Rickard Strandberg, PhD

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Senior Biostatistician

Rickard Strandberg is a Biostatistician with ample experience in working with real world data. Throughout his career, he has collaborated closely with clinical researchers and deeply values their insights – particularly in translating high-quality research into actionable improvements in healthcare. Rickard is specialised in prediction and regression modeling, as well as in handling missing data. He also enjoys teaching and communicating statistics.

Rickard joined Red Door Analytics in August 2025. He is also affiliated to Hannes Hagström’s research group at the Department of Medicine Huddinge at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.

Education

PhD in Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, awarded in 2022 with a thesis titled: Breast cancer natural history models and risk prediction in mammography screening cohort
MSc in Mathematical Statistics, Stockholm University, Sweden, 2017
BSc in Mathematical Statistics, Stockholm University, Sweden, 2015

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