Rickard Ljung
About me
Rickard Ljung is Adjunct professor of Pharmacoepidemiology at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, as of 1 June 2024. He is also Professor and Head of Pharmacoepidemiology and Analysis at the Swedish Medical Products Agency.
Research
The use of medicinal drugs is very common nowadays, and every year, roughly three quarters of the Swedish population has at least one filled prescription. For all approved drugs, the benefits are assessed to outweigh the risks – but the risk of rare adverse drug reactions is difficult to study in clinical trials since the patient base is often too small. Rickard Ljung and his group link national population registers with information on drug use, diagnoses and socioeconomic factors in order to study the risk of severe adverse reactions. According to Ljung, the safety of drugs must be continually monitored, especially new products such as the COVID-19 vaccines. One outcome of his research is an amendment to the recommendations on who is to be vaccinated with which COVID-19 vaccine with respect to the risk of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle).
Articles
- Article: JOURNAL OF SUBSTANCE USE. 2024;29(4):617-623
- Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2024;45(15):1327-1335
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF METHODS IN PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH. 2024;33(1):e1998
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS. 2024;62(3):109-114
- Article: PEDIATRICS. 2024;153(2):e2023062520
- Article: ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA. 2023;148(2):199-207
- Article: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2023;58(8):1139-1149
- Article: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2023;382:e075286
- Article: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2023;382:e074325
- Article: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2023;381:e074778
- Journal article: OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA DIGEST. 2023;43(1):14-15
- Article: CANCER MEDICINE. 2023;12(5):6148-6160
- Article: BMJ MEDICINE. 2023;2(1):e000373
- Article: UPSALA JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2023;128(1)
- Article: UPSALA JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2023;128(1)
- Article: CANCER MEDICINE. 2022;11(22):4341-4353
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. 2022;11(17):e027143
- Article: VACCINE. 2022;40(33):4686-4692
- Article: JAMA CARDIOLOGY. 2022;7(6):600-612
- Article: VACCINE. 2022;40(21):2904-2909
- Article: BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY. 2022;129(6):917-925
- Article: JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 2022;327(15):1469-1477
- Article: NEUROLOGY. 2022;98(11):e1104-e1113
- Article: UPSALA JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2022;127(1)
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE. 2022;24(1):181-189
- Article: CIRCULATION. 2021;144(24):1915-1925
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2021;11(1):21673
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY. 2021;28(11):1229-1234
- Article: PLOS MEDICINE. 2021;18(9):e1003790
- Article: EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2021;30(9):1339-1350
- Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2021;42(15):1489-1495
- Article: UPSALA JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2021;126(1)
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2020;147(12):3349-3360
- Article: OBESITY SURGERY. 2020;30(10):3761-3767
- Article: CANCER MEDICINE. 2020;9(16):6062-6068
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2020;147(3):728-735
- Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;19(1):1174
- Article: BMC ORAL HEALTH. 2019;19(1):116
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2019;9(1):8257
- Article: CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2019;11:81-92
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2018;122(12):1989-1995
- Article: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2018;56:14-20
- Article: PEDIATRIC OBESITY. 2018;13(7):442-449
- Article: ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA. 2018;137(4):287-295
- Journal article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2018;47(1):357
- Journal article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2018;115:EZHR
- Article: CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2018;10:1573-1581
- Journal article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2017;114:EXHP
- Journal article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2017;114:EWL6
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 2017;70(18):2226-2236
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2017;245:43-48
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2017;32(9):765-773
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2017;240:1-7
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;45(17_suppl):5-13
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2017;7(5):e013133
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2017;232:111-116
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2017;7(3):e014968
- Article: BMC GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2017;17(1):36
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2017;52(2):216-221
- Article: POPULATION HEALTH METRICS. 2017;15(1):2
- Article: CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2017;9:633-642
- Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2016;70(12):1222-1228
- Article: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2016;25(11):1337-1341
- Journal article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2016;113:D9P7
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2016;113:D7L6
- Article: OBESITY SURGERY. 2016;26(8):1750-1756
- Article: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2016;55(7):846-850
- Article: DIABETOLOGIA. 2016;59(5):980-988
- Article: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2016;26(4):693-704
- Article: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION. 2016;25(4):678-685
- Article: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2016;40:188-195
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2016;31(2):125-136
- Article: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2016;40:67-72
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2016;203:341-346
- Article: CANCER. 2016;122(2):207-212
- Article: JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY. 2016;11:38
- Journal article: MEDEDPUBLISH. 2016;:71
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2016;51(2):203-210
- Article: COLORECTAL DISEASE. 2015;17(11):1018-1027
- Article: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2015;54(8):1152-1158
- Article: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2015;54(7):986-992
- Article: CANCER CONTROL. 2015;22(2):263-270
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY. 2015;71(4):499-505
- Article: CANCER CAUSES & CONTROL. 2015;26(3):501-509
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. 2015;33(5):448-454
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2014;135(1):238-241
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 2014;63(23):2569-2577
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2014;4(6):e005418
- Article: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2014;53(6):822-829
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY. 2014;21(5):549-558
- Article: BMC PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY. 2014;15:22
- Article: ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY. 2014;11(3):442-443
- Article: BMJ QUALITY & SAFETY. 2014;23(3):206-214
- Journal article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2014;111(7):257
- Article: POPULATION HEALTH METRICS. 2014;12:11
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2013;3(12):e003754
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY. 2013;59(8):801-804
- Article: PANCREAS. 2013;42(6):1011-1015
- Article: EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2013;22(6):349-355
- Article: JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2013;173(6):444-449
