Mirko Ancillotti

Researcher in public health, ethics, and patient preferences. Works with questions about the effect of lighting, cancer patient preferences, and antibiotic resistance.

Mirko Ancillotti is associate professor of bioethics. His research areas are public health and applied ethics and his interests include health preference research. He currently works on the ethical aspects of the EU-projects ENLIGHTENme and OncoLogics. ENLIGHTENme studies how urban lighting affects the population's health and well-being. OncoLogics aims to create a platform for personalised colorectal cancer clinical therapy decision support.

Mirko Ancillotti has a background in philosophy. In 2021, he earned his PhD in medical sciences from Uppsala University with a project on antibiotic resistance and the role of individual responsibility and behaviour.

Publications

Antimicrobial resistance and the non-accountability effect on consumers’ behaviou

Nordvall, Anna-Carin; Ancillotti, Mirko; Oljans, Emma; Nilsson, Elin

Part of Social Responsibility Journal, p. 1125-1143, 2025
- DOI for Antimicrobial resistance and the non-accountability effect on consumers’ behaviou
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Framing exposure to excessive and improper lighting as light-public health

Ancillotti, Mirko; Conticelli, Elisa; Tondelli, Simona; Mascalzoni, Deborah

Part of Discover Public Health, 2025
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Exploring doctors’ perspectives on precision medicine and AI in colorectal cancer: opportunities and challenges for the doctor-patient relationship

Ancillotti, Mirko; Grauman, Åsa; Veldwijk, Jorien; Flobak, Åsmund et al.

Part of BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2025
- DOI for Exploring doctors’ perspectives on precision medicine and AI in colorectal cancer: opportunities and challenges for the doctor-patient relationship
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Communicating Antimicrobial Resistance on Instagram: Content Analysis of #AntibioticResistance

Nilsson, Elin; Oljans, Emma; Nordvall, Anna-Carin; Ancillotti, Mirko

Part of JMIR Infodemiology, 2025
- DOI for Communicating Antimicrobial Resistance on Instagram: Content Analysis of #AntibioticResistance
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Beyond symbolic participation: youth-led organisations' voices and actions against antimicrobial resistance in Africa South of the Sahara

Venant Samwel, Erick; Biasiotto, Roberta; Mosha, Michael; Ancillotti, Mirko

Part of Global Health Action, 2025
- DOI for Beyond symbolic participation: youth-led organisations' voices and actions against antimicrobial resistance in Africa South of the Sahara
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Beyond the blame game: fostering consumer engagement in addressing antimicrobial resistance

Nordvall, Anna-Carin; Nilsson, Elin; Oljans, Emma; Ancillotti, Mirko

Part of Future Microbiology, p. 711-714, 2025
- DOI for Beyond the blame game: fostering consumer engagement in addressing antimicrobial resistance
A comparative ethical analysis of the Egyptian clinical research law

Martin, Sylvia; Ancillotti, Mirko; Slokenberga, Santa; Matar, Amal

Part of BMC Medical Ethics, 2024
- DOI for A comparative ethical analysis of the Egyptian clinical research law
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Precision cancer medicine and the doctor-patient relationship: a systematic review and narrative synthesis

Grauman, Åsa; Ancillotti, Mirko; Veldwijk, Jorien; Mascalzoni, Deborah

Part of BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2023
- DOI for Precision cancer medicine and the doctor-patient relationship: a systematic review and narrative synthesis
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Public Preferences for Digital Health Data Sharing: Discrete Choice Experiment Study in 12 European Countries.

Biasiotto, Roberta; Viberg Johansson, Jennifer; Alemu, Melaku Birhanu; Romano, Virginia et al.

Part of Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2023
- DOI for Public Preferences for Digital Health Data Sharing: Discrete Choice Experiment Study in 12 European Countries.
Prosocial Behaviour and Antibiotic Resistance: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment

Ancillotti, Mirko; Huls, Samare P. I.; Krockow, Eva M.; Veldwijk, Jorien

Part of Patient, p. 191-202, 2023
- DOI for Prosocial Behaviour and Antibiotic Resistance: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment
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Preference Variation: Where Does Health Risk Attitude Come Into the Equation?

Huls, Samare P. I.; Veldwijk, Jorien; Swait, Joffre D.; Viberg Johansson, Jennifer et al.

Part of Value in Health, p. 2044-2052, 2022
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Individual moral responsibility for antibiotic resistance

Ancillotti, Mirko; Nihlén Fahlquist, Jessica; Eriksson, Stefan

Part of Bioethics, p. 3-9, 2022
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The Status Quo Problem and the Role of Consumers Against Antimicrobial Resistance

Ancillotti, Mirko; Nilsson, Elin; Nordvall, Anna-Carin; Oljans, Emma

Part of Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
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Does It Matter How You Ask?: Assessing the Impact of Failure or Effectiveness Framing on Preferences for Antibiotic Treatments in a Discrete Choice Experiment

Smith, Ian P; Ancillotti, Mirko; de Bekker-Grob, Esther W; Veldwijk, Jorien

Part of Patient Preference and Adherence, p. 2921-2936, 2022
- DOI for Does It Matter How You Ask?: Assessing the Impact of Failure or Effectiveness Framing on Preferences for Antibiotic Treatments in a Discrete Choice Experiment
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Italians locked down: people's responses to early COVID-19 pandemic public health measures

Romano, Virginia; Ancillotti, Mirko; Mascalzoni, Deborah; Biasiotto, Roberta

Part of Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2022
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Areas of expertise

Projects

Teaching

Population and Community Ecology course, Biology, Uppsala University
Radiotherapy Physics and Biology course, Physics, Stockholm University
Regenerative Medicine course, Molecular medicine, Uppsala University
Medical Physicist Profession course, Stockholm University
Applied Ecosystem Ecology Course, Biology, Uppsala University
Animal ethics