Miriam Mosing

Miriam Mosing

Affiliated to Research | Docent
Visiting address: Solnavägen 9, 17165 Solna
Postal address: C4 Neurovetenskap, C4 Forskning Ullen, 171 77 Stockholm

About me

  • Associate Professor (Docent) at the Department of Neuroscience and the
    Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
    I am an Associate Professor at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and
    Biostatistics and the Neuroscience Department at Karolinska Institutet in
    Stockholm, Sweden. My main research interest is how genes and environment
    play together to produce individual differences in quality of life throughout
    lifespan as well as in expertise. Why do some people fare better than others
    throughout life and in old age in terms of cognitive, mental and somatic
    health? Why are some people more successful and become experts in a given
    field? Understanding how genetic predispositions interplay with environmental
    factors will reveal the nature of phenotypic associations observed in daily
    life, which will not only allow us to identify truly causal and modifiable
    risk/protective factors (relevant environments), but will ultimately also
    help us to identify those who are at greatest risk or may benefit most from
    interventions.
    Dr. Mosing is a behavioural geneticist who conducted her PhD research at the
    QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and the University of Queensland,
    Australia. Her PhD thesis centred on the genetics of complex behaviour, with
    a particular focus on Quality of Life and health in the second half of life.
    After completing her PhD (end 2011), she held postdoc positions at the
    Neuroscience and the Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Departments at
    Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, before she became an Assistant
    Professor in 2016 and an Associate Professor (Docent) in 2020. Since 2020,
    Dr. Mosing also holds a senior research fellowship at the Melbourne School of
    Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Research

  • *Major projects: *
    * Gene-environment interplay underlying mental and somatic health related
    outcomes throughout lifetime
    * Gene-environment interplay underlying the acquisition of expertise and
    skill learning using music as a model behaviour
    I am particularly interested in the effect of potentially modifiable risk
    factors (environments) including cultural and social engagement, SES and
    education, diet, stress related factors, and sports and music training on a
    variety of health related outcomes including depression, anxiety,
    stress-related diseases, cognitive (general intelligence) and age-related
    somatic outcomes (dementia, cardiovascular disease, and mortality). My
    research aims at identifying causal environmental influences potentially
    suitable as starting points for interventions.
    *Sub-projects: *
    GE interplay underlying
    * Cultural engagement in midlife and health outcomes and mortality late in
    life
    * Birth-characteristics and health outcomes
    * Modifiable risk factors for dementia
    * Effects of loneliness and social isolation on health and mortality
    * Stressful life events and mental and somatic health outcomes
    * Subjective well-being and quality of life late in life
    * SES-related factors and health outcomes

