Johan Reutfors
Principal Researcher | Docent
E-mail: johan.reutfors@ki.se
Telephone: +46852483336
Visiting address: Maria Aspmans gata 30A, 17164 Solna
Postal address: K2 Medicin, Solna, K2 Centr för läkemedelsepidemiologi CPE, 171 77 Stockholm
Part of:
- Department of Medicine, Solna
- Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology
About me
- My academic background includes a Master of Medical Science from Uppsala
University, where I studied at Medical School and graduated as a medical
doctor from the same university two years later. I received my doctoral
degree at the Clinical Epidemiology unit (KEP) from Karolinska Institutet
2010. The title of my thesis was “Epidemiological studies of suicide in
patients with psychiatric illness”. In 2016, I was appointed Associate
Professor of Psychiatry at Karolinska Institutet .
I became a licensed physician in 2003 and then continued with my
specialization in psychiatry at the Karolinska University Hospital in
Stockholm, until 2011. Thereafter, I have held a position as a consultant
psychiatrist at the Northwest Psychiatric Clinic in Stockholm. I have also
worked as a director of studies for a research school for clinicians in
epidemiology.
At the Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology, I am working as a researcher,
research coordinator and also the team leader for the profile area about
“CNS and drugs”. By performing large epidemiological register studies our
aim is to shed light on research questions within the field of psychiatry and
the CNS.
Articles
- Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2026;403:121415Nygren A; Karlsson P; Tiger M; Brenner P; Gembert K; Zhang Z; Qu Y; Tiihonen J; Taipale H; Reutfors J
- Article: ADDICTION. 2026;121(5):1112-1127Robijn AL; Donald S; Cohen JM; Tran DT; Cesta CE; Furu K; Parkin L; Pearson S-A; Reutfors J; Zoega H; Zwar N; Havard A
- Article: ANNALS OF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL NEUROLOGY. 2026;13(4):736-746Englund S; Reutfors J; Frisell T; Piehl F
- Article: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2026;61(3):423-434Brenner P; Taipale H; Josefsson P; Dibernardo A; Tanskanen A; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Reutfors J
- Article: PAEDIATRIC AND PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2026;40(2):281-290Srinivas C; Karlstad O; Stigum H; Furu K; Cesta CE; Reutfors J; Hutcheon JA; Cohen JM
- Article: BIRTH DEFECTS RESEARCH. 2026;118(1):e70011Villeneuve PJ; Aschengrau A; Bell ML; Cao Y; Elwood M; Eslick G; Harris S; Kheifets L; Khoshnood B; Norman R; Pace N; Reutfors J; Schraw JM; Suarez-lopez JR; Toft G; Wilson RD; Kirman CR; Carneal T; Hays SM
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2025;15(1):514Kronsell A; Nordenskjold A; Boden R; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Reutfors J; Rossides M; Tiger M
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2025;:1-7Srinivas C; Karlstad O; Stigum H; Furu K; Cesta CE; Reutfors J; Hjellvik V; Hutcheon JA; Cohen JM
- Article: CNS DRUGS. 2025;39(11):1173-1185Chan AYL; Bahmanyar S; Beyene K; Bushnell G; Carleton B; Chan AHY; Cook S; Crystal S; Furu K; Gadzhanova S; Garcia Poza P; Gini R; Giometto S; Harrison J; Haug U; Hsu C; Hjordisar Jonsdottir HL; Kai J; Karlstad O; Kim JH; Kubota K; Lai EC-C; Lee H; Lau WCY; Li KH; Lucenteforte E; Maura G; Neumann A; Pate V; Pottegard A; Qureshi N; Rasmussen L; Reutfors J; Roughead EE; Saastamoinen L; Sato T; Scholle O; Schuiling-Veninga CCM; Shen C-Y; Shin J-Y; Sturmer T; Taxis K; Tuccori M; Weng S; Wong KHTW; Zoega H; Man KKC; Wong ICK
- Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2025;386:119419Nygren A; Reutfors J; Karlsson P; Tiger M; Faxen J; Brenner P
- Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2025;381:484-493Johansson V; Brenner P; Karlsson P; Feldman AL; Reutfors J
