Cecilia Maria Katarina Magnusson

Cecilia Maria Katarina Magnusson

Professor/Senior Physician
Visiting address: Solnavägen 1 E, 11365 Stockholm
Postal address: K9 Global folkhälsa, K9 GPH Magnusson, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • I received my medical degree from Uppsala University in 1995 and completed my PhD at Karolinska Institutet in 1998, focusing on hormone-related factors and breast cancer. After a postdoctoral research position in cancer epidemiology at the University of Oxford, I completed my research residency at Karolinska University Hospital. I became an Associate Professor in 2007 and was appointed Director of the Centre for Epidemiology and Community Medicine in Region Stockholm in 2012.

    Today, I lead a research group focusing on prevention, interventions, and mechanisms in public health. I am a specialist in social medicine and was appointed Professor at Karolinska Institutet in 2025.



Research

  • My field, social medicine, focuses on understanding how health is distributed across populations and the factors that shape it. In my research group, we pay particular attention to shifts in the prevalence of diseases and risk factors, as well as to widening health inequalities between sociodemographic groups. This work is essential for identifying and drawing early attention—among policymakers, public authorities, and other welfare stakeholders—to potential threats to public health.

    I currently lead two major research projects. One examines equity in the use of menopausal hormone therapy, as well as its risks and benefits. The other focuses on the emerging “nicotine epidemic, ” which has primarily affected young women, and investigates how smoke-free nicotine impacts the health of pregnant women and newborns.

    My research group also includes three additional teams focusing on physical activity, cardiometabolic health, and climate-related health impacts.