Articles

All other publications

  • Meeting abstract: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2019;29:S223-S224
    Wesseldijk L; Ullen F; Mosing MA
  • Meeting abstract: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2019;29:S62
    Niarchou M; Sathirapongsasuti JF; Jacoby N; McAuley JD; Bell E; Mosing M; Straub P; Creanza N; Ullen F; Cox N; Hinds D; Davis L; Gordon RL
  • Published paper: ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 2018;:427-434
    Mosing MA; Ullén F
  • Corrigendum: NATURE GENETICS. 2016;48(12):1591
    Okbay A; Baselmans BML; De Neve J-E; Turley P; Nivard MG; Fontana MA; Meddens SFW; Linnér RK; Rietveld CA; Derringer J; Gratten J; Lee JJ; Liu JZ; de Vlaming R; Ahluwalia TS; Buchwald J; Cavadino A; Frazier-Wood AC; Furlotte NA; Garfield V; Geisel MH; Gonzalez JR; Haitjema S; Karlsson R; van der Laan SW; Ladwig K-H; Lahti J; van der Lee SJ; Lind PA; Liu T; Matteson L; Mihailov E; Miller MB; Minica CC; Nolte IM; Mook-Kanamori D; van der Most PJ; Oldmeadow C; Qian Y; Raitakari O; Rawal R; Realo A; Rueedi R; Schmidt B; Smith AV; Stergiakouli E; Tanaka T; Taylor K; Thorleifsson G; Wedenoja J; Wellmann J; Westra H-J; Willems SM; Zhao W; LifeLines Cohort Study; Amin N; Bakshi A; Bergmann S; Bjornsdottir G; Boyle PA; Cherney S; Cox SR; Davies G; Davis OSP; Ding J; Direk N; Eibich P; Emeny RT; Fatemifar G; Faul JD; Ferrucci L; Forstner AJ; Gieger C; Gupta R; Harris TB; Harris JM; Holliday EG; Hottenga J-J; De Jager PL; Kaakinen MA; Kajantie E; Karhunen V; Kolcic I; Kumari M; Launer LJ; Franke L; Li-Gao R; Liewald DC; Koini M; Loukola A; Marques-Vidal P; Montgomery GW; Mosing MA; Paternoster L; Pattie A; Petrovic KE; Pulkki-Råback L; Quaye L; Räikkönen K; Rudan I; Scott RJ; Smith JA; Sutin AR; Trzaskowski M; Vinkhuyzen AE; Yu L; Zabaneh D; Attia JR; Bennett DA; Berger K; Bertram L; Boomsma DI; Snieder H; Chang S-C; Cucca F; Deary IJ; van Duijn CM; Eriksson JG; Bültmann U; de Geus EJC; Groenen PJF; Gudnason V; Hansen T; Hartman CA; Haworth CMA; Hayward C; Heath AC; Hinds DA; Hyppönen E; William WG; Järvelin M-R; Jöckel K-H; Kaprio J; Kardia SLR; Keltikangas-Järvinen L; Kraft P; Kubzansky LD; Lehtimäki T; Magnusson PKE; Martin NG; McGue M; Metspalu A; Mills M; de Mutsert R; Oldehinkel AJ; Pasterkamp G; Pedersen NL; Plomin R; Polasek O; Power C; Rich SS; Rosendaal FR; den Ruijter HM; Schlessinger D; Schmidt H; Svento R; Schmidt R; Alizadeh BZ; Sørensen TIA; Spector TD; Starr JM; Stefansson K; Steptoe A; Terracciano A; Thorsteinsdottir U; Thurik AR; Timpson NJ; Tiemeier H; Uitterlinden AG; Vollenweider P; Wagner GG; Weir DR; Yang J; Conley DC; Smith GD; Hofman A; Johannesson M; Laibson DI; Medland SE; Meyer MN; Pickrell JK; Esko T; Krueger RF; Beauchamp JP; Koellinger PD; Benjamin DJ; Bartels M; Cesarini D
  • Corrigendum: NATURE GENETICS. 2016;48(8):970
    Okbay A; Baselmans BML; Neve J-ED; Turley P; Nivard MG; Fontana MA; Meddens SFW; Linnér RK; Rietveld CA; Derringer J; Gratten J; Lee JJ; Liu JZ; de Vlaming R; Ahluwalia TS; Buchwald J; Cavadino A; Frazier-Wood AC; Furlotte NA; Garfield V; Geisel MH; Gonzalez JR; Haitjema S; Karlsson R; van der Laan SW; Ladwig K-H; Lahti J; van der Lee SJ; Lind PA; Liu T; Matteson L; Mihailov E; Miller MB; Minica CC; Nolte IM; Mook-Kanamori D; van der Most PJ; Oldmeadow C; Qian Y; Raitakari O; Rawal R; Realo A; Rueedi R; Schmidt B; Smith AV; Stergiakouli E; Tanaka T; Taylor K; Thorleifsson G; Wedenoja J; Wellmann J; Westra H-J; Willems SM; Zhao W; LifeLines Cohort Study; Amin N; Bakshi A; Bergmann S; Bjornsdottir G; Boyle PA; Cherney S; Cox SR; Davies G; Davis OSP; Ding J; Direk N; Eibich P; Emeny RT; Fatemifar G; Faul JD; Ferrucci L; Forstner AJ; Gieger C; Gupta R; Harris TB; Harris JM; Holliday EG; Hottenga J-J; Jager PLD; Kaakinen MA; Kajantie E; Karhunen V; Kolcic I; Kumari M; Launer LJ; Franke L; Li-Gao R; Liewald DC; Koini M; Loukola A; Marques-Vidal P; Montgomery GW; Mosing MA; Paternoster L; Pattie A; Petrovic KE; Pulkki-Råback L; Quaye L; Räikkönen K; Rudan I; Scott RJ; Smith JA; Sutin AR; Trzaskowski M; Vinkhuyzen AE; Yu L; Zabaneh D; Attia JR; Bennett DA; Berger K; Bertram L; Boomsma DI; Snieder H; Chang S-C; Cucca F; Deary IJ; van Duijn CM; Eriksson JG; Bültmann U; de Geus EJC; Groenen PJF; Gudnason V; Hansen T; Hartman CA; Haworth CMA; Hayward C; Heath AC; Hinds DA; Hyppönen E; Iacono WG; Järvelin M-R; Jöckel K-H; Kaprio J; Kardia SLR; Keltikangas-Järvinen L; Kraft P; Kubzansky LD; Lehtimäki T; Magnusson PKE; Martin NG; McGue M; Metspalu A; Mills M; de Mutsert R; Oldehinkel AJ; Pasterkamp G; Pedersen NL; Plomin R; Polasek O; Power C; Rich SS; Rosendaal FR; den Ruijter HM; Schlessinger D; Schmidt H; Svento R; Schmidt R; Alizadeh BZ; Sørensen TIA; Spector TD; Starr JM; Stefansson K; Steptoe A; Terracciano A; Thorsteinsdottir U; Thurik AR; Timpson NJ; Tiemeier H; Uitterlinden AG; Vollenweider P; Wagner GG; Weir DR; Yang J; Conley DC; Smith GD; Hofman A; Johannesson M; Laibson DI; Medland SE; Meyer MN; Pickrell JK; Esko T; Krueger RF; Beauchamp JP; Koellinger PD; Benjamin DJ; Bartels M; Cesarini D
  • Published paper: ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 2015;1337:125-129
    Ullén F; Mosing MA; Madison G
  • Review: QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH. 2014;23(7):1997-2013
    Sprangers MAG; Thong MSY; Bartels M; Barsevick A; Ordoñana J; Shi Q; Wang XS; Klepstad P; Wierenga EA; Singh JA; Sloan JA; GeneQol Consortium
  • Review: QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH. 2013;22(6):1189-1200
    Ordoñana JR; Bartels M; Boomsma DI; Cella D; Mosing M; Oliveira JR; Patrick DL; Veenhoven R; Wagner GG; Sprangers MAG; GENEQOL Consortium
  • Corrigendum: BEHAVIOR GENETICS. 2012;42(4):539-540
    Lee T; Mosing MA; Henry JD; Trollor JN; Ames D; Martin NG; Wright MJ; Sachdev PS

Employments

  • Affiliated to Research, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2024
  • Affiliated to Research, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2021-2024

Degrees and Education

  • Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2020

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