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2013;110(12):639-640
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(9):e73973
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(4):e62067
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(1):e53551
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2012;109(42):1872-1873
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2012;109(34-35):1456-1457
- Article: GUT. 2012;61(6):873-876
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2012;32(3):336-340
- Journal article: GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2012;142(5):s-316
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2012;109(14-15):732
- Journal article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. 2012;30(4):404
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2012;109(4):168
- Article: MEDICAL TEACHER. 2012;34(1):25-29
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2012;2(1):e000778
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2012;2(3):e000914
- Article: POPULATION HEALTH METRICS. 2011;9:60
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2011;40(6):1585-1592
- Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2011;65(11):993-998
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2011;47(14):2128-2132
- Article: DRUGS & AGING. 2011;28(6):469-476
- Article: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2011;50(5):685-693
- Journal article: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. 2011;26(S2):1854
- Journal article: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. 2011;26(S2):1853
- Journal article: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. 2011;26(S2):375
- Journal article: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. 2011;26(S2):385
- Article: AGING & MENTAL HEALTH. 2011;15(2):259-266
- Article: BMJ QUALITY & SAFETY. 2011;20(1):9-14
- Article: PANCREATOLOGY. 2011;11(5):525-532
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2010
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2010;138(1):50-55
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2009;106(38):2380
- Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2009;266(3):248-257
- Article: DIABETOLOGIA. 2009;52(9):1745-1754
- Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2009;265(4):465-475
- Article: AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL. 2009;157(3):495-501
- Journal article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2009;30(3):381-382
- Article: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2008;17(10):1020-1028
- Article: SLEEP. 2008;31(6):801-807
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY. 2008;64(4):439-444
- Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2008;29(1):45-53
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2007;104(41):2952-2954
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2007;35(1):17-22
- Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2006;60(12):1080-1084
- Article: BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 2005;83(2):92-99
- Article: BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 2002;80(8):644-652
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All other publications
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2024
- Corrigendum: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2023;58(8):1151-1152
- Letter: DRUG SAFETY. 2023;46(3):319-321
- Review: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2023;32(3):279-286
- Letter: BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 2022;109(8):775-776
- Letter: EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2022;33(4):e11-e12
- Letter: OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. 2022;139(5):940-941
- Letter: IRISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE. 2021;190(4):1643-1644
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2021;42:825
- Letter: LANCET PSYCHIATRY. 2021;8(2):e2
- Conference publication: PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE. 2021;83(7):A10-A11
- Corrigendum: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2020;10(1):2171
- Corrigendum: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;19(1):1268
- Review: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2019;116:FI6L
- Conference publication: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 2018;71(11):229
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;27:ckx187.456
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;27:ckx187.288
- Editorial comment: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2017;46(5):1367-1367g
- Conference publication: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2017;71:a14
- Meeting abstract: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 2017;69(11):240
- Letter: HEPATOBILIARY & PANCREATIC DISEASES INTERNATIONAL. 2016;15(4):443-445
- Meeting abstract: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 2016;67(13):449
- Conference publication: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2015;44:11-12
- Meeting abstract: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 2015;65(10):A129
- Letter: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 2014;64(6):633-634
- Other: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2014;111(25-26):1132-1133
- Conference publication: DIABETOLOGIA. 2014;57:S110
- Letter: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2013;110(4):163
- Review: DIABETOLOGIA. 2012;55(6):1619-1632
- Review: DIABETOLOGIA. 2012;55(6):1607-1618
- Letter: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2012;51(3):400-402
- Letter: EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2011;22(5):749-750
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2011;47:S460-S461
- Meeting abstract: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2011;65:A106
- Meeting abstract: SUCHTTHERAPIE. 2011;38
- Letter: ACTA RADIOLOGICA. 2011;52(3):247
- Letter: BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY. 2011;95(4):592-594
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. 2011;26
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. 2011;26
- Letter: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2010;89(12):1608-1610
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2010;20:90
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2010;20:49-50
- Letter: MEDICAL TEACHER. 2010;32(5):443
- Letter: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2009;99(2):197-198
- Letter: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2009;30(3):381-382
- Letter: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2008;359(18):1966-1968
- Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2008;17:S99-S100
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2008;29:468
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2008;29:226
- Letter: PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES. 2008;59(1):116-117
- Letter: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2007;97(11):1927-1928
- Letter: STROKE. 2007;38(9):e94
- Letter: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2007;357(1):86-87
- Letter: PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES. 2007;58(6):879-880
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2006;27:662
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2005;15:19
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Grants
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 December 2016 - 30 November 2017
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 January 2016 - 31 December 2017
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 January 2016 - 31 December 2019
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 January 2016 - 31 December 2018
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 December 2015 - 30 September 2016
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2014 - 31 December 2018
Employments
- Adjunct Professor, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2028
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2012
- Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2006
- Master Of Medical Science, Karolinska Institutet, 2002
- University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 1994