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 currently employs 23 senior and 28 junior researchers, as well as 18 administrative and technical staff.

ARC's organisation consists of an executive group, eight research group leaders, an external advisory board, the administration group and the Junior representatives.

Executive group

The executive group deals with current issues and implements decisions taken by the ARC internal board.

Erika Jonsson Laukka

Head of Division
H1 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

Carin Lennartsson

Director and Deputy Head of Division
H1 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

Chengxuan Qiu

Assistant Division Head (specific responsibility for strategic research questions)
H1 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

Cecilia Annerholm

Economy coordinator
H1 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

Maria Wahlberg

Safety representative
H1 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

Research group leaders

The research group leaders at ARC share responsibility for scientific, organisational, and financial issues and meet once per month.

There are eight research groups within the division that can be categorised into three scientific areas: Medical Epidemiology, Psychology and Social Gerontology.

Erika Jonsson Laukka

Chair, Senior lecturer
H1 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

Neda Agahi

Principal researcher
H1 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

Lars Bäckman

Professor
H1 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

Amaia Calderon Larrañaga

Principal researcher
H1 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

Grégoria Kalpouzos

Senior lecturer
H1 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

Carin Lennartsson

Senior lecturer
H1 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

Chengxuan Qiu

Senior lecturer
H1 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

Debora Rizzuto

Principal researcher
H1 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

Weili Xu

Lecturer senior
H1 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

External Board

ARC also has an advisory external board. The group gathers several times a year to discuss ARC's scientific, economic and organizational development as well as collaboration with the surrounding society.

  • Mårten Palme, Professor of Economics, Stockholm University (Chair)
  • Martin Annetorp, Community Health Manager, Stockholm County's healthcare area - SLSO
  • Bo Burström, Professor/senior physician, Department of Public Glibal Health (GPH), Karolinska Institutet
  • Maria Ankarcrona, Head of the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS) and Professor of Experimenatl Neurogeriatrics, Karolinska Institutet (KI-representative)
  • Johanna Hållén, Secretary-General, PRO (the Swedish National Pensioners’ Organisation)
  • Maria Masucci, Professor of Virology, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet
  • Susanne Rolfner Suvanto, Manager, Omvårdnadsinstitutet (the Nursing Institute)
  • Ola Sjöberg, Professor of Sociology, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm university
  • Maria Stanfors, Deputy Dean, Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM), Professor Department of Economic History and Centre for Economic Demography, Lund University

Adjunct member

  • Carin Lennartsson, Director/Deputy Head of ARC, Senior lecturer

Administration group

The administration at ARC supports management, staff and affiliates in the day-to-day work.

Cecilia Annerholm

Coordinator
H1 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

Ellinor Lind

Administrator
H1 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

Maria Yohuang

Administrator
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0790-68 21 66
H1 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

Communication (external consultant)

Charlotte Brandt

Communications officer
Communication Consultants Team
UF Central Administration

Junior representatives

Lu Dai

Postdoc representative
H1 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

Federico Triolo

PhD representative
H1 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

Contact

General enquiries

Email: info-arc@nvs.ki.se

Where to find us

Postal address

Aging Research Center
Tomtebodavägen 18 A
SE-171 77 Stockholm
Sweden

Visiting address

Tomtebodavägen 18 A, Widerström Building, floor 9 and 10

Map (Widerström building)

13-04-2023