Mikael Rostila Professor

Kontakt

Namn och titel: Mikael RostilaProfessor

Epost: mikael.rostila@su.se
Telefon: +468164416

Arbetsplats: Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap Länk till annan webbplats.

Besöksadress Albanovägen 12 Plan 5

Postadress Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap106 91 Stockholm

Om mig

Mikael är professor i folkhälsovetenskap och docent i sociologi. Han var prefekt vid Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap mellan 2018 och 2023 och föreståndare för Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS) mellan 2016-2018.  

Mikael’s forskning handlar brett om ojämlikhet i hälsa och hälsans sociala bestämningsfaktorer. Han har bland annat publicerat en populär bok inom området tillsammans med Susanna Toivanen, Den Orättvisa Hälsan – Om socioekonomiska skillnader i hälsa och livslängd (Liber). Han har även skrivit en bok om hur socialt kapital påverkar hälsa och ojämlikhet i hälsa i Europeiska välfärdsstater, Social capital and health inequality in European Welfare States (Palgrave MacMillan). Hans senaste bok handlar om hälsokonsekvenser vid anhörigförlust och sorg, Den dolda sorgen - hälsokonsekvenser vid anhörigförlust (Natur & Kultur).

Mer specifikt handlar Mikael’s forskning bland annat om:

  • Hälsa bland personer med utländsk bakgrund och dess sociala determinanter
  • Covid-19 dödlighet och sjuklighet bland personer med utländsk bakgrund samt dess förklaringsfaktorer
  • Hur sociala nätverk och socialt kapital påverkar hälsa och hälsobeteenden
  • Sjukdom och dödlighet efter förlust av anhörig
  • Hur folkhälsoåtgärder kan användas för att minska smittspridning under Corona pandemin



