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Dissertations 2020-2024
Department of Clinical Sciences has many doctoral students, and every year about 40 doctoral candidates defend their theses.
Department of Clinical Sciences has many doctoral students, and every year about 40 doctoral candidates defend their theses.
Below you will find a list of all thesis defended at our institute during the period 2020-2024.
2023
Sandra Bjerkne Wenneberg: Researching secondary brain injuries after aSAH stroke
Oscar Cavefors: Heart failure common among ICU patients
Johan Wersäll: Preventing diabetic ketoacidosis in children
2022
Fredrik Pernbro - Coagulation in paediatric cardiac surgery
Anders Rosén - Diving and the brain
2021
Magni V. Guðmundsson - Aspects of lung mechanics during mechanical ventilation
2020
Martin Fredholm - Strain echocardiography in cardiac surgery - studies on the effects of loading conditions and inotropic agents on myocardial contraction and relaxation
Jane Hayden - The effect of intra-abdominal local anaesthetics following major gynaecological surgery. Clinical and experimental studies
Fredrik Olsen - Orthogeriatric anaesthesia - studies on the bone cement implantation syndrome, risk prediction and intraoperative haemodynamics
Nicklas Oscarsson - Hyperbaric oxygen treatment for pelvic radiation-induced injuries. From a multicenter randomized controlled trial to an experimental cell model
2024
Paula Giraldo: Reducing infection risks by modifying titanium implants
Adam Turner: Preventing biofilm-related implant failures
2023
Heithem Ben Amara: Biodegradable implants and tissue healing
2022
Erik Gerner - The role of sodium salicylate as a virulence inhibitor for soft tissue infections
2021
Dimitrios Karazisis - On osseointegration in response to controlled surface nanotopography
2024
Marta Laskowski: Self-assessment and risk factors for psoriasis
2023
Eva Backman: Simplifying treatment for basal cell carcinoma
Julia Fougelberg - On the diagnosis and treatment of intraepidermal carcinoma
2022
Gunnar Nyman - Contact allergy to propolis and beeswax. Occurence, diagnostics, and chemistry
2021
Maria Siekkeri Vandikas - Vitamin D and vitamin D-binding protein in psoriasis and effects of treatment
2020
Despina Kantere - New laser scanning microscopy techniques – detection tool for skin cancer
2024
Mikael Elvborn: Optimizing efficacy of targeted cancer therapy
Linn Hagmarker: Image-based method for bone marrow dosimetry
Martin Hjellström: Enhanced ability to estimate radioactive contamination
2023
Jonathan Arvidsson: Development of perfusion MRI techniques
Mikael Elvborn: Optimizing efficacy of targeted cancer therapy
Robert Lorentsson: New method for detecting ultrasound equipment errors
Emilia Palmér - Advances in MRI based radiation therapy - Bringing MRl-only and multiparametric methods towards clinical applications
2022
Charlotte Andersson - Optimisation of radionuclide therapy by reduction of normal tissue damage
Emilia Gryska - AI algorithms – towards a powerful diagnostic tool for brain tumors
Julia Götstedt - Evaluation of absorbed dose uncertainty in modulated radiotherapy plans
2021
Malin Larsson - Long-term radiobiological effects of 131I exposure - dose, age and time related transcriptomatic and proteomic response in rats
2020
Rimon Thomas - Primordial radionuclides in pit lakes in Sweden
2024
Verena Bröcker: Understanding rejection after uterus transplantation
Andrea Jonsdotter: Improving the outcome in infants with brain injury
Edina Sehic: The future of an artificial uterus
2023
Linda Kluge: Obesity and in vitro fertilization
Linnéa Lindroos: New approach in emergency care for pregnant women
Ida Nilsson - The long-term effects of obstetrical anal sphincter injury on pelvic floor function
Tove Wikström: Predicting and preventing preterm delivery
2022
Jwan Al-Mukhtar Othman - Pelvic floor dysfunction in nulliparous women
Charlotte Palmqvist - Centralized Ovarian Cancer Care - Complications, Costs and Survival
Johanna Wiik - Human papillomavirus infection and preterm delivery
2021
Mårten Alkmark - Management of late term pregnancy
Ahmed Baker Alshaikh - Principles of scaffold generation for bioengineering of the ovary and uterus: a study focusing on decellularization
Snorri Einarsson - Obesity, weight reduction treatment and IVF
Maria Forslund - Polycystic ovary syndrome in a lifetime perspective
Anna Lindfors - Robotic Surgery for Endometrial Cancer
Dominika Modzelewska - Methodological considerations in epidemiological studies in perinatal medicine
Arvind Manikantan Padma - Tissue engineering for novel female infertility treatments: studies on small and large animal models
2020
Erica Ginström Ernstad - Safety and quality aspects of IVF - neonatal and maternal outcomes following advanced techniques
Maria Hallingström - Biomarkers in mid-trimester amniotic fluid in relation to gestational duration and spontaneous preterm delivery
Maria Lycke - Clinical implementation of novel diagnostic biomarkers for epithelial ovarian cancer - Can we improve diagnosis?
