Walter Osika

Walter Osika

Senior Research Specialist | Docent
Visiting address: Tomtebodavägen 18 A, 17165 Solna
Postal address: H1 Neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle, H1 ARC, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • Associate professor in clinical neuroscience and physician specialized in
    internal medicine, cardiology, and psychiatry.
    My research interests are early risk factors for cardiovascular disease and
    psychiatric disorders, mental stress and exhaustion disorders, as well as
    prevention and treatment of stress related disorders.
    We are also performing research on empathy, compassion and how thoughts,
    feelings and behavior at both individual and group level are affected under
    stress. How different types of mind sets are related to sustainability, and
    whether these mind sets and in the long run behaviors can be influenced, are
    the subject of several studies we conduct in collaboration with, among
    others, researchers at Lund University.
    How the COVID-19 pandemic impact mental health, inequality and particularly
    vulnerable groups, and how we can develop evidence-based guidelines and
    improve multilevel governance is the focus of the comprehensive research
    project PERISCOPE, in which we participate together with a significant number
    of partners from different parts of EU.

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Employments

  • Senior Research Specialist, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-
  • Manager, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2013-2024

Degrees and Education

  • Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2015
  • University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 1993

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