Weimin Ye
Professor
E-mail: weimin.ye@ki.se
Telephone: +46852486184
Visiting address: Nobels väg 12a, 17165 Solna
Postal address: C8 Medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik, C8 MEB Weimin, 171 77 Stockholm
Part of:
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Weimin Ye's research group
About me
- Education
1988, MD, medicine, Fujian Medical University, China
1991, MSc, cancer epidemiology, Fujian Medical University, China
2003, PhD, epidemiology, “Aspects of gastroesophageal cancer and risk for esophageal cancer. An epidemiological approach”, main supervisor Olof Nyrén
Academic honours, awards and prizes
Anders Jahre Medical Research Award for Young Researcher (Oslo, 2005)
Research
- My research interests focus mainly on epidemiology and etiology of cancers of the aero- and digestive tract, and recently extend also to neurodegenerative diseases.
Research activities consist of register-based research, large-scale field work in different parts of the world, as well as setup of a molecular biology laboratory dedicated to molecular epidemiology (microbiome, tumour mutation, etc).
I have trained 10 doctoral students and most of them have been promoted as independent group leaders. The research group currently consists of 6 postdocs/junior staff and 6 doctoral students, as well as visiting researchers/students and master students.
So far I have published 210 peer-reviewed research articles with more than 5000 citations.
Selected research projects
Understanding microbe-induced stomach cancer – the key to a workable strategy for worldwide prevention
NPC
The microbiome and risk of cancer in the stomach
ALS
The Swedish National March Cohort
Current supervision of PhD students
Joar Franzén
Yun Du
Weiwei Bian
Articles
- Article: JOURNAL OF ADVANCED RESEARCH. 2026;85:507-520Gao J; Chen T; Xu Y; Wu Y; Liu K; Qiu W; Ye W
- Article: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION. 2026;35(6):1009-1018He J; Sabroso-Lasa S; Coscia C; Lopez de Maturana E; Alonso L; Lawlor RT; Carrato A; Alvarez Gallego R; Iglesias M; Molero X; Michalski C; Perea J; Lohr M; O'Rorke MA; Barbera VM; Tardon A; Farre A; Crnogorac-Jurcevic T; Dominguez-Munoz E; Gress TM; Greenhalf W; Sharp L; Moreno-Oya A; Costello E; Kleeff J; Kong B; Mora J; O'Driscoll D; Scarpa A; Ye W; Real FX; Malats N; Abraham AT; Alfaro A; Alvarez-Gallego R; Alvarez-Urturi C; Angeles Vaz M; Artigas V; Balcells J; Barbera VM; Barneo L; Beghelli S; Bessa X; Bhattacharya S; Blanco-Antona F; Bory F; Buchholz M; Burdio F; Caminoa A; Cantwell M; Concepcion M; Cubillo A; Dominguez Munoz E; Dowe T; Earl J; Ennis D; Esposito I; Estudillo L; Ferreiro R; Gallego J; Gimeno J; Gomez-Rubio P; Grande L; Gress T; Guarner C; Guarner L; Guillen-Ponce C; Gutierrrez Troncoso ML; Hidalgo M; Huang J; Ilzarbe L; Kleeff J; Kocher HM; Lawlor R; Lobato T; Loinaz C; Longo-Munoz F; Lozano A; Luaces M; Marquez L; Marquez M; Martin M; Merino X; Milne R; Molina-Montes E; Mota C; Munoz M; Munoz-Bellvis L; Murray L; Neesse A; O'Rorke M; Orfao de Matos A; Pachon V; Pazos Y; Peinado P; Pelaez P; Perea J; Poves I; Radon T; Ramon Y Cajal T; Real FX; Pascual JR; Rodriguez-Garrote M; Rodriguez-Peralto JL; Rodriguez-Suarez MM; Salas I; Salcedo M; Sancho FJ; Manzano JMS; Szafranska J; Tardon A; Teijo A; Verbeke C; Yu J
- Article: BMC CANCER. 2026;26(1):616Dong H; Wang Y; Gao P; Yao L; Yang X; Yuan Z; Zhang T; Lu M; Ye W; Chen X; Suo C
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2026;158(7):1813-1820Su Q; Feng R; Du S; Zhao H; Jiang Y; Suo C; Yuan Z; Chen X; Wu Y; Ye W
- Article: FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY. 2026;16:1761015Sohrabi A; Sadeghi F; Zagai U; Andreasson A; Vieth M; Agreus L; Talley NJ; Ye W