- Article: JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2025;185(6):656-667Tran DT; Cohen JM; Donald S; Cesta CE; Furu K; Parkin L; Pearson S-A; Reutfors J; Robijn AL; Zoega H; Zwar N; Havard A
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEURO-ONCOLOGY. 2025;173(2):383-395Baxter SM; Bjorge T; Bjerkvig R; Cardwell C; Engeland A; Eriksson J; Habel L; Igland J; Klungsoyr K; Lunde A; Miletic H; Olesen M; Pottegard A; Reutfors J; Sharifian MJ; Linder M; Hicks B
- Article: ANESTHESIOLOGY. 2025;142(6):1100-1113Brett J; Cesta CE; Gillies MB; Bateman BT; Chan AYL; Cheng MC-Y; Cho Y; Choi E; Cohen JM; Donald S; Furu K; Gissler M; Gomes T; Havard A; Hernandez-Diaz S; Hsieh MHC; Huybrechts KF; Karlsson P; Kelty E; Lai ECC; Ledlie S; Wang T; Leinonen MK; Parkin L; Reutfors J; Shin J-Y; Su CTT; Varney B; Wong ICK; Man KKC; Zoega H
- Article: JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH. 2025;34(1):e14267Nygren A; Brenner P; Brandt L; Karlsson P; Eloranta S; Reutfors J
- Article: EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2025;34(1):159-167Rasmussen L; Jensen PB; Reutfors J; Furu K; Skurtveit S; Selmer R; Damkier P; Bliddal M; Wesselhoeft R
- Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2024;7(12):e2451117Wittstroem F; Cesta CE; Bateman BT; Bendix M; Bliddal M; Chan AYL; Cho Y; Choi E-Y; Cohen JM; Donald S; Gissler M; Havard A; Hernandez-Diaz S; Huybrechts KF; Kollhorst B; Lai EC-C; Leinonen MK; Li BMH; Man KKC; Ng VWS; Parkin L; Pazzagli L; Rasmussen L; Rotem RS; Schink T; Shin J-Y; Tran DT; Wong ICK; Zoega H; Reutfors J
- Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2024;7(10):e2438269Cesta CE; Reutfors J; Cohen JM; Eriksson J; Furu K; Zoega H; Pazzagli L
- Article: GENERAL HOSPITAL PSYCHIATRY. 2024;89:23-31Brenner P; Askling J; Hagg D; Brandt L; Stang P; Reutfors J
- Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2024;7(6):e2419245Robijn AL; Tran DT; Cohen JM; Donald S; Cesta CE; Furu K; Parkin L; Pearson S-A; Reutfors J; Zoega H; Zwar N; Havard A
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All other publications
- Corrigendum: ECLINICALMEDICINE. 2025;81:103139Bruno C; Cesta CE; Hjellvik SV; Ulrichsen P; Bjork M-H; Esen BO; Gillies MB; Gissler M; Havard A; Karlstad O; Leinonen MK; Norgaard M; Pearson S-A; Reutfors J; Furu K; Cohen JM; Zoega H
- Review: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2024;14(1):175Tiger M; Castelpietra G; Wesselhoeft R; Lundberg J; Reutfors J
- Corrigendum: EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2024;33(4):1229Sorensen AMS; Wesselhoeft R; Andersen JH; Reutfors J; Cesta CE; Furu K; Hartz I; Rasmussen L
- Published conference paper: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2023;84(1):22m14430Broms G; Hernandez-Diaz S; Huybrechts KF; Bateman BT; Kristiansen EB; Einarsdottir K; Engeland A; Furu K; Gissler M; Karlsson P; Klungsoyr K; Lahesmaa-Korpinen A-M; Mogun H; Norgaard M; Reutfors J; Sorensen HT; Zoega H; Kieler H
- Letter: JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 2020;324(9):895-897Cesta CE; Engeland A; Karlsson P; Kieler H; Reutfors J; Furu K
- Doctoral thesis: 2010Reutfors J
- Meeting abstract: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. 2008;23:S135-S136Osby U; Alfredsson L; Edman G; Reutfors J; Isacsson G; Hennekens C; Sparen P
Employments
- Principal Researcher, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2016
- Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, 2010
Supervision
Supervision to doctoral degree
- Silvia Segovia Chacón, Pharmacoepidemiological studies of medication use in reproductive-aged and pregnant women: focus on hypnotics and treatments for migraine, 2023-
- Felix Wittström, Pharmacoepidemiological studies of medication use in pregnant women with bipolar disorder: polypharmacy, lithium discontinuation and clinical consequences, 2022-