FMS & SVEP Autumn Meeting 2026

Dear FMS & SVEP members!

We hope you will join us for this first joint Autumn Meeting between FMS (Föreningen för Medicinsk Statistik) and SVEP (Svensk Epidemiologisk Förening). Take this chance to meet new and old friends and to participate in a wide range of interesting talks.

Program (preliminary)

09:30 Registration, coffee & networking
10:10 Welcome by FMS and SVEP
10:15
To adjust or not to adjust: marginal versus conditional estimands in clinical trials
Camila Olarte Parra · CAUSALab, Karolinska Institutet
10:45
Do beta-blockers reduce negative intrusive thoughts and anxiety in cancer survivors? A Bayesian analysis of emulated trials
David Bock · AstraZeneca
11:15
Implementing research findings in healthcare: today’s challenges
Björn Arvidsson · Region Uppsala
11:45–13:00 Lunch
13:00
TLV’s health economic evaluations: insights from GLP-1
Sarah Lindbo and Oskar Hellquist · Tandvårds- och läkemedelsförmånsverket (TLV)
13:30
Goal conflicts in the transition to a sustainable society
Mats Målqvist · Uppsala University Conflicting Objectives Research Nexus (UUniCORN)
14:00
From research to the decision room: how policymakers engage with epidemiological evidence
Lovisa Johansson · Student, University of Gothenburg
14:30–16:00
Interactive session & coffee
16:00
AI in biostatistics
Fredrik Johansson · Kliniskt forskningscentrum (KFC), Danderyds sjukhus
16:30–17:00
General discussion: future challenges for statistics and epidemiology
17:30 Dinner

WHEN: Tuesday 3 November at 10:10–17:00. Coffee & registration from 09:30. Dinner (optional) at 17:30.

WHERE: Pharmen, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 16, Uppsala (map)

FEE: Participation in the meeting is free. Coffee breaks are included, while lunch is not included (at own cost). Dinner at a subsidised cost of 150 SEK (co-funded by FMS & SVEP).

HOW: Register by 25 October at this registration link. If you are unable to attend, please notify the organisers () as we have a limited number of places. Thank you.

LANGUAGE: The presentations will be in English, while discussions will be in Swedish/English.

We look forward to meeting many of you in Uppsala!