- Article: HELICOBACTER. 2026;31(2):e70114Xing X; Zhao R; Cui Z; Xu Q; Yuan Z; Xu K; Zhang T; Liu Z; Jiang Y; Lu M; Ye W; Suo C; Chen X
- Article: DISCOVER ONCOLOGY. 2026;17(1):287Du Y; Qiu W; He F; Zhou Z; Ye W
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2026;134(1):99-107Du Y; Feng R; Chang ET; Yin L; Dickman P; Huang T; Li Y; Zhou X; Huang Y; Su C; Xiao X; Jia W; Zheng Y; Adami H-O; Zeng Y; Cai Y; Zhang Z; Xu M; Ye W
- Article: MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL. 2026;32(1):61-68Ratti S; Eke H; Cantarutti A; Bonn SE; Adami H-O; Ye W; Ponzano M; Grotta A; Trolle Lagerros Y
- Article: CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2025;17:287-302Huang X; Chen Q; Su Q; Gong J; Wu L; Xiang L; Li W; Chen J; Zhao H; Huang W; Du S; Ye W
- Article: ANNALS OF MEDICINE. 2025;57(1):2561226Gong J; Wang J; Xiang L; Huang X; Xiao L; Su Q; Xu X; Feng R; Li W; Du S; Ye W
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2025;16(1):10769Langtry A; Rabadan R; Alonso L; Filip I; Sabroso-Lasa S; Moreno-Oya A; Lawlor R; Carrato A; Alvarez-Gallego R; Iglesias M; Molero X; Lohr MJ; Michalski CW; Perea J; O'rorke M; Barbera VM; Tardon A; Farre A; Munoz-Bellvis L; Crnogorac-Jurcevic T; Dominguez-Munoz E; Gress TM; Greenhalf W; Sharp L; Balsells J; Costello E; Kleeff J; Kong B; Mora J; O'driscoll D; Scarpa A; Ye W; Real FX; Lopez de Maturana E; Malats N; Gomez-Rubio P; Molina-Montes E; Marquez M; Milne R; Alfaro A; Lobato T; Estudillo L; Beghelli S; Cubillo A; Hidalgo M; Peinado P; Salas I; Rodriguez Pascual J; Earl J; Caminoa A; Guillen-Ponce C; Rodriguez-Garrote M; Longo-Munoz F; Ferreiro R; Pachon V; Vaz MA; Munoz M; Ilzarbe L; Alvarez-Urturi C; Bessa X; Bory F; Marquez L; Poves I; Burdio F; Grande L; Gimeno J; Guarner L; Balcells J; Salcedo M; Merino X; Esposito I; Mota C; Huang J; Verbeke C; Yu J; Loinaz C; Rodriguez-Peralto JL; Teijo A; Pelaez P; Martin M; Artigas V; Guarner C; Sancho FJ; Concepcion M; Ramon Y Cajal T; Szafranska J; Murray L; Cantwell M; Gallego J; Barneo L; Rodriguez-Suarez M; Pazos Y; Lozano A; Luaces M; Blanco-Antona F; Sayagues Manzano JM; Gutierrez Troncoso ML; Orfao de Matos A; Buchholz M; Neesse A; Kocher HM; Bhattacharya S; Abraham AT; Ennis D; Dowe T; Radon T
- Article: NEUROEPIDEMIOLOGY. 2025;:1-8Peters T; Yang H; Zou Z; Ye W
- Article: CELL REPORTS MEDICINE. 2025;6(11):102431Gao P; Yuan H; Mei Z; Yin X; Zeng Y; Liu Z; Yang X; Xue J; Liu Z; Jiang Y; Ye W; Lu M; Suo C; Chen X
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2025;30(11):5356-5366Hou C; Liu H; Zeng Y; Gong Y; Yang H; Ye W; Fang F; Valdimarsdottir UA; Song H
- Article: NATURE AGING. 2025;5(11):2188-2196Zhuang Q; Hu Y; Wei D; Qin C; Hu K; Zhang J; Chen L; Yang Z; Ye W; Wirdefeldt K; Zou X; Mao Y; Hagg S; Fang F
- Article: LIPIDS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE. 2025;24(1):339Xiang L; Li X; Gong J; He L; Li W; Chen J; Feng R; Du S; Ye W
- Article: LIPIDS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE. 2025;24(1):316Li Z; Jiang S; Chen R; Zhang Z; Zheng L; He H; Feng R; Du S; Qiu W; Ye W
- Article: FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION. 2025;12:1670666Basnet TB; Su Q; Gong J; Huang X; Li W; Chen J; Feng R; Du S; Yang H; Ye W
- Article: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2025;98:102876Elbe P; Ekheden I; Vujasinovic M; Maret-Ouda J; Marsk E; Thuresson M; Ye W; Ludvigsson JF
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All other publications
- Review: THE INNOVATION. 2026;7(3):101189Yuan H; Jiang Y; Liu Z; Zhao R; Yuan Z; Man Q; Liu S; Zhang H; Xu L; Zhang Y; Su Z; He Q; Xu K; Zhang T; Jin L; Lu M; Ye W; Zhang J; Liu R; Suo C; Chen X
