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Göran Tomson

Göran Tomson

Professor Emeritus/Emerita | Docent
Telephone: +46852483359
Visiting address: Widerströmska huset, Tomtebodavägen 18A, 17165 Solna
Postal address: C7 Lärande, Informatik, Management och Etik, C7 MMC Savage, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • Göran is a Professor of International Health Systems Research and member of the Health Systems and Policy research group, linked to Medical Management Centre (MMC) at the Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME) at ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡. He is a Counselor UN Agenda 2030 at the President’s office at KI. He is a co-founder and a Senior Advisor at the Swedish Institute for Global Health Transformation (SIGHT) at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Visiting Professor at Shandong University in China. Since 2019, Distinguished Fellow at the George Institute for Global Health', linked to UNSW Sydney and Oxford University.

    His extensive research and policy work focuses on universal health coverage and has been conducted in countries such as China, Kenya, Lao PDR, Sweden, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, and Zambia. His experience in the field of health policy and systems research has led to his appointment to various international committees, including the ongoing:

    - Senior advisor for the WHO EVIPNet (Evidence-Informed Policy Network)
    - WHO Scientific Advisory Committee's Alliance for Health Policy Systems Research
    - WHO European Advisory Committee on Health Research
    - Board member of the GLOBVAC Norwegian Research Council

    He is also the co-founder and a senior advisor to the ReAct Network on antimicrobial resistance, and a co-founder and board member for INRUD, the International Network for Rational Use of Drugs.

    Along with his research and advisory work, Göran also teaches health systems and policy courses at the Masters and PhD levels.

    For more information please see the HSP group link.

    Education
    Professor of International Health Systems Research, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2004.
    PhD in Health Systems Research and Drug Utilization, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 1990.
    Specialist Phsyician in Family Medicine, 1985.
    Specialist Physician in Pediatrics, 1980.
    Medical Degree, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 1973.

    Academic honours, awards and prizes
    Dr. Satya Pal Oration Award from the National Academy of Medical Sciences, India (2004).
    ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡s etikpris (2014)
    Heidelberg University Silver Medal for long and outstanding cooperation, 2014

Research

  • Göran's research has the ambition to contribute to universal health coverage with accessibility to a good quality of care, especially to vulnerable groups in resource-poor settings, and he has conducted many intervention studies in complex social systems. His research uses systems thinking approach within the six different health systems building blocks: service delivery, financing, leadership and governance, medicines and technologies, human resources, and information.

    In an external research assessment (ERA) at ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, the Health System and Policy research group was described as an "outstanding research constellation, demonstrating excellent performance in undertaking health systems and policy research and getting research into policy and practice".

    Göran is engaged in health policy formulation and implementation both globally and nationally. His interests include how to reverse the inverse care law - those with the greatest need get the least and lowest quality care - and knowledge translation and evidence-informed policies, and capacity building at the individual (Master's and PhD students) and institutional levels.

    Ongoing projects at KI include:
    - SMART2D EC Horizon 2020 funded diabetes type 2 South Africa, Sweden, and Uganda
    - KI-Makerere Collaboration: A research collaboration between the universities to promote capacity building and research training, while improving access to quality care for both children with fever, non-communicable diseases such as diabetes mellitus Type 2, and pregnant women. Sida
    - IMPACT: the Sino-Swedish Integrated Multisectorial Partnership for Containment of Antibiotic Resistance, to minimize emergency and dissemination of antibiotic resistance VR

Teaching

  • . Health Policy and Management PhD course
    . Health Systems and Policy basic and advanced modules masters course
    . Health Systems Global Health course