Urval av publikationer 2018-2026

Peer-reviewed research outputs

  1. Rogne, S., Grotta, A., Liu, C., Berg, L., Saarela, J., Kawachi, I., Hiyoshi, A., Rostila, M. (forthcoming) All-cause Mortality Around the Anniversary of a Sibling’s Death: Findings from Swedish National Register Data. American Journal of Epidemiology.
  2. Tollosa D.N., Juarez, S.P. Grotta, A., Rostila, M. (forthcoming) A 15-year registry based follow up study of site specific cancer mortality among immigrants with type 2 diabetes in Sweden. Scientific Reports.
  3. Goldschmidt, M. I., Mkoma, G. F, Holm Petersen, J., Agyemang, C., Rostila, M., Thaning, P., Hansen, E.F, Benfield, T., Norredam, M. (forthcoming) Effect of long COVID Symptom burden on work and daily life among ethnic minorities. Journal of General Internal Medicine.
  4. Goldschmidt, M. I, Torensma, M., Beune, E., Agyemang, C., Rostila, M., Benfield, T.,Norredam, M., Moseholm, E. (forthcoming) Experiences of access to care, diagnosis and rehabilitation among a multiethnic patient population with long COVID in Denmark. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health.
  5. Brännström, Y, Brännström, L., Hjorth-Trolle, A., Rostila, M. (2025) Heterogeneous effects of increased availability of alcohol on hospitalisation due to external causes. Quasi-experimental evidence from the introduction of Saturday opening at Swedish alcohol retail stores. American Journal of Epidemiology 3;194(6):1717-1725.
  6. Mkoma, G.F., Goldschmidt, M.I., Holm Petersen, J., Benfield, T., Cederström, A., Rostila, M., Agyemang, C., Norredam, M. (2025) Disentangling socioeconomic disparities in long COVID diagnosis among ethnic minorities and native Danish population. Social Science & Medicine 372:117944.
  7. Nsorma Nyaaba, G., Torensma, Ingeborg Goldschmidt M., Norredam, Moseholm, E., Appelman, B, Rostila, M., Tieleman, P., Biere-Rafi, S., Prins, M., Stronks, K., Beune, E., Agyemang, C. (2025) Experiences of stigma and access to care among long COVID patients: A Qualitative Study in a multi-ethnic population in the Netherlands. BMJ Open 6;15(6):e094487.
  8. Cederström, A., Rostila, M., Juarez, S. (2025) COVID-19 outcomes by immigrant generation in Sweden. A national cohort population-based study. European Journal of Public Health 1;35(6):1320-1325.
  9. Tollosa, D. Zendehdel, K., Boffetta, P., Pukkala, E. Rostila, M. (2025) Disparities in overall and site-specific cancer mortality among immigrant generations in Sweden: A nationwide follow-up study over three decades. American Journal of Epidemiology 5;194(8):2325-2335.
  10. Cederström, A., Mkoma, GF, Benfield, T., Agyemang, C., Norredam, M., Rostila, M. (2025) Long COVID and its risk factors in migrants: A nationwide register study from Sweden. BMC Medicine. 29;23(1):53.
  11. Berg, L., Juarez, SP., Honkaniemi, H., Rostila, M., Dunlavy, A. (2025) Hazardous drinking by age at migration and duration of residence among migrants in Sweden. Drug and Alcohol Review. 44(2):480-490.
  12. Juarez, SP., Debiasi, E., Wallace, M., Drefahl, S., Mussino, E., Cederström, A., Rostila, M., Aradhya, S. (2024) COVID-19 mortality among immigrants by duration of residence in Sweden. A population-based cohort study. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 52(3):370-378.
  13. Axelsson Fisk, S., Cassel, J., Rostila, M., Liu, C., Juarez, SP. (2024) Intersectional socioeconomic disparities in continuous smoking through pregnancy among pre-pregnant smokers in Sweden between 2006 and 2016. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 6;24(1):465.
  14. Tollosa, D., Zendehdel, K., Procopio, A., Cederström, A., Boffetta, P., Pukkala, E., Rostila, M. (2024) Cancer mortality by country of birth and cancer type in Sweden: A 25-year registry-based cohort study in Sweden. Cancer Medicine. 13(14):e70020
  15. Ripamonti, E., Rostila, M., Saarela, J. (2024) Bereavement due to child loss, divorce, and depressive mood in older age across European welfare regimes. SS&M: Population Health. 24;28:101721.
  16. Mkoma, GF., Agyemang, C., Benfield, T., Rostila, M. et al. (2024) Risk of long COVID and associated symptoms after acute SARS-COV-2 infection in ethnic minorities: a Danish nationwide cohort study. PLoS Medicine. 20;21(2):e1004280.
  17. Axelsson Fisk, S., Petersen, JA., Rostila, M. et al. (2024) Social inequalities in the risk of giving birth to a small for gestational age child in Sweden 2010 – 2016: a cross sectional study adopting an intersectional approach. European Journal of Public Health. 34(1):22-28.
  18. Rostila, M., Cederström, A., Wallace, M., Aradhya, S., Ahrne, M., Juárez, S.P. (2023) Inequalities in COVID-19 severe morbidity and mortality by country of birth in Sweden. Nature Communications. 14(1):4919.