Selected publications

  • Article: LANCET ONCOLOGY. 2024;25(11):1413-1423
    Rumgay H; Nethan S; Shah R; Vignat J; Ayo-Yusuf O; Chaturvedi P; Guerra ENS; Gupta PC; Gupta R; Liu S; Magnusson C; Parascandola M; Paulino YC; Rezaei N; Siddiqi K; Warnakulasuriya S; Lauby-Secretan B; Soerjomataram I
  • Article: JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 2024;331(14):1205-1214
    Ahlqvist VH; Sjoeqvist H; Dalman C; Karlsson H; Stephansson O; Johansson S; Magnusson C; Gardner RM; Lee BK
  • Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2017;281(4):398-406
    Carlsson S; Andersson T; Araghi M; Galanti R; Lager A; Lundberg M; Nilsson P; Norberg M; Pedersen NL; Trolle-Lagerros Y; Magnusson C
  • Article: JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS. 2015;45(6):1766-1773
    Idring S; Lundberg M; Sturm H; Dalman C; Gumpert C; Rai D; Lee BK; Magnusson C
  • Article: LANCET ONCOLOGY. 2012;13(11):1141-1151
    Beral V; Bull D; Pirie K; Reeves G; Peto R; Skegg D; LaVecchia C; Magnusson C; Pike MC; Thomas D; Hamajima N; Hirose K; Tajima K; Rohan T; Friedenreich CM; Calle EE; Gapstur SM; Patel AV; Coates RJ; Liff JM; Talamini R; Chantarakul N; Koetsawang S; Rachawat D; Marcou Y; Kakouri E; Duffy SW; Morabia A; Schuman L; Stewart W; Szklo M; Coogan PF; Palmer JR; Rosenberg L; Band P; Coldman AJ; Gallagher RP; Hislop TG; Yang P; Cummings SR; Canfell K; Sitas F; Chao P; Lissowska J; Horn-Ross PL; John EM; Kolonel LM; Nomura AMY; Ghiasvand R; Hu J; Johnson KC; Mao Y; Callaghan K; Crossley B; Goodill A; Green J; Hermon C; Key T; Lindgard I; Liu B; Collins R; Doll R; Bishop T; Fentiman IS; De Sanjose S; Gonzaler CA; Lee N; Marchbanks P; Ory HW; Peterson HB; Wingo P; Ebeling K; Kunde D; Nishan P; Hopper JL; Eliassen H; Gajalakshmi V; Martin N; Pardthaisong T; Silpisornkosol S; Theetranont C; Boosiri B; Chutivongse S; Jimakorn P; Virutamasen P; Wongsrichanalai C; Neugut A; Santella R; Baines CJ; Kreiger N; Miller AB; Wall C; Tjonneland A; Jorgensen T; Stahlberg C; Pedersen AT; Flesch-Janys D; Hakansson N; Cauley J; Heuch I; Adami HO; Persson I; Weiderpass E; Chang-Claude J; Kaaks R; McCredie M; Paul C; Spears GFS; Iwasaki M; Tsugane S; Anderson G; Daling JR; Hampton J; Hutchinson WB; Li CI; Malone K; Mandelson M; Newcomb P; Noonan EA; Ray RM; Stanford JL; Tang MTC; Weiss NS; White E; Izquierdo A; Viladiu P; Fourkala EO; Jacobs I; Menon U; Ryan A; Cuevas HR; Ontiveros P; Palet A; Salazar SB; Aristizabal N; Cuadros A; Tryggvadottir L; Tulinius H; Riboli E; Andrieu N; Bachelot A; Le MG; Bremond A; Gairard B; Lansac J; Piana L; Renaud R; Clavel-Chapelon F; Fournier A; Touillaud M; Mesrine S; Chabbert-Buffet N; Boutron-Ruault MC; Wolk A; Torres-Mejia G; Franceschi S; Romieu I; Boyle P; Lubin F; Modan B; Ron E; Wax Y; Friedman GD; Hiatt RA; Levi F; Kosmelj K; Primic-Zakelj M; Ravnihar B; Stare J; Ekbom A; Erlandsson G; Beeson WL; Fraser G; Peto J; Hanson RL; Leske MC; Mahoney MC; Nasca PC; Varma AO; Weinstein AL; Hartman ML; Olsson H; Goldbohm RA; van den Brandt PA; Palli D; Teitelbaum S; Apelo RA; Baens J; de la Cruz JR; Javier B; Lacaya LB; Ngelangel CA; La Vecchia C; Negri E; Marubini E; Ferraroni M; Gerber M; Richardson S; Segala C; Gatei D; Kenya P; Kungu A; Mati JG; Brinton LA; Freedman M; Hoover R; Schairer C; Ziegler R; Banks E; Spirtas R; Lee HP; Rookus MA; van Leeuwen FE; Schoenberg JA; Graff-Iversen S; Selmer R; Jones L; McPherson K; Neil A; Vessey M; Yeates D; Mabuchi K; Preston D; Hannaford P; Kay C; McCann SE; Rosero-Bixby L; Gao YT; Jin F; Yuan J-M; Wei HY; Yun T; Zhiheng C; Berry G; Booth JC; Jelihovsky T; MacLennan R; Shearman R; Hadjisavvas A; Kyriacou K; Loisidou M; Zhou X; Wang Q-S; Kawai M; Minami Y; Tsuji I; Lund E; Kumle M; Stalsberg H; Shu XO; Zheng W; Monninkhof EM; Onland-Moret NC; Peeters PHM; Katsouyanni K; Trichopoulou A; Trichopoulos D; Tzonou A; Baltzell KA; Dabancens A; Martinez L; Molina R; Salas O; Alexander FE; Anderson K; Folsom AR; Gammon MD; Hulka BS; Millikan R; Chilvers CED; Lumachi F; Bain C; Schofield F; Siskind V; Rebbeck TR; Bernstein LR; Enger S; Haile RW; Paganini-Hill A; Ross RK; Ursin G; Wu AH; Yu MC; Ewertz DM; Clarke EA; Bergkvist L; Gass M; O'Sullivan MJ; Kalache A; Farley TMM; Holck S; Meirik O; Fukao A
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 1999;81(3):339-344
    Magnusson C; Baron JA; Correia N; Bergström R; Adami HO; Persson I

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Employments

  • Professor/Senior Physician, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-
  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2021-2025
  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2013-2020

Degrees and Education

  • Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2007

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