Susanne Rautiainen Lagerström
Affiliated to Research
E-mail: susanne.rautiainen@ki.se
Visiting address: Maria Aspmans gata 30A, 17164 Solna
Postal address: K2 Medicin, Solna, K2 KEP Stephansson, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- I am a researcher at the Global and Sexual Health (GloSH) Research Group and
research fellow at the Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's
Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston USA.
I have research experience in noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and clinical-
and lifestyle-related risk factors from small- and large-scale clinical
trials and obsevational studies gained from my PhD training at Karolinska
Institutet and 4-year postdoc at Harvard Medical School.
My main research goal is to identify new strategies to tackle
malnutrition, infectious, and NCDs in low- and middle-income countries.
2014: Funding from the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska
Institutet to develop a PhD course in Nutritional Epidemiology.
2014: American Society for Nutrition’s Advances and Controversies in
Clinical Nutrition. Abstract selected for Travel Award.
2013: 36-month COFAS 2 Marie Curie fellowship for postdoctoral training at
Harvard Medical School, Boston USA and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
Sweden.
2013: Travel award from FORTE for AHA Epi/Lifestyle in New Orleans, LA; USA,
2013.
2011: 12-month postdoc award from FORTE to support postdoctoral training at
Harvard Medical School, Boston USA.
2007: Four year PhD award from the Karolinska Institutet (KID).
2006: Travel award from Anders Otto Swärds stiftelse for training in the
ORAC assay at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock,
AR, USA.
* 2012: PhD degree (June 15, 2012) in Medical Science, Department of
Environmental Medicine (IMM), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Title of the thesis: Antioxidants from Diet and Supplements in Relation to
Cardiovascular Disease. Advisors: Prof. Alicja Wolk and Prof. Ralf
Morgenstern, IMM, Karolinska Institutet.
* 2006: MSc in Nutrition, Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet,
Stockholm, Sweden. Title of the thesis: Total Antioxidant Capacity of diet
among Swedish Women. Supervisor: Prof. Alicja Wolk, IMM, Karolinska
Institutet.
* 2005: BSc in Nutrition, Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet,
Stockholm, Sweden. Title of the thesis: Estrogen Receptor-Beta as a new
pharmaceutical target treating Leukemia. Supervisor: Margaret Warner, PhD,
Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet.
Research
- *Current project:*
* The open population-based Rakai Community Cohort in Uganda: Understand the
interplay between nutrition and microbiome in NCDs and infectious
diseases
* WelTel study: Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT), HIV/AIDS
care in Kenya - mobile phone intervention
* The COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS) trial
http://www.cosmostrial.org [1]
* Physicians' Health Study (PHS) II
* the VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL
(VITAL)-HT trial https://www.vitalstudy.org/index.html [2]
* Aterenon trial: Testing lycopene supplementation on changes in key
cardiovascular biomarkers
[1] https://www.cosmostrial.org
[2] https://www.vitalstudy.org/index.html
Teaching
- * Course cooridnator: NCD, Non-Communicable Diseases, Injuries, Natural
Emergencies and Conflicts in a Global Health Perspective
* BSc courses - “Nutrition and nutritional status” and “Nutritional
Epidemiology” - at the Nutrition Program, Karolinska Institutet.
* BSc courses - “Nutritional Epidemiology” - at the Nutrition Program,
Karolinska Institutet. Topic: Randomized Clinical Trials.
* MSc course - “Epidemiology” - at the Program of Toxicology, Karolinska
Institutet: Topic: Different study designs.
