Wim Grooten

*Current position*
University lecturer Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, division of Physical Therapy 2013- (100%). Amount of research within the employment about 25%. 

Associated professor (Docent) since spring 2011
Member of Institutional board (NVS)

*Previous positions and periods of appointments*
Research assistant Health University Linköping. 1991-1992.
University lecturer/associated professor Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, division of Physical Therapy from 2002-ongoing.
Ergonomist at Karolinska Institutet Department of Public Health, division of Work and Environmental Medicine from 2002-2012

*Research*
Research group leader
(https://ki.se/en/nvs/musculoskeletal-disorders-from-a-biopsychosocial-perspective)
Seventy peer-reviewed publications (see below)
Presentations at national and international conferences.
Grant holder in TRAMA project (EU-financed project 2008-2009).
Member in networks on Occupational Health Services 2010-2013, Regeneretive
Medicine, Swedish biomechanics Society, etc.

*Previous and current research funding.
2002-2006: Music Norrtälje NVV, 150 000 SEK
2010-2013: AFA insurance2 500 000 SEK.
2010-2013: KI-fonden about 130 000 SEK in total.
2011 Backapp AB 175 000
2014: Scandinavian Business Seating AS 325 000
2015-2017 ALF (Anna Kiesling/Magdalena Fresk) 700 000 SEK
2016 Qinematic – insurance company financed a project 575 000 SEK
2016-2018 Sveriges Regioner och kommuner (Magdalena Fresk) 120 000 SEK
2019-2021 Swiss National Science Foundation (Roman Kuster) 720 000 SEK
2022 Reumatikerförbundet (Björn Äng) 75 000 SEK

Education at the Karolinska Institutet

Main supervisor of one ongoing doctoral student: Fredrik Borg
Co-supervisor of one ongoing doctoral student: Magdalena Fresk.
Main supervisor of one finished doctoral student: Roman Kuster 2021.
Co-supervisor of four finished doctoral students: Christina Olsson, 2010,  
Ingrid Claesson, 2018, Elena Tseli 2019, John Ressman 2024.
External mentor for two doctoral students at the Karolinska Institutet (2009 and 2017)
Supervision of exam projects at bachelor level >150 students.
Supervision of exam projects at advanced level >90 students.
International supervisors at bachelor and master level.
Head course organization for several courses on bachelor, advanced and doctoral levels
Member in several halftime and disputation committees 2012-2024.
Coordinator international collaborations with Rosario University Bogota Colombia, ZWAH (Zurich, Switzerland)., Bern University (Switzerland).
“Best teacher in physiotherapy” –reward winner: 2015 and 2017, Winner of "Evidence blomman" 2024 (best teacher), nomitated nearly every year since 2014
2023. Corresponding author to a high-impact publication in Annals of Internal Medicine (https://doi.org/10.7326/M22-2348)

 
*Higher education degree(s)*
Master in public health 1988 University of Maastricht the Netherlands.
Physical Therapy, 1995, Karolinska Institutet.
Doctoral degree 2006, Med Dr. Karolinska Institutet. Doctoral thesis title: Work and Neck/Shoulder Pain – Risk and Prognostic factors.
Pedagogics for university teachers. Karolinska institutet (framtidens lärare)
Supervisor courses.

Pedagogic courses:

Framtidens lärare
Course leader at different levels
Lecturer and examinator in several courses at different levels
Supervisor courses