Nivetha Natarajan
Lecturer
E-mail: nivetha.natarajan@ki.se
Telephone: +46852488121
Visiting address: Alfred Nobels Allé 8, 14104 Huddinge
Postal address: OF Odontologi, OF Oral diagnostik och kirurgi, 171 77 Stockholm
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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.