From cells to society in gastrointestinal inflammation
This interdisciplinary workshop brings together researchers, clinicians and patient perspectives to explore gastrointestinal inflammation across biological, clinical and societal scales. The session spans systems biology, organoid models, paediatric disease, global health, surgery, cancer, health economics and the gut-brain axis, highlighting how collaboration across disciplines can advance understanding and improve patient outcomes.
About the workshop
Inflammatory and other gastrointestinal diseases affect millions of individuals worldwide and require integration of basic science, translational research, clinical medicine and population health. This workshop showcases expertise from across KI North and demonstrates how different disciplines can contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of gastrointestinal inflammation and its consequences.
Part 1: Welcome and overview
11:00 Charlotte Hedin (Dept. of Medicine, Solna)
11:05 Living with intestinal inflammation: patient perspective
Part 2: Population, mechanisms and early life
This block explores gastrointestinal inflammation from fundamental biological mechanisms to population-level perspectives, highlighting systems biology, host-microbe and viral interactions, paediatric disease, and global health challenges to understand how gut inflammation develops and affects individuals across the life course.
11:15 Eduardo Villablanca (Dept. of Medicine, Solna)
Systems biology in intestinal inflammation
11:22 Marie Hagbom (Dept. of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital)
Gut organoids and viral interactions
11:29 Anna Löf Granström (Dept. of Women's and Children's Health)
Paediatric perspectives on gut inflammation
11:36 Helena Nordenstedt (Dept. of Global Public Health)
Global health aspects of GI diseases
Part 3: Disease burden, complications and impact
Here the focus is on the clinical, societal and patient-centred consequences of gastrointestinal disease, spanning surgical management, cancer development, health economic impact and the gut-brain axis, before concluding with a panel discussion on how cross-disciplinary collaboration can improve outcomes for patients with gut inflammation.
11:43 Caroline Nordenvall ( (Dept. of Molecular Medicine and Surgery)
Surgery in intestinal inflammation
11:50 Pia Österlund (Dept. of Oncology-Pathology)
Colorectal cancer and inflammation
11:57 Niklas Zethraeus (Dept. of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics)
Societal impact of pancreatic cancer: preliminary results
12:04 Maria Lalouni (Dept. of Clinical Neuroscience)
Gut-brain axis and symptom burden
Panel discussion
Cross-disciplinary perspectives on gut inflammation