Kaarina Kowalec, MSc, PhD

College of Pharmacy research theme

Medication use, effectiveness, safety and value

Affiliations

Affiliated, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute (Sweden)

Keywords    

• Epidemiology        
• Genetics        
• Genomics        
• Neurology
• Pharmacoepidemiology
• Pharmacogenomics        
• Psychiatry
• Schizophrenia

Research summary

Dr. Kowalec’s research focus is on precision medicine approaches to neurology and psychiatry. Students and staff in Dr. Kowalec’s lab have the opportunity to use large administrative health datasets and genomic data to identify individuals with neurological or psychiatric disorders who are at high risk for experiencing poor outcomes (e.g. treatment outcomes, mortality). The Kowalec lab is a multi-disciplinary research program, which combines population-based health data, genomics, biostatistics, and epidemiology, to advance the outcomes of those affected by neurological and psychiatric disorders. Our work regularly involves an extensive network of Canadian, American, Swedish, and other international collaborators.