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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

Johannes Edström, Nadine Karlsson, Johan Styrke, Firas Aljabery, Liselott Fornander, Magnus Wagenius, Tomas Thiel, Marcin Popiolek, Martin Holmbom (2026) Procedure, Safety, and Outcomes of Patient-Controlled Sedation in Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy: A 7-Year Cohort Study Journal of endourology (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08927790261450701
Joanna-Maria Papageorgiou, Tiny Jaarsma, Kristofer Hedman, Nadine Karlsson, Leonie Klompstra, Anna Strömberg (2026) Prognostic value of baseline and longitudinal changes in exercise capacity and quality of life in the HF-Wii Swedish population Open heart, Vol. 13, Article e004130 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2026-004130
Emma Brulin, Per Nilsen, Ida Seing, Hanna Fernemark, Elin Karlsson, Janna Skagerström, Nadine Karlsson (2026) A national survey of primary care physicians' self-reported use of and attitudes to telemedicine consultations with patients in Sweden Digital Health, Vol. 12, Article 20552076261452903 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20552076261452903

Organisation

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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.
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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.