Nadine Karlsson

Associate Professor, Docent

I am a statistician and study risk factors for various public health issues based on epidemiological methodology. In addition, I work as a teacher at the Medical School and as a researcher in various research groups at Linköping University.

Presentation

I am an Associate Professor in Social Medicine and Public Health in the Division of Society and Health at Linköping university. I have conducted epidemiological studies in the field of public health, and my PhD thesis examined consequences of sickness absence and disability pension. Additionally, I work on various studies at Linköping university and participate in an ongoing EU international project: IMPROVA (promotion of mental health during adolescence).

About me

Academic degree

Dipl. ‘Statisticien économiste’ 1988, ENSAE, Paris, France
Master in Statistics and Stochastic Processes, 1988, INA P-G, Paris, France
Master in Statistics and Operations Research, 1992, Princeton University, Princeton, USA
PhD 2007, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm

Fields of Teaching

Teacher in several courses in the Master's programme in Medical Science (lectures in Epidemiology, Social Epidemiology and Research Ethics)
Course coordinator in Social Epidemiology (8MM154, 8FA195)
Course coordinator in Basic Biostatistics (8FO0112) and Biostatistical Modelling (8FO0111)
Supervision of Problem-Based Learning tutorials at the Medical School
Supervision in Statistics

Network

PhD student supervision
Researcher in EU-project (IMPROVA)

Publications

2026

Rodrigo Antunes Lima, Harald Baumeister, Rudiger Pryss, Ann-Marie Kuchler, Robin Kraft, Nils Berghoff, Luzia Nagel, Manfred Reichert, Abdul Rahman Idrees, Michael Stach, Maria Melchior, Camille Davisse-Paturet, Emma Falkiner, Judith van der Waerden, Adriana Baban, Diana Taut, Ingrid Danila, Mariona Perez-Anton, Daniele Porricelli, Julia Sanguesa, Maria Victoria Moneta, Rocio Garcia-Carrion, Catrin Finkenauer, Gonneke W. J. M. Stevens, Lydia Krabbendam, Felix Bolinski, Petra Maresova, Per Nilsen, Nadine Karlsson, Natalia Moreno, Anais Le Corvec, Josep Maria Haro (2026)

Study protocol of the e-Intervention Enhancing Mental Health in Adolescents (IMPROVA) project: a randomised controlled trial to promote adolescents' mental health and well-being in four European countries BMJ Open, Vol. 16, Article e108674 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108674

2025

Charlotte Wåhlin, Jan Sandqvist, Paul Enthoven, Sebastian Buck, Nadine Karlsson, Emma Nilsing Strid (2025)

Perceived health, musculoskeletal disorders, work conditions and safety climate in relation to patient handling and movement - a multicentre cross-sectional study at healthcare workplaces BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, Vol. 26, Article 1048 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-025-09330-3

2024

Ingrid Rystedt, Joakim Alfredsson, Nadine Karlsson, Margareta Kristenson (2024)

Jämlik vårt vid hjärtinfark: En pilotstudie (Report)

Organisation

Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV)

The research areas at HMV include experimental basic research to clinical, social and public health research. We conduct high-quality education in the sought-after care professions.

Division of Society and Health (SH)

We are an interdisciplinary division with research and education in several subject areas. The division consist of two units, Health Care Analysis and Public Health Science, and includes the Master´s programme in Medical Science.

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Unit of Public Health

The Unit of Public Health conducts research and teaching in social medicine, public health science, medical education, nutrition and dietetics, implementation sciences, eHealth and sports medicine.