Mary Barker
Postdoctoral Researcher
E-mail: mary.barker@ki.se
Visiting address: Nobels väg 13, 17177 Solna
Postal address: C6 Institutet för miljömedicin, C6 Integrativ epidemiologi Fang, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Unit of Integrative Epidemiology. My current research focuses on associations between mental illness and infectious disease (e.g. COVID-19, HPV). I have been conducting psychiatric epidemiological research using electronic healthcare data since the start of my PhD, during which I researched anxiety and depression among children and young people with life-limiting conditions. My first postdoctoral research position at the University of Leicester, UK, focused on young-onset type 2 diabetes and it's association with psychiatric and physical morbidity and mortality.
Education:
PhD in Health Sciences (2021), University of York, UK
MPH in Public Health (2017), Imperial College, London, UK
BSc in Biology (2012), University of Bath, UK
Articles
- Article: DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE. 2025;220:112002Goldney J; Barker MM; Sargeant JA; Daynes E; Papamargaritis D; Shabnam S; Goff LM; Khunti K; Henson J; Davies MJ; Zaccardi F
- Article: JOURNAL OF DIABETES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. 2024;38(10):108849Goldney J; Barker MM; Thomas M; Slater T; Mickute M; Sargeant JA; Khunti K; Davies MJ; Zaccardi F
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2024;15(1):8124Barker MM; Koiv K; Magnusdottir I; Milbourn H; Wang B; Du X; Murphy G; Herweijer E; Gisladottir EU; Li H; Lovik A; Kahler AK; Campbell A; Feychting M; Hauksdottir A; Joyce EE; Thordardottir EB; Frans EM; Hoffart A; Magi R; Tomasson G; Asbjornsdottir K; Jakobsdottir J; Andreassen OA; Sullivan PF; Johnson SU; Aspelund T; Brandlistuen RE; Ask H; McCartney DL; Ebrahimi OV; Lehto K; Valdimarsdottir UA; Nyberg F; Fang F
- Article: LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;9(9):e674-e683Hu K; Barker MM; Herweijer E; Wang J; Feldman AL; Lu D; Valdimarsdottir U; Sundstrom K; Fang F
- Article: DIABETES CARE. 2023;46(11):1965-1972Barker MM; Davies MJ; Sargeant JA; Chan JCN; Gregg EW; Shabnam S; Khunti K; Zaccardi F
- Article: JMIR DIABETES. 2023;8:e44943Barker MM; Chauhan R; Davies MJ; Brough C; Northern A; Stribling B; Schreder S; Khunti K; Hadjiconstantinou M
- Article: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2023;93(7):2081-2090Barker MM; Beresford B; Fraser LK
- Article: DIABETES CARE. 2023;46(3):579-586Barker MM; Davies MJ; Zaccardi F; Brady EM; Hall AP; Henson JJ; Khunti K; Lake A; Redman EL; Rowlands AV; Speight J; Yates T; Sargeant JA; Hadjiconstantinou M
- Article: DIABETES-METABOLISM RESEARCH AND REVIEWS. 2023;39(3):e3604Ibrahim M; Barker MM; Ahmad E; Ahmed A; Annabi FA; Ba-Essa EM; Davies MJ; Houeiss P; Iraqi H; Masood SN; Mimouni-Zerguini S; Shaikh S; Tantawi H; Tuomilehto J
- Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2023;23(1):199Lamptey R; Amoakoh-Coleman M; Barker MM; Iddi S; Hadjiconstantinou M; Davies M; Darko D; Agyepong I; Acheampong F; Commey M; Yawson A; Grobbee DE; Adjei GO; Klipstein-Grobusch K
- Article: WORLD JOURNAL OF DIABETES. 2022;13(3):260-271Barker MM; Zaccardi F; Brady EM; Gulsin GS; Hall AP; Henson J; Htike ZZ; Khunti K; McCann GP; Redman EL; Webb DR; Wilmot EG; Yates T; Yeo J; Davies MJ; Sargeant JA
- Article: DATA IN BRIEF. 2019;23:103761Mireku MO; Barker MM; Mutz J; Shen C; Dumontheil I; Thomas MSC; Röösli M; Elliott P; Toledano MB
- Article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2019;124:66-78Mireku MO; Barker MM; Mutz J; Dumontheil I; Thomas MSC; Roeoesli M; Elliott P; Toledano MB
All other publications
- Review: DIABETIC MEDICINE. 2023;40(6):e15083Ahmad E; Arsenyadis F; Almaqhawi A; Barker M; Jobanputra R; Sargeant JA; Webb DR; Yates T; Davies MJ
- Conference publication: DIABETIC MEDICINE. 2023;40Barker M; Chauhan R; Davies MJ; Brough C; Northern A; Stribling B; Schreder S; Khunti K; Hadjiconstantinou M
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2023Vincze K; Murphy G; Barker M; González-Hijón J; Kähler A; Frans E; Sullivan P; Valdimarsdóttir U; Fang F; Lovik A
- Review: PLOS ONE. 2021;16(12):e0260788Mooney KE; Prady SL; Barker MM; Pickett KE; Waterman AH
- Letter: DIABETIC MEDICINE. 2021;38(5):e14551Hadjiconstantinou M; Barker MM; Brough C; Schreder S; Northern A; Stribling B; Khunti K; Davies MJ
- Review: JAMA PEDIATRICS. 2019;173(9):835-844Barker MM; Beresford B; Bland M; Fraser LK
Employments
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2026
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2026