Anne-Laure Faucon
Affiliated to Research | Docent
E-mail: annelaure.faucon@ki.se
Visiting address: Renal Research Novum, Hälsovägen 7, plan 5, 14186 Stockholm
Postal address: H9 Klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik, H9 CLINTEC Med njursjukdomar, 141 52 Huddinge
About me
I am Associated Professor (Docent) in renal medicine, researcher in renal epidemiology at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Karolinska Institutet, and senior nephrologist specialized in clinical nephrology and hypertension at Karolinska University Hospital.
CURRENT POSITION2025-present: senior research specialist, CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet
2025-present: Nephrologist, Karolinska University Hospital
MEDICAL TRAINING
2018-present: Senior nephrologist
2014-2017: Asssistant-Professor in clinical nephrology and hypertension
2014: Specialization in Nephrology
2014: Doctor of Medicine
2009-2014: Residency
RESEARCH TRAINING2022-2025: Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
2020-2022: Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Paris-Saclay University, France
2017-2020: PhD in renal epidemiology, Paris-Saclay University
2017: Master of sciences in epidemiology-biostatistics, Paris-Saclay University
2013: Master of sciences in renal physiology, Paris-Descartes University
Research
- The main purpose of my research projects aims to contribute to better understand chronic kidney disease (CKD) across its different stages, its etiologies and its complications; to identify (modifiable) risks factors and biomarkers of CKD, CKD progression, its complications, and of CKD-related diseases; to contribute to better characterize the prognosis of CKD and improve risk stratification; and to assess real-life clinical and therapeutic management associated with improved clinical outcomes in CKD.
Teaching
TEACHING
2026-present: Hypertension and its complications, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
2024-present: Renal Physiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
2018-2021: Renal Physiology (Glomerular filtration rate, sodium, water and potassium homeostasis, electrolyte disorders, diuretics), Medical School, Paris
2014-2016: Semiology (theory and practice), Medical School, Paris
SUPERVISION (current)
2025-present: Julia Burlin (MD, PhD student, MEB-KI)
2024-present: Antoine Créon (MD, PhD student, MEB-KI)
2023-present: Aurora Caldinelli (MSc, PhD student, MEB-KI)
2023-present: Charikleia Chrysostomou (MD, PhD student, MedS-KI)
SUPERVISION (past)
2025-2026: Benjamin Norgren (Master thesis, medical student, KI)
2024-2025: Roosa Lankinen (MD, PhD, post-doc, MEB-KI)
2023-2024: Shigeru Tanaka (nephrologist, visiting researcher, MEB-KI)
2022-2024: Alessandro Bosi (PhD, MEB-KI)
2023: Viyaasan Mahalingasivam (nephrologist, visiting PhD, MEB-KI)
2022-2023: Stefania Lando (Master thesis, MEB-KI)
Articles
- Article: KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS. 2026;11(9):106695Lankinen R; Murata S; Carrero J-J; Modig K; Evans M; Faucon A-L
- Article: JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 2026;336(7):565-576Fu EL; Creon A; Grams ME; Coresh J; Sjolander A; Faucon A-L; Estrella MM; Dekker FW; Shlipak MG; Inker LA; Levey AS; Carrero J-J
- Article: ADVANCES IN THERAPY. 2026;:1-15Rayner A; Fotheringham J; Thokala P; Soro M; Carrero J-J; Faucon A-L
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES. 2026;88(1):88-98.e1Xiao R; Faucon A-L; He N; Javaid MK; Ji D; Xu Y; Carrero J-J
- Article: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2026;41(7):1239-1252Walker H; Carrero J-J; Sullivan MK; Field R; Faucon A-L; Lees JS; Fu EL; Jani BD; Gallacher K; Mark PB
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY. 2026Russel WA; Engberink RO; Creon A; Caldinelli A; Faucon A-L; Grams ME; Fu EL; Inker LA; Levey AS; Carrero JJ
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES. 2026;87(4):540-552.e1Creon A; Faucon A-L; Caldinelli A; Shin J-I; Grams ME; Sjolander A; Fu EL; Carrero J-J
- Article: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2026;415:120692Tanaka S; Bosi A; Nakano T; Hultgren R; Matsushita K; Carrero JJ; Faucon A-L
- Article: BMC MEDICINE. 2026;24(1):213Beridze G; Mark PB; Sullivan MK; Walker H; Tanaka S; Faucon A-L; Vetrano DL; Calderon-Larranaga A; Carrero J-J
- Article: KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL. 2026;109(3):559-568Yang Y; Creon A; Levey AS; Faucon A-L; Caldinelli A; Evans M; Sjolander A; Ortiz A; Fu EL; Carrero JJ
- Article: KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL. 2026;109(2):379-389Chrysostomou C; Faustini F; Segelmark M; Carrero J-JS; Gunnarsson I; Barany P; Evans M; Faucon A-L
- Article: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2026;41(2):275-285Russel WA; Fu EL; Creon A; Faucon A-L; Caldinelli A; Bouwmans P; Inker LA; Delanaye P; Pottel H; Ortiz A; Levey AS; Carrero JJ
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES. 2026;87(1):31-43.e1Faucon A-L; Lando S; Murata S; Grams ME; Fu EL; Welander F; Khan NF; Atkins GB; Barash I; Ramey DR; Modig K; Evans M; Carrero J-J
- Article: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2025;41(1):102-111Caldinelli A; Faucon A-L; Sjolander A; Lankinen R; Creon A; Fu EL; Evans M; Carrero JJ
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2025;133(11):1652-1659Lees JS; Fu EL; Faucon A-L; Elyan BMP; Inker LA; Levey AS; Jones RJ; Wilson RH; Mark PB; Carrero J-J