  19. Chilunga, F.P. Appelman,B. van Vugt, M., Kalverda,K. Smeele, P., van Es, J W. Wiersinga, J.W. Rostila, M. et al. (2023) Differences in incidence, nature of symptoms, and duration of long COVID among hospitalised migrant and non-migrant patients in the Netherlands: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet Regional Health Europe. 7;29:100630.
  20. Chen, H., Janszky, I., Rostila, M., Wei, D., Yang, F., Li, J., László, K.D. (2023) Bereavement in childhood and young adulthood and the risk of atrial fibrillation: a population-based cohort study from Denmark and Sweden. BMC Medicine. 5;21(1):8
  21. Juarez, S., Cederström, A., Aradhya, S., Rostila, M. (2023) Differences in hospitalizations associated with severe COVID-19 disease among foreign and Swedish-born. European Journal of Public Health.1;33(3):522-527
  22. Grotta, A., Liu, C., Hiyoshi, A., Berg, L., Kawachi, I., Saarela, J., Rostila, M. (2023) Suicide around the anniversary of a parent’s death in Sweden. JAMA Network Open. 3;6(4):e236951.
  23. Hiyoshi, A., Rostila, M., Fall, K., Montgomery, S., Grotta, A. (2023) Caregiving and changes in health behavior. Social Science & Medicine. 322:115830
  24. Liu, C., Grotta, A., Hiyoshi, A., Berg, L., Wall-Wieler, E., Martikainen, P., Kawachi, I., Rostila, M. (2023) Parental death and initiation of antidepressant treatment in surviving children and youth: a national register-based matched cohort study. eClinicalMedicine. 8;60:102032.
  25. Saarela, J., Stanfors, M., Rostila, M. (2022) Ethnic composition of couples and mutual health benefit receipt: register-based evidence from Finland. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2022, 19(1):73.
  26. Kanamori, M., Kondo, N., Juarez, S., Cederström, A., Stickley, A., Rostila, M. (2022) Does increased migration affect the rural-urban divide in suicide? A register-based repeated cohort study in Sweden from 1991 to 2015. Population, Space and Place 28(1):e2503.
  27. Honkaniemi, H., Katikireddi, V., Rostila, M., Juarez, S. (2022) Psychiatric consequences of a father’s leave policy by nativity: A quasi-experimental study in Sweden. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 76(4):367-373.
  28. Dunlavy, A. Cederström, A., Katikireddi, S.V., Rostila, M. and Juarez, S. (2022) Investigating the salmon bias effect among international immigrants in Sweden: A register-based open cohort study. European Journal of Public Health. 1;32(2):226-232.
  29. Liu, C., Grotta, A., Hiyoshi, A., Berg, L., Rostila, M. (2022) School outcomes among children following the death of a parent. JAMA Network Open. 1;5(4):e223842.
  30. Chen, H., Li, L., Wei, D., Rostila, M., Janszky, I., Forsell, Y., Hemmingsson, T., László, K.D. (2022) Death of a Parent and the Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease and Stroke in Denmark and Sweden. JAMA Network Open. 1;5(6):e2218178.
  31. Chen, H., Wei. D., Janszky, I., Dahlström, U., Rostila, M., László, K. D. (2022) Bereavement and Prognosis in Heart Failure: a Swedish Cohort Study. J Am Coll Cardiol HF. 1;5(6):e2218178.
  32. Hiyoshi, A., Berg, L., Saarela, J., Fall, K., Grotta, A., Shebehe, J., Kawachi, I., Rostila, M., Montgomery, S. (2022) Substance-use disorder and suicide-related behaviour around dates of parental death and its anniversaries: a Swedish register-based cohort study. The Lancet Public Health. 7(8):e683-e693.
  33. Honkaniemi-Hoppe, H., Juarez, S., Rostila, M. (2022) Mental health by native-immigrant intermarriage in Sweden: A register-based retrospective cohort study. European Journal of Public Health. 29;32(6):877-883
  34. Aradhya, S., Brandén, M., Drefahl, S., Obućina, O., Andersson, G., Rostila, M., Mussino, M., Juárez, S.P. (2021) Intermarriage and COVID-19 mortality among immigrants. A population-based cohort study from Sweden. BMJ Open. 2021 31;11(9):e048952.
  35. Hiyoshi, A., Berg, Almquist, Y., Grotta, A., Rostila, M (2021) ‘Parental death in childhood and pathways to increased mortality acrfoss the life course: Findings from the Stockholm Birth Cohort study’. PLoS Medicine 11;18(3):e1003549.
  36. Rostila, M., Cederström, A., Wallace, M., Brandén, M. Malmberg, B. (2021) Disparities in covid-19 deaths by country of birth in Stockholm, Sweden: A total population based cohort study. American Journal of Epidemiology 1;190(8):1510-1518.
  37. Chen, H., Hemmingsson, T., Janszky, I., Rostila, M., Forsell, Y., Meng, L., Liang, Y., and László, K. (2021) Death of a parent during childhood and blood pressure in youth: a population-based cohort study of Swedish men BMJ Open 11:e043657.
  38. Oh, J., Lee, H-Y., Long, K. Q., Markuns, J.F., Bullen, C., Artaza Barrios, O.E., Hwang S.s. Suh, Y.S., McCool, J., Kachur, S.P., Chan, C-C., Kwon, S., Kondo, N., Minh, H.V., Moon, J.R., Rostila, M. et al. (2021) How well does societal mobility restriction help control the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from real-time evaluation. Scientific Reports 2;11(1):13717.
