Karin Jensen
Professor | Docent
E-mail: karin.jensen@ki.se
Telephone: +46852482775
Visiting address: Nobels väg 9, D3, 17165 Solna
Postal address: K8 Klinisk neurovetenskap, K8 Neuro Jensen, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- I am a clinical psychologist and neuroscientist specializing in the human perception of pain, placebo effects and long-term pain conditions. I lead an interdisciplinary research group at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience (CNS) at Karolinska Institutet.
My scientific goal is to understand the cognitive mechanisms and brain pathways involved in the generation and regulation of pain in humans.
Faculty positions
2023 - now.....Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
2019 - 2023...Associate Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
2014 - 2019....Assistant Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
2013 - 2017.....Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, USA
Other merits
2022 - now.....Deputy Head, Neuro Division, CNS, Karolinska Institutet
2022 - 2022...Visiting Professor, University of Oxford, UK
2021 - now......Board Member, Strategic Research Area Neuro (StratNeuro)
2019 - now......Pro Futura Fellow, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS), Sweden
2015 - 2023....Board Member, International Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies (SIPS)
Education
Postdoctoral education
2010 - 2013.....Harvard Medical School / Mass General Hospital, Boston, USA
Doctoral education
2005 - 2009...PhD Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Basic education
2000 - 2005...MSc Clinical Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Research
- To understand the cognitive mechanisms and brain pathways involved in the generation and regulation of pain in humans.
Teaching
- Currently teaching
Medical Program
2021 - now....Cognitive Neuroscience, Basvetenskap 4, Modul 4, Karolinska Institutet
PhD-course
2022 - now....The Science of the Placebo Effect, Karolinska Institutet
Selected publications
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2022;27(8):3452-3459
- Article: SCIENCE ADVANCES. 2020;6(43):eabc1304
- Article: NEUROLOGY. 2017;88(20):1912-1918
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2015;112(25):7863-7867
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2014;19(3):392-398
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2012;109(39):15959-15964
Articles
- Journal article: PAIN. 2024;165(10):2240-2256
- Article: BRAIN, BEHAVIOR, AND IMMUNITY. 2024;119:741-749
- Journal article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2024;95(10):s127
- Article: PAIN REPORTS. 2024;9(2):e1148
- Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2024;54(6):1207-1214
- Journal article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. 2024;4(1):100155
- Article: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA. 2024;95:92-98
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE. 2024;117(1):36-41
- Article: BRAIN, BEHAVIOR, AND IMMUNITY. 2023;114:371-382
- Journal article: BRAIN, BEHAVIOR, AND IMMUNITY. 2023;114:21-22
- Article: JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2023;24(9):1731-1743
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2023;27(7):831-847
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2023;17(4):342-351
- Article: CLINICAL JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2023;39(6):259-269
- Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2022;32(18):4039-4049
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2022;12(1):95
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2022;16(1):60-70
- Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2022;32(2):266-274
- Article: FRONTIERS IN PAIN RESEARCH. 2022;3:962037
- Article: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. 2021;84(4):1821-1832
- Article: PLANT-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS. 2021;2(5):229-234
- Article: JBJS OPEN ACCESS. 2021;6(4):e21.00081
- Article: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA. 2021;92(5):507-512
- Article: PAIN. 2021;162(5):1539-1544
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2021;25(2):398-414
- Article: PAIN REPORTS. 2021;6(1):e914
- Article: PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PSYCHOSOMATICS. 2021;90(1):49-56
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2020;10(1):17
- Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY. 2020;11:586455
- Article: MOLECULAR PAIN. 2020;16:1744806920927625
- Article: BRAIN, BEHAVIOR, AND IMMUNITY. 2019;81:272-279
- Journal article: 2019
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2019;9(1):12478
- Article: PAIN REPORTS. 2019;4(3):e698
- Article: BRAIN, BEHAVIOR, AND IMMUNITY. 2018;74:213-221
- Article: PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PSYCHOSOMATICS. 2018;87(4):204-210
- Article: JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2017;18(7):835-843
- Article: PAIN. 2017;158(6):1014-1020
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2017;21(4):594-604
- Journal article: ARCHIVES DE PEDIATRIE. 2016;23(12):1302
