The field includes studies of health, morbidity, and mortality in the population as a whole, how health and ill health vary among different groups, and how health status changes throughout the human life course It also encompasses risk factors and interventions that impact public health through social and societal structures, individuals’ conditions, opportunities, and actions, and the interplay between these factors.

Members of the review panel 2025

  • Chairpersons

  • Charli Eriksson

    Karolinska institutet, Sweden

  • Mikaela von Bonsdorff

    University of Jyväskylä, Finland

  • Members

  • Elin Ekblom Bak

    The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences (GIH), Sweden

    Scientific reviewer

  • Maria Emmelin

    Lund University, Sweden

    Scientific reviewer

  • Marte Kjøllesdal

    Norwegian University of Life Science, Norway

    Scientific reviewer

  • Agneta Yngve

    Uppsala University, Sweden

    Scientific reviewer

  • Johan Håkon Bjørngaard

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

    Scientific reviewer

  • Emilie Friberg

    Karolinska institutet, Sweden

    Scientific reviewer

  • Stefan Fors

    Karolinska institutet, Sweden

    Scientific reviewer

  • Laust Hvas Mortensen

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    Scientific reviewer

  • Kristian Heggebø

    Oslo Metropolian University, Norway

    Scientific reviewer

  • Marie Eriksson

    Umeå University, Sweden

    Scientific reviewer

  • Birger Forsberg

    Karolinska institutet, Sweden

    Scientific reviewer

  • Torbjørn Stenstvedt Torsheim

    University of Bergen, Norway

    Scientific reviewer

  • Koustuv Dalal

    Mid Sweden University, Sweden

    Scientific reviewer

  • Sigurd Lauridsen

    University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

    Scientific reviewer

  • Ársæll Már Arnarsson

    University of Iceland, Iceland

    Scientific reviewer

  • Masoud Vaezghasemi

    Umeå University, Sweden

    Scientific reviewer

  • Oddrun Samdal

    University of Bergen, Norway

    Scientific reviewer

  • Mika Gissler

    Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland

    Scientific reviewer

  • Nina Lindqvist

    The Public Health Agency of Sweden, Sweden

    Community representative

  • Hanna Lind

    Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions, Sweden

    Community representative

  • Monika Käll Guldbrand

    Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden

    Community representative

  • Karin Röding

    Swedish Council for Higher Education (retired), Sweden

    Community representative