Swedish Twin Registry - about us
The Swedish Twin Registry is managed by a Steering Committee, responsible for policy documents and major decisions, and an Expert group, reviewing all STR applications. There are also a number of other staff working in the registry, for instance data base managers and data collectors.
Meet our staff and management
Staff
Patrik Magnusson
Director of STRUlrika Zagai
Deputy Director of STRCamilla Palm
System DeveloperBarbro Sandin
System DeveloperIsabelle Kizling
System DeveloperVivekananda Lanka
System DeveloperRalf Kuja-Halkola
StatisticianRobert Karlsson
StatisticianKarin Dellenvall
Research NurseGunilla Hedlund
Project AssistantExpert Group
Sara Hägg
Chairperson of the Expert groupJohan Askling
Professor/Senior PhysicianSofia Carlsson
Senior LecturerFang Fang
ProfessorNancy Pedersen
Professor Emeritus/EmeritaSebastian Lundström
Representative from the STR National CouncilSteering Committee
- Anna Bennet Bark, Health and Social Care Inspectorate
- Anna Beskow, Uppsala University
- Bo Jacobsson, University of Gothenburg
- Christer Jansson, Uppsala University
- Henrik Larsson, Örebro University
- Cecilia Magnusson, Karolinska Institutet
Background
STR is domiciled at the Karolinska Institutet since 1959. It was originally established to study the importance of the environment for the development of cardiovascular disease and cancer.
Since then, interest has expanded to almost all common diseases and health problems. We have contacted all living twins and we are now the world's largest twin registry. A substantial number of scientific articles have been published on data from STR and currently approximately 100 new articles come out each year.
Contact and visit us
The Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics is the host of the Swedish Twin Registry.
Facility email: str-research@meb.ki.se
Mailing address: Svenska Tvillingregistret, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, PO Box 281, SE-171 77 Stockholm
Visiting address: Nobels väg 12A, SE-171 65 Solna