Karin Kallen

CV Karin Källén (581112-4360) Centre for Reproduction Epidemiology dep of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inst of Clinical Sciences, University of Lund Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm University degrees 1979-10-31 Bachelor exam (Music/Mathematics), Lund 1980-1991 Teacher of music and mathematics in Lund. 1994 Degrees in theoretical statistics and computer science. Ph.D. 19990312 PhD, University of Lund. ”Maternal smoking and congenital malformations”. Supervisor: prof John-Gunnar Forsberg Associate Professor 2007 Reproduction epidemiology at university of Lund. Current position 2015-02-01 Employment as professor in Reproduction Epidemiology at University of Lund (50%) 2003 - Employment as consultant epidemiologist at the Swedish National Board of Health (50%). (12% 2003- 2006, 40% 2007-2013). 1999 Employment as consultant epidemiologist and data manager at the Skåne University Hospital (SUS)(50% 1999-2008, 2009 to present 10%) . Previous positions 1980-1991 Teacher of music and mathematics in Lund. (Parental leave 1982,1984,1986,1992) 1999- 2003 Research assistant at the Tornblad Instiute, University of Lund (50%). 2004-2008 Project assistant at Center of Reproduction epidemiology, dep of Obstetrics,Peadiatrics and Urology at the University of Lund (50%). 2009-2012: Researcher at the Center of Reproduction Epidemiology, Clinical Sciencies, University of Lund (50%). PhD supervision (completion): 2012 Gun Lindell 2012 Andrea Stuart 2014 Marie Carlsson Fagerström 2017 Ulrika Nörby 2017 Nils Haglund PhD supervision (as co-superviso) and on-going PhD supervision Main supervisor (on-going) for five PhD Students: Anna Bonnevier, Lina Lindegren, Susanna Edlund, Katarina Edblad, Maddalena Falagario. Co-supervisor for 10 graduated PhD-students: Margareta Kitlinski, 2007; Nana Wiberg 2008; Nils-Halvdan Morken 2008; Emma Elsmén Steen 2009; Dordi Austeng 2010; Branca Yli 2011; Marija Simic 2012; Anna Hagman 2013; Antonina Szazanova 2013; Tony Lavesson 2017 Co-supervisor (ongoing) for 3 PhD-students Other merits • 162 publications, 60 relevant publications the last 5 years • Prize-winner of the annual Alvarenga prize 2010 (instituted by the Swedish physician society) National Scientific Collaboration projects: • Statistician/epidemiologist in the National Swedish study on extreme prematurity (EXPRESS) (2004-) • Statistician/epidemiologist in the National Swedish study on GBS colonization in pregnant Swedish women, and evaluation of bed-side GBS analyses. (2007-) • Statistician/epidemiologist in the National Swedish study on term breech singletons (2004). • Statistician/epidemiologist in the Multi-Center study on STAN surveillance in premature birth. (2008 - ) Ongoing commitments/quality assurance projects • In collaboration with participants from the Swedish National Board of Medical Drugs and the Swedish National Board of Health, responsible for surveillance of suspected effects of medical drugs during pregnancy on the origin of congenital malformations. • Responsible for the annual reports from the register of congenital malformations held by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare. • In collaboration with dr Birger Winblad, Stockholm, responsible for a webb-based site on teratogeneity of medical drugs.(JANUS). • Data-manager and statistical consultant for ’Perinatal Revision South’, a population-based perinatal register for quality assessment. • Member of the steering group of the National Neonatal Perinatal Quality Register SNQ. • Member of the steering group of the National Obstetrical Perinatal Quality Register Pregnancy register. • Data-manager and statistical consultant for the National Register on IVF-treatments. • Swedish representative for the EUROCAT and Clearinghouse associations for birth defect surveillance. (European and world-wide, respectively, associations for surveillance of congenital malformations). • Member of the steering committee of the EpiHealth Strategical Research Area at the University of Lund.