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Helena Forsblad D´elia

Professor/ Chief Physician

Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research
Mail
helena.forsblad@rheuma.gu.se
Visiting address
Medicinaregatan 3, plan 5
41390 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 480
40530 Göteborg

About Helena Forsblad D´elia

About Helena Forsblad d’Elia

Professor in rheumatology, head of Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, deputy responsible of semester 6, Internal medicine at the new Medical programme, GU. Helena has a combined position as a rheumatologist at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital as university senior consultant in rheumatology.

Research

Helena conducts clinical and translational research. The studies focus on searching for factors that are important for the development of rheumatic disease, in particular axial spondyloarthritis (ax-SpA), the severity of the disease, comorbidity and how the disease affects patients' lives.

The basis for the research comes from clinically well-characterized cohorts of patients with collected biological material, imaging and questionnaire results. Matched control materials are used for comparison.

Helena leads the research group SpondyloArthritis Research Group https://www.gu.se/en/research/sparg-spondyloarthritis-research-group

Supervision

· Previous main supervisor of four graduated PhD students, co-supervisor of three PhD students and two post docs.

· Present main supervisor of one PhD student, co-supervisor of four PhD students and of two post docs.

Biography

  • MD, University of Gothenburg, 1988
  • Licensed physician, 1991
  • Specialist of rheumatology, 1996
  • PhD in rheumatology, University of Gothenburg, 2003
  • Associate professor in rheumatology, University of Gothenburg, 2009
  • Adjunct senior assistant master in rheumatology, University of Gothenburg, 2010
  • University senior consultant in rheumatology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 2011
  • Professor in rheumatology, Umeå University, 2015
  • Senior assistant master in rheumatology, University of Gothenburg, 2020
  • Professor in rheumatology, University of Gothenburg, 2021