Anders Ahlbom

Biography

He is Senior Professor of Epidemiology and former Chair and Director, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and former Visiting Scientist, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard University. The general objective of his research has been to improve the understanding of the impact that environmental and lifestyle factors have on risks of disease, in particular cancer and cardiovascular disease. Methodological issues with bearing on causal inference and disease etiology have been of continued interest. He has been deeply involved in assessments of environmental health risks primarily in connection with the WHO and the European Commission. Teaching epidemiologic methods at Karolinska Institutet and internationally has been an important part throughout his career and he is co-author of a textbook that was published in a dozen languages.

Research Interest

Cancer,Cardiovascular diseases