Articles
- Article: GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;19(1):2426135Shittu F; King C; Rautiainen S; Iuliano A; Bakare AA; Colbourn T; Bakare D; Salako J; Graham HR; Falade AG; Burgess RA
- Article: JACC: ADVANCES. 2024;3(11):101298Frostegard J; Akesson A; Helte E; Soderlund F; Su J; Hua X; Rautiainen S; Wolk A
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2024;59(6):674-682Kiasat A; Prast-Nielsen S; Rautiainen S; Engstrand L; Andersson F; Lindberg J; Schuppe-Koistinen I; Granstrom AL; Gustafsson UO
- Article: TRIALS. 2024;25(1):259Kruth SS; Willers C; Persad E; Sjostrom ES; Lagerstrom SR; Rakow A
- Article: JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2024;154(4):1404-1413Sesso HD; Rautiainen S; Park SJ; Kim E; Lee I-M; Glynn RJ; Buring JE; Christen WG
- Article: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 2024;24(1):25Nordberg B; Kaguiri E; de Angeles KJC; Gabriel EE; van der Kop ML; Mwangi W; Lester RT; Were E; Ekstrom AM; Rautiainen S
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2023;58(11):1246-1252Kiasat A; Rautiainen S; Prast-Nielsen S; Engstrand L; Schuppe-Koistinen I; Gustafsson UOO; Granstrom AL
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2023;13(1):9389Nordberg B; van der Kop ML; Mwangi W; Mwangi J; Kaguiri E; de Angeles KJC; Lester RT; Gabriel EE; Rautiainen S; Awiti PO; Kagesten AE; Were E; Ekstrom AM
- Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;22(1):2214Ssekubugu R; Makumbi F; Enriquez R; Lagerstrom SR; Yeh PT; Kennedy CE; Gray RH; Negesa L; Serwadda DM; Kigozi G; Ekstrom AM; Nordenstedt H
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2022;115(6):1501-1510Sesso HD; Rist PM; Aragaki AK; Rautiainen S; Johnson LG; Friedenberg G; Copeland T; Clar A; Mora S; Moorthy MV; Sarkissian A; Wactawski-Wende J; Tinker LF; Carrick WR; Anderson GL; Manson JE
- Article: CONTEMPORARY CLINICAL TRIALS. 2022;116:106728Rist PM; Sesso HD; Johnson LG; Aragaki AK; Wang L; Rautiainen S; Hazra A; Tobias DK; LeBoff MS; Schroeter H; Friedenberg G; Copeland T; Clar A; Tinker LF; Hunt RP; Bassuk SS; Sarkissian A; Smith DC; Pereira E; Carrick WR; Wion ES; Schoenberg J; Anderson GL; Manson JE
- Article: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY. 2022;52(1):104-114Sdona E; Ekstrom S; Andersson N; Hallberg J; Rautiainen S; Hakansson N; Wolk A; Kull I; Melen E; Bergstrom A
- Article: GLOBAL HEART. 2021;16(1):83-13Enriquez R; Ssekubugu R; Kigozi G; Nabukalu D; Marrone G; Rautiainen S; Gigante B; Reynolds SJ; Nalugoda F; Chang LW; Ekstrom AM; Sewankambo NK; Serwadda D; Nordenstedt H
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2021;11(1):22652Nordberg B; Mwangi W; van der Kop ML; Were E; Kaguiri E; Kagesten AE; Gabriel EE; Lester RT; Mwangi J; Ekstrom AM; Rautiainen S
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2021;11(3):e045427Awungafac G; Mugamba S; Nalugoda F; Sjoland CF; Kigozi G; Rautiainen S; Malyabe RB; Ziegel L; Nakigozi G; Nalwoga GK; Kyasanku E; Nkale J; Watya S; Ekstrom AM; Kagesten A
- Article: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 2020;20(1):225Nordberg B; Gabriel EE; Were E; Kaguiri E; Ekstrom AM; Kagesten A; Rautiainen S
- Article: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. 2020;55(2):1900990Sdona E; Hallberg J; Andersson N; Ekstrom S; Rautiainen S; Hakansson N; Wolk A; Kull I; Melen E; Bergstrom A
- Article: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY. 2017;47(6):751-759Gref A; Rautiainen S; Gruzieva O; Hakansson N; Kull I; Pershagen G; Wickman M; Wolk A; Melen E; Bergstrom A
- Article: JAMA CARDIOLOGY. 2017;2(6):617-625Rautiainen S; Gaziano JM; Christen WG; Bubes V; Kotler G; Glynn RJ; Manson JE; Buring JE; Sesso HD
- Article: JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. 2016;34(8):1513-1519Rautiainen S; Wang L; Lee I-M; Manson JE; Gaziano JM; Buring JE; Sesso HD
