Emma Bränn

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Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2025;368:477-486
paper Association between inflammatory biomarkers before pregnancy and risk of perinatal depression: A prospective cohort study of 4483 women in Sweden
Zhou J; Brann E; Hysaj E; Seitz C; Hou Y; Song H; Bergstedt J; Chang Z; Fang F; Pedersen NL; Valdimarsdottir UA; Lu D
Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2024;364:132-138
Association between severe premenstrual disorders and change of romantic relationship: A prospective cohort of 15,606 women in Sweden
Westermark V; Yang Y; Bertone-Johnson E; Brann E; Opatowski M; Pedersen N; Valdimarsdottir UA; Lu D
Article: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. 2024;45(31):2865-2875
Perinatal depression and risk of maternal cardiovascular disease: a Swedish nationwide study
Lu D; Valdimarsdottir UA; Wei D; Chen Y; Andreassen OA; Fang F; Laszlo KD; Brann E
Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2024;29(3):602-610
Bidirectional association between autoimmune disease and perinatal depression: a nationwide study with sibling comparison
Brann E; Chen Y; Song H; Laszlo KD; D'Onofrio BM; Hysaj E; Almqvist C; Larsson H; Lichtenstein P; Valdimarsdottir UA; Lu D
Article: PLOS MEDICINE. 2024;21(3):e1004363
The bidirectional association between premenstrual disorders and perinatal depression: A nationwide register-based study from Sweden
Yang Q; Braenn E; Bertone-Johnson ER; Sjolander A; Fang F; Oberg AS; Valdimarsdottir UA; Lu D
Article: THE BMJ. 2024;384:e075462
Perinatal depression and risk of mortality: nationwide, register based study in Sweden
Hagatulah N; Brann E; Oberg AS; Valdimarsdottir UA; Shen Q; Lu D
Article: THE BMJ. 2024;384:p2777
Perinatal depression and its health impact
Brann E; Shen Q; Lu D
Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2024;7(1):e2350897
Perinatal Depression and Risk of Suicidal Behavior
Yu H; Shen Q; Braenn E; Yang Y; Oberg AS; Valdimarsdottir UA; Lu D
Article: ARCHIVES OF WOMEN'S MENTAL HEALTH. 2023;26(6):839-849
Association between adverse childhood experiences and perinatal depressive symptoms: a cross-sectional analysis of 16,831 women in Iceland
Braenn E; Vaina A; Danielsdottir HB; Thordardottir EB; Yang Q; Jakobsdottir J; Aspelund T; Hauksdottir A; Valdimarsdottir UA; Lu D
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2023;13(1):5325
Acceptance and willingness-to-pay for oocyte cryopreservation in medical versus age-related fertility preservation scenarios among Swedish female university students
Gambadauro P; Braenn E; Hadlaczky G
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2022;12(1):21253
Differentiated mental health patterns in pregnancy during COVID-19 first two waves in Sweden: a mixed methods study using digital phenotyping
Fransson E; Karalexi M; Kimmel M; Brann E; Kollia N; Tas A; van Zoest V; Nordling E; Skalkidou A; Papadopoulos FC
Journal article: BRAIN, BEHAVIOR, AND IMMUNITY. 2022;106:34
Trajectories of peripheral inflammatory markers in women with different stress exposure during pregnancy in association to postpartum depression vs resilience
Fransson E; Brann E; Poromaa IS; Skalkidou A
Article: BRAIN, BEHAVIOR, & IMMUNITY - HEALTH. 2022;22:100468
Longitudinal assessment of inflammatory markers in the peripartum period by depressive symptom trajectory groups
Brann E; Skalkidou A; Schwarz J; Papadopoulos FC; Fransson E; Poromaa IS
Journal article: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. 2022;65(Suppl 1):s574-s575
Mom2B: a study of perinatal health via smartphone application and machine learning methods
Bilal A; Bathula D; Bränn E; Fransson E; Virk J; Papadopoulos F; Skalkidou A
Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2022;12(1):186
Maternal prenatal depressive symptoms and toddler behavior: an umbilical cord blood epigenome-wide association study
Kallak TK; Fransson E; Brann E; Berglund H; Lager S; Comasco E; Lyle R; Skalkidou A
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2022;12(4):e059033
Predicting perinatal health outcomes using smartphone-based digital phenotyping and machine learning in a prospective Swedish cohort (Mom2B): study protocol
Bilal AM; Fransson E; Brann E; Eriksson A; Zhong M; Giden K; Elofsson U; Axfors C; Skalkidou A; Papadopoulos FC
Article: FRONTIERS IN GLOBAL WOMEN'S HEALTH. 2022;3:820353
Working Memory During Late Pregnancy: Associations With Antepartum and Postpartum Depression Symptoms
Liakea I; Ashish KC; Brann E; Fransson E; Poromaa IS; Papadopoulos FC; Skalkidou A
Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2021;287:165-173
Who do we miss when screening for postpartum depression? A population-based study in a Swedish region
