Caroline Leijonhufvud
Affiliated to research
Caroline Leijonhufvud MD PhD
About me
Caroline Leijonhufvud gained her M.D. at the Karolinska Institutet (KI) in 2016 where she also began her M.D.-Ph.D.-programme and joined as the first employee when Associate Professor Mattias Carlsten set up his research group. She has also been co-supervised by Associate Professor Andreas Lundqvist at KI, and Rear Admiral Dr. Richard W. Childs, Assistant Surgeon General of the U.S. and Clinical Director at NHLBI, NIH where she also has spent parts of her Ph.D studies. Caroline defended her Ph.D. thesis titled “Advancing Cancer Immunotherapy by Exploring NK Cell Education, Antibody Targeting and Tissue Homing -Stay Tuned for Directions Reaching Beyond the Natural Biology” in November 2022.
Education
Ph.D. in Medical Science, Karolinska Institutet 2022
Swedish Medical licence 2021
Research Medical Internship Programme (Forskar-AT) Karolinska University Hospital
Medical Doctor, Karolinska Institute 2016
FoLäk fd LÄFO Karolinska Institute 2011
Stockholm School of Economics 2008-2011