Maria Altman
Affiliated to research
About me
- Post-doc researcher in Perinatal Epidemiology, Olof Stephansson's group
- Specialist doctor in Paediatrics, Astrid Lindgren Childrens' Hospital
- Former director of studies at the KI/SLL Research School in Epidemiology for Clinicians (generation 11, 2012-2014)
Research description
I work mainly on register-based studies of perinatal risk-factors and outcomes, focusing on near-term and term newborn infants. Specifically, I perform diagnostic studies of the routine examination of newborn infants and cohort studies of neonatal hypoglycaemia treated at the well-baby clinic. As a side-track I am also working with studies on paediatric gastroenterology and neonatal seizures.
I have a great interest in pedagogy and teaching. I still teach at the KI/SLL Research School in Epidemiology and I have organized several epidemiology courses of different formats for other post-graduate students. I am part of the research school steering group, reading applications to the school every year. I also teach medical students at Karolinska Institutet on a regular basis. For the future, I am interested in creating e-learning courses and I have recently taken a course in Open Network Learning.
I have been visiting professor at Humanitas University in Milan, Italy 2015-2016. This cooperation has led to one manuscript so far. I am also cooperating with SDA Bocconi School of Management and Milano-Bicocca University in Milan. Among other things, I have taught epidemiology at the SDA Bocconi Master of International Health Care Management, Economics and Policy (MIHMEP), an international leadership course for physicians at Humanitas/Bocconi and to the medical students at Humanitas.
Education
2018 Specialist in Paediatic Medicine, Karolinska Hospital
2011 Doctoral degree (PhD) in Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
2005 Licensed Physician
2001 Medical degree, Karolinska Institiutet
Academic honours, awards and prizes
2014: Awarded the SLL Postdoktor grant at 50% duty for 4 years