Nivetha Natarajan

Nivetha Natarajan

Lecturer
Telephone: +46852488121
Visiting address: Alfred Nobels Allé 8, 14104 Huddinge
Postal address: OF Odontologi, OF Oral diagnostik och kirurgi, 171 77 Stockholm

About me

  • A licensed dentist, lecturer, and researcher at Karolinska Institute
    (Sweden), Department of Dental Medicine, Division of Geriatric Dentistry, I
    completed my former studies with a Bachelor’s degree in Dentistry, in India
    and later in Sweden, and a doctoral degree at Lund University in Geriatric
    Medicine and Epidemiology.
    * Bachelors in Dental Surgery, (DDS) India and Sweden
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    * Masters in Public Health, Sweden
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    * Doctor in Philosophy, Geriatric Medicine & Nutritional Epidemiology,
    Sweden

Research

  • As a course leader for education in Geriatric dentistry, I am responsible for
    graduate program courses for dentists, dental hygienists, speech therapists,
    and doctors specializing in Geriatrics.
    My research focuses on Oral health as risk factors for systemic diseases, and
    I am particularly interested in elderly health and working with large-scale
    public health projects on epidemiological analysis and interventions for the
    oral health and related link with health and well-being of people with
    medical and psychiatric conditions. Recently, I have been actively involved
    in participating and developing education programs on oral health and
    dementia. I am also the research head for the Mouth-Brain Bridge project in
    collaboration with the Department of Neuroscience and Biology and a research
    partner in the Cortisol & Stress in Alzheimer’s disease (Co-STAR) project.
    I am actively involved both in the academic program group within ACT
    (Academic Center for Geriatric Dentistry, Stockholm) and participate in
    education and research both at intra- and inter-regional tiers. My other
    regional and international collaborations have created academic and research
    ties with universities in Gothenburg & Lund, Sweden, Connecticut, USA, and
    Chennai, India. The internship program at the World Health Organization, HQ
    Geneva has led to research collaboration with the HIV Care and Treatment
    Unit, South Africa and Department of Oral Health, WHO, Geneva.
    I am a deputy in the SACO-S (the Swedish Confederation of Professional
    Associations) board and representative in committees and councils, supporting
    and advising our members and union advocacy.

Teaching

  • Today, I take sole responsibility for the education in Geriatric dentistry at
    KI dental and dental hygienist program. The Department of Dental Medicine is
    the only department in Sweden that has this Gerodontics course with
    accreditations. I have supervised many masters and undergraduate students and
    offer my expertise in study design and analysis for doctoral students and
    (Oro-facial medicine) specialist trainees.

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