Brann E; Fransson E; Wikman A; Kollia N; Nguyen D; Lilliecreutz C; Skalkidou A
Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2021;11(1):286
Heart rate variability in late pregnancy: exploration of distinctive patterns in relation to maternal mental health
Kimmel MC; Fransson E; Cunningham JL; Brann E; Grewen K; Boschiero D; Chrousos GP; Meltzer-Brody S; Skalkidou A
Article: CLINICAL EPIGENETICS. 2021;13(1):78
DNA methylation in cord blood in association with prenatal depressive symptoms
Kallak TK; Brann E; Fransson E; Johansson A; Lager S; Comasco E; Lyle R; Skalkidou A
Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY. 2021;12:685656
Metabolic Profiling Indicates Diversity in the Metabolic Physiologies Associated With Maternal Postpartum Depressive Symptoms
Brann E; Malavaki C; Fransson E; Ioannidi M-K; Henriksson HE; Papadopoulos FC; Chrousos GP; Klapa MI; Skalkidou A
Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH. 2020;98(7):1309-1321
Inflammatory markers in women with postpartum depressive symptoms
Brann E; Fransson E; White RA; Papadopoulos FC; Edvinsson A; Kamali-Moghaddam M; Cunningham JL; Sundstrom-Poromaa I; Skalkidou A
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2019;9(10):e031514
Cohort profile: the Biology, Affect, Stress, Imaging and Cognition (BASIC) study on perinatal depression in a population-based Swedish cohort
Axfors C; Brann E; Henriksson HE; Hellgren C; Kallak TK; Fransson E; Lager S; Iliadis SI; Sylven S; Papadopoulos FC; Ekselius L; Sundstrom-Poromaa I; Skalkidou A
Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2019;9(1):204
Blood plasma metabolic profiling of pregnant women with antenatal depressive symptoms.
Henriksson HE; Malavaki C; Bränn E; Drainas V; Lager S; Iliadis SI; Papadopoulos FC; Sundström Poromaa I; Chrousos GP; Klapa MI; Skalkidou A
Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2019;9(1):1863
Inflammatory and anti-inflammatory markers in plasma: from late pregnancy to early postpartum.
Bränn E; Edvinsson Å; Rostedt Punga A; Sundström-Poromaa I; Skalkidou A
Article: FERTILITY AND STERILITY. 2017;108(2):325-332
Conception by means of in vitro fertilization is not associated with maternal depressive symptoms during pregnancy or postpartum
Gambadauro P; Iliadis S; Brann E; Skalkidou A
Article: PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY. 2017;80:15-25
Lower inflammatory markers in women with antenatal depression brings the M1/M2 balance into focus from a new direction
Edvinsson A; Brann E; Hellgren C; Freyhult E; White R; Kamali-Moghaddam M; Olivier J; Bergquist J; Bostrom AE; Schioth HB; Skalkidou A; Cunningham JL; Sundstrom-Poromaa I
Article: PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY. 2017;79:146-159
Inflammatory markers in late pregnancy in association with postpartum depression-A nested case-control study
Brann E; Papadopoulos F; Fransson E; White R; Edvinsson A; Hellgren C; Kamali-Moghaddam M; Bostrom A; Schioth HB; Sundstrom-Poromaa I; Skalkidou A
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Editorial comment: OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL SURVEY. 2024;79(7):391-393
Perinatal Depression and Risk of Mortality: Nationwide, Register Based Study in Sweden
Hagatulah N; Brann E; Oberg AS; Valdimarsdottir UA; Shen Q; Lu D
Corrigendum: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2024;29(3):858
Bidirectional association between autoimmune disease and perinatal depression: a nationwide study with sibling comparison (NOV, 10.1038/s41380-023-02351-1, 2023)
Braenn E; Chen Y; Song H; Laszlo KD; D'Onofrio BM; Hysaj E; Almqvist C; Larsson H; Lichtenstein P; Valdimarsdottir UA; Lu D
Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2020
Mental health among pregnant women during the pandemic in Sweden– a mixed methods approach using data from the Mom2B mobile application for research
Fransson E; Karalexi M; Kimmel M; Bränn E; Kollia N; van Zoest V; Nordling E; Papadopoulos F; Skalkidou A
Conference publication: BRAIN, BEHAVIOR, AND IMMUNITY. 2019;76:E28
Inflammatory markers in postpartum depression - a sign of an exaggerated stress response?
Brann E; Fransson E; White RA; Papadopoulos FC; Edvinsson A; Cunningham JL; Sundstrom-Poromaa; Skalkidou A
Conference publication: HUMAN REPRODUCTION. 2017;32:118
Successful IVF is not associated with maternal perinatal depressive symptoms
Gambadauro P; Iliadis S; Brann E; Skalkidou A

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Research Specialist, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2025
Research Specialist, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2025
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2021-2024

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