Hedvig Glans
About me
I am affiliated to research at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge at KI. Moreover, I am also the expert coordinator in outbreak preparedness and response at the Centre for Health Crises.
In addition to my work at KI, I work as a specialist doctor with a focus on tropical medicine, vector-borne infections and the care of patients with serious highly contagious infections. Matters related to preparedness have been an integral part of my work, not least during my time as head of unit and responsible for high-isolation care at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge. From January 2025, I am the chairperson of the Regional Programme Area Infectious Diseases in Region Stockholm.Previously I have worked, among other things, as a medical expert in infectious diseases at the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, and as an infectious disease medical doctor and investigator at the Public Health Agency of Sweden.
Research
My research interest lies in the field of infectious diseases, both in terms of handling and treatment of highly infectious diseases and outbreaks, as well as vector-borne infections. My PhD thesis was on the parasitic disease cutan leishmaniasis, called: Cutaneous leishmaniasis – treatment and genetic mechanisms affecting outcome.
I conduct my post doc in Sara Gredmark Russ' research group, where the focus in on acute viral diseases, with a particular interest in tick borne encephalitis (TBE-virus). Insights on acute viral diseases underlying reasons could be used in studies on other viral diseases and in potential future outbreaks of new viral diseases.
Articles
- Article: GENES AND IMMUNITY. 2025;26(1):70-74Strunz B; Momayyezi P; Bilev E; Muvva JR; Chen P; Bister J; Schaffer M; Akber M; Cornillet M; Horowitz A; Malmberg K-J; Rooyackers O; Aleman S; Ljunggren H-G; Bjorkstrom NK; Stralin K; Hammer Q
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2024;19(12):e0310821Glans H; Matos GM; Bradley M; Downing T; Andersson B
- Article: JOURNAL OF TRAVEL MEDICINE. 2024;31(7):taae089Duvignaud A; Stoney RJ; Angelo KM; Chen LH; Cattaneo P; Motta L; Gobbi FG; Bottieau E; Bourque DL; Popescu CP; Glans H; Asgeirsson H; Oliveira-Souto I; Vaughan SD; Amatya B; Norman FF; Waggoner J; Diaz-Menendez M; Beadsworth M; Odolini S; Camprubi-Ferrer D; Epelboin L; Connor BA; Eperon G; Schwartz E; Libman M; Malvy D; Hamer DH; Huits R
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2023;14(1):5921Babacic H; Christ W; Araujo JE; Mermelekas G; Sharma N; Tynell J; Garcia M; Varnaite R; Asgeirsson H; Glans H; Lehtioe J; Gredmark-Russ S; Klingstroem J; Pernemalm M
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2023;120:23101Glans H; Gunnarsson K; Gredmark Russ S
- Article: EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2022;28(10):2074-2077Pettke A; Filen F; Widgren K; Jacks A; Glans H; Andreasson S; Muradrasoli S; Helgesson S; Hauzenberger E; Karlberg ML; Walai N; Bjerkner A; Gourle H; Gredmark-Russ S; Lindsjo OK; Sonden K; Asgeirsson H
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2022;122:375-381Glans H; Dotevall L; Van der Auwera G; Bart A; Blum J; Buffet P; Guery R; Gangneux J-P; van Henten S; Harms G; Varani S; Robert-Gangneux F; Rongisch R; Andersson B; Bradley M
- Article: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2022;13:834862Brownlie D; Rodahl I; Varnaite R; Asgeirsson H; Glans H; Falck-Jones S; Vangeti S; Buggert M; Ljunggren H-G; Michaelsson J; Gredmark-Russ S; Smed-Sorensen A; Marquardt N
- Article: PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES. 2021;15(12):e0010110Glans H; Lind Karlberg M; Advani R; Bradley M; Alm E; Andersson B; Downing T
- Article: BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2021;21(1):494Glans H; Gredmark-Russ S; Olausson M; Falck-Jones S; Varnaite R; Christ W; Maleki KT; Karlberg ML; Broddesson S; Falck-Jones R; Bell M; Johansson N; Farnert A; Smed-Sorensen A; Klingstroem J; Brave A
