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Jonas Ludvigsson
ccKarolinska Institutet, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (MEB), C8
I am a senior pediatrician with an interest in pediatric epidemiology, pediatric gastroenterology and emergency pediatrics. I perform upper, but not lower endoscopy. Most of my clinical work is however within the field of “general pediatrics” and not just pediatric gastroenterology. His current positions are: Professor, Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet; Senior Physician (överläkare), Dept Pediatrics, Örebro University Hospital; Member of the steering group of the Swedish IBD Register.
Member of the scientific reference group of the Swedish National Data Service (SND)
Type of member: Regular
Telephone: +46 (0) 8-524 823 56
Email Address: Jonas.Ludvigsson@ki.se
Website Address: https://ki.se/en/people/joludv
Mailing Address: Div of Pediatrics, University Hospital, SE-58185 Linköping, Sweden
Collaborative Projects
Socioeconomic Inequalities and Child Health: Elucidating pathways from an international perspective together with Louise Seguin; Nicholas Spencer; Kate Pickett; Elizabeth Quon; Anders Hjern; Faresjö Tomas; Ludvigsson Johnny; Gilles Paradis; Dr Marie Lambert; Sonia Lupien; Lise.Gauvin
Current research interests
Celiac disease is my main research interest. Most of my papers in this field have been epidemiological, although I have published papers on experimental research in celiac disease. Lately, I have spent considerable time coordinating an international group of scientists working on new guidelines for the definition and management of celiac disease.
I have been a member of the steering board of the Swedish IBD register since 2005, and in the past years I have responsible for the annual report. I am currently coordinating one validation of inflammatory bowel disease diagnoses (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis), and a second validation of microscopic colitis. Together with former PhD student Ola Olén, I coordinate a project on complications in IBD, with focus on cancer. I am one of three team leaders for the project "Scandinavian CANcer-in-Inflammatory Bowel Disease study" (SCAN-IBD). In addition, I am supervising two postdocs in Britain working on cancer complications and diverticulitis. Furthermore I work closely with Professor Hanns-Ulrich Marschall, on intrahepatic cholestasis during pregnancy (ICP).
Research priorities
Pathways and mechanisms: Cumulative and additive social risk exposures (e.g. transient v. persistent poverty). Stress and allostatic load. Social into the biological and epigenetic. | Methodological issues: Methods for examining change over time including longitudinal effects studies. Regional studies (within countries).
Selected publications
Wintzell, V., Svanström, H., Olén, O., Melbye, M., Ludvigsson, J. F., & Pasternak, B. (2019). Association between use of azathioprine and risk of acute pancreatitis in children with inflammatory bowel disease: A Swedish–Danish nationwide cohort study. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 3(3), 158-165. doi:10.1016/s2352-4642(18)30401-2 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30685366
Weimers, P., Halfvarson, J., Sachs, M. C., Ludvigsson, J. F., Peter, I., Olén, O., & Burisch, J. (2018). Association between inflammatory bowel disease and Parkinson’s disease: Seek and you shall find? Gut, 68(1), 175-176. doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2018-316937 https://gut.bmj.com/content/68/1/175.long
profile updated: 04/12/2019