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Associate Professor, Pharmacoepidemiology Klinisk farmasi og farmakoepidemiologi, forskningsgruppe kristian.svendsen@uit.no +4777644185 90765621 You can find me here

Kristian Svendsen

Job description

Associate Professor Svendsen is involved primarily in projects related to rational use of medications. This includes a projectin using machine learning to predict hospital admissions using registry data such as pharmacy dispensing data as well as other projects. These projects include using data to study associations between medication use and carriership of different bacterias, studying factors related to hospital admissions in the elderly, how pharmacists in emergency departments can improve patient outcomes, as well as describing a COVID outbreak on a cruise ship using network analysis.

He is also involved in research on ADR data and have worked with both EudraVigilance and UMC data for spontaneous reports. We are also working on how these data sources can be integrated with prescribing information to provide additional information to clinicians, authorities and researchers. Key publications to this project is this publication about linking ADR and consumption data (with visualisation here) and this publication dealing with how to handle population scale pharmacoepidemiology data efficiently in collaboration with the department of informatics.

 

  • Tine Johnsgård, Renate Elenjord, Renata Vesela Holis, Marit Waaseth, Birgitte Zahl-Holmstad, Marie Fagerli et al.:
    How much time do emergency department physicians spend on medication-related tasks? A time- and-motion study
    BMC Emergency Medicine 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Mohsen Gamal Saad Askar, Lars Småbrekke, Einar Jakobsen Holsbø, Lars Ailo Aslaksen Bongo, Kristian Svendsen :
    “Using network analysis modularity to group health code systems and decrease dimensionality in machine learning models”
    Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy (ERCSP) 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Kristian Svendsen, Mohsen Gamal Saad Askar, Danial Umer, Kjell Hermann Halvorsen :
    Short-term learning effect of ChatGPT on pharmacy students' learning
    Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy (ERCSP) 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Edeltraut Garbe, Fabian Hoti, Tania Schink, Kristian Svendsen, Haydar Al-Eid, Per Arkhammar et al.:
    Long-Term Safety of Roflumilast in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, a Multinational Observational Database Cohort Study
    The International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Renata Vesela Holis, Renate Elenjord, Elin Christina Lehnbom, Sigrid Andersen, Marie Fagerli, Tine Johnsgård et al.:
    How Do Pharmacists Distribute Their Work Time during a Clinical Intervention Trial?—A Time and Motion Study
    Pharmacy 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Birgitte Zahl-Holmstad, Beate Hennie Garcia, Tine Johnsgård, Eirik Hugaas Ofstad, Elin Lehnbom, Kristian Svendsen et al.:
    Patient perceptions and experiences with medication-related activities in the emergency department: a qualitative study
    BMJ Open Quality 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Niclas Peter Raffelsberger, Dorota Julia Buczek, Kristian Svendsen, Lars Småbrekke, Anna Kaarina Pöntinen, Iren Høyland Löhr et al.:
    Community carriage of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae: a cross-sectional study of risk factors and comparative genomics of carriage and clinical isolates
    mSphere 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Birgitte Zahl-Holmstad, Beate Hennie Garcia, Kristian Svendsen, Tine Johnsgård, Renata Vesela, Eirik Hugaas Ofstad et al.:
    Completeness of medication information in admission notes from emergency departments
    BMC Health Services Research 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Kirsten Midttun Gravningen, Stian Henriksen, Olav Hungnes, Kristian Svendsen, Emily Ann Macdonald, Henrik Schirmer et al.:
    Risk factors, immune response and whole‐genome sequencing of SARS‐CoV‐2 in a cruise ship outbreak in Norway
    International Journal of Infectious Diseases 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Mohsen Gamal Saad Askar, Kristian Svendsen :
    Chapter 12: Using network analysis in pharmacy and health services research
    Academic Press 2022 DOI
  • Jeanette Schultz Johansen, Kjell H. Halvorsen, Kristian Svendsen, Kjerstin Havnes, Eirin Guldsten Robinson, Hilde Ljones Wetting et al.:
    Interdisciplinary collaboration across secondary and primary care to improve medication safety in the elderly (The IMMENSE study) – a randomized controlled trial
