Respiratory medicine
The research conducted by the Respiratory Division focuses on inflammatory disorders in the airways and lung parenchyma, and on lung cancer.
The success of much of the research is attributed to an excellent and close collaboration between experienced physicians meeting the patients and a well-equipped and closely located research laboratory with professionals, in particular with expertise within the field of inflammation and immunology.
Research areas
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD - Magnus Sköld, Åsa Wheelock
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) - Magnus Sköld
Proteomics applications - Åsa Wheelock
Sarcoidosis - Johan Grunewald, Anders Eklund, Jan Wahlström
Smoking-induced autoimmunity - Jan Wahlström
Head of Respiratory Division
Recent Publications
Natalia V. Rivera, Karina Patasova, Susanna Kullberg, Lina Marcela Diaz-Gallo, Tomoko Iseda, Camilla Bengtsson, Lars Alfredsson, Anders Eklund, Ingrid Kockum, Johan Grunewald & Leonid Padyukov
Nature, Scientific Reports volume 9, Article number: 18633 (2019) PMID: 31819081
Members of Division
Mahmoud Al-Majdoub, Postdoc
Olga Chuquima, Postdoc
Pernilla Darlington Lidin, MD, PHD
Anders Eklund, MD, Professor emeritus
Giovanni Ferrara, associated, MD, PhD, Professor
Jing Gao, MD, Postdoc
Johan Grunewald, MD, Professor
Reza Karimi, MD, PHD
Susanna Kullberg, MD, PhD
Chuan-Xing Li (Tracy), Senior Postdoc
Avinash Ravindran, Postdoc
Natalia Sifaki Rivera, Postdoc
Magnus Sköld, MD, Professor
Jan Wahlström, Associate Professor
Åsa Wheelock, Associate Professor
Doctoral students
Main supervisor Johan Grunewald:
Main supervisor Magnus Sköld:
Main supervisor Åsa Wheelock:
Technical & administrative staff
Maria Ahlsén, PhD, national co-ordinator BronchoScapis
Heléne Blomqvist, Research nurse
Lisa Carlson, RN, Research nurse, national co-ordinator IPF-registry
Margitha Dahl, RN, research nurse
Benita Dahlberg, Biomedichal technician
Benita Engvall, Biomedichal technician, M Sc
Eva-Marie Karlsson, Administrator
Susanne Schedin, RN, research nurse