]
*Co-supervisors*:
Dr. Frida Lundberg [2]
Dr. Irma Fredriksson [3]
Prof. Keith Humphreys [4]
* MMSc Public Health Epidemiology || Karolinska Institutet, 2022
* MSc Governance and Leadership in European Public Health || Maastricht
University, 2020
* BSc Biomedical Sciences || Cardiff university, 2019
[1] https://staff.ki.se/people/anna-johansson
[2] https://staff.ki.se/people/frida-lundberg
[3] https://medarbetare.ki.se/people/irma-fredriksson
[4] https://staff.ki.se/people/keith-humphreys
Research
- My doctoral project addresses the role of reproductive and socioeconomic
factors for risk and survival of breast cancer subtypes, through applications
of statistical methods for cancer survival to registry data.
Both reproductive factors (e. g. number of children, ongoing pregnancy, time
since latest childbirth and infertility) and socioeconomic factors (e.g.
education, income, employment) have been suggested to differentially
contribute to subtype-specific incidence and survival. While studies have in
general indicated large differences, few have assessed all subtypes in detail
and by additional data on risk factors.
For this purpose, population-based clinical breast cancer data linked to
population-based reproductive and socioeconomic information are required.
Such knowledge is essential to improve targeted prevention strategies,
disease management and healthcare planning.
Articles
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Article: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2024;103(4):684-694
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Article: ESMO OPEN. 2024;9(4):102972