Helena Jonsson Rolandsdotter
Affiliated to Research
Visiting address: Södersjukhuset, Sjukhusbacken 15, 11883 Stockholm
Postal address: S1 Klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset, S1 KI SÖS Forskning Forskargrupp övriga, 118 83 Stockholm
About me
- Helena J. Rolandsdotter is a *senior consultant* at the Department of
pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition at Sachs’ children and youth
hospital. She is also a* researcher* at the Department of Clinical Science
and Education, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
University Medical Degree (MD), Karolinska Institutet, May 1998.
Medical license received from the Swedish National Board of Health and
Welfare, 2001.
Board Certified Specialist in Paediatric Medicine, 2010. (Swedish National
Board of Health and Welfare)
PhD in Paediatric Gastroenterology, 2017. Karolinska Institute,
Södersjukhuset, Department of Clinical Science and Education.
Research
- As a pediatric gastroenterologist, most of my clinical time is devoted to
patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). They are sometimes severely
ill and require advanced treatments like nutritional treaments, medicines and
sometimes surgery.
The knowledge gaps concerning IBD etiology and treatments are many. Which is
the mechanism of the inflammatory suppression initiated of nutritional
treatment in Crohn's disease? The connection between the IBD patients
microbiota and immunological profile - what does it look like? Is nutritional
treatments also an alternative in ulcerative colitis? Is it possible to
change the microbiota with nutritional treatments?
My group work with translational studies concerning these questions. We
investigate the clinical outcome of new nutritional treatments and if and how
the microbiome and immunological profile in the mucosa, with focus on innate
lymphocytes, may change after treatment.
The aim of my research is to improve the life and health of children and
youth with IBD, and maybe the treatment recommendations may be changed if we
can show if (and how) new ways of nutritional treatment is effective as
induction of remission in IBD.
Teaching
- * Course coordinator 2018-2019 in the national course in pediatric
gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition for resident doctors (given by
the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare).
* Teacher for medical students and residents in pediatrics and
gastroenterology.
* Often nationally hired lecturer in pediatric gastroenterology and
nutrition.
Articles
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2024;15(1):1752
- Article: JOURNAL OF CROHNS & COLITIS. 2023;17(12):1939-1948
- Article: CELL REPORTS MEDICINE. 2023;4(5):101038
- Article: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION. 2022;75(6):717-723
- Article: NUTRIENTS. 2019;11(2):E414-414
- Article: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION. 2018;66(4):e103-e107
- Article: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION. 2018;66(1):84-89
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2017;18(3):E575-575
All other publications
- Thesis / dissertation: 2017
- Meeting abstract: JOURNAL OF CROHNS & COLITIS. 2014;8:S432
Employments
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2025
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2024
Degrees and Education
- Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Karolinska Institutet, 2017
- University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 1998