Karin Gunnarsson

Karin Gunnarsson

Phd Student
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Postal address: K2 Medicin, Solna, K2 KEP Askling Holmqvist, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • My name is Karin Gunnarsson and I work as a specialist doctor in Rheumatology
    in Karolinska University Hospital. I am also a PhD student since august 2020
    at the Department of Medicine Solna/Clinical Epidemiology unit. Since 


  • ten years I have had a special clinical interest in an uncommon rheumatic 

  • systemic disease called systemic sclerosis (SSc). This disease causes
    fibrosis in skin and inner organs and has among the highest mortality in all
    rheumatic diseases. I am now expanding my knowledge about SSc 

  • through PhD studies in the field.
    I have a medical docotors degree from the university of Linköping, graduated in 

  • 2010.
    In april 2022 I completed research school of epidemiology for clinicians, generation 19.

Research

  • One of the most common causes of death in SSc is cancer. Therefore in my PhD
    projects I want to learn more about the correlation between SSc and cancer
    using data from national and local patient registers. As the disease is
    uncommon we plan to expand the number of patients by collaborating with
    researchers in Lund.
    I believe that my projects will result in important knowledge about the risk
    factors for cancer in SSc patients which will hopefully contribute to the elaboration of better 


  • cancer screening programs in SSc patients. My ultimate goal is to help to
    reduce the high mortality and loss of quality of life in SSc patients.

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  • Phd Student, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2025
  • Phd Student, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-2025

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