  39. Honkaniemi, H., Juarez, S.P., Katikireddi, V., Rostila, M. (2020) ‘Psychological distress by age at migration and duration of residence in Sweden’. Social Science & Medicine 20;250:112869.
  40. Kanamori, M., Kondo, N., Juarez, S., Dunlavy, A. Cederström, A., Rostila, M. (2020) Rural life and suicide: does the effect of the community context vary by country of birth? A Swedish registry-based multilevel cohort study. Social Science & Medicine. 253:112958.
  41. Brandén, M, Aradhya, S., Kolk, M., Härkönen, J., Drefahl, S., Malmberg, B., Rostila, M. et al. (2020) ‘Residential Context and COVID-19 Mortality among the Elderly in Stockholm: A Population-based, Observational Study’ The Lancet Healthy Longevity. 1(2):e80-88.
  42. Chen, H., Hemmingsson, T., Forsell, Y., Rostila, M., Janszky, I., László, K. (2020) ‘Death of a Parent during childhood and the risk of ischemic heart disease and stroke in adult men. Psychosomatic Medicince. 82(9):810-816.
  43. Saarela, J., Stanfors, M. & Rostila, M. (2020) In sickness or in health? Register-based evidence on partners’ mutual receipt of sickness allowance and disability pension. Social Science & Medicine. 240:112576.
  44. Katikireddi, V., Niedzwiedz, C. L., Dundas, R., Kondo, N., Leyland, A. and Rostila, M. (2020) ‘A comparison of inequalities in all-cause and cause-specific mortality across the life course by wealth and income in Sweden: A registry-based cohort study’. International Journal of Epidemiology. 49(3):917-925.
  45. Berg, L, Rostila, M., Arat, A. and Hjern, A. (2019) ’Parental death in childhood and violent crime in youth – a Swedish national cohort study’. Palgrave Communications 5:1-8.
  46. Rostila, M., Berg, L., Saarela, J., Kawachi, I. and Hjern, A. (2019) ‘Experience of sibling death in childhood and risk of psychiatric care in adulthood: a national cohort study from Sweden’. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 28:1581-1588.
  47. Dunlavy, A., Juarez, S., Toivanen, S & Rostila, M. (2019) ‘Suicide risk among native- and foreign-origin persons in Sweden: a longitudinal examination of the role of unemployment status’. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 54(5):579-590.
  48. Manhica, H., Berg, L., Almquist, Y., Rostila, M., Hjern, A. (2019) ‘Labour market participation among young refugees in Sweden and the potential of education: a national cohort study’, Journal of Youth Studies 33(4):533-550.
  49. Saarela, J. and Rostila, M. (2019) ‘Mortality after the death of a parent in adulthood: a register-based comparison of two ethno-linguistic groups’. European Journal of Public Health 29(3):582-587.
  50. Brydsten, A., Rostila, M., Dunlavy, A. (2019) ‘Social integration and mental health - a decomposition approach to mental health inequalities between the foreign-born and native-born in Sweden’. International Journal for Equity in Health 18(1):1-11.
  51. Straatman, V.S., Almquist, Y., Oliveira, A.J., Veiga, G.W., Rostila, M. and Lopes, C.S. (2019)‘Stability and bidirectional relationship between physical activity and sedentary behaviours in Brazilian adolescents: longitudinal findings from a school cohort study’. PLoS One 14(1)e0211470.
  52. Dunlavy, A., Juarez, S. & Rostila, M. (2018) ‘Employment status and risk of all-cause mortality among native- and foreign-origin persons in Sweden’. European Journal of Public Health 28(5):891-897.
  53. Hiyoshi, A., Kondo, N. and Rostila, M. (2018) ‘Increasing income-based inequality in suicide mortality among working-age women and men, Sweden, 1990-2007: Is there a point of trend change?’ Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 72(11):1009-1015.
  54. Honkaniemi, H., Rostila, M., Kauppi, M., Virtanen, P., Lipiäinen, L., Pentti, J., Kivimäki, M., Vahtera, J. (2018) ‘Trajectories of antidepressant use before and after the loss of a family member: Evidence from the Finnish Public Sector Study’. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 87(4): 246-248.
  55. Johnson, C., Rostila, M. Ponce de Leon, A., Forsell, Y., Engström, K. (2018) ‘Ethnic heterogeneity, social capital and psychological distress in Sweden. Health & Place.52:70-84.
  56. Juarez, S., Drefdahl, S., Dunlavy, A., Rostila, M. (2018) ‘All-cause mortality, age at arrival, and duration of residence among adult migrants in Sweden. A population-based longitudinal study’. SSM Population Health. 31;6:16-25.
  57. Rostila, M., Mäki, N. and Martikainen, P. (2018) ‘Does the death of a child have an effect on parental use of psychotropic medication?’ PLoS One 2;13(5):e0195500.
  58. Finnäs, F., Rostila, M. and Saarela, J. (2018) ‘Separation and reproduction following the death of a child: A nationwide follow-up study from Finland’ Population Studies 72(1):41-51.

