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

Madeleine Åkerman

Emil Aho

 

Post docs: Gabriela Spulber, Juraj Secnik

Ongoing : KI main supervisors master MD: David Hariri, Liv Törner Monsenego, Steven Nehme, Oliver Pihl, Jovana Stankovic, Anders Wikberg

 

Previously main supervisor for PhD

Emilia Schwertner psychologist PhD 2022

Factors associated with behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia

Juraj Secnik MD PhD 2021

Diabetes mellitus type 2 in dementia: Prevalence, treatment, survival and blood biochemistry

Pavla Cermakova MD PhD 2017

Cardiovascular disease in dementia

Åke Grundberg nurse PhD 2015

Mental health promotion among community-dwelling seniors with multimorbidity : perspectives of seniors, district nurses and home care assistants

Co-supervisors

Marie Tyrrell PhD 2020

Sharan Ananthaseshan PhD 2017

Emily Ball, PhD 2022, University of Edinburgh,  “Predicting post-stroke cognitive impairment using acute stroke neuroimaging and other biomarkers”

 

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,Joséphine Allheim, Ghadir Almosawi, Naima Ali Aden, Miina Saarikko, Gustav Lundvall, Maria Engstrand, Axel Haglind, Greta Häggström, Daria Julianna Kozlowska

 

Uppsala University: Maja Nelson

Co-supervisor: Hanna Eriksson, Ingrid Nilsson Modéer

Teaching portfolio

New books

Dementia and Society 2022

 

Chapter 13 Driving and dementia

Dementia and society | Neurology and clinical neuroscience | Cambridge University Press

 

Management

Chapter 6 Review of Medication in Patients with Dementia

Management of Patients with Dementia - The Role of the Physician SPRINGER

 

Drogowskazy

Drogowskazy w geriatrii 2021

 

 

 

 

Education

MD 1999

PhD 2006

Associate Professor 2014

KI Professor 2020