Lectures and seminars An SFOepi event: Symposium on Emerging Topics in Perinatal Pharmacoepidemiology

11-06-2026 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm Add to iCal
Karolinska University Hospital, Solna NKS, J3:12, Nanna Svartzsalen

Welcome to an afternoon symposium on emerging topics in perinatal pharmacoepidemiology! This event is open to students, postdocs, researchers, and clinicians within the KI community and surrounding institutions with an interest in medication use and vaccination during pregnancy, perinatal drug safety, and collaborative pharmacoepidemiological research. The symposium provides an opportunity to learn about current research, exchange ideas, and connect with researchers working in the field.

Invited Keynote Lectures

Professor Hedvig Nordeng, University of Oslo: Perinatal Drug Safety: Regulatory Use of RWE

Professor Natasha Nassar, University of Sydney: Using clinician and women’s lived experience to inform studies of medicines use in pregnancy and birth outcomes 

Short presentations from KI researchers

  • Neda Razaz Paternal Valproate Exposure and Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Offspring
  • Hanna Josefsson Vaccine use and safety in pregnancy 
  • Carolyn Cesta Considerations when conducting Nordic/ International collaborative studies in perinatal pharmacoepidemiology 
  • Cathrine Axfors Mapping review of living evidence syntheses of medication safety in pregnancy: A springboard for meta research

Small group workshops 

An opportunity to discuss study design

Registration

Register here by May 31

More information about the speakers and topics, can be found here: More information

This event is funded by the Strategic Research Area in Epidemiology and Biostatistics (SFOepi).

Organised by Carolyn Cesta, Cathrine Axfors, Anne Örtqvist, Neda Razaz and Elizabeth Arkema at the Division of Clinical Epidemiology and the Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet.

Questions? Contact cathrine.axfors@ se