SFOepi day 2025

Each year, SFOepi hosts a conference focusing on a different theme within the fields of epidemiology and biostatistics.

This year's theme is precision medicine and the work of SFOepi awardees. Date: Thursday September 25. 

Location 

Lecture hall Jacob Berzelius, Berzelius väg 3, Solna Campus 

Registration 

The registration is now closed. 

Program

About our speakers

Portrait of Megan Roberts

Megan Roberts

Megan Roberts is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she leads research in implementation science. Her work explores the adoption and impact of precision medicine approaches in healthcare, with a focus on cancer prevention, genetic testing, and health equity.

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Paul Franks

Paul Franks is Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at Lund University. His research focuses on the genetic and environmental determinants of type 2 diabetes and obesity, with an emphasis on precision medicine and translational prevention strategies. 

Portrait of Jonas Halfvarsson

Jonas Halfvarsson

Jonas Halfvarsson is Professor of Gastroenterology at Örebro University. His research centers on the epidemiology, genetics, and molecular mechanisms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), aiming to improve diagnosis, treatment, and patient outcomes.

Professor Olof Stephansson

Olof Stephansson

Olof Stephansson is Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at Karolinska Institutet and a senior consultant in obstetrics. His research addresses maternal and perinatal health, with particular focus on pregnancy complications, obstetric outcomes, and the use of large-scale population registers.

Portrait of Ida Karlsson

Ida Karlsson

Ida Karlsson is an Associate Professor at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet. Her research focuses on life course epidemiology, aging, and genetic and environmental influences on health using twin and population-based cohorts.

Peter Ueda. Photo Andreas Andersson

Peter Ueda

Peter Ueda is an Associate Professor at the Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet and resident physician at the Center for Diabetes, Stockholm Region. His research addresses cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and drug safety using large-scale register-based data.

Nicola Orsini, Principal Researcher and Docent at GPH

Nicola Orsini

Nicola Orsini is an Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet. He specializes in epidemiological methods, including dose-response analysis and causal inference, with applications in nutrition, lifestyle, and chronic disease research.

Donghao Lu

Donghao Lu is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet. His work focuses on how psychological, social, and biological factors shape women’s mental health across the life course, using large-scale register data and longitudinal methods.

Giulia Dallagiacoma

Short oral presentations

Giulia Dallagiacoma

PhD student at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and biostatistics. 

Title: Risk factors for severe respiratory syncytial virus infection: a Swedish nationwide cohort study

 

Yuxia Wei

Postdoctoral researcher at Institute of Environmental Medicine

Title: Comparative Cardiovascular Effectiveness of GLP-1 RAs vs. Insulin in Early-Onset Type 2 Diabetes

Portrait of Jing Wu standing with her arms crossed.

Jing Wu

Postdoctoral researcher at Institute of Environmental Medicine

Title: Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution in Relation to the Risk and Prognosis of Motor Neuron Disease: Results from the Swedish Motor Neuron Disease Quality Registry

Shayan Mostafaei

Bioinformatician at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and biostatistics.  

Title: Precision Risk Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Using Integrated Multi-Omics Aging Clocks and Genetic Data

Contact

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Janina Mahmoodi

Coordinator SFOepi
Content reviewer:
23-09-2025