Mr Erik Igelstrom

  • Research Assistant (MRC/CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit)

email: Erik.Igelstrom@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: They/them/theirs

Clarice Pears Building, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8TB

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2863-4983

Biography

Erik is a Research Assistant who works with the Policy Innovation Research Unit. After an undergraduate MA (Hons) in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow, they worked as a software engineer in the private sector, gaining expertise in full-stack web application development, agile project management, and product design. After completing a Master of Public Health at the University of Glasgow, Erik is currently finishing a PhD on applying instrumental variable methods to estimate causal effects of income on health.

Erik’s research has mainly focused on understanding how socioeconomic conditions and economic policy influence health and health inequalities. Other interests include causal inference methods, simulation modelling, policy evaluation, and evidence synthesis. Given their interdisciplinary background, Erik is particularly passionate about facilitating open research and reproducibility by improving software engineering practices within academia.

Publications

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2024

Igelström, E. , Kopasker, D. , Craig, P. , Lewsey, J. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2024) Estimating the causal effects of income on health: how researchers’ definitions of “income” matter. BMC Public Health, (Accepted for Publication)

Thomson, R. M. , Kopasker, D. , Bronka, P., Richiardi, M., Khodygo, V. , Baxter, A. J. , Igelstrom, E. , Pearce, A. , Leyland, A. H. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2024) Short-term impacts of Universal Basic Income on population mental health inequalities in the UK: a microsimulation modelling study. PLoS Medicine, 21(3), e1004358. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004358) (PMID:38437214)

2022

Igelstrom, E. , Craig, P. , Lewsey, J. , Lynch, J., Pearce, A. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2022) Causal inference and effect estimation using observational data. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 76(11), pp. 960-966. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2022-219267) (PMCID:PMC9554068)

Thomson, R. M. , Igelstrom, E. , Purba, A. K., Shimonovich, M. , Thomson, H. , McCartney, G. , Reeves, A., Leyland, A. , Pearce, A. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2022) How do income changes impact on mental health and wellbeing for working-age adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Public Health, 7(6), e515-e528. (doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00058-5) (PMID:35660213) (PMCID:PMC7614874)

2021

Igelstrom, E. , Campbell, M. , Craig, P. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2021) Cochrane's risk of bias tool for non-randomized studies (ROBINS-I) is frequently misapplied: A methodological systematic review. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 140, pp. 22-32. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.08.022) (PMID:34437948) (PMCID:PMC8809341)

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Articles

Igelström, E. , Kopasker, D. , Craig, P. , Lewsey, J. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2024) Estimating the causal effects of income on health: how researchers’ definitions of “income” matter. BMC Public Health, (Accepted for Publication)

Thomson, R. M. , Kopasker, D. , Bronka, P., Richiardi, M., Khodygo, V. , Baxter, A. J. , Igelstrom, E. , Pearce, A. , Leyland, A. H. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2024) Short-term impacts of Universal Basic Income on population mental health inequalities in the UK: a microsimulation modelling study. PLoS Medicine, 21(3), e1004358. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004358) (PMID:38437214)

Igelstrom, E. , Craig, P. , Lewsey, J. , Lynch, J., Pearce, A. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2022) Causal inference and effect estimation using observational data. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 76(11), pp. 960-966. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2022-219267) (PMCID:PMC9554068)

Thomson, R. M. , Igelstrom, E. , Purba, A. K., Shimonovich, M. , Thomson, H. , McCartney, G. , Reeves, A., Leyland, A. , Pearce, A. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2022) How do income changes impact on mental health and wellbeing for working-age adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Public Health, 7(6), e515-e528. (doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00058-5) (PMID:35660213) (PMCID:PMC7614874)

Igelstrom, E. , Campbell, M. , Craig, P. and Katikireddi, S. V. (2021) Cochrane's risk of bias tool for non-randomized studies (ROBINS-I) is frequently misapplied: A methodological systematic review. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 140, pp. 22-32. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.08.022) (PMID:34437948) (PMCID:PMC8809341)

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