Rickard Ljung
Om mig
Jag är professor i epidemiologi och enhetschef för Farmakoepidemiologi och analys på Läkemedelsverket. Vid Karolinska Institutet är jag docent i socialmedicin och sedan 2024 adjungerad professor i farmakoepidemiologi (20%) vid enheten för epidemiologi vid Institutet för miljömedicin, KI.
Under åren 2014-2017 var jag universitetslektor i socialmedicin och ansvarade för kursen Hälsa i samhälle och miljö på läkarprogrammet vid KI. Dessförinnan arbetade jag 2007-2013 på Socialstyrelsen med jämlikhet i hälsa och vård, uppföljning av hälso-och sjukvårdens kvalitet och effektivitet samt med patientsäkerhetsfrågor.
Jag tog läkarexamen vid KI 1994 och genomförde min specialistutbildning i socialmedicin vid Centrum för folkhälsa, Stockholms läns landsting. År 2002 tog jag en Master of Public Health under specialisttjänstgöringen och disputerade 2006 vid KI. 1997-1998 arbetade jag för Läkare Utan Gränser i Thailand och i Nordkorea.
Post-doc stipendium från Astrid and David Hagelén Foundation, 2009-2012. Postdoc vid övre GI-kirurgi, institutionen för molekylär medicin och kirurgi vid Karolinska Institutet. Handledare: Professor Jesper Lagergren.
Centralt finansierad forskarassistent i internationell konkurrens, Karolinska Institet, 2013-2017.
Adjungerad Professor, Karolinska Institutet, 2024
Professor Läkemedelsverket, 2019
Universitetslektor i socialmedicin, Karolinska Institutet, 2014-2017
Docent i socialmedicin, Karolinska Institutet, 2012.
Medicine doktor i folkhälsovetenskap, särskilt epidemiologi, 2006. Avhandling: Socioeconomic inequalities in health – Epidemiological studies of disease burden, mechanisms, and gender differences. Disputationsdatum: 8 dec 2006. Handledare: Professor Johan Hallqvist,
Specialistläkare i socialmedicin, 2003.
Magisterexamen i folkhälsovetenskap 2002. Magisteruppsatsen var en analys av sjukdomsbördan i Sverige.
Reservofficer i medicinalkåren, Karlstads Universitet, 1999.
Legitimerad läkare, 1997.
Läkarexamen, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, 1994.
Forskningsbeskrivning
Jag använder främst Sveriges unika hälsodataregister, register över socioekonomiska och sociodemografiska faktorer samt nationella kvalitetsregister i min forskning, med ett särskilt fokus på farmakoepidemiologi för att studera läkemedel och vacciners effekt och säkerhet.
Undervisning
Jag har huvudhandlett tre doktorander till disputation, samt fem som bihandledare.
Kursansvarig och examinator för kursen 'Hälsa i samhälle och miljö', termin 11, Läkarprogrammet, Karolinska Institutet, 2014-2017
Artiklar
- Article: JOURNAL OF INFECTION. 2024;89(4):106261
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2024;14(1):20054
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2024;121:24037
- Article: JOURNAL OF SUBSTANCE USE. 2024;29(4):617-623
- Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2024;45(15):1327-1335
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS. 2024;62(3):109-114
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF METHODS IN PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH. 2024;33(1):e1998
- Article: PEDIATRICS. 2024;153(2):e2023062520
- Article: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2023;58(8):1139-1149
- Article: ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA. 2023;148(2):199-207
- Journal article: OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA DIGEST. 2023;43(1):14-15
- Article: CANCER MEDICINE. 2023;12(5):6148-6160
- Article: BMJ MEDICINE. 2023;2(1):e000373
- Article: UPSALA JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2023;128(1)
- Article: UPSALA JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2023;128(1)
- Article: CANCER MEDICINE. 2022;11(22):4341-4353
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. 2022;11(17):e027143
- Article: VACCINE. 2022;40(33):4686-4692
- Article: JAMA CARDIOLOGY. 2022;7(6):600-612
- Article: VACCINE. 2022;40(21):2904-2909
- Article: BJOG: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY. 2022;129(6):917-925
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (JAMA). 2022;327(15):1469-1477
- Article: NEUROLOGY. 2022;98(11):e1104-e1113
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE. 2022;24(1):181-189
- Article: UPSALA JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2022;127(1)
- Article: CIRCULATION. 2021;144(24):1915-1925
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2021;11(1):21673
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY (EJPC). 2021;28(11):1229-1234
- Article: PLOS MEDICINE. 2021;18(9):e1003790
- Article: EUROPEAN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2021;30(9):1339-1350
- Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2021;42(15):1489-1495
- Article: UPSALA JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2021;126(1)
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2020;147(12):3349-3360
- Article: OBESITY SURGERY. 2020;30(10):3761-3767
- Article: CANCER MEDICINE. 2020;9(16):6062-6068
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2020;147(3):728-735
- Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;19(1):1174
- Article: BMC ORAL HEALTH. 2019;19(1):116
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2019;9(1):8257
- Article: CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2019;11:81-92
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2018;122(12):1989-1995
- Article: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2018;56:14-20
- Article: PEDIATRIC OBESITY. 2018;13(7):442-449
- Article: ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA. 2018;137(4):287-295
- Journal article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2018;47(1):357
- Journal article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2018;115:EZHR
- Article: CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2018;10:1573-1581
- Journal article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2017;114:EXHP
- Journal article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2017;114:EWL6