    BMC Health Services Research 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Mari Johannessen Walquist, Kristian Svendsen, Beate Hennie Garcia, Trine Strand Bergmo, Anne Elise Eggen, Kjell H. Halvorsen et al.:
    Self-reported medication information needs among medication users in a general population aged 40 years and above – the Tromsø study
    BMC Public Health 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Kjerstin Havnes, Kristian Svendsen, Jeanette Schultz Johansen, Anne Gerd Granås, Beate Hennie Garcia, Kjell H. Halvorsen :
    Is anticholinergic and sedative drug burden associated with postdischarge institutionalization in community-dwelling older patients acutely admitted to hospital? A Norwegian registry-based study
    Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Dina Benedicte Berg Stensen, Rafael Nozal Cañadas, Lars Småbrekke, Karina Olsen, Christopher Sivert Nielsen, Kristian Svendsen et al.:
    Social network analysis of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in a general youth population
    International Journal of Infectious Diseases 2022 ARKIV / FULLTEKST / DOI
  • Sigbjørn Svalestuen, Kristian Svendsen, Anne Elise Eggen, Lars Småbrekke :
    Association of area-level education with the regional growth trajectories of rates of antibacterial dispensing to patients under 3 years in Norway: a longitudinal retrospective study
    BMJ Open 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Niclas Peter Raffelsberger, Marit Andrea Klokkhammer Hetland, Kristian Svendsen, Lars Småbrekke, Iren Høyland Löhr, Lotte Andreassen et al.:
    Gastrointestinal carriage of Klebsiella pneumoniae in a general adult population: a cross-sectional study of risk factors and bacterial genomic diversity
    Gut microbes 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Elisabeth Pedersen, Kieu Nhi Lise Truong, Beate Hennie Garcia, Kjell H. Halvorsen, Kristian Svendsen, Anne Elise Eggen et al.:
    Self-reported medication use among coronary heart disease patients showed high validity compared with dispensing data.
    Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sanna Beckstrøm, Kristian Svendsen, Lars Småbrekke :
    Antibacterial use by birth year and birth season in children 0-2 years in Norway
    Norsk Epidemiologi 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Mohsen Gamal Saad Askar, Rafael Nozal Cañadas, Kristian Svendsen :
    An introduction to network analysis for studies of medication use
    Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Renata Vesela, Renate Elenjord, Elin Lehnbom, Eirik Hugaas Ofstad, Tine Johnsgård, Birgitte Zahl-Holmstad et al.:
    Integrating the clinical pharmacist into the emergency department interdisciplinary team: A study protocol for a multicentre trial applying a non-randomised stepped-wedge study design
    BMJ Open 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jeanette Schultz Johansen, Kjell H. Halvorsen, Kjerstin Havnes, Hilde Ljones Wetting, Kristian Svendsen, Beate Hennie Garcia :
    Intervention fidelity and process outcomes of the IMMENSE study, a pharmacist-led interdisciplinary intervention to improve medication safety in older hospitalized patients
    Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Jeanette Schultz Johansen, Kjell H. Halvorsen, Kristian Svendsen, Kjerstin Havnes, Beate Hennie Garcia :
    The impact of hospitalisation to geriatric wards on the use of medications and potentially inappropriate medications - A health register study
    BMC Geriatrics 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • June Utnes Høgli, Beate Hennie Garcia, Kristian Svendsen, Vegard Skogen, Lars Småbrekke :
    Empirical prescribing of penicillin G/V reduces risk of readmission of hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia in Norway: a retrospective observational study
    BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Kjell H. Halvorsen, Sinan Kucukcelik, Beate Hennie Garcia, Kristian Svendsen :
    Assessing Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Nursing Home Residents by NORGEP-NH Criteria
    Pharmacy 05. March 2019 ARKIV / DOI
  • Arton Baftiu, Maren Haugen Lima, Kristian Svendsen, Pål Gunnar Larsson, Svein Ivar Johannessen, Cecilie Johannessen Landmark :
    Safety aspects of antiepileptic drugs—a population-based study of adverse effects relative to changes in utilisation
    European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 09. April 2019 DOI
  • Kristian Svendsen, Kjell H. Halvorsen, Solveig Vorren, Hilde Samdal, Beate Hennie Garcia :
    Adverse drug reaction reporting: how can drug consumption information add to analyses using spontaneous reports?
    European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 18. December 2017 DOI
  • Per-Jostein Samuelsen, Christopher Sivert Nielsen, Tom Wilsgaard, Audun Stubhaug, Kristian Svendsen, Anne Elise Eggen :
