Weili Xu

Professor in Geriatric Epidemiology
I have a bachelor’s degree in medicine and a master's in Epidemiology. In 2008, I earned a PhD degree in Geriatric Epidemiology. After that, I worked as a postdoc, Research Associate, Senior researcher and Senior lecturer for 14 years till 2023. As a main supervisor, I have supervised 7 PhD students with 6 defended at KI.

My research has been focusing on cardio- and metabolic disorders, nutrition, brain/cognitive aging and dementing disorders. Specific research lines of major interest are (1) the impact of cardio-metabolic disorders on brain aging and cognitive phenotypes from cognitive aging, and cognitive impairment to dementia, (2) the role of nutrition and diet in cognitive aging, (3) the influences of poor sensory function on cognitive decline and brain MRI changes, (4) the exploration of compensatory factors for dementia risk in cardio-metabolic diseases, and (5) dementia and care utilization.

Group members:

Sakura Sakakibara, PhD student

Abigail Dove, Postdoc

Rongrong Yang, Postdoc

Johan Fastbom, Professor (Part-time)

Jiao Wang, Postdoc (Affiliated)
Anders Sköldunger, Associate Professor (Affiliated)

Research funding:
FORTE
Swedish Research Council

Strategic Research Programme in Diabetes
Konung Gustaf V:s och Drottning Victorias Frimurarestiftelse
Demnesfonden