Veronica Siljehav | Karolinska Institutet

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About me

Veronica Siljehav, MD, PhD, is a pediatric cardiology and neonatology subspecialist at Karolinska University Hospital and a postdoctoral researcher at Karolinska Institutet, with experience in clinical care, research, and medical education.
Awards
2025: Best Oral Presentation, AEPC
2024: Young Investigator Award, Acta Paediatrica
Commission of trust
2025–present: Pediatric Cardiology Expert, SKR’s National Program Area for Children and Adolescents
2025–present: Steering Committee Member, SWEDCON National Registry
2024–present: Board Member and Secretary, Swedish Pediatric Cardiology Association
2023–present: Member, SWEDCON Working Group

Research

Main interest in longterm outcome on children born preterm or with congenital heart defects.

Teaching

Current:
Course director for the doctoral course: "Early Child Development: Extended Interactions Between Neural Networks, Body and Environment"
Main supervisor for PhD student Sofia Larsson
Main supervisor for medical students in their degree projects
Mentor at the medical programme
Organizer of the KBH/Astrid seminars
Previous:
Teacher at the midwifery programme, KI
Lecturer at the medical programme, KI

Articles

Article: BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY. 2025
Five-Minute Apgar Scores and Its Prognostic Value for Mortality and Severe Morbidity in Very Preterm Infants: A Multinational Cohort Study
Ehrhardt H; Behboodi S; Maier RF; Aubert AM; Aden U; Draper ES; Gudmundsdottir A; Siljehav V; Varendi H; Weber T; Zemlin M; Zeitlin J
Article: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2025;97(5):1711-1721
Health-related quality of life at 5 years of age for children born very preterm with congenital anomalies: a multi-national cohort study
Kim SW; Tian X; Andronis L; Maier RF; Varendi H; Seppanen A-V; Siljehav V; Draper ES; Zeitlin J; Petrou S; SHIPS Res Grp J
Article: BMC PEDIATRICS. 2024;24(1):369
The early educational environment at five years of age in a European cohort of children born very preterm: challenges and opportunities for research
Smith-Longee A; Johnson S; Aubert AM; Seppanen A-V; Pierrat V; Zemlin M; Lebeer J; Sarrechia I; Siljehav V; Zeitlin J; Sentenac M
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2024;113(3):461-470
Treating very preterm European infants with inhaled nitric oxide increased in-hospital mortality but did not affect neurodevelopment at 5 years of age
Siljehav V; Gudmundsdottir A; Tjerkaski J; Aubert AM; Cuttini M; Koopman C; Maier RF; Zeitlin J; Aden U
Article: FRONTIERS IN PEDIATRICS. 2022;10:921444
The cerebrospinal fluid proteome of preterm infants predicts neurodevelopmental outcome
Leifsdottir K; Jost K; Siljehav V; Thelin EP; Lassaren P; Nilsson P; Haraldsson A; Eksborg S; Herlenius E
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2022;111(5):961-970
Proteomic profiles in cerebrospinal fluid predicted death and disability in term infants with perinatal asphyxia: A pilot study
Leifsdottir K; Thelin EP; Lassaren P; Siljehav V; Nilsson P; Eksborg S; Herlenius E
Article: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS. 2015;167(6):1207-13.e3
Prostaglandin E₂ Mediates Cardiorespiratory Disturbances during Infection in Neonates
Siljehav V; Hofstetter AM; Leifsdottir K; Herlenius E
Article: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY. 2014;117(9):1027-1036
Il-1β and prostaglandin E₂ attenuate the hypercapnic as well as the hypoxic respiratory response via prostaglandin E receptor type 3 in neonatal mice
Siljehav V; Shvarev Y; Herlenius E
Article: PEDIATRIC RESEARCH. 2012;72(5):460-467
mPGES-1 and prostaglandin E₂: vital role in inflammation, hypoxic response, and survival
Siljehav V; Hofstetter AO; Jakobsson P-J; Herlenius E
Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2007;104(23):9894-9899
The induced prostaglandin E₂ pathway is a key regulator of the respiratory response to infection and hypoxia in neonates
Hofstetter AO; Saha S; Siljehav V; Jakobsson P-J; Herlenius E

All other publications

Preprint: ARXIV. 2017
Large Neural Network Based Detection of Apnea, Bradycardia and Desaturation Events
Honoré A; Siljehav V; Chatterjee S; Herlenius E
Doctoral thesis: 2014
Neonatal respiratory control : inspiration, inflammation and the prostaglandin E2 pathway
Siljehav V

Grants

Children with congenital heart disease, longitudinal neurodevelopment during their first years of life
Promobilia
1 January 2025 - 31 December 2026
Children with congenital heart disease, longitudinal neurodevelopment thier first years of life
The Swedish Heartchild Foundation
1 January 2025
Long-term follow up of neurodevelopment in children with congenital heart disease
The DAMP foundation at the Karolinska University Hospital
1 October 2024
Queen Silvia's Jubilee Fund
Drottning Silvias Jubileumsfond
1 December 2012
ST-forskartjänst
Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm Regions research council
31 May 2010 - 31 December 2014
KID-medel
Karolinska Institutet
1 May 2009

Employments

Affiliated to Research, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2026

Degrees and Education

Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2014
University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 2007

Committee work

Member, Swedish society for paediatric cardiology, 2024-

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