Conferences and symposiums SFOepi conference: From Data to Impact
09-10-2026 3:45 pm Add to iCal
From Data to Impact: Epidemiology and Biostatistics in a Changing Climate – A cross-disciplinary conference on methods, data, and communication in climate and health research
The 2026 SFOepi Conference will take place on 8–9 October at the beautiful Vår Gård in Saltsjöbaden. We invite you to save the dates and register early to secure your place!
Register here: https://forms.gle/m9Rh2Hg947yEmWTA6
The conference programme is currently under development and will be expanded and updated on an ongoing basis throughout the spring. More details about sessions, speakers, and activities will be published as they become available.
Abstracts
Make sure to send in an abstract by September 1st and you will be considered for a Short talk at the conference. You will also have the chance of winning Best Short talk 2026!
Send your abstract to janina.mahmoodi@ki.se with subject “ABSTRACT for SFOepi conference 2026”.
Posters
Sign up for a poster when you register and you will have the opportunity to show it during the poster session at the conference and possibly also have a chance to win the Best Poster Award 2026.
Cost
The conference is primarily funded by SFOepi, however, a small fee will be charged to each participant and debited directly to the project number provided during registration.This fee is non-refundable:
- 1500 SEK for participants staying overnight
- 750 SEK for day attendance only
Preliminary program
Bus from MEB to Vår Gård in Saltsjöbaden
Registration and coffee
Welcome and Introduction of the Epi departments
Session: Climate change & health
Keynote speaker: Maria Neira
Title: Health as the Compass: From Climate Epidemiology to Policy Transformation
Local speaker: Tobias Alfvén
Title: Climate Change and Child Health – From Epidemiological Evidence to Action
2 short talks: selected abstracts
Lunch
Poster session
Vote for best poster - the winner will be revealed on day 2!
Coffee and check in to the hotel
Session: Environmental epidemiology
Keynote speaker: Gregory Wellenius
Title: Heat Health Risk and Resilience: Research for Action
Local speaker: Debora Rizzuto
Title: Exposure to air pollution and brain aging
Local speaker: Massimo Stafoggia
Title: Methodological challenges in the evaluation of independent and joint effects of climate-related exposures on human health
Workshop/networking event
Dinner
Breakfast and Hotel check out
Session: Impact and policy changes
Keynote speaker: Zorana Jovanovic Andersen
Title: Engaging health communities in climate change and health science to policy translation: examples from European Respiratory Society
Local speaker: Björn Pasternak
Titel: Impact of database studies on the effects of medical drugs
Local speaker and recipient of SFOepi Pilot grant: Jiayao Lei
Title: HPV prevention – a double win for cancer control and healthy pregnancies
Coffee
Session: Applications and tools
Local speaker and recipient of SFOepi Pilot grant: Máté Szilcz
Title: Practical Apps to Communicate Evidence and Support Decision Making
Local speaker and recipient of SFOepi Pilot grant: Caroline Dietrich
Title: Development and implementation of biostatistical methods in relative survival analysis for cancer survivorship research
Session: Short talks
Selected abstracts