Ridwanul Amin

As a physician, I worked on projects evaluating influenza vaccines for children in Bangladesh during 2011-2014. Following my Master's (2016) and doctoral (PhD) degrees (2021) in epidemiology from KI (with a doctoral thesis on "Suicidal behaviour and healthcare use among refugees"), I have been working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience (2021-2024) and the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine (2024-ongoing).

I am interested in epidemiological methods, infectious disease epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, psychiatric epidemiology and migration research. I am involved in the following ongoing projects:
1. Register-based evaluation of the pediatric vaccination program for the 15-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV15) in Sweden
2. AFA exhaustion disorder (We aim to increase knowledge about how manual and non-manual workers in the private sector with exhaustion disorder can have a sustainable working life by continuing to participate in working life despite their illness. We will investigate which different sociodemographic factors, multimorbidity, psychosocial workplace factors, and forms of treatment can prevent sick leave among those with exhaustion disorder)
3. AFA Alcohol (To what extent stressful life events or worsening mental health can trigger hazardous alcohol use among moderate alcohol users, and which sociodemographic, psychosocial, work-related and psychological factors predict the risk of transitioning into hazardous alcohol consumption)

1. 2025-ongoing: Guest Lecturer, Public Mental Health, DIS study abroad, Stockholm
2. 2022-2024: Lecturer, Public Health Emergencies and Health Crisis Management, DIS study abroad, Stockholm
3. 2022-2024: Lecturer, Public Mental Health, DIS study abroad, Stockholm
4. 2023: Guest Lecturer, Doctoral course on Migration and Health, Karolinska Institutet