Karolinska Institute
Karolinska Institutet (Karolinska Institute – Sweden’s leading medical university) is one of the world’s foremost medical universities, with a strong focus on improving human health through clinical, epidemiological, and translational research. Its researchers contribute significantly to advances in pediatrics, neurology, psychology, and biostatistics.
Within IMPROVE PRETERM, Karolinska Institutet contributes clinical and research expertise in pediatrics, neurology, psychology, and biostatistics, supported by high-quality data from the Swedish Neonatal Register and the EXPRESS cohort. The team brings extensive experience in pediatric follow-up, perinatal and neonatal epidemiology, and long-term developmental research, helping the consortium evaluate how early experiences and care strategies influence lifelong health.
Karolinska Institutet also contributes Nordic register data and domain expertise across several workstreams, strengthening the project’s ability to generate robust, comparative evidence across countries and healthcare systems.
Sven Sandin
I’m a biostatistician and epidemiologist conducting research at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm and at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York.
My research focuses on the etiology of autism and its links to inherited risk and gestational age and perinatal complications using large population based cohorts from the Nordic countries, Israel and the USA.
Samson Nivins
Samson Nivins is an early-career researcher at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, specialising in perinatal and paediatric neurology.
I have my background in neuroimaging, including MRI, DTI, and PET, with training in radiology and nuclear medicine. My research mainly focuses on brain development and neurodevelopmental / neuropsychiatric outcomes in high-risk children, identifying early markers to determine later risks in these groups. I completed my PhD in Medicine (Perinatal) at the Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, under Distinguished Professor Dame Jane Harding.
Matilda Morin
I’m a postdoctoral researcher and epidemiologist at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Karolinska Institutet, with expertise in register-based research. My research focuses on early-life risk factors for autism and related conditions, particularly in relation to gestational age and preterm birth.
Weiyao Yin
Research specialist at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, with a clinical background in obstetrics and gynecology. My research focuses on women’s and children’s health, particularly perinatal epidemiology. I work primarily with Nordic population registers to study maternal and pregnancy-related factors, including preterm birth, in relation to autism and other child health outcomes.