- Corrigendum: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2026;17(1):1216Langtry A; Rabadan R; Alonso L; Filip I; Sabroso-Lasa S; Moreno-Oya A; Lawlor R; Carrato A; Alvarez-Gallego R; Iglesias M; Molero X; Lohr MJ; Michalski CW; Perea J; O'Rorke M; Barbera VM; Tardon A; Farre A; Munoz-Bellvis L; Crnogorac-Jurcevic T; Dominguez-Munoz E; Gress TM; Greenhalf W; Sharp L; Balsells J; Costello E; Kleeff J; Kong B; Mora J; O'Driscoll D; Scarpa A; Ye W; Real FX; Lopez de Maturana E; Malats N
- Letter: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2026;121(2):e18-e19Sadeghi F; Talley NJ; Ye W
- Editorial: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2025;391:e082567Lyu G; Ye W; Gao M; Chang Z; Chen X
- Review: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2025;60(5):421-429Young JC; Helsingen LM; Refsum E; Hoegden A; Perrin V; Loberg M; Gantzel RH; Bretthauer M; Berglund A; Holme O; Jodal HC; Grimstad T; Brackmann SA; Ye W; Adami H-O; Larsen L; Hernan MA; Jess T; Blom J; Kalager M
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2024;MEDRXIVMeijsen J; Hu K; Krebs MD; Athanasiadis G; Washbrook S; Zetterberg R; E Silva RNA; Shorter JR; Gådin JR; Bergstedt J; Howard DM; Ye W; iPSYCH Consortium; Lu Y; Valdimarsdóttir UA; Ingason A; Mikkelsen DH; Plana-Ripoll O; McGrath JJ; Micali N; Andreassen OA; Werge TM; Fang F; Buil A
- Letter: ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY. 2023;43(4):e123Su Q; Ye W
- Letter: GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2023;164(1):163Yan L; Ye W
- Letter: CANCER COMMUNICATIONS. 2022;42(9):887-891He Y-Q; Xue W-Q; Li D-H; Wang T-M; Mai Z-M; Yang D-W; Deng C-M; Liao Y; Zhang W-L; Xiao R-W; Luo L; Diao H; Tong X; Wu Y; Zhang J-B; Zhou T; Li X-Z; Zhang P-F; Zheng X-H; Zhang S-D; Hu Y-Z; Tang M; Zheng Y; Cai Y; Chang ET; Zhang Z; Huang G; Cao S-M; Liu Q; Feng L; Sun Y; Lung ML; Adami H-O; Ye W; Lam T-H; Jia W-H
- Review: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION. 2021;30(6):1035-1047Chang ET; Ye W; Zeng Y-X; Adami H-O
- Corrigendum: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2020;49(2):708Ghilotti F; Bellocco R; Ye W; Adami H-O; Trolle Lagerros Y
- Review: JOURNAL OF NEUROINFLAMMATION. 2020;17(1):25Zhu S; Jiang Y; Xu K; Cui M; Ye W; Zhao G; Jin L; Chen X
- Review: FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE. 2019;13:343Jiang Y; Zhu Z; Shi J; An Y; Zhang K; Wang Y; Li S; Jin L; Ye W; Cui M; Chen X
- Letter: JAMA ONCOLOGY. 2019;5(1):106-107Yin W; Falconer H; Yin L; Xu L; Ye W
- Letter: CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2019;11:45-46Yang X; Chen X; Lu M; Ye W
- Published conference paper: OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. 2018;131(3):469-474Altman D; Rogers RG; Yin L; Tamussino K; Ye W; Iglesia CB
- Letter: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2018;187(2):399Chang ET; Liu Z; Hildesheim A; Adami H-O; Ye W
- Editorial: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2017;46(3):795-795eLagerros YT; Hantikainen E; Mariosa D; Ye W; Adami H-O; Grotta A; Ghilotti F; Bellocco R
- Letter: CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY. 2016;14(12):1841-1842Yin W; Ye W
- Review: DISEASES OF THE ESOPHAGUS. 2016;29(7):734-739Kumagai K; Mariosa D; Tsai JA; Nilsson M; Ye W; Lundell L; Rouvelas I
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Employments
- Professor, Medical Epidemiology, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 2008-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2007
- Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 2003
Supervision
Supervision to doctoral degree
- Yun Du, Ph.D., Karolinska Institute, Sweden, 2023
Other researchers who have defended a thesis
- Fatemeh Sadeghi, MSc., Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, 2021