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 2017;70(18):2226-2236
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2017;245:43-48
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY (EJE). 2017;32(9):765-773
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2017;240:1-7
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;45(17_suppl):5-13
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2017;7(5):e013133
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2017;232:111-116
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2017;7(3):e014968
- Article: BMC GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2017;17(1):36
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2017;52(2):216-221
- Article: POPULATION HEALTH METRICS. 2017;15(1):2
- Article: CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2017;9:633-642
- Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2016;70(12):1222-1228
- Article: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2016;25(11):1337-1341
- Journal article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2016;113:D9P7
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2016;113:D7L6
- Article: OBESITY SURGERY. 2016;26(8):1750-1756
- Article: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2016;55(7):846-850
- Article: DIABETOLOGIA. 2016;59(5):980-988
- Article: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2016;26(4):693-704
- Article: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY, BIOMARKERS AND PREVENTION. 2016;25(4):678-685
- Article: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2016;40:188-195
- Article: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2016;40:67-72
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY (EJE). 2016;31(2):125-136
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2016;203:341-346
- Article: CANCER. 2016;122(2):207-212
- Article: JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY. 2016;11:38
- Journal article: MEDEDPUBLISH. 2016;:71
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2016;51(2):203-210
- Article: COLORECTAL DISEASE. 2015;17(11):1018-1027
- Article: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2015;54(8):1152-1158
- Article: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2015;54(7):986-992
- Article: CANCER CONTROL. 2015;22(2):263-270
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY. 2015;71(4):499-505
- Article: CANCER CAUSES AND CONTROL. 2015;26(3):501-509
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. 2015;33(5):448-454
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2014;135(1):238-241
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 2014;63(23):2569-2578
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2014;4(6):e005418
- Article: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2014;53(6):822-829
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY (EJPC). 2014;21(5):549-558
- Article: BMC PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY. 2014;15:22
- Article: ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY. 2014;11(3):442-443
- Article: BMJ QUALITY AND SAFETY. 2014;23(3):206-214
- Journal article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2014;111(7):257
- Article: POPULATION HEALTH METRICS. 2014;12:11
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2013;3(12):e003754
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY, THE. 2013;59(8):801-804
- Article: PANCREAS. 2013;42(6):1011-1015
- Article: EUROPEAN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2013;22(6):349-355
- Article: JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2013;173(6):444-449
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2013;110(12):639-640
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(9):e73973
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(1):e53551
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(4):e62067
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2012;109(42):1872-1873
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2012;109(34-35):1456-1457
- Article: GUT. 2012;61(6):873-876
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2012;32(3):336-340
- Journal article: GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2012;142(5):s-316
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2012;109(14-15):732
- Journal article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. 2012;30(4):404
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2012;109(4):168
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2012;2(1):e000778
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2012;2(3):e000914
- Article: MEDICAL TEACHER. 2012;34(1):25-29
- Article: POPULATION HEALTH METRICS. 2011;9:60
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2011;40(6):1585-1592
- Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2011;65(11):993-998
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2011;47(14):2128-2132
- Article: DRUGS AND AGING. 2011;28(6):469-476
- Article: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2011;50(5):685-693
- Journal article: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. 2011;26(S2):1854
- Journal article: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. 2011;26(S2):1853
- Journal article: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. 2011;26(S2):375
- Journal article: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. 2011;26(S2):385
- Article: AGING & MENTAL HEALTH. 2011;15(2):259-266
- Article: PANCREATOLOGY. 2011;11(5):525-532
- Article: BMJ QUALITY AND SAFETY. 2011;20(1):9-14
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2010
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2010;138(1):50-55
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2009;106(38):2380
- Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2009;266(3):248-257
- Article: DIABETOLOGIA. 2009;52(9):1745-1754
- Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2009;265(4):465-475