- Article: BRAIN, BEHAVIOR, AND IMMUNITY. 2016;58:218-227
- Article: BRAIN, BEHAVIOR, AND IMMUNITY. 2016;57:38-46
- Article: PAIN. 2016;157(6):1279-1286
- Journal article: PSYCHOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS: THEORY RESEARCH, AND PRACTICE. 2016;3(2):132-145
- Journal article: EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE. 2016;2016:3925878
- Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2015;25(10):3903-3910
- Journal article: BRAIN, BEHAVIOR, AND IMMUNITY. 2015;49:e1
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(7):e0133316
- Article: JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2014;15(12):1328-1337
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2014;9(9):e107390
- Article: ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY. 2013;65(12):3293-3303
- Article: MOLECULAR PAIN. 2013;9:43
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2013;4(2):65-74
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2013;17(4):599-611
- Article: PAIN. 2013;154(3):459-467
- Journal article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2012;3(3):183
- Article: PAIN. 2012;153(7):1495-1503
- Article: MOLECULAR PAIN. 2012;8:1744-8069-8-32
- Article: PAIN. 2012;153(2):444-454
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(12):e52400
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(10):e48135
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2011;6(11):e27764
- Article: MOLECULAR PAIN. 2010;6:80
- Article: ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY. 2010;62(11):3488-3495
- Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2009;13(S1):s88
- Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2009;13(S1):s175c-ss176
- Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2009;13(S1):s152
- Article: PAIN. 2009;144(1-2):95-100
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2009;4(6):e6016
- Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2006;10(S1):s113c-ss113
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All other publications
- Review: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY GLOBAL OPEN SCIENCE. 2023;3(4):605-613
- Review: DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE AND CHILD NEUROLOGY. 2023;65(10):1316-1320
- Letter: GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2022;163(6):1688-1690.e3
- Review: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2022;5(11):e2243848
- Corrigendum: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2022;12(1):192
- Corrigendum: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. 2022;86(3):1483
- Book: 2022Hoppets anatomi Om förväntanseffekter och placebo
- Preprint: PSYARXIV. 2021
- Preprint: OSF PREPRINTS. 2021
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2021
- Letter: PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PSYCHOSOMATICS. 2021;90(3):213-214
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2020
- Review: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2020;3(3):e201423
- Other: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2018;115:EZSA
- Review: INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF NEUROBIOLOGY. 2018;138:181-199
- Conference publication: BRAIN, BEHAVIOR, AND IMMUNITY. 2016;57:E27
- Review: PAIN MEDICINE. 2016;17(6):1094-1111
- Other: EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE. 2016;2016:9362978
- Editorial comment: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2014;5(3):159-160
- Book chapter: IMAGING OF THE HUMAN BRAIN IN HEALTH AND DISEASE. 2014;p. 427-451
- Book chapter: PLACEBO AND PAIN. 2013;p. 83-88
- Corrigendum: PAIN. 2012;153(9):1981
- Review: NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. 2012;520(2):156-164
- Thesis / dissertation: 2009
- Conference publication: ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY. 2009;66:S4
- Conference publication: RHEUMATOLOGY. 2009;48:I13
- Conference publication: NEUROLOGY. 2009;72(11):A213
- Meeting abstract: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2008;18:S580
- Conference publication: ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY. 2008;58(9):S434
- Conference publication: ACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA, SUPPLEMENT. 1965;S 41:309-&
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Grants
- Finding treatment targets through a new understanding of the link between neural plasticity and cognitive mechanisms in chronic painSwedish Research Council1 January 2024 - 1 January 2027
- Swedish Research Council1 December 2021 - 30 November 2025
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2021 - 31 December 2023
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2020 - 31 December 2022
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2020 - 31 December 2022
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2017 - 31 December 2019
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2014 - 31 December 2017
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 January 2011 - 31 December 2014
Employments
- Professor, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2019
- Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2009