    Pain sensitivity and analgesic use among 10,486 adults: the Tromsø study
    BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology 2017 ARKIV / FULLTEKST / DOI
  • Kristian Svendsen, Mollie Wood, Erika Olsson, Hedvig Marie Egeland Nordeng :
    Reported time to onset of neurological adverse drug reactions among different age and gender groups using metoclopramide: an analysis of the global database Vigibase®.
    European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2017 DOI
  • Per-Jostein Samuelsen, Kristian Svendsen, Tom Wilsgaard, Audun Stubhaug, Christopher Sivert Nielsen, Anne Elise Eggen :
    Persistent analgesic use and the association with chronic pain and other risk factors in the population—a longitudinal study from the Tromsø Study and the Norwegian Prescription Database
    European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2016 DOI
  • Kristian Svendsen :
    Hva skjer med en bivirkningsmelding hos European Medicines Agency ?
    Norsk Farmaceutisk Tidsskrift 2016
  • Mohsen Gamal Saad Askar, Masoud Tafavvoghi, Lars Småbrekke, Lars Ailo Bongo, Kristian Svendsen :
    Using machine learning methods to predict all-cause somatic hospitalizations in adults: A systematic review
    PLOS ONE 2024 DOI
  • Birgitte Zahl-Holmstad, Beate Hennie Garcia, Eirik Hugaas Ofstad, Elin Lehnbom, Kristian Svendsen, Renata Vesela et al.:
    Patients’ experiences with medication-related activities in the emergency department
    2022
  • Renata Vesela, Tine Johnsgård, Marie Fagerli, Kristian Svendsen, Birgitte Zahl-Holmstad, Renate Elenjord et al.:
    Identifying how nurses spend their time in three Norwegian emergency departments: a time-and-motion study
    2022
  • Tine Johnsgård, Renata Vesela, Marie Fagerli, Kristian Svendsen, Marit Waaseth, Beate Hennie Garcia et al.:
    How much time do emergency department physicians spend on drug-related tasks?
    2022
  • Dina Benedicte Berg Stensen, Rafael A. Nozal Cañadas, Lars Småbrekke, Karina Olsen, Christopher Sivert Nielsen, Kristian Svendsen et al.:
    Social network analysis of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in a general youth population
    2021
  • Kjerstin Havnes, frode Skjold, Kristian Svendsen, Beate Hennie Garcia, Anne Gerd Granås, Jeanette Schultz Johansen et al.:
    Drug use and Drug Burden Index in community-dwelling older adult acutely admitted to hospital
    2019
  • Renate Elenjord, Ann Katrin Østbø, Kristian Svendsen, Elin Lehnbom :
    How do pharmacy staff distribute the time in a Hospital outpatient Pharmacy? – The first WOMBAT time and motion study in a Norwegian Hospital Pharmacy
    2019
  • Kristian Svendsen, Øystein Karlstad, Lars Småbrekke :
    To the editor
    JAMA Internal Medicine 2018 DOI
  • Kristian Svendsen, Øystein Karlstad, Lars Småbrekke :
    Lower cancer incidence-warfarin effect or immortal time bias?
    JAMA Internal Medicine 2018 DOI
  • Sinan Kucukcelic, Kjell H. Halvorsen, Kristian Svendsen :
    Potentially inappropriate medication use in nursing homes in Northern Norway - Using the Norwegian General Practice - Nursing Home criteria
    2017
  • Kristian Husvik Skancke, Kristian Svendsen :
    Wikipedia and Medicines: Who edits medicine articles on the English Wikipedia?
    2016
  • Erika Olsson, Kristian Svendsen, Hedvig Marie Egeland Nordeng :
    Metoclopramide and neurological adverse drug reactions - a disproportionality analysis of Vigibase®
    2016
  • Arton Baftiu, Kristian Svendsen, Pål Gunnar Larsson, Svein Ivar Johannessen, Cecilie Johannessen Landmark :
    Forbruk og rapporterte bivirkninger for de nyeste antiepileptika i Norge
    2016
  • Maren Haugen Lima, Arton Baftiu, Kristian Svendsen, Svein Ivar Johannessen, Cecilie Johannessen Landmark :
    Pharmacovigilance of lamotrigine and valproate in Norway, 2004-2013
    2016
  • Maren Haugen Lima, Arton Baftiu, Kristian Svendsen, Svein Ivar Johannessen, Cecilie Johannessen Landmark :
    Bivirkningsrapportering og endringer i forbruk av antiepileptika i Norge, 2004-2013
    2016
  • Kristian Svendsen, Håvard Wahl Kongsgård, Pål Haugen, Lars Småbrekke :
    Does travel time to pharmacies and general physicians influence the use of antibiotics in Norway?
    2016
  • Arton Baftiu, Kristian Svendsen, Svein Ivar Johannessen, Pål Gunnar Larsson, Cecilie Johannessen Landmark :
    Utilisation and reported adverse effects of the newest antiepileptic drugs in Norway
    2016
  • Cecilie Johannessen Landmark, Arton Baftiu, Kristian Svendsen, Torleiv Svendsen, Svein Ivar Johannessen :
    Surveillance of eslicarbazepine acetate, oxcarbazepine and carbamazepine in Norway
    2016
  • Kristian Svendsen :
    Consumption adjusted adverse drug reactions reporting rates in Norway
    2015
  • Marthe Gaarder, Kristian Svendsen :
    Prescriptions without a written indication – A community pharmacy study in Norway
    2015

