ARC - Organisation
The Aging Research Center is a division within the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS). Although physically and administratively located at KI, the support from Stockholm University is significant for all our activities and forms a valuable basis for achieving stability and continuity in our work.
ARC's organisation consists of the Operational Leadership Team, the Strategic Leadership Team, the Administration Group, two Junior representatives and the External Advisory Board.
Operational Leadership Team
The Operational Leadership Team meets every three weeks and deals with everyday decision-making and information sharing.
Erika Jonsson Laukka
Head of DivisionCarin Lennartsson
Director and Deputy Head of DivisionChengxuan Qiu
Assistant Division Head (specific responsibility for strategic research questions)Cecilia Annerholm
Economy coordinatorMaria Wahlberg
Safety representativeStrategic Leadership Team/Research group leaders
The Strategic Leadership Team consists of the research group leaders at ARC. The team meets every three weeks and share responsibility for major strategic discussions and decisions.
There are currently eight research groups within the division, categorised into three scientific areas: Medical Epidemiology, Psychology and Social Gerontology.
Erika Jonsson Laukka
Chair, Senior lecturerNeda Agahi
Principal ResearcherAmaia Calderon Larrañaga
Principal ResearcherGrégoria Kalpouzos
Senior lecturerCarin Lennartsson
Senior lecturerChengxuan Qiu
Senior lecturerDebora Rizzuto
Principal ResearcherDavide Liborio Vetrano
Assistant ProfessorWeili Xu
ProfessorAdministration group
The administration at ARC supports management, staff and affiliates in the day-to-day work.
Cecilia Annerholm
Economy coordinatorAndreas Eklund
HR administratorEllinor Lind
HR adminstrator (on parental leave)Maria Yohuang
AdministratorCommunication (external consultant)
Charlotte Brandt
Communications OfficerJunior representatives
Lu Dai
Postdoc representativeFederico Triolo
PhD representativeExternal Advisory Board
The External Advisory Board gathers approximately three times a year to discuss ARC's scientific, economic and organisational development as well as collaboration with the surrounding society.
- Hugo Westerlund, Professor of Epidemiology at the Stress Research Institute, Department of Psychology and Director of the national REWHARD infrastructure consortium at Stockholm University (new Chair).
- Maria Ankarcrona, Head of the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS) and Professor of Experimental Neurogeriatrics, Karolinska Institutet (KI-representative)
- Martin Annetorp, Community Health Manager, Stockholm County's healthcare area
- Bo Burström, Professor/senior physician, Department of Public Global Health (GPH), Karolinska Institutet
- Maria Eriksdotter, Professor of Geriatrics at the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet (new member)
- Susanne Rolfner Suvanto, Manager/co-owner, Omvårdnadsinstitutet (the Nursing Institute)
- Maria Stanfors, Deputy Dean, Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM), Professor Department of Economic History and Centre for Economic Demography, Lund University
- Petra Ulmanen, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Work, Stockholm University (new member)
- Ulrika Winblad, Professor of Health Services Research at the Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University (new member)
Adjunct member
- Carin Lennartsson, Director/Deputy Head of ARC, Senior lecturer
Contact and visit us
General enquiries
Email: info-arc@nvs.ki.se
Where to find us
Postal address
Aging Research Center, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society
Karolinska Instituet
SE-171 77 Stockholm
Visiting address
Tomtebodavägen 18 A, Widerström Building, floors 9 and 10
SE-171 65 Solna