Primary fields of research

Environmental Epidemiology (air pollution, noise, urbanicity, green-space)

- long-term expsoure to air pollution and breast cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, asthma (children and elderly), COPD, lung cancer, brain cancer

- short-term exposure to air pollution (time-series and case-crossover studies) and COPD, asthma, cardiovascular disease, mortality

- long-term exposure to road traffic noise and cardiovascular disease, diabetes, breast cancer

- long-term exposure to wind turbine noise and cardiovascular disease

Mammographic Breast Density and Breast cancer Risk Factors

- Determinants of mammographic density and breast cancer (smoking, physical activity, alcohol consumption, air pollution, traffic noise)

Occupational Epidemiology

- Health effects related to shift and night shift work (diabetes, mortality, cardiovascular disease, dementia)

Current research

- Hyperion Project - Long-term exposure to road traffic noise and risk of breast cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke: the Danish Nurse Cohort study

- Physical activity, air pollution and incidence of myocardial infarction: Danish Diet, Health, and Cancer cohort

- Combined effects of physical activity and diabetes: Danish Nurse Cohort and Danish Diet, Health, and Cancer cohort

- HRT use, mammographic density, and breast cancer risk: Danish Diet, Health, and Cancer cohort

- Physical activity and mammographic density in Danish Diet, Cancer and Health cohort

- Childhood BMI and risk of asthma

- Asthma and COPD overlap (ACOS): Danish Diet, Cancer and Health Study

European/International Projects:

- ESCAPE (European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects) http://www.escapeproject.eu/ project. Part of statistical core group and repsonsible for breast cancer brain tumor analyses

- ELAPSE (European Low-Level Air Pollution: A Study in Europe) http://www.elapseproject.eu/ PI for Danish Nurse Study & part of the statistical group

- TAPAS (Transportation, air pollution and physical activities; an integrated health risk assessment progamme of climate change and urban policies). http://www.tapas-program.org/ Partner, and PI for the project on effect modification of an asssociation of physical activity with mortality & morbidity by air pollution

-  ‘Health Effects of Ultrafine Particles in 8 European Cities’ (Helsinki, Rome, Augsburg, Copenhagen, Athens, Barcelona, Stockholm, London) UF&HEALTH group. Short-term exposure to ultrafine particles and risk of mortality and hospitalizations for cardiovascular & respiratory disease: joint analyses of data from eight European cities.

- New Danube Newborns health in the Danube Region: enviornment, biomonitoring, interventions and economic benefits in a large prospective mother-child cohort study

Teaching

Course leader in Data Processing in Health Care / Datahåndtering
i Sundhedssektoren, 1st semestar of Masters in It & Health (Kandidat, IT & Sundhed)

Course leader in Healthinformatics (Sundhedsinformationssystemer), 3d semestar of Masters in It & Health (Kandidat, IT & Sundhed)

CV

CV for Zorana Jovanovic Andersen (04.10.2017)

Personal Information

Family name, First name (Middle name): Andersen, Zorana (Jovanovic) Maiden name: (Zorana Jovanovic).

Date of birth: June 2^nd, 1975

Address: Falkoner Alle 18B, 2000 Frederiksberg

Married, 3 children.

Researcher unique identifier: (ORCID) 0000-0003-4138-9828; Researcher-ID P-4983-2014

Education 

• 2007 – PhD, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Public Health, Section of Environmental Health, Copenhagen, Denmark (Title: ‘Short-term Health Effects of Air Pollution in Copenhagen’, Main Advisor Professor Steffen Loft)
• 2001 – MSc Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh (UPITT) Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH), Department of Biostatistics, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
• 1998 – BS Biology (Pre-medical emphasis) Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH, USA (Honours: Scholars Honours Program, graduated Summa Cum Laude, top 5% grades)

Work Experience 

• 2012 – Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, Department of Public Health, Center for Epidemiology and Screening.
• 2011 – Lecturer, Danish Institute of Study Abroad (DIS), Copenhagen, Denmark
• 2007 – 2012    Researcher, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 2003 – 2007    PhD student, UCPH, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Public Health, Section of Environmental Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 2001 – 2003    Research Assistant, UCPH, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Public Health, Section of Biostatistics, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1998 – 2001   Research Assistant, UPITT GSPH, Department of Biostatistics, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Fellowships, Grants and Awards 

• 2017 – The Danish Working Environment Research Fund (1,792,958 DKK), ‘Association between shift work and neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders in Danish nurses ’
• 2016 – Novo Nordisk Fond (677,414 DKK), ‘Physical Activity, Air Pollution and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke’
• 2016 – Danish Heart Association (75,000 DKK) ‘Air pollution and cardiovascular disease’
• 2016 – Danish Heart Association (433,000 DKK) ‘Wind turbine noise and cardiovascular disease’
• 2015 – Danish Council for Independent Research, Research Grant DFF-4183-00353 (1,928,668 DKK), ‘HEalth Risks associated with exposure to road traffic Noise (HypERION)’
• 2014 – Novo Nordisk Fonden Resreach Grant NN6935 (107,000 EUR) 'Air pollution, smoking, and breast cancer'
• 2014 – Johannes Clemmensend Foundation Grant (10,000 EUR)
• 2013 & 2011 – Travel Grants (1,300 EUR & 500 EUR), Danish Lung Association
• 2011 – Travel Grant (600 EUR), Danish Heart Association     
• 2007 – Young Scientist Fellowship (600 EUR), European Respiratory Society
• 2004 – First prize (700 EUR), PhD Student Poster Competition, UCPH, Denmark

