About me
Professor in geriatrics
Consultant / Specialist doctor in geriatrics
Research description
Studies about multimorbidity, frailty, dementia (Alzheimer disease), cognition and aging.
Main supervisor
PhD student Theofanis Tsevis, MD, specialist in geriatrics
Alcohol consumption and cognitive impairment, registration 2019, halvtime 2021
PhD student Christian Molnar MD, specialist in primary care
Covid-19 and older adults, registration 2021
Co-supervisor
Frida Duell
Emily Ball, University of Edinburgh
Post docs: Gabriela Spulber, Juraj Secnik
Ongoing : KI main supervisors master MD: Joséphine Allheim, Ghadir Almosawi, Naima Ali Aden, Miina Saarikko, Gustav Lundvall
Previously main supervisor for PhD
Emilia Schwertner psychologist PhD 2022
Factors associated with behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia
Diabetes mellitus type 2 in dementia: Prevalence, treatment, survival and blood biochemistry
Cardiovascular disease in dementia
Mental health promotion among community-dwelling seniors with multimorbidity : perspectives of seniors, district nurses and home care assistants
Co-supervisors
Main supervisor - alumni KI master MD: Lars Cedergren, Joel Lovas, Liselia Bognandi, Milla Huttula, Pontus Dannberg, Shayan Bukhari, Hugo Söderström, Oliver Edner, Tanzir Hossain, Karwan Charboti, Bijoy Mohammed, Sofia Lim, Filippa Martinsson, Romina Walian, Ramin Sasani, Sara Fadhil, Aleksander Rytarowski,
Uppsala University: Maja Nelson
Co-supervisor: Hanna Eriksson, Ingrid Nilsson Modéer
Teaching portfolio
New books
Chapter 13 Driving and dementia
Dementia and society | Neurology and clinical neuroscience | Cambridge University Press
Chapter 6 Review of Medication in Patients with Dementia
Management of Patients with Dementia - The Role of the Physician SPRINGER
Education
MD 1999
PhD 2006
Associate Professor 2014
KI Professor 2020