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Vegard Skirbekk is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and works primarily within the social sciences, focusing on themes related to health, demography, sociology, and mental health. Their research spans several interconnected fields, including general health professions, health, demography, sociology and political science, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their scholarly output shows a strong emphasis on health disparities and outcomes, as well as global healthcare issues. Other notable research topics include intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, dementia and cognitive impairment research, employment and welfare studies, and aspects of retirement, disability, and employment.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • BMC Public Health
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Ageing
  • Journal of Religion and Demography
  • Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Among recent papers associated with or coauthored by Skirbekk are:

  • "Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10-24 years, 1950-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019" (2021), published in The Lancet
  • "The health-adjusted dependency ratio as a new global measure of the burden of ageing: a population-based study" (2022), published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity
  • "Covid-fatigued? A longitudinal study of Norwegian older adults' psychosocial well-being before and during early and later stages of the COVID-19 pandemic" (2021), published in European Journal of Ageing
  • "Longitudinal evidence on the development of socioeconomic inequalities in mental health due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway" (2022), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Trajectories of occupational physical activity and risk of later-life mild cognitive impairment and dementia: the HUNT4 70+ study" (2023), published in The Lancet Regional Health - Europe

Skirbekk collaborates frequently with a number of researchers across related disciplines. Notable frequent coauthors include:

  • Bjørn Heine Strand
  • Bernt Bratsberg
  • Yaakov Stern
  • Geir Selbæk
  • Asta K. Håberg

Skirbekk's research contributes extensively to understanding key public health challenges, particularly those associated with ageing populations, mental health inequalities, and the interplay between social factors and health outcomes. The integration of demographic methods with health and social science perspectives characterizes their multidisciplinary approach to contemporary issues in population health and welfare studies.

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Theo Vos;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Marie Ng;Tom P Fleming;Margaret W. Robinson;Blake Thomson

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohsen Naghavi;Haidong Wang;Rafael Lozano;Adrian Davis

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Theo Vos;Christine Allen;Megha Arora;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Simon I Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa;Megan S. Coggeshall;Katya A. Shackelford

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Megha Arora;Ryan M. Barber;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013 : quantifying the epidemiological transition

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Ryan M. Barber;Kyle J. Foreman;Ayse Abbasoglu Ozgoren

  • The State of US Health, 1990-2016: Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Among US States

    Ali H. Mokdad;Katherine Ballestros;Michelle Echko;Scott Glenn

  • The global burden of injury: incidence, mortality, disability-adjusted life years and time trends from the Global Burden of Disease study 2013

    Juanita A Haagsma;Nicholas Graetz;Ian Bolliger;Mohsen Naghavi

  • Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Ryan M. Barber;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Lalit Dandona;Lalit Dandona

  • Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990???2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Katrina F. Ortblad;Caterina Guinovart;Stephen S. Lim

  • Age and individual productivity: a literature survey

    Vegard Skirbekk

  • Economic Recession and Fertility in the Developed World

    Tomáš Sobotka;Vegard Skirbekk;Dimiter Philipov

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Daniel Dicker;Grant Nguyen;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate

  • Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: A systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Nancy Fullman;Jamal Yearwood;Solomon M Abay;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national levels of neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Haidong Wang;Chelsea A. Liddell;Matthew M. Coates;Meghan D. Mooney

Frequent Co-Authors

Rakhi Dandona
Rakhi Dandona Public Health Foundation of India
Elisabete Weiderpass
Elisabete Weiderpass International Agency For Research On Cancer
David C. Schwebel
David C. Schwebel University of Alabama at Birmingham
Paul S. F. Yip
Paul S. F. Yip University of Hong Kong
Mustafa Z Younis
Mustafa Z Younis Jackson State University
Till Bärnighausen
Till Bärnighausen Heidelberg University
Andrew H. Kemp
Andrew H. Kemp Swansea University
Foad Abd-Allah
Foad Abd-Allah Cairo University
Guoqing Hu
Guoqing Hu Central South University
Inga Dora Sigfusdottir
Inga Dora Sigfusdottir Reykjavík University

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