- Article: JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2016;146(6):1235-1240Rautiainen S; Rist PM; Glynn RJ; Buring JE; Gaziano JM; Sesso HD
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2016;103(4):979-988Rautiainen S; Wang L; Lee I-M; Manson JE; Buring JE; Sesso HD
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2016;55(2):687-697Wang L; Manson JE; Rautiainen S; Gaziano JM; Buring JE; Tsai MY; Sesso HD
- Article: JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2015;145(5):960-968Rautiainen S; Wang L; Lee I-M; Manson JE; Buring JE; Sesso HD
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2015;101(1):144-152Rautiainen S; Lee I-M; Rist PM; Gaziano JM; Manson JE; Buring JE; Sesso HD
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE. 2015;17(1):20-26Fruit and vegetable intake and rate of heart failure: a population-based prospective cohort of womenRautiainen S; Levitan EB; Mittleman MA; Wolk A
- Article: ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING. 2014;21(5):700-704Selin JZ; Lindblad BE; Rautiainen S; Michaelsson K; Morgenstern R; Bottai M; Basu S; Wolk A
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2014;53(4):1065-1072Rautiainen S; Wang L; Gaziano JM; Sesso HD
- Article: JAMA OPHTHALMOLOGY. 2014;132(3):247-252Rautiainen S; Lindblad BE; Morgenstern R; Wolk A
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2013;126(6):494-500Rautiainen S; Levitan EB; Mittleman MA; Wolk A
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2013;177(6):548-555Selin JZ; Rautiainen S; Lindblad BE; Morgenstern R; Wolk A
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2012;125(10):974-980Rautiainen S; Levitan EB; Orsini N; Akesson A; Morgenstern R; Mittleman MA; Wolk A
- Article: STROKE. 2012;43(2):335-340Total Antioxidant Capacity of Diet and Risk of Stroke A Population-Based Prospective Cohort of WomenRautiainen S; Larsson S; Virtamo J; Wolk A
- Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2011;269(2):211-218Burgaz A; Byberg L; Rautiainen S; Orsini N; Hakansson N; Arnlov J; Sundstrom J; Lind L; Melhus H; Michaelsson K; Wolk A
- Article: ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING. 2011;14(1):9-14Zheng J; Rautiainen S; Morgenstern R; Wolk A
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2010;92(5):1251-1256Rautiainen S; Akesson A; Levitan EB; Morgenstern R; Mittleman MA; Wolk A
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2010;91(2):487-493Rautiainen S; Lindblad BE; Morgenstern R; Wolk A
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2008;87(5):1247-1253Rautiainen S; Serafini M; Morgenstern R; Prior RL; Wolk A
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All other publications
- Review: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2021;110(12):3201-3226Persad E; Jost K; Honore A; Forsberg D; Coste K; Olsson H; Rautiainen S; Herlenius E
- Review: MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF MEDICINE. 2018;61:12-17Rautiainen S; Sesso HD; Manson JE
- Review: NATURE REVIEWS ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2016;12(7):407-420Rautiainen S; Manson JE; Lichtenstein AH; Sesso HD
- Review: CURRENT ATHEROSCLEROSIS REPORTS. 2013;15(11):362Rautiainen S; Wang L; Manson JE; Sesso HD
- Conference publication: CIRCULATION. 2013;127(12)Rautiainen S; Gaziano JM; Sesso HD
- Doctoral thesis: 2012Rautiainen Lagerström S
Employments
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2027
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2026
- Research Specialist, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2024
Degrees and Education
- Degree Of Master Of Science In Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2022
- Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2012