Conferences and symposiums SFOepi day 2025

25-09-2025 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Add to iCal
Campus Solna Lecture hall Jacob Berzelius, Berzelius väg 3, Solna Campus

Each year, SFOepi hosts a conference focusing on a different theme within the fields of epidemiology and biostatistics. This year's theme is precision medicine and the work of SFOepi awardees.

Program

9.00-9.10   Welcome by SFOepi chair - Catarina Almqvist

9.10-9.50   Megan Roberts - University of  North Carolina
Title: Precision medicine in Public Health

9.50-10.20  Paul Franks - Lund University 
Title: Precision medicine in Cardiometabolic diseases

10.20-10.50  Coffee break

10.50-11.20   Jonas Halfvarson - Örebro University 
Title: Precision medicine in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

11.20-11.50   Olof Stephansson - Karolinska Institutet 
Title: Precision medicine in Obstetrics

11.50-12.30  Panel Debate - Q&A on Precision Medicine

12.30-14.00  Lunch and poster session

14.00-14.25  Ida Karlsson – MEB, Karolinska Institutet 
Title: Obesity as a heterogenous phenotype – moving beyond BMI

14.25-14.50  Peter Ueda - KEP, Karolinska Institutet 
Title: Neurodegenerative disease among contact sport athletes - heading for clarity

14.50-15.20  Coffee break

15.20-15.45  Nicola Orsini - GPH, Karolinska Institutet 
Title: Harnessing Statistical Thinking in Public Health

15.45-16.05  Donghau Lu - IMM, Karolinska Institutet 
Title: Towards precision medicine in women’s mental health

16.05-17.10  Short oral (4*10 min) with abstract and poster award

17.10-18.00  Mingle

18.00  Dinner