Articles

  • Article: BMJ OPEN DIABETES RESEARCH & CARE. 2022;10(5):e002902
    van Olmen J; Absetz P; Mayega RW; Timm L; Delobelle P; Alvesson HM; Naggayi G; Kasujja F; Hassen M; de Man J; Annerstedt KS; Puoane T; Ostenson C-G; Tomson G; Guwatudde D; Daivadanam M
  • Article: COMMUNICATIONS MEDICINE. 2022;2(1):68
    Hellden D; Chea T; Sok S; Jarnberg L; Nordenstedt H; Tomson G; Nilsson M; Alfven T
  • Article: LANCET PLANETARY HEALTH. 2021;5(11):e827-e839
    de Leon EA; Shriwise A; Tomson G; Morton S; Lemos DS; Menne B; Dooris M
  • Article: MOLECULAR FRONTIERS JOURNAL. 2021;5(1-2):1-4
    Edwards DA; Norden B; Karnath L; Yaghi O; Roy CJ; Johanson D; Ott M; Brownstein J; Grove J; Tomson G; Friberg P
  • Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;30(Suppl_1):3-9
    Menne B; de Leon EA; Bekker M; Mirzikashvili N; Morton S; Shriwise A; Tomson G; Vracko P; Wippel C
  • Article: ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY IN MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2020;47(1):1-7
    Guo C; Keller C; Soderqvist F; Tomson G
  • Article: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2019;12(1):1670015
    Alfven T; Dahlstrand J; Humphreys D; Hellden D; Hammarstrand S; Hollander A-C; Malqvist M; Nejat S; Jorgensen PS; Friberg P; Tomson G
  • Article: PLOS ONE. 2019;14(3):e0213530
    De Man J; Aweko J; Daivadanam M; Alvesson HM; Delobelle P; Mayega RW; Ostenson C-G; Kirunda B; Kasujja FX; Guwattude D; Puoane T; Sanders D; Peterson S; Tomson G; Sundberg CJ; Absetz P; Van Olmen J
  • Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;18(1):1409
    Mayega RW; Ekirapa E; Kirunda B; Nalwadda C; Aweko J; Tomson G; Ostenson CG; Van Olmen J; Daivadanam M; Kiguli J
  • Article: HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING. 2018;33(4):539-554
    Ongolo-Zogo P; Lavis JN; Tomson G; Sewankambo NK
  • Article: BMJ OPEN. 2018;8(3):e019981
    Guwatudde D; Absetz P; Delobelle P; Ostenson C-G; Van JO; Alvesson HM; Mayega RW; Kiracho EE; Kiguli J; Sundberg CJ; Sanders D; Tomson G; Puoane T; Peterson S; Daivadanam M
  • Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;18(1):263
    Guo C; Tomson G; Keller C; Soderqvist F
  • Article: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH. 2018;3(6):e001068
    van Olmen J; Delobelle P; Guwatudde D; Absetz P; Sanders D; Alvesson HM; Puoane T; Ostenson C-G; Tomson G; Mayega RW; Sundberg CJ; Peterson S; Daivadanam M
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STD & AIDS. 2017;28(9):864-875
    Deuba K; Ekstrom AM; Tomson G; Shrestha R; Marrone G
  • Article: IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE. 2017;12(1):89
    Waiswa P; Manzi F; Mbaruku G; Rowe AK; Marx M; Tomson G; Marchant T; Willey BA; Schellenberg J; Peterson S; Hanson C
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS. 2017;49(4):493-497
    Bi Z; Berglund B; Sun Q; Nilsson M; Chen B; Tarnberg M; Ding L; Lundborg CS; Bi Z; Tomson G; Yao J; Gu Z; Yin X; Kou Z; Nilsson LE
  • Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2017;17(1):142
    Roy N; Veetil DK; Khajanchi MU; Kumar V; Solomon H; Kamble J; Basak D; Tomson G; von Schreeb J
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH. 2017;16(1):29
    Burstrom B; Burstrom K; Nilsson G; Tomson G; Whitehead M; Winblad U
  • Article: ONLINE JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS. 2017;9(2):e188
    Zakane SA; Gustafsson LL; Sie A; Tomson G; Loukanova S; Bastholm-Rahmner P
  • Article: ONE HEALTH. 2016;2:139-143
    Cars O; Xiao Y; Lundborg CS; Nilsson LE; Shen J; Sun Q; Bi Z; Borjesson S; Greko C; Wang Y; Liu Y; Ottoson J; Li X; Nilsson M; Yin H; Bi Z; Zheng B; Xia X; Chen B; Ding L; Sun P; Dyar OJ; Hulth A; Tomson G
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All other publications