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2020;205(9):2437-2446Varnaite R; Garcia M; Glans H; Maleki KT; Sandberg JT; Tynell J; Christ W; Lagerqvist N; Asgeirsson H; Ljunggren H-G; Ahlen G; Frelin L; Sallberg M; Blom K; Klingstrom J; Gredmark-Russ S
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2020;117:19256Glans H; Hertting O
- Article: JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2020;221(8):1295-1303Liang F; Glans H; Enoksson SL; Kolios AGA; Lore K; Nilsson J
- Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2020;117:F3HWGlans H; Sönnerborg A; Aleman S
- Article: JOURNAL OF TRAVEL MEDICINE. 2019;26(8):taz055Boggild AK; Caumes E; Grobusch MP; Schwartz E; Hynes NA; Libman M; Connor BA; Chakrabarti S; Parola P; Keystone JS; Nash T; Showler AJ; Schunk M; Asgeirsson H; Hamer DH; Kain KC; von Sonnenburg F; Rothe C; Jordan S; Vinnemeier C; Yansouni C; McCarthy A; Jensenius M; Goorhuis A; Coyle C; Mockenhaupt F; Harms-Zwingengerger G; Leung D; Benson S; Gautret P; Javelle E; Chappuis F; Rapp C; Ficko C; van Genderen P; Glans H; Beadsworth M; Beeching N; Castelli F; Matteelli A; Plewes K; Mirzanejad Y; Lopez-Velez R; Chamorro S; Waggoner J; Wu H; Leder K; Torresi J; Bottieau E; Huits R; Chen L; Bourque D; Alpern J; Stauffer W; Cahill J; Wyler B; Haulman J; Terry A; Licitra C; Taylor A; Perret Perez C; Weitzel T; Gkrania-Klotsas E; Warne B; Schlagenhauf P; Weber R; Larsen CS; Wejse C; Barnett E; Hochberg N; Barkati S; Vincelette J; Molina I; Malvy D; Duvignaud A; Mendelson M; Parker S; Johnston V; Field V; Kuhn S; Piyaphanee W; Silachamroon U; Diaz-Menendez M; Kelly P; Blumberg L; de Frey A; Pandey P; Amatya B; Mavunda K; Saio M
- Article: TRAVEL MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE. 2019;32:101504Gautret P; Angelo KM; Asgeirsson H; Duvignaud A; van Genderen PJJ; Bottieau E; Chen LH; Parker S; Connor BA; Barnett ED; Libman M; Hamer DH; Javelle E; Mendelson M; Glans H; Caumes E; Lim PL; Alpern J; Stauffer W; Boggild A; Kain K; Leder K; Torresi J; Plewes K; Ghesquiere W; Maivy D; Chappuis F; Eperon G; Borwein S; Yates J; Ward B; Waggoner J; Wu H; Molina I; Bourque D; Mavunda K; Ujne M; Katsuna S; Larsen C; Wejs C; Hynes N; Kelly P; Kuhn S; Perez CP; Weitzel T; Jordan S; Salo M; Beadsworth M; Beeching N; Jensenius M; Anderson S; Schlagenhauf P; Weber R
- Article: BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2018;18(1):632Glans H; Dotevall L; Sobirk SK; Farnert A; Bradley M
- Journal article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2013;110(22):1094-1097Glans H; Rönnbäck K; Berggren I; Darenberg J; Linde A; Eriksson BKG
- Journal article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2012;109(6):279-281Glans H; Dotevall L
All other publications
- Doctoral thesis: 2022Glans H
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2021Glans H; Karlberg ML; Advani R; Bradley M; Alm E; Andersson B; Downing T
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2021Brownlie D; Rødahl I; Varnaite R; Asgeirsson H; Glans H; Falck-Jones S; Vangeti S; Buggert M; Ljunggren H-G; Michaëlsson J; Gredmark-Russ S; Smed-Sörensen A; Marquardt N
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2020Glans H; Gredmark-Russ S; Olausson M; Falck-Jones S; Varnaite R; Christ W; Maleki K; Karlberg ML; Broddesson S; Falck-Jones R; Bell M; Johansson N; Färnert A; Smed-Sörensen A; Klingström J; Bråve A
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2020Varnaitė R; García M; Glans H; Maleki K; Sandberg JT; Tynell J; Christ W; Lagerqvist N; Asgeirsson H; Ljunggren H-G; Ahlén G; Frelin L; Sällberg M; Blom K; Klingström J; Gredmark-Russ S
Employments
- Expert coordinator outbreak preparedness and response, Centre for Health Crises, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-2025
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-2023
Degrees and Education
- Junior Career Program, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, 2023
- Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, 2022