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Maria Feychting

Maria Feychting

Professor
Telephone: +46852487465
Visiting address: Nobels väg 13, 17177 Stockholm
Postal address: C6 Institutet för miljömedicin, C6 Epidemiologi Feychting, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • I am Professor of Epidemiology at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, and Head of the Unit of Epidemiology. The research at our unit aims at increasing the understanding of the influence of environmental and lifestyle factors, as well as other risk factors, on the risk of disease, particularly cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and to further the understanding of the aging population health and determinants of longevity.

Research

  • My main research area is within cancer epidemiology, with a primary focus on brain tumors and childhood cancers, as well as genetic syndromes associated with an increased cancer risk. We study risk factors for cancer development and factors affecting survival after a cancer diagnosis. We study chemical and physical exposures in the workplace and disease risk. We characterize socioeconomic differences in risk and survival in childhood cancer and brain tumors in adults. In Nordic collaborations, we have research programs focused on socioeconomic differences in childhood cancer risk (SOFIA) and disease burden and socioeconomic consequences in adult life after childhood cancer (SALiCCS). More recently, we use the same approach to study genetic syndromes such as neurofibromatosis and tuberous sklerosis. In many of our studies we utilize the unique population and health data registers in Sweden and the Nordic countries, but we also use surveys to collect data for research.

    I have conducted research on potential health effects of non-ionizing radiation since the late 1980s, and I am currently the PI for the Swedish part of the COSMOS study – an international prospective cohort study of mobile phone users. I have led the Swedish component of several international case-control studies, such as the Interphone study of adult brain tumors, and the Cefalo study of childhood brain tumors.

    During the past decade, my research has been funded by the Swedish Research Council, the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, the Swedish Cancer Society, the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation, Nordforsk, and the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority.

    I am extensively involved in health risk assessment work, which is part of the mission of the Institute of Environmental Medicine. I have served as scientific expert in several national and international public advisory and research steering groups concerning the potential health effects of exposure to non-ionizing radiation, currently for the World Health Organization (WHO). I was vice chairman (2012-2020) of the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), an independent body recommending science-based guidelines for non-ionizing radiation protection, which are used by a majority of countries that regulate exposure levels to protect population health, including Sweden.

