Weili Xu

Weili Xu

Professor | Docent
Telephone: +46852485826
Visiting address: Tomtebodavägen 18 A, 17177 Solna
Postal address: H1 Neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle, H1 ARC Medicin Xu, 171 77 Stockholm

About me

  • Professor in Geriatric Epidemiology
    I have a bachelor’s degree in medicine and a master's in Epidemiology. In 2008, I earned a PhD degree in Geriatric Epidemiology. After that, I worked as a postdoc, Research Associate, Senior researcher and Senior lecturer for 14 years till 2023. As a main supervisor, I have supervised 7 PhD students with 5 defended at KI.

Research

  • My research has been focusing on cardio- and metabolic-disorder, nutrition, brain/cognitive aging and dementing disorders. Specific research lines of major interest are (1) the impact of cardio-metabolic disorders on brain aging and cognitive phenotypes from cognitive aging, and cognitive impairment to dementia, (2) the role of nutrition and diet in cognitive aging, (3) the influences of poor sensory function on cognitive decline and brain MRI changes, (4) the exploration of compensatory factors for dementia risk in cardio-metabolic diseases, and (5) dementia and care utilization.

    Group memebers:
    Abigail Dove, PhD student
    Sakura Sakakibara, PhD student
    Michelle Dunk, Postdoc
    Johan Fastbom, Professor
    Jie Guo, Postdoc (affiliated)
    Anders Sköldunger, Associate Professor (affiliated)

    Research funding:
    FORTE
    Swedish Research Council
    Konung Gustaf V:s och Drottning Victorias Frimurarestiftelse
    Alzheimerfonden

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Employments

  • Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-

Degrees and Education

  • Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2013
  • Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2008

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