Lars Rylander

Lars Rylander is a Professor at the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Sweden, and serves as Manager of Environmental Epidemiology. He is affiliated with Metalund, a specialized research center for metal exposure studies, and maintains an active ORCID profile (0000-0001-8288-8207).

His research focuses on environmental and occupational determinants of health, with particular emphasis on reproductive outcomes including involuntary childlessness, pregnancy complications, and birth defects. He leads significant contributions to the EU-funded ReproUnion project and utilizes large-scale register and biobank methodologies. His work directly supports UN Sustainable Development Goals in occupational and environmental health (SDG 3).

Recent publications (2024-2025) reveal consistent themes in environmental reproductive epidemiology, examining chemical exposures during pregnancy, pandemic impacts on reproductive services, and pharmaceutical safety. His studies predominantly employ Scandinavian registry data and biobank resources, demonstrating methodological rigor in cohort and case-control designs across diverse populations.

Professor Rylander currently manages 14 research projects (9 active, 5 completed), including Swedish Research Council-funded initiatives on chemical exposomes in infertility and mental health interventions. He has supervised 13 graduate students and maintains extensive Scandinavian collaborations, evidenced by multi-country studies on occupational health and reproductive medicine.

He operates within Lund University's Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and contributes to the Metalund research environment. His work extends through the ReproUnion consortium and the Pufendorf Institute's Work on Mars study group, focusing on extreme-environment occupational health.