- Article: AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL. 2009;157(3):495-501
- Journal article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2009;30(3):381-382
- Article: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2008;17(10):1020-1028
- Article: SLEEP. 2008;31(6):801-807
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY. 2008;64(4):439-444
- Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2008;29(1):45-53
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2007;104(41):2952-2954
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2007;35(1):17-22
- Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2006;60(12):1080-1084
- Article: BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 2005;83(2):92-99
- Article: BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 2002;80(8):644-652
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Alla övriga publikationer
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2024
- Corrigendum: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2023;58(8):1151-1152
- Letter: DRUG SAFETY. 2023;46(3):319-321
- Review: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2023;32(3):279-286
- Letter: BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 2022;109(8):775-776
- Letter: EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2022;33(4):e11-e12
- Letter: OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. 2022;139(5):940-941
- Letter: IRISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE. 2021;190(4):1643-1644
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2021;42:825
- Letter: THE LANCET PSYCHIATRY. 2021;8(2):e2
- Conference publication: PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE. 2021;83(7):A10-A11
- Corrigendum: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2020;10(1):2171
- Corrigendum: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;19(1):1268
- Review: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2019;116:FI6L
- Conference publication: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 2018;71(11):229
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;27:ckx187.456
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;27:ckx187.288
- Editorial comment: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2017;46(5):1367-1367g
- Conference publication: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2017;71:A14
- Meeting abstract: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 2017;69(11):240
- Letter: HEPATOBILIARY AND PANCREATIC DISEASES INTERNATIONAL. 2016;15(4):443-445
- Meeting abstract: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 2016;67(13):449
- Conference publication: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2015;44:11-12
- Meeting abstract: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 2015;65(10):A129
- Letter: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 2014;64(6):633-634
- Other: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2014;111(25-26):1132-1133
- Conference publication: DIABETOLOGIA. 2014;57:S110
- Letter: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2013;110(4):163
- Review: DIABETOLOGIA. 2012;55(6):1619-1632
- Review: DIABETOLOGIA. 2012;55(6):1607-1618
- Letter: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2012;51(3):400-402
- Letter: EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2011;22(5):749-750
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2011;47:S460-S461
- Meeting abstract: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2011;65:A106
- Meeting abstract: SUCHTTHERAPIE. 2011;38
- Letter: ACTA RADIOLOGICA. 2011;52(3):247
- Letter: BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY. 2011;95(4):592-594
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. 2011;26
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. 2011;26
- Letter: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2010;89(12):1608-1610
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2010;20:90
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2010;20:49-50
- Letter: MEDICAL TEACHER. 2010;32(5):443
- Letter: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2009;99(2):197-198
- Letter: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2009;30(3):381-382
- Letter: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2008;359(18):1966-1968
- Conference publication: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY. 2008;17:S99-S100
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2008;29:468
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2008;29:226
- Letter: PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES. 2008;59(1):116-117
- Letter: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2007;97(11):1927-1928
- Letter: STROKE. 2007;38(9):e94
- Letter: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2007;357(1):86-87
- Letter: PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES. 2007;58(6):879-880
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2006;27:662
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2005;15:19
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Forskningsbidrag
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 December 2016 - 30 November 2017
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 January 2016 - 31 December 2017
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 January 2016 - 31 December 2019
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 January 2016 - 31 December 2018
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 December 2015 - 30 September 2016
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2014 - 31 December 2018
Anställningar
- Adjungerad Professor, Institutet för miljömedicin, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2028
Examina och utbildning
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2012
- MEDICINE DOKTORSEXAMEN, Institutionen för global folkhälsa, Karolinska Institutet, 2006
- Medicine Magisterexamen, Karolinska Institutet, 2002
- Läkarexamen, Karolinska Institutet, 1994