  • Editorial comment: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION. 2024;17(1):2330758
    Vallin M; Tomson G; Kampmann B; Engebretsen E; Peterson SS; Wanyenze RK; Ottersen OP
  • Review: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH. 2024;9(9):e014887
    Kwamie A; Causevic S; Tomson G; Sie A; Sauerborn R; Rasanathan K; Ottersen OP
  • Editorial comment: LANCET. 2023;401(10384):1247-1249
    Sewankambo NK; Wallengren E; De Angeles KJC; Tomson G; Weerasuriya K
  • Review: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT. 2022;11(6):810-819
    Lillehagen I; Heggen KM; Tomson G; Engebretsen E
  • Editorial comment: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2022;376:o623
    Nilsson M; Emilsson C; Jonsson A; Tomson G; Meijer S; Ostman L; Magnusson U
  • Editorial comment: LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-EUROPE. 2022;14:100319
    Franz C; Jaeger L; Erklavec U; Tomson G; Kickbusch I; Petric VK; Vracko P
  • Editorial comment: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2022;376:e068124
    Buse K; Tomson G; Kuruvilla S; Mahmood J; Alden A; van der Meulen M; Ottersen OP; Haines A
  • Editorial comment: BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 2021;99(12):910-912
    Ekstrom AM; Tomson G; Wanyenze RK; Bhutta ZA; Kyobutungi C; Binagwaho A; Ottersen OP
  • Editorial comment: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;31(5):929-930
    Vallin M; Gaunt A; Tomson G; Ottersen OP
  • Letter: NATURE MEDICINE. 2021;27(5):739-740
    Ekstrom AM; Berggren C; Tomson G; Gostin LO; Friberg P; Ottersen OP
  • Editorial comment: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH. 2021;6(2):e005012
    Kuchenmueller T; Reeder JC; Reveiz L; Tomson G; El-Jardali F; Lavis JN; Rashidian A; Reinap M; Grove JT; Swaminathan S
  • Editorial comment: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2021;372:n59
    Tomson G; Causevic S; Ottersen OP; Peterson SS; Rashid S; Wanyenze RK; Yamin AE
  • Review: HEALTH RESEARCH POLICY AND SYSTEMS. 2020;18(1):73
    Nomura S; Siesjo V; Tomson G; Mohr W; Fukuchi E; Shibuya K; Tangcharoensathien V; Miyata H
  • Review: BMJ OPEN. 2019;9(7):e029407
    Ho S; Javadi D; Causevic S; Langlois EV; Friberg P; Tomson G
  • Other: BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 2018;96(9):597-598
    Fleck F; Tomson G
  • Editorial comment: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2018;360:k125
    Blomstedt Y; Bhutta ZA; Dahlstrand J; Friberg P; Gostin LO; Nilsson M; Sewankambo NK; Tomson G; Alfven T
  • Review: BMJ OPEN. 2017;7(8):e016638
    Javadi D; Langlois EV; Ho S; Friberg P; Tomson G
  • Editorial comment: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2017;358:j3505
    Hanefeld J; Khan M; Tomson G; Smith R
  • Published conference paper: HEALTH POLICY AND TECHNOLOGY. 2016;5(4):330-340
    Quaglio G; Karapiperis T; Putoto G; Delponte L; Micheletti G; Brand H; Bertinato L; Tomson G; Bonnardot L; Zanaboni P
  • Published conference paper: HEALTH POLICY AND TECHNOLOGY. 2016;5(4):318-329
    Quaglio G; Dario C; Karapiperis T; Delponte L; Mccormack S; Tomson G; Micheletti G; Bonnardot L; Putoto G; Zanaboni P
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Employments

  • Professor Emeritus/Emerita, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2025-2026

Degrees and Education

  • Docent, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 1993

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