Ann Liljas

Associate Professor in Public Health at the Department of Global Public Health where I lead the research group Equity and Health Policy, and teach at the Master programme in Public Health.

Grants:

KI Research School in Health Science (FiH) grant to supervise a doctoral student 2023-2027 How to tackle moral distress among healthcare 
professionals at emergency departments?

FORTE co-applicant 2022-00588 Exploring older people's prerequisites for understanding health information and making informed health choices

FORTE principal applicant health and social care coordination grant 2021-01784 Risk factors for infection in older adults who receive home healthcare and/or home help: a systematic review

FORTE co-applicant 2021-00273 Ageing in place – from policy to practice. Consequences of the de-institutionalisation of Swedish eldercare for older people and their family members

FORTE share principal applicant 2021-01830 In the wake of Covid-19: How can the structure and quality of health and social care for older people with complex care needs in Sweden be improved?

FORTE postdoctoral grant 2019-01101/ How do healthcare professionals perceive the hospital discharge process of older adults with complex needs? A comparative study of potential inequity in the care of these patients in Nordic countries

Background:
PhD in Epidemiology, University College London (UCL), 2017
Master of Public Health, King's College London, 2009
Bachelor of Social Science in Education, Linköping University, 2008
Bachelor of Social Science in Public Health, Linköping University, 2007

My research interests lie in the areas of social inequalities in health, and, health and social care services and organisations with a particular focus on older adults with complex care needs.

I have extensive experience of conducting both quantitative and qualitative research. Currently I co-lead a project exploring insights from other Nordic countries on how to organise services to improve health and social care among older adults. Additional current collaborative projects cover topics such as healthy ageing, health literacy, the de-institutionalisation of Swedish eldercare (the 'ageing in place' policy), and municipalities' communication and response to Covid-19 in Stockholm. Recently I completed the work of a systematic review on risk factors for infection in older adults who receive home care, for which I acted as the principal investigator.

For my postdoctoral research project I examined how healthcare professionals perceive the hospital discharge process of older adults with
complex needs. Data from Sweden, Denmark and Finland were compared to examine potential inequity in the care of these patients in Nordic countries. For my PhD I examined the relationship of sensory impairments with cardiovascular disease and mortality, disability and frailty in older age using data from two longitudinal cohort studies: the British Regional Heart Study and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. I have also been involved in the development and testing of a feasibility study of an home-based health promotion intervention for pre-frail older adults.

My main teaching areas are health promotion, disease prevention, and evaluation of health interventions. I lead the 10 hp/credit course Applied
health promotion and prevention part of the Master programme in Public Health. I also give lectures and facilitate seminars in health promotion and
prevention at other graduate courses at KI.

I am the main supervisor of two PhD candidates: Farzana Rahman whose project focuses on the contents and quality of health and social care for older adults, and Clara Brune who works on a project on moral distress among healthcare professionals in emergency departments.

Most terms I also supervise a master/medical student in their degree project.