- Article: JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 2025;334(21):1915-1926Estrella MM; Ballew SH; Sang Y; Grams ME; Coresh J; Surapaneni A; Alencar de Pinho N; Arnlov J; Brenner H; Carrero J-J; Chen TK; Cohen DL; Cushman M; Gansevoort RT; Hwang S-J; Inker LA; Ix JH; Kabasawa K; Konta T; Lees JS; Polkinghorne KR; Shlipak MG; Vernooij RWM; Wheeler DC; Yadav AK; Levey AS; Eckardt K-U
- Article: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2025;40(12):2326-2337Astley ME; Chesnaye NC; Gambaro G; Ortiz A; Hallan S; Carrero J-J; Ebert N; Eriksen BO; Faucon A-L; Ferraro PM; Ittermann T; Jonsson AJ; Langlo KAR; Melsom T; Schaeffner E; Stracke S; Palsson R; Jager KJ; Stel VS
- Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-QUALITY OF CARE AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES. 2025;11(7):993-1003Gonzalez-Ortiz A; Hjemdahl P; Mazhar F; Bosi A; Faucon A-L; Savarese G; Lund LH; Carrero JJ
- Journal article: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2025;40:gfaf116.0219-I437Chrysostomou C; Faustini F; Gunnarsson I; Barany FP; Evans M; Faucon A-L
- Journal article: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2025;40:gfaf116.050Caldinelli A; Faucon A-L; Sjolander A; Lankinen R; Creon A; Fu EL; Evans M; Carrero J-J
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All other publications
- Conference publication: 2026;:a256.1-a2a256Chrysostomou C; Faustini F; Gunnarsson I; Segelmark M; Carrero J-J; Barany P; Evans M; Faucon A-L
- Letter: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY. 2026;71(2):335-336Tanaka S; Faucon A-L; Carrero J-J
- Review: CLINICAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY. 2025Astley ME; Ortiz A; Hallan S; Gambaro G; Carrero J-J; Ebert N; Eriksen BO; Faucon A-L; Ferraro PM; Ittermann T; Indridason OS; Langlo KAR; Melsom T; Rule AD; Schaeffner E; Stracke S; Palsson R; Jager KJ; Stel VS; Chesnaye NC
- Letter: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES. 2025;86(6):860-864Inker LA; Mehta SS; Chang AR; Blecker S; Blum M; Faucon A-L; Flaherty C; Horwitz LI; Surapaneni A; Shin J-I; Xu Y; Grams ME; Carrero JJ
- Conference publication: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2025;40:gfaf116.1413Lankinen R; Carrero J-J; Evans M; Faucon A-L
- Conference publication: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY. 2025;54:197-198Chrysostomou C; Faustini F; Gunnarsson I; Barany P; Evans M; Faucon A-L
- Editorial: KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS. 2025;10(8):2524-2526Faucon A-L
- Corrigendum: JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2025;185(3):352Huang T; Bosi A; Faucon AL
- Meeting abstract: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2024;45:ehae666.1300Mazhar F; Faucon AL; Fu EL; Szummer KE; Mathisen J; Gerward S; Reuter SB; Marx N; Mehran R; Carrero JJ
- Meeting abstract: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY. 2024;35(10):10.1681/asn.2024w8sh7fhqLees JS; Fu E; Faucon A-L; Elyan BMP; Lesley A; Levey AS; Mark PB; Carrero JJ
- Meeting abstract: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY. 2024;35(10):10.1681/asn.2024vjyanv1vTuttle KR; Mazhar F; Fu E; Faucon A-L; Hjemdahl P; Mathisen J; Muhammad IF; Plunde O; Perkovic V; Carrero JJ
- Conference publication: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2024;39:gfae069-1402-1737-I2248Tanaka S; Bosi A; Fu EL; Faucon A-L; Carrero J-J
- Meeting abstract: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2024;39:gfae069-0316-1804-I541Chrysostomou C; Faustini F; Gunnarsson I; Carrero J-J; Barany FP; Evans M; Faucon A-L
- Meeting abstract: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2024;39:gfae069-0350-1798-I594Chrysostomou C; Faustini F; Gunnarsson I; Carrero J-J; Barany FP; Faucon A-L; Evans M
- Conference publication: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2024;39:gfae069-0406-1444Faucon A-L; Lundberg S; Lando S; Wijkstrom J; Segelmark M; Evans M; Carrero J-J
- Conference publication: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2024;39:I188-I189Bosi A; Xu Y; Fu EL; Faucon A-L; Sjolander A; Carrero J-J
- Conference publication: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2024;39:I82-I84Mahalingasivam V; Faucon A-L; Sjolander A; Bosi A; Mansfield K; Bruchfeld A; Evans M; Nitsch D; Tomlinson L; Carrero J-J
- Conference publication: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2024;39:I186-I187Xu Y; Huang T; Bosi A; Faucon A-L; Fu E; Carrero J-J
- Conference publication: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2024;39:I85-I86Walker H; Carrero J-J; Sullivan M; Faucon A-L; Jani B; Gallacher K; Mark P
- Conference publication: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2024;39:I670-I671Faucon A-L; Lundberg S; Lando S; Wijkstrom J; Segelmark M; Evans M; Carrero J-J
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Grants
- Lifetime risks of rare kidney diseases: a nationwide collection of histopathology dataALF medicine1 January 2025
- Karolinska Institutet research grant1 January 2025 - 1 December 2026
- Karolinska Institutet - special grant for young scientists1 January 2025 - 1 December 2026
- Swedish Kidney Foundation, 20251 January 2025 - 31 December 2025
- Njurfonden - Swedish Kidney Fundation, 20241 January 2024
Employments
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2027
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 2026-2026
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2025
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2025
Supervision
Supervision to doctoral degree
- Charikleia Chrysostomou