Articles

  • Journal article: LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-EUROPE. 2025;55:101363
    Louro J; Kampitsi C-E; Mogensen H; Erdmann F; Modig K; Nilsson A; Heyman M; Hasle H; Krøyer A; Kenborg L; Hjalgrim H; Feychting M; Tettamanti G
  • Journal article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2025
    Kampitsi C-E; Mogensen H; Heyman M; Feychting M; Tettamanti G
  • Journal article: PLOS MEDICINE. 2025;22(7):e1004661
    Voelskow V; Garcia-Albeniz X; Berglund A; Feychting M; Kurth T; Matthews AA
  • Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2025;40(7):845-857
    Amadou C; Wei Y; Tuomi T; Feychting M; Carlsson S
  • Journal article: ESMO REAL WORLD DATA AND DIGITAL ONCOLOGY. 2025;8:100156
    George G; Rowley M; Coolen ACC; Santa Olalla A; Hammar N; Feychting M; Karagiannis SN; Enting D; Van Hemelrijck M
  • Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2025;16(1):5327
    Wei Y; Andersson T; Liu S; Feychting M; Kuja-Halkola R; Carlsson S
  • Article: CARDIO-ONCOLOGY. 2025;11(1):56
    Carreira H; Strongman H; Feychting M; Hubbert L; Hedayati E; Bidulka P; Matthews A; Bhaskaran K
  • Article: JOURNAL OF CANCER SURVIVORSHIP. 2025;:1-11
    Gerbek T; Holmqvist AS; Linnet KM; Pedersen C; Licht SDF; Christensen J; Kroyer A; Mogensen H; Feychting M; Wiebe T; Hjorth L; Lassen-Ramshad Y; Laehteenmaeki PM; Rechnitzer C; Hasle H; Kenborg L
  • Article: EBIOMEDICINE. 2025;113:105585
    Wei D; Freydenzon A; Guinebretiere O; Zaidi K; Yang F; Ye W; Hammar N; Modig K; Wray NR; Feychting M; Hamieh N; Ventelou B; Lekens B; Gantzer L; Durrleman S; Mcrae A; Couvy-Duchesne B; Fang F; Nedelec T
  • Journal article: EBIOMEDICINE. 2025;113
    Ten years preceding a diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease in Europe and Australia: medication use, health conditions, and biomarkers associated with Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
    Wei D; Freydenzon A; Guinebretiere O; Zaidi K; Yang F; Ye W; Hammar N; Modig K; Wray NR; Feychting M; Hamieh N; Ventelou B; Lekens B; Gantzer L; Durrleman S; McRae A; Couvy-Duchesne B; Fang F; Nedelec T
  • Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2025;40(2):187-196
    Liu Q; Wei D; Hammar N; Yang Y; Feychting M; Zhang Z; Walldius G; Smedby KE; Fang F
  • Article: JNCI-JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE. 2025;117(6):1134-1141
    Kampitsi C-E; Kenborg L; Mogensen H; Broberg O; Glimelius I; Erdmann F; Winther JF; Feychting M; Tettamanti G
  • Article: PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER. 2024;71(12):e31361
    Sorensen GV; Mogensen H; Holmqvist AS; Kenborg L; Pedersen C; Nielsen TT; Talback M; Erdmann F; Ifversen M; Feychting M; Schmiegelow K; Heyman MM; Winther JF; Hasle H; Frederiksen LE
  • Article: BMC MEDICINE. 2024;22(1):460
    Yang Y; Hu K; Modig K; Feychting M; Janszky I; Hammar N; Fang F; Zhang Z; Wei D
  • Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2024;193(10):1482-1493
    Reedijk M; Portengen L; Auvinen A; Kojo K; Heinavaara S; Feychting M; Tettamanti G; Hillert L; Elliott P; Toledano MB; Smith RB; Heller J; Schuz J; Deltour I; Poulsen AH; Johansen C; Verheij R; Peeters P; Rookus M; Traini E; Huss A; Kromhout H; Vermeulen R
  • Article: DIABETES CARE. 2024;47(10):1740-1749
    Amadou C; Wei Y; Feychting M; Carlsson S
  • Article: JAMA ONCOLOGY. 2024;10(10):1323-1330
    Liu Q; Yang F; Laszlo KD; Hu K; Feychting M; Wei D; Fall K; Valdimarsdottir U; Li J; Fang F
  • Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2024;15(1):8124
    Barker MM; Koiv K; Magnusdottir I; Milbourn H; Wang B; Du X; Murphy G; Herweijer E; Gisladottir EU; Li H; Lovik A; Kahler AK; Campbell A; Feychting M; Hauksdottir A; Joyce EE; Thordardottir EB; Frans EM; Hoffart A; Magi R; Tomasson G; Asbjornsdottir K; Jakobsdottir J; Andreassen OA; Sullivan PF; Johnson SU; Aspelund T; Brandlistuen RE; Ask H; McCartney DL; Ebrahimi OV; Lehto K; Valdimarsdottir UA; Nyberg F; Fang F
  • Article: CANCER MEDICINE. 2024;13(15):e70067
    Korhonen L; Mogensen H; Erdmann F; Feychting M; Frederiksen LE; Hirvonen E; Kroyer A; Kyronlahti A; Malila N; Pedersen C; Pitkaeniemi J; Talback M; Taskinen M; Winther JF; Madanat-Harjuoja L
  • Article: EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2024;35(4):437-446
    Bouaoun L; Byrnes G; Lagorio S; Feychting M; Abou-Bakre A; Beranger R; Schuz J
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Employments

  • Professor, Institute of Environmental Medicine, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2005-

Degrees and Education

  • Docent, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2001

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