Teaching

• 2012 – 2013 Lecturer, ‘Epidemiology: Danish Case Studies’ DIS, Copenhagen, Denmar
• 2011 – current Course Leader & Lecturer ‘Data Processing in Health Care/Public Health Informatics’, MSc, IT & Health/Sundhed og Informatik, UCPH, Denmark
• 2011 – 2016 Course Leader ‘Health Care Informatics’, MSc, IT & Health, UCPH, Denmark
• 2010 – Guest Lecturer ‘Air Pollution Epidemiology’, UCPH, Denmark
• 2011 –  Main Organiser of the Annual Seminar Series on Danish Health Registries, UCPH

Organization of Scientific Meetings

• 2017/2018 International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) Young meeting in Munich, Germany, March 2018
• 2011 – 2017 Scientific Committee, 3^d & 4^th WeBIOPATR Workshop & Conference ‘Particulate Matter: Research and Management’, Belgrade, Serbia

Advisory Board Memberships

• Member of Advisory Board for the Project ‘Effect of noise on health and wellbeing’, led by Per Finne & Torben Holm Petersen, DELTA Acoustics, Hørsholm, Denmark

• Member of Advisory Board for the Project ‘Air Pollution and Noise in the Capital Region,’ led by Claus Werner Nielsen, COWI, Lyngby, Denmark

• Member of Advisory Board for the Project ‘Traffic regulation, air pollution and noise in Copenhagen’, Copenhagen Solutions Lab, Municipality of Copenhagen

• 2010 Expert panel member ‘Effects of Climate Change on Allergic and Respiratory Morbidity’

Editorial Board Membership

• Member of Editorial Board in Environmental Epidemilogy

Reviewer 

2014 – PhD Thesis Committee Chair, UCPH

2011 – Review panel member for International Society for Environmental Epidemiology

2009 – Reviewer: Lancet, JAMA, Circulation, OEM, Stroke, Thorax, J Resp Crit Care Med, Environ Health Perspect, J Neurology, J Occup Environ Med, Environ Health, J Cancer Survivorship

Membership of Scientific Societies

• International Society for Environmental Epidemiology 
• International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) - the Scientific Committee
  on Epidemiology in Occupational Health (EPICOH)
• Previous: European Respiratory Society (2008 - 2016), European Cancer Organization (2013/2016), European Stroke Organization (2011 - 12), International Statistical Institute (2005/06); Eastern North American Region International Biometric Society (1999 – 2001); American Statistical Association (1999 – 2001); American Public Health Association (1999 – 2000)

Selected Presentations at Conferences/Meetings in Last 3 Years

• 2017, September 7, Invited Key Note Speaker, 6th WeBIOPATR Workshop - Particulate Matter: Research and Management: 'Air Pollution Epidemiology in Denmark: Overview‘, Belgrade, Serbia

• 2017, March 22^nd, Invited Plenary Speaker, NOSA (Nordic Society for Aerosol Research): ‘Air Pollution Epidemiology: Overview and Major Findings in Denmark,’ Lund, Sweden

• 2016, November 17^th, Invited Speaker, Meeting on Environmental Exposures and Health, Aarhus University, Århus, Denmark: ‘Air Pollution, Road Traffic and Wind Turbine Noise in the Danish Nurse Cohort’

• 2016, September 6^th, Invited Speaker, European Respiratory Society International Congress: ‘Lung cancer carcinogenesis and air quality,’ London, UK

• 2016, September 4^th, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE): ‘Air Pollution and Brain Tumor in 12 European Cohorts: ESCAPE Study,’ Rome, Italy

• 2016, June 3d, The First Danish Future Earth Summit: ‘Air Pollution, Active Transport, and Health’, Copenhagen, Denmark

• 2016, March 10^th, European Breast Cancer Conference: ‘Diabetes, diabetes treatment and mammographic density in Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health cohort’ Amsterdam, Holland

• 2015, November 2^nd, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) Young: ‘Physical Activity, Air Pollution, COPD and Asthma’ Utrecht, Holland

• 2015, October 15^th, Invited Speaker 5d WeBIOPATR Workshop - Particulate Matter: Research and Management: ‘Air Pollution and Breast Cancer: Overview,’ Belgrade, Serbia

Biometrics  

88 articles (18 as a first, 25 as second, and14 as last author) in major international peer-reviewed journals. The publications include: 8 Environ Health Perspect [2016 Impact Factor (IF): 9.8], 5 Environ Health [IF:3.8], 3 in Thorax [IF:8.1], 3 Stroke [IF:5.5], 8 Epidemiology [IF:6.1], 6 Environ Int [IF:5.9], 2 British Medical Journal [IF:19.7], 2 Eur Heart J [IF:15.1], 2 Am J Crit Care Resp Med [IF:13.1],1 Lancet [IF:44.0], 1 Lancet Oncol [IF:26.5], 1 Diabetologia [IF:6.2].

A book chapter, 5 reports and >40 peer-reviewed international conference proceedings.

H-Index ISI Web of Science (24.08.2017): 31 &Google Scholar (21.09.2017): 34

Average citations per item: 31.22

Sum of times cited: 2.654 / sum of times cited without self-citations: 2.507