Hans-Olov Adami
Professor Emeritus/Emerita
About me
Present positions
- Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, former Chair, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
- Professor Emeritus of Cancer Epidemiology and former Chair, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet.
- Member of the Board European Academy of Cancer Sciences
- Member of the Board, the International Network for the Demographic Evaluation of Populations and Their Health (INDEPTH)
Research description
Projects
- Women's lifestyle and health (WLH)
- The NPC study: gene-environment-EBV interactions in the etiology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- The Nordic-European Initiative on Colorectal Cancer (NordICC)
- Radical prostatectomy versus watchful waiting in early prostate cancer: Scandinavian Prostate Cancer Group Study Number 4 (SPCG-4)
- A Prospective Study on Type, Persistence, and Viral Load of Human Papillomavirus in the Etiology of Carcinoma of the Cervix
- The European Polyp Surveillance Trials (EPoS)
- Cancer risk in patients with inflammatory bowel disease I-SCAN
- Risk of colorectal cancer following adenoma removal – SAR
- Clinical Effectiveness Research - Institute of Health and Society (uio.no)
Selected publications
Radical prostatectomy versus watchful waiting in early prostate cancer. Bill-Axelson A, Holmberg L, Ruutu M, Häggman M, Andersson SO, Bratell S, et al N. Engl. J. Med. 2005 May;352(19):1977-84
Natural history of early, localized prostate cancer. Johansson JE, Andrén O, Andersson SO, Dickman PW, Holmberg L, Magnuson A, et al JAMA 2004 Jun;291(22):2713-9
Long-term colorectal-cancer mortality after adenoma removal. Løberg M, Kalager M, Holme Ø, Hoff G, Adami HO, Bretthauer M N. Engl. J. Med. 2014 Aug;371(9):799-807
Enigmas, priorities and opportunities in cancer epidemiology. Adami HO, Nyrén O Eur. J. Epidemiol. 2016 12;31(12):1161-1171
Education
MD 1969, PhD 1978, docent (Assistant Professor) 1979, professor 1990.