Abira Paramsothy, M.D., is a PhD fellow within the Section for Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen (UiB). She is affiliated with the Centre for Translational Research in Epidemiology (TRACE). She completed her Cand.med. degree and the Medical Student Research Programme at the University of Bergen before undertaking her medical internship at Stavanger University Hospital, Norway.

Her current project focuses on registry epidemiology and will examine the associations between reproductive risk factors and future maternal cancer risk.  

Academic article

• Paramsothy, Abira; Hegvik, Tor-Arne; Engeland, Anders et al. (2023). Fetal Exposure to Preeclampsia and Later Risk of Cardiometabolic Disorders: A Population-Based Cohort Study. (external link)
• Paramsothy, Abira; Jalloh, Sarah Larteley Lartey; Davies, Richard Allan et al. (2021). Humoral and cellular immune responses in critically ill influenza A/H1N1-infected patients. (external link)

Academic literature review

• Slettevoll, Steffen Aleksander; Paramsothy, Abira; Cox, Rebecca Jane (2018). Influensa-alltid relevant . (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

The role of pregnancy and perinatal factors in maternal and offspring cancer risk: The impact of women’s complete reproductive histories (CORECA)