Pål Richard Romundstad

Vice Dean of Research, Professor

MH Faculty Administration Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

pal.romundstad@ntnu.no +47 73597523 +47 99464909

1930-bygget, 2067, Øya, Harald Hardrådes gate 13

Pål Romundstad is Vice Dean for Research at the Faculty of Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology at the Department of Public Health and General Practice at NTNU. He also holds a position as Research Adviser at St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital.

Main Research Interests:

Cancer epidemiology
Reproduction and pregnancy
Life course and intergenerational studies
Mendelian Randomisation

Previous academic positions:

Research fellow, The Cancer registry of Norway, Oslo
Post.doc and scientist (epidemiology), NTNU, Trondheim

Academic degrees:

Dr. Philos., NTNU (2001)
MSc in Chemistry, (1989)

Important publications:

Weedon-Fekjær H, Romundstad PR, Vatten LJ. Modern mammography screening and breast cancer mortality: population study. BMJ 2014;348:g3701

Romundstad PR, Magnussen EB, Smith GD, Vatten LJ.Hypertension in pregnancy and later cardiovascular risk: common antecedents? Circulation. 2010 Aug 10;122(6):579-84.

Romundstad LB, Romundstad PR, Sunde A, During V, Skjærven R, Gunnell D, Vatten LJ. Perinatal outcome after assisted fertilisation: effects of technology or maternal factors? Lancet 2008;372:737-743.

Magnussen EB, Vatten LJ, Lund-Nilsen TI, Salvesen KA, Davey Smith G, Romundstad PR. Prepregnancy cardiovascular risk factors as predictors of pre-eclampsia: population based cohort study. BMJ. 2007;335:978.

