Recently appointed professors
On this page we present Professors, Adjunct Professors and Visiting Professors who were appointed since August 2022. The list will be updated in mid-October 2023 in adjunct to the inauguration ceremoni in Aula Medica.
Professors
Per Östberg has been appointed Professor of Speech and Language Pathology at the Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology from 15 May 2023.
Anders Svenningsson has been appointed Professor of Neurology with a focus on Neuroinflammatory Diseases at the Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital from 1 April 2023.
Lisa Berlin Thorell has been appointed Professor of Developmental Psychology, with a focus on neuropsychological impairment, at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience from 7 March 2023.
Volker Lauschke has been appointed Professor of Translational Pharmacology at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology from 1 March 2023.
Gabriel Oniscu has been appointed Professor of Transplant Surgery at the Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology from 1 April 2023
Andreas Lundqvist has been appointed Professor of Oncological Immunotherapy at the Department of Oncology-Pathology from 1 February 2023.
Linus Jönsson has been appointed Professor of Health Economy at the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society from 24 January 2023.
Simon Ekman has been appointed Professor of Oncology at the Department of Oncology-Pathology from 1 January 2023.
Johan Lundström has been appointed Professor of Psychology with focus on Olfactory Perception at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience from 1 January 2023.
Tobias Alfvén has been appointed Professor of Global Child Health at the Department of Global Public Health from 28 November 2022.
Tomas Wester has been appointed Professor of Paediatric Surgery at the Department of Women's and Children's Health from 1 November 2022.
Marcus Carlsson has been appointed Professor of Clinical Physiology at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery from 1 October 2022.
Elisabeth Epstein has been appointed Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset from 1 October 2022.
Peter Bergman has been appointed Professor of Clinical Immunology at the Department of Laboratory Medicine from 1 September 2022.
Ulrik Kihlbom has been appointed Professor of Medical Clinical Ethics at the Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics from 15 August 2022.
Adjunct Professors
Svetlana Bajalica Lagercrantz has been appointed Adjunct Professor of Cancer Genetics, especially hereditary cancers, at the Department of Oncology-Pathology from 1 June 2023.
Rikard Wicksell has been appointed Adjunct Professor of Clinical Health Psychology at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience from 1 March 2023.
Kristina Teär Fahnehjelm has been appointed Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience from 1 February 2023.
Karin Wirdefeldt has been appointed Adjunct Professor of Neuroepidemiology at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics fråm 1 January 2023.
Helene Engstrand Lilja has been appointed Adjunct Professor of Paediatric Surgery at the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health from 1 January 2023.
Greg Nowak has been appointed Adjunct Professor of Transplantation Surgery at the Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology from 1 January 2023.
Magnus Schou has been appointed Adjunct Professor of Medical Radiochemistry at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience from 1 December 2022.
Niaz Ahmed has been appointed Adjunct Professor of Neurology at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience from 1 November 2022.
Soo Aleman has been appointed Adjunct Professor of Infection Medicine at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge from 1 October 2022.
Svetlana Lajic Näreskog has been appointed Adjunct Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology and Congenital Metabolic Diseases at the Department of Children's and Women's Health from 6 September 2022.
Visiting Professors
Eva Skillgate has been appointed Visiting Professor of Epidemiology, focusing on musculoskeletal disorders, at the Institute of Environmental Medicine from 1 June 2023.
Rino Bellocco has been appointed Visiting Professor of Biostatistics at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics from 1 September 2023.
Björn Önfelt has been appointed Visiting Professor of Molecular Immunology with focus on Cellular Immunotherapy at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge from 2 January 2023.
Paul Lambert has been appointed Visiting Professor of Biostatistics at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics from 1 January 2023.
Foreign Adjunct Professors
Tanja Manser has been appointed Foreign Adjunct Professor in Patient Safety at the Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology during the years 2023–2025.
Inauguration Ceremony in Aula Medica
In autumn every year, Karolinska Institutet arranges an Inauguration Ceremony where new professors at KI are presented and academic prizes are delivered. Next Inauguration Ceremony will be held in October 2023.