Katarzyna Grabowska, MSc

Chief statistician

Address:
EPI/SMI
SE-171 82 Solna
Sweden

Visiting address:
Tomtebodavägen 19A

Telephone
+46 8 4572357
+46 706 222357

Fax +46 8 300626

E-mail:
kasia.Grabowska@smi.ki.se

Education
MSc in Mathematical Statistics
BSc in Medical Science in Nursing (Registered Nurse)

Professional experience
- Registered Nurse 1996-2000
- Biostatistician 2001-2003
- Chief statistician at Department of Epidemiology (EPI) 2004 - current

Short presentation of current research
Regression models of infectious diseases and antibiotical resistance. Spatial analysis

Publications

1. Grabowska K, Högberg L, Penttinen P, Svensson Å, Ekdahl K
   Occurrence of invasive pneumococcal disease and number of excess cases due to influenza
   Submitted to BMC Infect Dis. 2005 Sep.
2. Rolfhamre P, Grabowska K, Ekdahl K
   Implementing a public web based GIS service for feedback of surveillance data on communicable diseases in Sweden
   BMC Infect Dis. 2004 Jun 10;4(1):17.
3. Hogberg L, Henriques Normark B, Ringberg H, Stenqvist K, Fredlund H, Geli P, Grabowska K, Melander E, Laurell M, Ahren C, Tornqvist E, Falt R, Hoglund D, Mollerberg G, Ekdahl K
   The impact of active intervention on the spread of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Swedish day-care centres
   Scand J Infect Dis. 2004;36(9):629-35
4. Ganestam F, Lundborg CS, Grabowska K, Cars O, Linde A
   Weekly antibiotic prescribing and influenza activity in Sweden: a study throughout five influenza seasons
   Scand J Infect Dis. 2003;35(11-12):836-42.
5. Tegnell A, Grabowska K, Jacobsson A, Andersson M, Giesecke J, Ohman L
   Study of developed resistance due to antibiotic treatment of coagulase-negative Staphylococci
   Microb Drug Resist. 2003 Spring; 9(1):1-6.
6. Grabowska K, Wang X, Jacobsson A, Dillner J
   Evaluation of cost-precision rations of different strategies for ELISA measurement of serum antibody levels
   J Immunol Methods. 2002 Dec 20;271(1-2):1-15.

Books:

1. Giesecke J, Ekdahl K. Smittskyddsboken, 2003, Studentlitteratur, Chapter 33 Geographical Information Systems (GIS), (p 192 - 197)