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Sonja A. Swanson is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research spans several domains, primarily within mathematics and medicine, focusing extensively on statistical and epidemiological methods.

The main fields of study for Swanson include:

  • Mathematics
  • Medicine

Within these broad areas, Swanson's work is concentrated in several subfields such as:

  • Statistics and Probability
  • Health
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Genetics
  • Ophthalmology

The scientist's research topics cover a range of specialized subjects, including:

  • Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
  • Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
  • Gun Ownership and Violence Research
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Statistical Methods and Inference

Swanson has published in a variety of journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • American Journal of Epidemiology
  • Epidemiology
  • JAMA Network Open
  • European Journal of Epidemiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent papers authored or coauthored by them demonstrate engagement with both methodological and applied epidemiological topics. Selected recent publications are:

  • "Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology using mendelian randomisation (STROBE-MR): explanation and elaboration", 2021, BMJ
  • "Handgun Ownership and Suicide in California", 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Prediction meets causal inference: the role of treatment in clinical prediction models", 2020, Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)
  • "Considering Questions Before Methods in Dementia Research With Competing Events and Causal Goals", 2023, American Journal of Epidemiology
  • "Suicide Deaths Among Women in California Living With Handgun Owners vs Those Living With Other Adults in Handgun-Free Homes, 2004-2016", 2022, JAMA Psychiatry

Swanson has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • David M. Studdert
  • Yifan Zhang
  • L. Paloma Rojas-Saunero
  • Matthew Q. Miller
  • Elizabeth W. Diemer

Best Publications

  • Lifetime Prevalence of Mental Disorders in U.S. Adolescents: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication-Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A)

    Kathleen Ries Merikangas;Jian-ping He;Marcy Burstein;Sonja A. Swanson

  • Prevalence and Correlates of Eating Disorders in Adolescents: Results From the National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement

    Sonja A. Swanson;Scott J. Crow;Daniel Le Grange;Joel Swendsen;Joel Swendsen

  • Service utilization for lifetime mental disorders in U.S. adolescents: results of the National Comorbidity Survey-Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A).

    Kathleen Ries Merikangas;Jian-ping He;Marcy E. Burstein;Joel Swendsen

  • Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology using mendelian randomisation (STROBE-MR): explanation and elaboration

    Veronika W Skrivankova;Rebecca C Richmond;Benjamin A R Woolf;Neil M Davies;Neil M Davies

  • Increased mortality in bulimia nervosa and other eating disorders

    Scott J. Crow;Carol B. Peterson;Sonja Alsemgeest Swanson;Nancy C. Raymond

  • 10-year trajectories of depressive symptoms and risk of dementia: a population-based study

    Saira Saeed Mirza;Frank J Wolters;Sonja A Swanson;Peter J Koudstaal

  • Longitudinal associations between binge eating and overeating and adverse outcomes among adolescents and young adults: Does loss of control matter?

    Kendrin R. Sonneville;Nicholas J. Horton;Nadia Micali;Ross D. Crosby

  • Adolescent Eating Disorders Predict Psychiatric, High-Risk Behaviors and Weight Outcomes in Young Adulthood

    Nadia Micali;Francesca Solmi;Nicholas J. Horton;Ross D. Crosby

  • Eating disorder not otherwise specified presentation in the US population.

    Daniel Le Grange;Sonja A. Swanson;Sonja A. Swanson;Scott J. Crow;Kathleen R. Merikangas

  • Actionable druggable genome-wide Mendelian randomization identifies repurposing opportunities for COVID-19.

    Liam Gaziano;Claudia Giambartolomei;Alexandre C Pereira;Anna Gaulton

  • Commentary: how to report instrumental variable analyses (suggestions welcome)

    Sonja A. Swanson;Miguel A. Hernán

  • Prospective Association of Common Eating Disorders and Adverse Outcomes

    Alison E. Field;Alison E. Field;Kendrin R. Sonneville;Nadia Micali;Ross D. Crosby

  • Nature as a Trialist?: Deconstructing the Analogy Between Mendelian Randomization and Randomized Trials.

    Sonja A. Swanson;Henning Tiemeier;M. Arfan Ikram;Miguel A. Hernán

  • Handgun Ownership and Suicide in California

    David M. Studdert;Yifan Zhang;Sonja A. Swanson;Lea Prince

  • Understanding the Assumptions Underlying Instrumental Variable Analyses: a Brief Review of Falsification Strategies and Related Tools.

    Jeremy Labrecque;Sonja A. Swanson;Sonja A. Swanson

  • Association between exposure to suicide and suicidality outcomes in youth

    Sonja Alsemgeest Swanson;Ian Colman

  • Twelve-Month Suicidal Symptoms and Use of Services Among Adolescents: Results From the National Comorbidity Survey

    Mathilde M. Husky;Mark Olfson;Jian-ping He;Matthew K. Nock

  • Prospective Associations of Concerns About Physique and the Development of Obesity, Binge Drinking, and Drug Use Among Adolescent Boys and Young Adult Men

    Alison E. Field;Kendrin R. Sonneville;Kendrin R. Sonneville;Ross D. Crosby;Sonja A. Swanson

  • Characteristics of seeking treatment among U.S. adolescents with eating disorders.

    Lauren N. Forrest;April R. Smith;Sonja A. Swanson;Sonja A. Swanson

  • Calculation of Expected Body Weight in Adolescents With Eating Disorders

    Daniel Le Grange;Peter M. Doyle;Sonja A. Swanson;Kali Ludwig

  • A Monte Carlo investigation of factors influencing latent class analysis: an application to eating disorder research.

    Sonja A. Swanson;Katajun Lindenberg;Stephanie Bauer;Ross D. Crosby

  • Actionable druggable genome-wide Mendelian randomization identifies repurposing opportunities for COVID-19

    Liam Gaziano;Liam Gaziano;Claudia Giambartolomei;Claudia Giambartolomei;Alexandre C Pereira;Alexandre C Pereira;Anna Gaulton

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathleen R. Merikangas
Kathleen R. Merikangas National Institutes of Health
Kamryn T. Eddy
Kamryn T. Eddy Harvard University
Daniel Le Grange
Daniel Le Grange University of California, San Francisco
J. Brent Richards
J. Brent Richards McGill University
Claudia Langenberg
Claudia Langenberg Queen Mary University of London
Stephen A. Wonderlich
Stephen A. Wonderlich University of North Dakota
Jerel P. Calzo
Jerel P. Calzo San Diego State University
Matthew K. Nock
Matthew K. Nock Harvard University
Jean C. Beckham
Jean C. Beckham Duke University
Nicholas J. Timpson
Nicholas J. Timpson University of Bristol

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