Our research focuses on cancer and endocrine disruption, including mechanisms, risk assessment, and prevention. To understand the mechanisms behind these health effects we work with different cellular models and analyze different databases. We also develop new risk assessment methodologies. Other areas of interest include combined effects and sex differences. Progress in these areas will lead to improved risk assessment and development of prevention strategies.
Photo: Kristian Dreij.Our main objectives are to understand the role of complex mixtures in the development of cancer and other diseases and to investigate the mechanisms responsible for mixture toxicity in order to improve the health risk assessment of environmental pollution.
Photo: Anna BeroniusWe conduct research with the aim to develop methodology for hazard and risk assessment of chemicals, with a focus on endocrine disruptors and chemical mixtures.
Photo: Copyright: Fotograf Ulf Sirborn,We analyze sex differences in response to carcinogens and the carcinogenic effects of silica. The goal of the projects is to improve the scientific base for risk assessment.
Photo: Hanna KarlssonWe conduct research with focus on understanding toxic effects, underlying mechanisms and health risks of various particles including urban air pollution nanoparticles, particles from occupational settings (welding, 3D-printing) as well as nano- and microplastics.
Photo: Hanna KarlssonOn 23 October, the Stockholm Trio University Alliance hosted a seminar at Karolinska Institutet on how interdisciplinary research and education can contribute to sustainable development.
Photo: Kristian Dreij.In a new study from the Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM), an alternative method for assessing the cancer potency of air pollution is presented, focusing on mixtures of organic pollutants in particles.
Photo: Hanna KarlssonHanna Karlsson, senior researcher at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, is awarded SEK 3,847,146 to calculate how much particles end up in the lung during various welding work and to investigate how the size, composition and release of metals increase the risk of disease. The project runs until November 2027.
Photo: Anna BeroniusOn April 22-24 IMM, together with the Swedish Chemicals Agency, will host an international meeting within the EU project PARC.
Karolinska Institute, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nobels väg 13, plan 3, Stockholm, 17177, Sweden
Karolinska Institute, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Box 210, Stockholm, 17177, Sweden
