Annika Rosengren

Senior Researcher

Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine

Telephone

+46 709-60 36 74

Mail

Annika.Rosengren@wlab.gu.se

About Annika Rosengren

Background

2002 - Professor of Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
1999-2002 Professor of Epidemiology, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
1980- physician, Department of Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Östra, currently working as a cardiology consultant at Östra Hospital.
1992 associate professor, internal medicine University of Gothenburg
1995 Specialist cardiology
1988 PhD
1985 Specialist internal medicine
1980 license to practise medicine
1978 MD University of Gothenburg

Rewards and distinctions

Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology
Member of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg, in 2010 awarded Silver Medal, and selected for 2010 Geoffrey Rose lecture in Population Sciences, European Society of Cardiology Congress 2010.
2011 awarded Badge of Merit from the City of Gothenburg for scientific achievements

Teaching

Long term commitment to the education of medical students in internal medicine and cardiology.

Main research

Cardiovascular epidemiology, cohort studies, register studies. Member of steering committee for several large international observational studies such as INTERHEART, INTERSTROKE and PURE, and takes part in SCAPIS. For links, please see below.

Current research

Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiological Study
Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS)
GOthenburg CArdiovascular RegisTry Studies
Cardiovascular epidemiology

Group members

Researchers

Lena Björck

Post-docs

Wai Giang Kok
Samuel Adamsson Eryd
Martin Lindgren
Araz Rawshani
Aidin Rawshani
Daniel Jaraj
Ailiana Santosa

PhD students

Pigi Dikaiou
Christina Persson
Jon Edqvist

Statisticians

Georgios Lappas
Martin Adiels
Tatiana Zverkova Sandström

Nurses and Administrators

Marie Andréasson
Annica Gustavsson
Jeanette Kembro Johansson

Key Publications

Robertson J, Schaufelberger M, Lindgren M, Adiels M, Schiöler L, Torén K, McMurray J, Sattar N, Åberg M, Rosengren A. Higher Body Mass Index in Adolescence Predicts Cardiomyopathy Risk in Midlife. Circulation. 2019 Jul 9;140(2):117-125
Rosengren A, Smyth A, Rangarajan S, Ramasundarahettige C, Bangdiwala SI, AlHabib KF, Avezum A, Bengtsson Boström K, Chifamba J, Gulec S, Gupta R, Igumbor EU, Iqbal R, Ismail N, Joseph P, Kaur M, Khatib R, Kruger IM, Lamelas P, Lanas F, Lear SA, Li W, Wang C, Quiang D, Wang Y, Lopez-Jaramillo P, Mohammadifard N, Mohan V, Mony PK, Poirier P, Srilatha S, Szuba A, Teo K, Wielgosz A, Yeates KE, Yusoff K, Yusuf R, Yusufali AH, Attaei MW, McKee M, Yusuf S. Socioeconomic status and risk of cardiovascular disease in 20 low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries: the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiologic (PURE) study. Lancet Glob Health. 2019 Jun;7(6):e748-e760.
Rawshani A, Rawshani A, Franzén S, Sattar N, Eliasson B, Svensson AM, Zethelius B, Miftaraj M, McGuire DK, Rosengren A, Gudbjörnsdottir S. Risk Factors, Mortality, and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. N Engl J Med. 2018 Aug 16;379(7):633-644.
Rosengren A, Åberg M, Robertson J, Waern M, Schaufelberger M, Kuhn G, Åberg D, Schiöler L, Torén K. Body weight in adolescence and long-term risk of early heart failure in adulthood among men in Sweden. Eur Heart J. [Epub ahead of print] (2016).
Lind M, Svensson AM, Kosiborod M, Gudbjörnsdottir S, Pivodic A, Wedel H, Dahlqvist S, Clements, Rosengren A. Glycemic Control and Excess Mortality in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. N Engl J Med 2014;371:1972-82.