Isabelle Johansson

Isabelle Johansson

Affiliated to Research
Visiting address: Norrbacka S1:02, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Solna, 17176 Stockholm
Postal address: K2 Medicin, Solna, K2 Kardio Pernow J, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • Dr Johansson obtained her M.D. from the Karolinska Institutet Medical University, Stockholm, Sweden in 2014. Shortly after, she was awarded the position of a research medical internship (Forskar-AT) at the Karolinska University Hospital in Solna that she finalised in late 2016. Since 2025, she is a board certified specialist in Family Medicine.

    She completed her Ph.D. in medical sciences at the Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine in 2017 where she studied epidemiological aspects of heart failure in combination with diabetes under the mentorship of Professor Anna Norhammar, Professor Lars Ryden, Dr Magnus Edner and Per Näsman. She was part of the European Society of Cardiology writing group for the practice guidelines on the management of diabetes and cardiovascular disease presented in September 2019. In 2021, she completed a two year post doctoral research fellowship at the Population Health Research Institute (PHRI) and McMaster University under the mentorship of Prof. Salim Yusuf and other global cardiovascular trialists. At McMaster University she also pursued a Masters in Health Research Methodology, clinical epidemiology. She has several high-impact publications (e.g. Circulation, Eur J heart Failure, Lancet Global Health and JACC) She was part of the World Heart Federation Emerging Leaders Programme 2019 focusing on reducing the burden of heart failure globally and attended the advance. She also was a member of the ISCEP International Ten-Day Teaching Seminar on Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention 2020 cohort.

Research

  • Her main research interests are in heart failure, global health, cardiovascular disease prevention and implementation science. Her work focuses on understanding the underuse of guideline directed medical therapy for heart failure and designing pragmatic trials to improve heart failure management in primary care setting. She is currently an affiliate at the Institution of Medicine, Cardiology Department at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. She is the PI of the SUS-HF study, a primary care based trial for which the objective is to understand whether an electronic health record integrated clinician decision support improves adherence to treatment guidelines in heart failure. She also continues the collaboration with PHRI where she is involved as an investigator in the G-CHF-study and the PURE-study.

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  • Affiliated to Research, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-2026

Degrees and Education

  • Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, 2017
  • Degree Of Master Of Science In Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2014

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