Research review articles

  1. Juarez, S., Honkaniemi, H., Gustafsson, N-K., Rostila, M., Berg, L. (2022) Health risk behaviours by immigrants’ duration of residence: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Public Health.5;67:1604437.
  2. Lee, J-K, Bullen, C, Ben Amor, Y, Bush S.R., Colombo, F., Gaviria, A, Karim, S.S., Kim, B., Lavis, J.N., Lazarus, J.V., Lo, Y-C, Michie, S.F., Norheim, O.F., Oh, J., Reddy, K.S., Rostila, M., Sáenz, R., Smith, L.D.G., Thwaites, J.W., Were, M.K., Xue, L. (2021). Institutional and behaviour-change interventions to support COVID-19 public health measures: a review by the Lancet Commission Task Force on public health measures to suppress the pandemic. International Health 3;13(5):399-409.
  3. Juárez, SP, Honkaniemi, H, Dunlavy, AC, Aldridge, RW, Barreto, ML, Katikireddi, SV.*, Rostila, M.* (2019) ‘Effects of non-health-targeted policies on migrant health: a systematic review and meta-Analysis’. The Lancet Global Health 7(4):420-435.

Other outputs

  1. Rostila, M. (2025) Commentary: Dispersal policies, neighborhood disadvantage, and refugee health in a Nordic context". American Journal of Epidemiology. 4;194(3):645-648.
  2. Kopasker, D., Katikireddi, SV, Santos, SV, Richiardi, M., Bronka, P., Rostila, M., Cecchini, M., Ali, S., Emmert-Fees, K., Bambra, C., Hoven, H., Backhaus, I., Balaj, M., & Eikemo, TA. (2023) Commentary: Microsimulation as a flexible tool to evaluate policies and their impact on socioeconomic inequalities in health. Lancet Regional Health Europe. 18;34:100758.
  3. 64. Rostila, M. (2020) ‘Commentary: Social cohesion, depression and the role of welfare states. American Journal of Epidemiology 189(4):354-357.
  4. Rostila, M. (2025) Den dolda sorgen. Hälsokonsekvenser vid anhörigförlust. Natur & Kultur, Stockholm, 238 pages.

Kontakt

Namn och titel: Mikael RostilaProfessor

Epost: mikael.rostila@su.se
Telefon: +468164416

Arbetsplats: Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap Länk till annan webbplats.

Besöksadress Albanovägen 12 Plan 5

Postadress Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap106 91 Stockholm

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