Scientific, academic and artistic work

A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database

Journal publications

Arnstad, Ellen Dalen; Iversen, Johanne Marie; Uglem, Martin; Glerup, Mia; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Sand, Trond; Rygg, Marite. (2020) Pain sensitivity in young adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a quantitative sensory testing study. Arthritis Research & Therapy. vol. 22:262.
Bjellmo, Solveig; Andersen, Guro Lillemoen; Hjelle, Sissel; Klungsøyr, Kari; Krebs, Lone; Lydersen, Stian; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Vik, Torstein. (2020) Does caesarean delivery in the first pregnancy increase the risk for adverse outcome in the second? A registry-based cohort study on first and second singleton births in Norway. BMJ Open. vol. 10 (8).
Arnstad, Ellen Dalen; Glerup, Mia; Rypdal, Veronika Gjertsen; Peltoniemi, Suvi; Ekelund, Maria; Berntson, Lillemor; Fasth, Anders; Nielsen, Susan; Zak, Marek; Aalto, Kristiina; Nordal, Ellen Berit; Herlin, T; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Rygg, Marite. (2019) OP0201 Fatigue in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis after 18 years of follow-up. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. vol. 78.
Baasland, Ingrid; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Eide, Maj Liv; Jonassen, Christine M. (2019) Clinical performance of Anyplex II HPV28 by human papillomavirus type and viral load in a referral population. PLOS ONE. vol. 14 (1).
Budu-Aggrey, Ashley; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Tyrrell, Jess; Watkins, Sarah; Modalsli, Ellen Heilmann; Celis-Morales, Carlos; Ferguson, Lyn D.; Vie, Gunnhild Åberge; Palmer, Tom; Fritsche, Lars; Løset, Mari; Nielsen, Jonas Bille; Zhou, Wei; Tsoi, Lam C.; Wood, Andrew R.; Jones, Samuel E.; Beaumont, Robin; Saunes, Marit; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Siebert, Stefan; McInnes, Iain B.; Elder, James T.; Smith, George Davey; Frayling, Timothy M.; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Brown, Sara J.; Sattar, Naveed; Paternoster, Lavinia. (2019) Evidence of a causal relationship between body mass index and psoriasis: A mendelian randomization study. Nature Methods. vol. 16:e1002739 (1).
Gustafsson, Miriam K.; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Stafne, Signe Nilssen; Helvik, Anne-Sofie; Stunes, Astrid Kamilla; Mørkved, Siv; Salvesen, Kjell Å; Thorsby, Per Medbøe; Mosti, Mats Peder; Syversen, Unni. (2019) The effect of an exercise program in pregnancy on vitamin D status among healthy, pregnant Norwegian women: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. vol. 19:76.
Haug, Eirin Beate; Horn, Julie; Markovitz, Amanda R; Fraser, Abigail; Klykken, Bjørnar E.; Dalen, Håvard; Vatten, Lars Johan; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Rich-Edwards, Janet W.; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav. (2019) Association of Conventional Cardiovascular Risk Factors with Cardiovascular Disease after Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Analysis of the Nord-Tr?ndelag Health Study. JAMA cardiology. vol. 4 (7).
Janszky, Imre; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Vatten, Lars Johan; Orsini, Nicola. (2019) Random error units, extension of a novel method to express random error in epidemiological studies. Clinical Epidemiology. vol. 11.
Kauppila, Joonas H.; Tao, Wenjing; Santoni, Giola; von Euler-Chelpin, My; Lynge, Elsebeth; Tryggvadóttir, Laufey; Ness-Jensen, Eivind; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Pukkala, Eero; Lagergren, Jesper. (2019) Effects of Obesity Surgery on Overall and Disease-Specific Mortality in a 5-Country Population-Based Study. Gastroenterology. vol. 157 (1).
Landmark, Tormod; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Butler, Stephen; Kaasa, Stein; Borchgrevink, Petter Chr.. (2019) Development and course of chronic widespread pain: the role of time and pain characteristics (the HUNT pain study). Pain. vol. 160 (9).
Müller, Tomm Brostrup; Vik, Anne; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Sandvei, Marie Søfteland. (2019) Risk Factors for Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in a Prospective Population-Based Study. Stroke. vol. 50 (10).
Nyrønning, Linn Åldstedt; Videm, Vibeke; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Hultgren, Rebecka; Mattsson, Erney. (2019) Female sex hormones and risk of incident abdominal aortic aneurysm in Norwegian women in the HUNT study. Journal of Vascular Surgery. vol. 70 (5).
Sen, Abhijit; Vardaxis, Ioannis; Lindqvist, Bo Henry; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Strand, Linn B; Bakken, Inger Johanne Landsjøåsen; Vatten, Lars Johan; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Ljung, Rickard; Mukamal, Kenneth Jay; Janszky, Imre. (2019) Systematic assessment of prescribed medications and short-term risk of myocardial infarction - a pharmacopeia-wide association study from Norway and Sweden. Scientific Reports. vol. 9.
Tao, Wenjing; Artama, Miia; von Euler-Chelpin, My; Hull, Mark; Ljung, Rickard; Lynge, Elsebeth; Ólafsdóttir, Guðríður H.; Pukkala, Eero; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Talbäck, Mats; Tryggvadóttír, Laufey; Lagergren, Jesper. (2019) Colon and rectal cancer risk after bariatric surgery in a multicountry Nordic cohort study. International Journal of Cancer.
Vie, Gunnhild Åberge; Wootton, Robyn E; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Taylor, AE; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Davey, George Smith; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Munafo, Marcus R. (2019) The effect of smoking intensity on all-cause and cause-specific mortality-a Mendelian randomization analysis. International Journal of Epidemiology. vol. 48 (5).
Arnstad, Ellen Dalen; Rypdal, Veronika Gjertsen; Peltoniemi, Suvi; Herlin, T; Berntson, Lillemor; Fasth, Anders; Nielsen, Susan; Glerup, Mia; Ekelund, Maria; Zak, Marek; Aalto, Kristiina; Nordal, Ellen Berit; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Rygg, Marite. (2018) Early self-reported pain in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is related to long-term outcomes. Results from the Nordic JIA cohort study. Arthritis care & research. vol. 71 (7).
Brumpton, Ben Michael; Langhammer, Arnulf; Henriksen, Anne Hildur; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Chen, Yue; Camargo, Carlos A.; Mai, Xiao-Mei. (2018) Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, vitamin D supplement and asthma control: The HUNT study. Respiratory Medicine. vol. 136.
Carslake, David; Smith, George Davey; Gunnell, David; Davies, Neil; Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund; Romundstad, Pål Richard. (2018) Confounding by ill health in the observed association between BMI and mortality: Evidence from the HUNT Study using offspring BMI as an instrument. International Journal of Epidemiology. vol. 47 (3).
Dögl, Malin Andrea Elisabeth; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Berntzen, Line Dahlgaard; Fremgaarden, Oliv Camilla; Kirial, Katrine; Kjøllesdal, Anne M; Nygaard, Benedicte Sandhaug; Robberstad, Line; Steen, Thorbjørn; Tappert, Christian; Torkildsen, Cecilie Fredvik; Værnesbranden, Caren Magdalena Rydland; Vietheer, Alexander; Heimstad, Runa Kristine. (2018) Elective induction of labor: A prospective observational study. PLOS ONE. vol. 13 (11).
Gustafsson, Miriam; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Stafne, Signe Nilssen; Helvik, Anne-Sofie; Stunes, Astrid Kamilla; Mørkved, Siv; Salvesen, Kjell Å; Thorsby, Per Medbøe; Syversen, Unni. (2018) Alterations in the Vitamin D endocrine system during pregnancy: A longitudinal study of 855 healthy Norwegian women. PLOS ONE. vol. 13:e0195041 (4).