Published 23 August 2019 Usage of structured fields in Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to ascertain smoking history is important but fails in capturing the nuances of smoking behaviors. Knowledge of smoking behaviors, such as pack year history and most recent cessation date, allows care providers to select the best care plan for patients at risk of smoking attributable diseases. New publication i

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/building-tobacco-user-registry-extracting-multiple-smoking-behaviors-clinical-notes - 2025-08-09

Published 26 August 2019 In any field of science, career development is a critical issue for early career professionals, and many attempts have been made to support their development. Networking is considered important for early career researchers because it can help them form collaborations which are good opportunities to start new research, produce highly influential work8 and find jobs. Thus, m

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/networks-early-career-epidemiologists-around-world-current-status-and-future-directions - 2025-08-09

Published 26 August 2019 Vetenskapsrådets Forskningsbarometer ger en övergripande bild av tillståndet för svensk forskning och utveckling (FoU) i internationell jämförelse. Särskilt fokus ligger på den forskning som utförs av högskolesektorn i Sverige. Läs mer här.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/forskningsbarometern-2019 - 2025-08-09

Published 27 August 2019 Årligen investeras miljarder i medicinsk forskning. Trots det når en stor del av resultaten inte patienterna – som riskerar att behandlas med för­åldrade metoder. Forskningen måste bli ett mer naturligt inslag i hälso- och sjukvårdens dagliga verksamhet. Läs mer här.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/debatt-samarbetet-mellan-vard-och-forskning-maste-bli-battre - 2025-08-09

Published 28 August 2019 I höst finns miljontals kronor i forskningsmedel att söka från Europeiska forskningsrådet, ERC. Samtliga utlysningar är öppna för alla ämnesområden. Vetenskapsrådet stödjer forskare och forskningshandläggare vid de svenska universiteten i ansökningsprocessen. Läs mer här.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/sok-medel-fran-erc-i-host - 2025-08-09

Published 27 August 2019 In Norway, the Directorate of Health is responsible for two nationwide registries – the Norwegian Patient Registry (NPR) and the Norwegian Registry for Primary Health Care (NRPHC) – which together cover all governmental-funded health care. The NPR (specialist health care) was established in 2008, while the NRPHC (primary health care) was established in 2017. New publicatio

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/norwegian-patient-registry-and-norwegian-registry-primary-health-care-research-potential-two - 2025-08-09

Published 28 August 2019 The study included 20,487 individuals (61% women) from the Malmö Diet and Cancer cohort, 45–74 years, without diabetes and CVD at baseline (1991–1996) and who did not report dietary changes. Diet was measured with a modified diet history method. During 15 years follow-up, 2206 T2D, 1571 CE and 1332 stroke cases were identified. Data on weight change after 16.7 years were a

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/food-patterns-relation-weight-change-and-incidence-type-2-diabetes-coronary-events-and-stroke-malmo - 2025-08-09

Published 29 August 2019 A modified Delphi study allowed 37 international vascular registry experts to achieve a consensus recommendation for a minimum core and an optimum data set for registries covering patients who undergo ALI revascularisation. Continued global harmonisation of registry infrastructure and definition of items allows international comparisons and global quality improvement. Furt

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/editors-choice-recommendations-registry-data-collection-revascularisations-acute-limb-ischaemia - 2025-08-09

Published 30 August 2019 The aim of this nationwide follow-up study was to examine whether neighborhood linking social capital is associated with lung cancer, including incident and mortality cases, after adjustment for individual- and familial-level factors. New publication in Cancer EpidemiologyRead more here

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/neighborhood-linking-social-capital-predictor-lung-cancer-swedish-national-cohort-study - 2025-08-09

Published 30 August 2019 During a one-day conference, students, teachers, researchers and other higher education professionals are invited to explore how we can take responsibility for, and be inspired by, the Sustainable Development Goals in our educational programs, research, and collaboration with society. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/rethinking-higher-education - 2025-08-09

Published 2 September 2019 Administrative health records (AHRs) and electronic medical records (EMRs) are two key sources of population-based data for disease surveillance, but misclassification errors in the data can bias disease estimates. Methods that combine information from error-prone data sources can build on the strengths of AHRs and EMRs. We compared bias and error for four data-combining

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/combining-population-based-administrative-health-records-and-electronic-medical-records-disease - 2025-08-09

Published 3 September 2019 The aim of this study was to describe hand fracture epidemiology/etiology in city children and describe time trend during six decades. New publication in BMC Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and ResearchRead more here

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/hand-fracture-epidemiology-and-etiology-children-time-trends-malmo-sweden-during-six-decades - 2025-08-09

Published 4 September 2019 Missing data are unavoidable in epidemiological research, potentially leading to bias and loss of precision. Multiple imputation (MI) is widely advocated as an improvement over complete case analysis (CCA). However, contrary to widespread belief, CCA is preferable to MI in some situations. New publication in International Journal of EpidemiologyRead more here

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/accounting-missing-data-statistical-analyses-multiple-imputation-not-always-answe - 2025-08-09

Published 5 September 2019 The use of oral anticoagulants is rarer in children than adults, but studies indicate that their paediatric use is increasing. Warfarin has been used in children, at the discretion of the treating physician, but both the number of children and the data on its use are limited New publication in Acta Paediatr.Read more here

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/establishing-regional-paediatric-registry-improved-overview-and-detection-side-effects-children - 2025-08-09

Published 6 September 2019 Because of the potential mutagenic effects of chemo- and radiotherapy, there is concern regarding increased risk of congenital malformations (CMs) among children of fathers with cancer. Previous register studies indicate increased CM risk among children conceived after paternal cancer but lack data on oncological treatment. Increased CM risk was recently reported in chil

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/cancer-therapy-and-risk-congenital-malformations-children-fathered-men-treated-testicular-germ-cell - 2025-08-09

Published 2 September 2019 RDA 14th Plenary in Finland brings together data experts in research, industry and policy-making from all around the world and from all disciplines under the theme Data Makes the Difference. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/research-data-alliance-14th-plenary - 2025-08-09

Published 3 September 2019 A fully fledged 5-day training event which will provide the much needed foundational skills for competent data stewards and data managers in the Nordic countries with knowledge of the FAIR principles and their application. The course will be held by two trainers from GO-FAIR and provides a broad but fairly technical introduction to data stewardship. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/fair-data-stewardship-supporting-fair-data-interoperability - 2025-08-09

Published 4 September 2019 Etikprövningsmyndigheten lämnar nu det ärendehanteringssystem som utvecklats i Prisma för etikprövningar. Anledningen är att det inte ger det stöd som var avsikten. Nu upphandlas istället ett nytt system och ambitionen är att det nya ska finnas på plats under 2020. Tills dess kommer myndigheten använda en övergångslösning för att hantera etikprövningar. Prisma stängs för

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/etikprovningsmyndigheten-infor-nytt-arendehanteringssystem - 2025-08-09

Published 9 September 2019 Findings indicate that a very high percentage of patients coded with an MS diagnosis in the Swedish NPR actually have MS, and supports the use of the NPR as a viable source to identify individuals with an MS diagnosis for population-based research. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/validation-multiple-sclerosis-diagnoses-swedish-national-patient-register - 2025-08-09

Published 9 September 2019 Participation in epidemiologic studies is steadily declining, which may result in selection bias. It is therefore an ongoing challenge to clarify the determinants of participation to judge possible selection effects and to derive measures to minimise that bias. We evaluated the potential for selection bias in a recent population-based cohort study with low baseline parti

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/evaluating-selection-bias-population-based-cohort-study-low-baseline-participation-life-adult-study - 2025-08-09