Affiliations
Dept of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet
Dept of Gynecology and Reproductive medicine, Karolinska University Hospital
171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
Higher education qualifications
MD, Karolinska Institutet 1984
Registered physician, Karolinska Institutet 1993
Doctoral degree
PhD, Dept of Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet 1989
Doctor´s thesis: Role of cholecystokinin in feeding and lactation
Foreign exchange position
Guest investigator at Center of Ulcer Research and Education, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA 1987
Docent level
Associate Professor in experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Institutet 1995
Specialist certification
Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2000
Current Position
• Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology (reproductive medicine), Karolinska Institutet 2007 –
• Senior consultant, in charge of gynecological endocrinology, Dept of Gynecology and Reproductive medicine, Karolinska University Hospital 2002-
• Head of Women´s Health Research Unit, Karolinska University Hospital 1998-
Previous Positions
• Research-internship, Huddinge University Hospital, Huddinge 1989-1993
• Resident in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Hospital 1993-2000
• Head of Women’s Health Research Unit, Karolinska Hospital 1998-
• Research assistant, The Swedish Medical Research Council 1998-2003
• Advanced education, Dept of Endocrinology, Karolinska Hospital 2000
• Specialist ob/gyn, Karolinska Hospital 2000-2002
• Senior consultant, in charge of Gynecological Endocrinology, Karolinska 2002-
• Adj University lecturer, Karolinska Institutet 2004-2007
• Senior research position at the Swedish Research Council 2007-2014
• Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Institutet 2007-
Supervision of PhD students
Main tutorship: Anette Rickenlund 2004; Sabine Naessén 2006; Hong Zang 2007; Magnus Hagmar 2008; Marianne Wiksten-Almströmer 2009; Huong Nguyen 2012; Ljiljana Kocoska-Maras 2012; Saloua Koubaa 2013; Maryana Hulchiy 2015; Åsa Nybacka 2019; Emma Eklund 2021; Ivika Jakson 2021; Emma Öberg 2022; Jona Eling Knutsson 2024; Anton Hellberg half time 2024; Sofia Tornvall half time 2025, Moa Strandberg reg 2022, Christina Lundell reg 2024, Karin Willstrand reg 2025.
Co-tutorship: Caroline Lindholm 1995; Cecilia Fridén 2004; Taraneh Rezaii 2011; Sebastian Gidlöf 2013; Ameli Norling 2014; Åsa Hallqvist 2015; Hedvig Engberg 2016; Linda Ekenros 2017; Romina Fornes 2017; Maria Manti 2020; Emilia Rotstein 2022; Anastasia Trouva 2024; Pia Lindberg planned dissertation 2026; Gustaw Eriksson half time 2024; Sofia Toft reg 2022; Esin Beste Yilmaz reg 2023; Sara Öster reg 2023. Hidaya Abdulrahim reg 2023, Anja Dekanski reg 2024, Rebecca Götze half time 2025.
Institutional responsibilities
• Chairman of Research & Development, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital 2014-
• Member of the steering group of Gynecology Reproductive Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital 2014-
• Director of Doctoral Studies, Dept of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet 2018-2024
• Member of the steering group of the Dept of Women’s and Children´s Health, Karolinska Institutet 2018-2024
• Member of the Faculty Advisory Board, Karolinska Institutet 2019-
Medical expert assignments
• The official gynecologist of the Swedish Olympic Teams (SOC) 2001
• Medical expert the Swedish Anti-Doping Committee 2002-2021
• Gynecologist in the Swedish team of Disorders of Sex Development (DSD) 2008-
• Appointed Gynecologist-in-Attendance to the Swedish Royal Family 2009-
• Medical advisor to World Athletics (WA) former IAAF 2009-
• Medical advisor to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) 2009-
• Board member Anti Doping Sweden 2022-
Scientific commission of trust
• Expert reviewing: The Swedish Research Council, 2008-
• The Danish Research Council, The Research Council of Norway, Novo Nordisk Fonden
• Board member of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology 2014-
• Board member of the Centre for Athletic Research (CIF) 2018-2023
• President of the European Menopaus and Andropause Society (EMAS) 2023
• Editor for the international journal Maturitas 2019-
• Editorial board member for Gynecological Endocrinology and
Gynecological and Reproductive Endocrinology & Metabolism (GREM) 2019-
• Editorial board member for J Clin Endocrinol Metab (JCEM) 2020-
Honors
• Front line lecture for young scientists, the Nordic Congress of Ob Gyn 1994
• Honorable mention by the Swedish Society of Ob Gyn 2000
• Honorable mention by the Australian Conf of Science and Medicine Sport 2005
• Guest professor, Dalian Medical University, China 2015
• Awarded the Grand Prize in Sport Science 2016
• Awarded the Swedish King’s Seraphim Medal, 8th size 2018
• Awarded the Karolina prize for excellent clinical research 2024
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