Research in the area of Medical Epidemiology focuses on health, health changes, and health determinants in the older population.

We aim to increase our understanding of the aging process, to detect risk and protective factors of the major age-related chronic diseases as well as multimorbidity and disability, and to identify strategies for longer and healthier lives. To that end, we take advantage of the unique population-based database from the longitudinal SNAC-K project that we have been carrying out since 2000 with regular assessment by nurses, psychologists, and physicians. Our group is also coordinating the National E-Infrastructure on Aging Research (NEAR).

The research groups within this area consist of senior and junior researchers from multiple disciplines such as epidemiology, neurology, geriatrics, pharmacy, biostatistics, and physiotherapy. Researchers supervise several postgraduate and doctoral students, and also host visiting researchers from Europe and outside.

There are four research groups within the research area Medical Epidemiology:

Chengxuan Qiu’s research group

• Serhiy Dekhtyar, Principal Researcher
• Yume Imahori, Postdoc
• Yuanjing Li, PhD Student
• Chengxuan Qiu, Research Group Leader
• Federico Triolo, PhD student

Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga’s research group

• Giorgi Beridze, PhD Student
• Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Research Group Leader
• Lu Dai, Postdoc
• Mariam Kirvalidze, Research assistant
• Marguerita Saadeh, PhD Student
• Clare Tazzeo, PhD Student
• Davide Liborio Vetrano, Assistant Professor
• Xin Xia, PhD Student

Debora Rizzuto’s research group

• Lena Ragert Blomgren, Database coordinator
• Laura Fratiglioni, Professor
• Giulia Grande, Postdoc
• Xiaonan Hu, Database Coordinator
• Ashir Javeed, Postdoc
• Thais Lopes de Oliveira, Postdoc
• Alexander Darin Mattsson, Database Coordinator
• Justinas Narbutas, Postdoc
• Debora Rizzuto, Research Group Leader
• Therese Rydberg Sterner, Postdoc
• Linnea Sjöberg, Scientific Communicator
• Maria Wahlberg, Statistician
• Jing Wu, PhD Student
• Alberto Zucchelli, Research Coordinator

Weili Xu’s research group

• Abigail Dove, PhD Student
• Johan Fastbom, Professor
• Jie Guo, PhD Student
• Weili Xu, Research Group Leader