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Sandra Ekstrom

Postdoctoral Researcher in Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet

Postdoctoral Researcher in Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet My main research area is within nutritional epidemiology. I am interested in the role of nutritional factors such as dietary fatty acids for the development of asthma and other allergic diseases. I am also interested in consequences of living with an allergic disease as a young adult in relation to working life and lifestyle factors. My research is based on the Swedish BAMSE birth cohort, which includes around 4000 participants followed from birth until adulthood. Currently, we are performing a COVID-19 targeted follow-up in BAMSE where we study risk factors and consequences of COVID-19 in young adults.