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Jesper Hallas is affiliated with the University of Southern Denmark in Denmark. The main field of research activity is Medicine, with a focus on several specific subfields including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Economics and Econometrics, Epidemiology, and Surgery.

The research topics covered in Jesper Hallas's work include Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life; COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies; SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research; Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions; Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases; Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials; and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes.

Recent publications reflect a range of interests in epidemiology, pharmacology, and clinical medicine. Notable papers include:

  • Arterial events, venous thromboembolism, thrombocytopenia, and bleeding after vaccination with Oxford-AstraZeneca ChAdOx1-S in Denmark and Norway: population based cohort study (2021, BMJ)
  • Long-term cardiovascular safety of febuxostat compared with allopurinol in patients with gout (FAST): a multicentre, prospective, randomised, open-label, non-inferiority trial (2020, The Lancet)
  • Characteristics and predictors of hospitalization and death in the first 11,122 cases with a positive RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 in Denmark: a nationwide cohort (2020, International Journal of Epidemiology)
  • Post-acute effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection in individuals not requiring hospital admission: a Danish population-based cohort study (2021, The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
  • Reproducibility of real-world evidence studies using clinical practice data to inform regulatory and coverage decisions (2022, Nature Communications)

Frequent co-authors in research projects include:

  • Anton Pottegård (57 publications)
  • Lars Christian Lund (49 publications)
  • Mette Reilev (19 publications)
  • Martin Ernst (19 publications)
  • Kasper Bruun Kristensen (16 publications)

Jesper Hallas has published extensively in several key scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety (26 publications)
  • Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology (11 publications)
  • Clinical Epidemiology (8 publications)
  • British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (6 publications)
  • JAMA Network Open (6 publications)

Best Publications

  • The Danish National Prescription Registry

    Helle Wallach Kildemoes;Henrik Toft Sørensen;Jesper Hallas

  • Data Resource Profile: The Danish National Prescription Registry.

    Anton Pottegård;Sigrun Alba Johannesdottir Schmidt;Helle Wallach-Kildemoes;Henrik Toft Sørensen

  • The Danish prescription registries.

    Gaist D;Sørensen Ht;Hallas J

  • Use of single and combined antithrombotic therapy and risk of serious upper gastrointestinal bleeding: population based case-control study

    Jesper Hallas;Michael Dall;Alin Andries;Birthe Søgaard Andersen

  • Use of proton pump inhibitors and the risk of community-acquired pneumonia: a population-based case-control study.

    Sinem Ezgi Gulmez;Anette Holm;Henrik Frederiksen;Thøger Gorm Jensen

  • Drug related hospital admissions: the role of definitions and intensity of data collection, and the possibility of prevention

    J. Hallas;B. Harvald;L. F. Gram;E. Grodum

  • Statins and risk of polyneuropathy: a case-control study.

    D. Gaist;U. Jeppesen;M. Andersen;L.A. Garcia Rodríguez

  • Classification of myocardial infarction: frequency and features of type 2 myocardial infarction

    Lotte Saaby;Tina Svenstrup Poulsen;Susanne Elisabeth Hosbond;Torben Bjerregaard Larsen

  • Polypharmacy: correlations with sex, age and drug regimen A prescription database study

    L Bjerrum;J Søgaard;J Hallas;J Kragstrup

  • Arterial events, venous thromboembolism, thrombocytopenia, and bleeding after vaccination with Oxford-AstraZeneca ChAdOx1-S in Denmark and Norway: population based cohort study.

    Anton Pottegård;Lars Christian Lund;Øystein Karlstad;Jesper Dahl

  • Head injury as a risk factor for brain tumors in children : Results from a multicenter case-control study

    James G. Gurney;Susan Preston-Martin;Ann M. McDaniel;Beth A. Mueller

  • Characteristics and predictors of hospitalization and death in the first 11 122 cases with a positive RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 in Denmark: a nationwide cohort.

    Mette Reilev;Kasper Bruun Kristensen;Anton Pottegård;Anton Pottegård;Lars Christian Lund

  • Complicated and uncomplicated peptic ulcers in a Danish county 1993-2002: a population-based cohort study.

    Annmarie Lassen;Jesper Hallas;Ove B Schaffalitzky de Muckadell

  • Drug related admissions to medical wards: a population based survey.

    J Hallas;LF Gram;E Grodum;N Damsbo

  • Comorbidity in elderly cancer patients in relation to overall and cancer-specific mortality.

    T L Jørgensen;Jesper Hallas;S Friis;J Herrstedt

  • Effect of an In-Hospital Multifaceted Clinical Pharmacist Intervention on the Risk of Readmission: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Lene Vestergaard Ravn-Nielsen;Marie Louise Duckert;Mia Lolk Lund;Jolene Pilegaard Henriksen

  • The relationship between paroxetine and the sparteine oxidation polymorphism.

    Søren H Sindrup;Søren H Sindrup;Kim Brøsen;Kim Brøsen;Lars F Gram;Lars F Gram;Jesper Hallas;Jesper Hallas

  • Lipid-lowering drugs and risk of myopathy: a population-based follow-up study

    David Gaist;Luis Alberto García Rodríguez;Consuelo Huerta;Jesper Hallas

  • Methods for estimating the occurrence of polypharmacy by means of a prescription database

    L Bjerrum;J U Rosholm;J Hallas;J Kragstrup

  • Long-term cardiovascular safety of febuxostat compared with allopurinol in patients with gout (FAST): a multicentre, prospective, randomised, open-label, non-inferiority trial.

    Isla S Mackenzie;Ian Ford;George Nuki;Jesper Hallas

Frequent Co-Authors

Søren Friis
Søren Friis University of Copenhagen
Henrik Toft Sørensen
Henrik Toft Sørensen Aarhus University
Søren Hein Sindrup
Søren Hein Sindrup Odense University Hospital
Luis A. García Rodríguez
Luis A. García Rodríguez Centro Español de Investigación Farmacoepidemiológica
Kim Brøsen
Kim Brøsen University of Southern Denmark
Jørgen Vestbo
Jørgen Vestbo University of Manchester
Børge G. Nordestgaard
Børge G. Nordestgaard University of Copenhagen
Court Pedersen
Court Pedersen Odense University Hospital
Peter Lange
Peter Lange University of Copenhagen
Thomas M. MacDonald
Thomas M. MacDonald University of Dundee

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