Pål Richard Romundstad

Vice Dean of Research, Professor

Department of Public Health and Nursing 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

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.
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.
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).
Haug, Eirin; Horn, Julie; Markovitz, Amanda Rose; Fraser, Abigail; Macdonald-Wallis, Corrie; Tilling, Kate; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Rich-Edwards, Janet Wilson; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav. (2018) The impact of parity on life course blood pressure trajectories: the HUNT study in Norway. European Journal of Epidemiology.
Haug, Eirin; Horn, Julie; Markovitz, Amanda Rose; Fraser, Abigail; Vatten, Lars Johan; Macdonald-Wallis, Corrie; Tilling, Kate; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Rich-Edwards, Janet Wilson; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav. (2018) Life course trajectories of cardiovascular risk factors in women with and without hypertensive disorders in first pregnancy: The HUNT study in Norway. Journal of the American Heart Association. vol. 7 (15).
Iversen, Johanne Marie; Uglem, Martin; Indredavik, Marit Sæbø; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Nilsen, Kristian Bernhard; Sand, Trond; Rygg, Marite. (2018) Pain sensitivity and thermal detection thresholds in young adults born preterm with very low birth weight or small for gestational age at term compared with controls. Journal of Pain. vol. 19 (8).
Landmark, Tormod; Dale, Ola; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Woodhouse, Astrid; Kaasa, Stein; Borchgrevink, Petter Chr.. (2018) Development and course of chronic pain over 4 years in the general population: The HUNT pain study. European Journal of Pain. vol. 22 (9).
Lønning, Per Eystein; Berge, Elisabet Ognedal; Bjørnslett, Merete Pauline; Minsaas, Laura; Chrisanthar, Ranjan; Vetti, Hildegunn Høberg; Dulary, Cécile; Busato, Florence; Bjørneklett, Silje; Eriksen, Christine; Kopperud, Reidun Kristin; Axcrona, Ulrika; Davidson, Ben; Bjørge, Line; Evans, D. Gareth; Howell, Anthony; Salvesen, Helga; Janszky, Imre; Hveem, Kristian; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Vatten, Lars Johan; Tost, Jörg; Dørum, Anne; Knappskog, Stian. (2018) White blood cell BRCA1 promoter methylation status and ovarian cancer risk. Annals of Internal Medicine. vol. 168 (5).
Løset, Mari; Modalsli, Ellen Heilmann; Snekvik, Ingrid; Solvin, Åshild Øksnevad; Holmen, Oddgeir Lingaas; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Fritsche, Lars; Zhou, Wei; Nielsen, Jonas Bille; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Abecasis, Goncalo R; Willer, Cristen; Saunes, Marit; Hveem, Kristian. (2018) 743 HUNTing for genes that affect inflammatory skin disease in 4,071 cases and 40,430 controls. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. vol. 138 (5).
Maret-Ouda, John; Wahlin, Karl; Artama, Miia; Brusselaers, Nele; Färkkilä, Martti; Lynge, Elsebeth; Mattsson, Fredrik; Pukkala, Eero; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Tryggvadóttir, Laufey; von Euler-Chelpin, My; Lagergren, Jesper. (2018) Risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma after antireflux surgery in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease in the Nordic countries. JAMA Oncology. vol. 4 (11).
Markovitz, Amanda Rose; Haug, Eirin Beate; Horn, Julie; Fraser, Abigail; Macdonald-Wallis, Corrie; Tilling, Kate; Rimm, Eric B; Missmer, Stacey A.; Williams, Paige; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Rich-Edwards, Janet Wilson. (2018) Does pregnancy alter life-course lipid trajectories? Evidence from the HUNT Study in Norway. Journal of Lipid Research. vol. 59 (12).
Markovitz, Amanda Rose; Stuart, Jennifer J.; Horn, Julie; Williams, Paige; Rimm, Eric B; Missmer, Stacey A.; Tanz, Lauren J.; Haug, Eirin Beate; Fraser, Abigail; Timpka, Simon; Klykken, Bjørnar E.; Dalen, Håvard; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Rich-Edwards, Janet W.; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav. (2018) Does pregnancy complication history improve cardiovascular disease risk prediction? Findings from the HUNT study in Norway. European Heart Journal.