2015.04.07 | Tina Christensen

As part of a collaboration between the US and the Nordic countries, researchers recently met in Helsinki, Finland to discuss existing and future projects. The projects are based on health registries in the Nordic countries. Pooling of data from these countries makes it possible to study the incidence of rare diseases and conditions. Some of the ongoing projects are on the association between pregnancy/birth characteristics and risk of cancer in the mother and offspring.

Meeting participants were (from left to right):

• Mika Gissler, professor, THL National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland and Nordic School of Public Health, Gothenburg, Sweden

• Maarit Leinonen, MD, PhD, Finnish Cancer Registry, Finland

• Anne Gulbech Ording, MHS, PhD, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark

• Rebecca Troisi, MA, ScD, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA

• Henrik Toft Sørensen, professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark

• Tone Bjørge, professor, Department of Global Public Health and primary Care, University of Bergen and Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway

• Anders Ekbom, professor, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital and Institute, Solna, Sweden

• Samantha Parker, PhD, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

• Steinar Tretli, professor, Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway •Tom Grotmol, professor, Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway

• Ingrid Glimelius, MD, PhD, Department of Radiology, Oncology and Radiation Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden