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 DivisionCarin Lennartsson
Director and Deputy Head of DivisionChengxuan Qiu
Assistant Division Head (specific responsibility for strategic research questions)Cecilia Annerholm
Economy coordinatorMaria Wahlberg
Safety representativeResearch 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 lecturerNeda Agahi
Principal researcherLars Bäckman
ProfessorAmaia Calderon Larrañaga
Principal researcherGrégoria Kalpouzos
Senior lecturerCarin Lennartsson
Senior lecturerChengxuan Qiu
Senior lecturerDebora Rizzuto
Principal researcherWeili Xu
Lecturer seniorExternal 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
CoordinatorEllinor Lind
AdministratorMaria Yohuang
AdministratorCommunication (external consultant)
Junior representatives
Federico Triolo
PhD representativeContact
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