Research leaders in ageing research
There is ongoing ageing research at several of Karolinska Institutet's departments. Many of our researchers in ageing are also affiliated to Aging research Centre (ARC), a collaboration with Stockholm University.
Researchers and their expert areas
Maria Ankarcrona, experimental neurogeriatrics
Jovan Antović, clinical chemistry and ageing in haemophilia
Eling de Bruin, physiotherapy
Lars Bäckman, the psychology of ageing
Angel Cedazo Minguez, molecular neurogeriatrics
Maria Eriksdotter, geriatrics and Alzheimers disease
Maria Eriksson, molecular genetics in ageing
Johan Fastbom, geriatric pharmacology
Laura Fratiglioni, medical epidemiology in dementia
Johan Fritzell, socialgerontologi
Caroline Graff, genetic dementia research
Thomas Gustafsson, clinical physiology and ageing
Agneta Herlitz, the psycholgy and cognition of ageing
Janne Johansson, biological dementia research
Pekka Katajisto, stemcells and ageing
Miia Kivipelto, clinical geriatric epidemiology
Martin Lövdén, cognitive neuroscience in ageing
Karin Modig, ageing and health
Agneta Nordberg, clinical neuroscience and Alzheimers disease
Nancy Pedersen, genetic epidemiology
Dorota Religa, geriatrics
Christian Riedel, ageing and related diseases
Peter Stenvinkel, renal medicine and vascular ageing
Mats Thorslund, socialgerontology
Lars Tjernberg, Alzheimers disease
Matti Viitanen, clinical geriatrics
Lars-Olof Wahlund, geriatrics
Eric Westman, neurogeriatrics
Bengt Winblad, geriatrics
Dag Årsland, clinical dementia research
Departments and centres
Department of Biosciences and Nutrition
Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology
Department of Laboratory Medicine
Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Department of Medicine, Huddinge
Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery