Graciela Rovner

About me

Pain and Mental Health Senior Specialist. ACT reviewed trainer (the only physio worldwide). Behavioral & process-based physiotherapy expert. Nominated by the Swedish Association of Physiotherapy for the Award: the Physiotherapist of the Year 2014 Awarded with the best presentation at the international Conferences for Physiotherapists in Mental Health: Madrid 2016 and Reykjavik 2018 Awarded Fellow of the Association of Contextual Behavioral Sciences ACBS för contributing to the Association and the Contextual and Behavioral Sciences in a broader sense *HIGHER EDUCATION* 2015 Post-doc fellow Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital (KI DS) 2014 PhD in Rehabilitation Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg 2013 MSc in Clinical Medical Sciences, Karolinska Institutet 2011 MSc in Psychology, University of Linköping 2006 MSc in Physiotherapy, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg 2004-2006 Graduated studies in Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA *UNDER-GRAD EDUCATION* 2006 Algology Specialization (Pain sciences) at the University of Gothenburg 2005 BSc in Physiotherapy at the University of Gothenburg 2004 BSc in Health Care Education at the University of Gothenburg 2003 BSc in Psychology at the Univesity of Gothenburg

I started to teach at the Buenos Aires National University at the age of 20. I was teaching at the Architecture program about how form, space, colors influence our psyche, given that I was studying both architecture and psychology. After moving to Sweden, I decided to work privately teaching health professionals how to create sustainable lifestyle behavioral changes. Since 2010, I supervise masters in physiotherapy and medical students and teach in interprofessional graduate courses (IPL), both in Sweden and as an invited professor in universities worldwide. My expertise is Behavioral Medicine and Interprofessional Learning (IPL), which I do since 2010 at Karolinska Institutet (KI). Currently, I am the course leader for ACT applied in Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy at KI.

Review: ALLERGY. 2023;78(2):351-368

Frequency of food allergy in Europe: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis.

Spolidoro GCI; Amera YT; Ali MM; Nyassi S; Lisik D; Ioannidou A; Rovner G; Khaleva E; Venter C; van Ree R; Worm M; Vlieg-Boerstra B; Sheikh A; Muraro A; Roberts G; Nwaru BI
Review: BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS. 2022;23(1):801

Summarizing the effects of different exercise types in chronic low back pain - a systematic review of systematic reviews.

Grooten WJA; Boström C; Dedering Å; Halvorsen M; Kuster RP; Nilsson-Wikmar L; Olsson CB; Rovner G; Tseli E; Rasmussen-Barr E
Review: CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL ALLERGY. 2022;12(7):e12175

Prevalence of sensitization to molecular food allergens in Europe: A systematic review.

Lisik D; Ioannidou A; Spolidoro G; Ali M; Nyassi S; Amera Y; Rovner G; Khaleva E; Venter C; van Ree R; Worm M; Vlieg-Boerstra B; Sheikh A; Muraro A; Roberts G; Nwaru BI
Editorial comment: BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY. 2017;97:259-272

Departing from the essential features of a high quality systematic review of psychotherapy: A response to Öst (2014) and recommendations for improvement.

Atkins PWB; Ciarrochi J; Gaudiano BA; Bricker JB; Donald J; Rovner G; Smout M; Livheim F; Lundgren T; Hayes SC

Affiliated to Teaching/Tutoring, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2021-2024