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    Research interests

    Methodologies related to pharmacoepidemiology and in particular how to deal with Adverse Drug Reactions. Furthermore research into antibiotic use and medication use in the elderly.

    Researcher profile in Cristin
    ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-3481-3539

    Member of research group

    Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacoepidemiology (IPSUM)   English content

    Member of project

    Predicting hospital admissions in Norway using Machine Learning Pharmacists in the Emergency Department The IMMENSE study The Tromsø Study Pharmacist-Physician collaboration in primary care

    CV

    Current Position

    2022-           Pharmacoepidemiologist, NordicRWE, Oslo (part-time position)
    2018-          Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway

    Previous positions held (list)
    2014-2018 Post Doc Researcher, Hospital Pharmacy Northern Norway Trust
    2012-2014 Scientific Administrator, European Medicines Agency. London, UK
    2014 Pharmacy Manager, Vitusapotek Bien, Ålesund, Norway
    2009 Intern at the World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland
    2006-2007 Pharmacist at the Regional Drug Information Centre, RELIS Midt-Norge, Trondheim

     

    COMMISSIONS OF TRUST IN ACADEMIC, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS (if applicable)

    Scientific advisory board/review board/review panel member/editorial board/scientific advisory board/reviewer/scientific evaluation/etc.
    2019-2023 Member of editorial Board for The Norwegian Pharmaceutical Journal
     

    Other commissions of trust - in business, organisations or public life 
    2017-2021 European Medicines Shortage Research Network – Addressing supply problems to patients. COST Network 15105, Management Committee member for Norway. Research network working with medicines shortages
    2017-2022 Technical anonymisation group (TAG) at European Medicines Agency, Expert member, Group to advice the European Medicines Agency on how to guide the pharmaceutical industry to anonymize clinical data. Group consists of members from Industry, academia, patients and regulatory bodies.