Elena Raffetti
About me
I’m an MD specialized in Public Health and Preventive Medicine with deep expertise in public health, epidemiology and health data science. During the last 3 years, I have worked on developing an interdisciplinary research field bridging medical, natural and social sciences. I'm currently an assistant professor at Karolinska Institutet and I am leading projects that investigate how climate extremes and COVID-19 impact human health, particularly in vulnerable groups like pregnant women.
- 2021 PhD in Epidemiology
- 2016 Specialization in Public Health and Preventive Medicine
- 2011 Medical Doctor degree
I'm building up a team of early and middle-career researchers to work on the impact of extreme events on population health.
Research
At Karolinska Institutet, I'm leading two projects looking at the climate extremes on population health considering drivers of vulnerability, adaptation and future scenarios.
I'm deputy director of the Centre for Impacts of Climate Extremes (climes) supported by the Swedish Research Council, coordinated by Uppsala University in collaboration with RISE and Lund University. I'm focusing on the health impacts theme of the centre.
I'm currently in a secondment at the University of Cambridge, Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care. I'm leading a project to develop a population-wide pregnancy cohort in England and examine the role of COVID-19 infection/vaccination on adverse pregnancy outcomes. This project also considers environmental factors as possible effect modifiers and vulnerable subgroups such as pregnant women with pre-existing heart disease.
Articles
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Journal article: CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2024;260:109905
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Journal article: CELL REPORTS SUSTAINABILITY. 2024;1(3):100054
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Journal article: PREVENTIVE MEDICINE. 2023;173:107601
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Journal article: NATURE SUSTAINABILITY. 2023;6(8):995-1005
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Article: NEUROSURGICAL REVIEW. 2023;46(1):48
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Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2023;13(1):1204
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;32(6):913-918
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Article: OPERATIVE NEUROSURGERY. 2022;23(4):e256-e266
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2022;171:161-182
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Article: HEAD AND NECK-JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENCES AND SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD AND NECK. 2022;44(8):1857-1870
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;50(6):803-809
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Journal article: LANCET DIGITAL HEALTH. 2022;4(7):E542-E557
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Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2022;12(1):9291
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;19(5):2500
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Article: OPERATIVE NEUROSURGERY. 2021;21(6):E494-E505
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Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2021;11(1):477
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Article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2021;301:113968
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Article: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE. 2021;26(1):67
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Article: JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH. 2021;68(4):758-764
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Article: CLINICS AND RESEARCH IN HEPATOLOGY AND GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2021;45(1):101433
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Article: ORAL ONCOLOGY. 2021;112:105076
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Article: NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES. 2021;21(11):3439-3447
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Journal article: OPERATIVE NEUROSURGERY. 2021;21(6):E494-E505
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Article: COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE RESEARCH. 2021;28(3):216-225
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Article: CHEMOSPHERE. 2020;261:127522
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Article: OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY. 2020;163(6):1144-1149
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Article: INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF ALLERGY & RHINOLOGY. 2020;10(8):955-962
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Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2020;10(1):10057
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Article: SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 2020;714:136660
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Article: ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA. 2020;162(3):649-660
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Article: WORLD NEUROSURGERY. 2020;134:e682-e730
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Journal article: JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 2019;60(3 Suppl 1):e1-e384
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Article: OPERATIVE NEUROSURGERY. 2019;17(3):321-331
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Article: EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2019;28(5):695-704
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Journal article: RESPIRATORY CARE. 2019;64(2):169-175
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Article: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY. 2019;91(2):241-248
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Journal article: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. 2018;120:215-222
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Journal article: BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2018;18(1):518
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Article: BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2018;18(1):285
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Article: COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE RESEARCH. 2018;25(6):376-382
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Journal article: BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2017;21(6):581-586
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Journal article: WORLD NEUROSURGERY. 2017;105:223-231
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Journal article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2017;46(2):e12-dyv192
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Journal article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. 2017;220(2 Pt B):461-467
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Journal article: BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2017;17(1):193
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Journal article: AIDS CARE-PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-MEDICAL ASPECTS OF AIDS/HIV. 2016;28(12):1551-1558
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Journal article: JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY. 2016;71(12):3519-3527
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Journal article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2016;16(1):1146
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Journal article: MINERVA ANESTESIOLOGICA. 2016;82(9):966-973
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Journal article: LIVER INTERNATIONAL. 2016;36(9):1239-1251
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Journal article: ISEE CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS. 2016;2016(1)
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Article: BMC PSYCHIATRY. 2016;16:243
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Journal article: HEAD AND NECK-JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENCES AND SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD AND NECK. 2016;38 Suppl 1:E1737-E1745
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Journal article: HEAD AND NECK-JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENCES AND SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD AND NECK. 2016;38 Suppl 1:E996-E1003
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Journal article: ANNALS OF ALLERGY ASTHMA & IMMUNOLOGY. 2016;116(3):206-211
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Journal article: PLOS ONE. 2016;11(5):e0154900
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Journal article: LIVER INTERNATIONAL. 2016;36(1):49-58
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Journal article: ANNALS OF ALLERGY ASTHMA & IMMUNOLOGY. 2015;115(5):402-407
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Journal article: DIGESTIVE AND LIVER DISEASE. 2015;47(11):950-956
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Journal article: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY. 2015;33(5):681-687
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Journal article: ALLERGOLOGIA ET IMMUNOPATHOLOGIA. 2015;43(5):461-468
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Journal article: JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES. 2015;69(5):585-592
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Journal article: JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY. 2015;62:s447
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Journal article: JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. 2015;13:89
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Journal article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2015;15:235
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Journal article: DIGESTIVE AND LIVER DISEASE. 2015;47:e15
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Journal article: DIGESTIVE AND LIVER DISEASE. 2015;47:e25
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Journal article: INFECTIOUS AGENTS AND CANCER. 2015;10:34
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Journal article: EPIDEMIOLOGIA & PREVENZIONE. 2014;38(6 Suppl 2):14-18
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Journal article: PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY. 2014;25(5):473-480
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Journal article: PLOS ONE. 2014;9(4):e94768
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All other publications
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Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2022
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Editorial comment: AGU ADVANCES. 2021;2(3)
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Review: CHEMOSPHERE. 2020;255:126984
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Review: EPIDEMIOLOGIA & PREVENZIONE. 2020;44(5-6 Suppl 2):60-68
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Review: CHEMOSPHERE. 2019;218:211-222
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Conference publication: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 2018;77(Suppl 2):1736
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Conference publication: 2018;:a68-a69
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Conference publication: ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY. 2018;70
Grants
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Swedish Research Council1 January 2024 - 31 December 2028
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Swedish Research Council1 December 2023 - 30 November 2026
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Swedish Research Council for Environment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning1 December 2023 - 30 November 2027
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Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 January 2023 - 31 December 2024
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The first England-wide study of pregnant women with pre-existing heart disease: the impact of Covid-19 diagnosis and vaccinationBritish Heart Foundation1 January 2023 - 1 January 2024
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Swedish Research Council for Environment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning1 December 2022 - 30 November 2026
Employments
- Assistant Professor, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-2028
Degrees and Education
- Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2021