Emma Norrman - Long-term outcome of children born after Assisted Reproductive Technology
2024
Anna Thulin: An increasing number affected by breast cancer with brain metastases
Anna Öfverholm: Assessing and managing the risk of hereditary cancer
2023
Sara Bjursten: Early detection of brain inflammation in immunotherapy
Peter Larsson – The proteasome as a target for cancer therapy
2022
Sravani Devarakonda - lntestinal health after pelvic radiotherapy - towards understanding persisting pathophysiological mechanismst
Iva Johansson - Studies of molecular features and novel prognostic biomarkers of cutaneous melanoma
2021
Åsa Jellvert - Aspects of Chemotherapy in Prostate Cancer
2020
Hanna Engqvist - Novel biomarkers associated with histotype and clinical outcome in early-stage ovarian carcinoma
Henrik Jespersen - Translational studies of metastatic melanoma in the era of immunotherapy - from humanized mouse models to clinical trials
Dilipkumar Malipatlolla - Understanding normal-tissue late effects in the intestines after pelvic radiotherapy
2024
Sadesh Balasingam: Long-term outcomes of ACL surgery
Marianne Flinck: Recovery after thighbone fractures in children
Jonathan Hughes: Risk factors for failure of ACL reconstruction
John Hutchins: MR Imaging in symptom-triggering positions
Karin Rilby: How hip prosthesis design affects functionality
Baldur Thorolfsson: Youth sports participation after ACL injury
2023
Unnur Jónsdóttir: Fear’s impact post Achilles tendon rupture
Niklas Nilsson - Chronic Achilles tendon rupture - surgical reconstruction and post-operative outcomes
Martin Paulsson - Distal femur fracture in the elderly patient
Emilia Möller Rydberg - Standardized treatment routines for ankle fractures are positive for both patients and care
2022
Henrik Hedelin - Bioabsorbable Screws for Pelvic Osteotomies in Children
Eythór Jónsson - Proximal and distal humeral fractures – outcome of primary arthroplasty
Therése Ramström - Rehabilitation and outcomes after spasticity-correcting surgery in the upper limb
Eleonor Svantesson - Revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction - current evidence, predictors and outcome
2021
Mustafa Ibrahim Ahmad - Periarticular changes in association with osteoarthritis in the hip, knee or shoulder
Eva Angelini - Postoperative pain management in planned lumbar spine surgery: Implementing structural changes in a complex healthcare setting
Joel Beck - Lumbar Disc Herniation Surgery - Novel Approaches, Timing and Outcomes
Camilla Bergh - Aspects of bone quality and risk assessments in fracture and elective orthopaedic patients
Carl Bergdahl - Humeral fractures - Epidemiology, treatment and reoperations in the Swedish Fracture Register
Pia Desai - Running-related injuries in recreational athletes. lncidence, risk factors and effectiveness of an injury-prevention programme
Ida Lindman - Artroskopi – Femoroacetabular impingement syndrome. Trends and outcomes after arthroscopic treatment in the general and athlete population
Nikolaos Papadimitriou - Cell Therapy in lntervertebral Disc Degeneration
Georgios Tsikandylakis - The role of head size in total hip arthroplasty - Dislocation, wear and cup stability
Wisam Witwit - Spinal column and hip joint changes, and their correlation to back pain in young athletes - radiological and clinical studies
2020
Anna S Aminoff - Hip range of motion and the prevalence of cam morphology in young athletes - clinical and radiological studies
Ingrid Andreasson - Functional outcome and experiences concerning daily life after malunion of the distal radius and corrective osteotomy
Urban Berg - Fast-track programs in total hip and knee replacement at Swedish hospitals - influences on safety, outcome and patients' experiences
Erik Bülow - Predicting mortality by comorbidity for patients with hip arthroplasty. Prospective observational register studies of a nationwide Swedish cohort
Georgios Chatziagorou - Periprosthetic femoral fracture after total hip replacement. Incidence, risk factors, and treatment
Birgitta Gatenholm - Pain in Osteoarthritic Joints: Biological Signaling and 3D Models based on Imaging
Daphne Hingert - The impact of signaling factors on intervertebral disc degeneration and regeneration - studies on disc and mesenchymal stem cells from chronic low back pain patients
Arne Johansson - Dynamic ultrasound investigation of clubfeet in children, 0-4 years of age, with normal controls
Per Jolbäck - Outcomes following primary total hip arthroplasty. With focus on the surgeon & surgeons' perceptions about feedback
Catharina Parai - Measurement of outcome in lumbar spine surgery. Validity and interpretability of frequently used outcome measures in the Swespine register
Karin Svensson - Diagnosis and management of periprosthetic joint infections
Axel Öhlin - Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome - Outcomes of Arthroscopic Hip Surgery
2024
Ann-Charlotte Persson: Measuring outcomes from bone conduction hearing aids
2023
Joel Bergqvist – Rhinosinusitis beyond the upper airways
Lars Pedersen - Septoplasty-predicting the outcome
2020
Ellen Lindell - Dizziness and Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) among older adults - Health-related quality of life and associating factors
2024
Sara Berggren: Early hormone levels linked to weight and brain development
Björn Bjurulf: New knowledge may help children with severe epilepsy
Jens Böhmer: Blood test replaces heart biopsy for transplant patients
2023
Jenny Lingman Framme - Thymus dysfunction in the 22q11 deletion syndrome
William Hellström - Markers and mechanisms of abnormal neurovascular development in the preterm infant
Lene Karlsson - Treatment failure in Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia: factors associated with frequency and outcome of resistant disease and relapse
Katarina Lannering – Early detection of critical congenital heart disease
Frida Strömberg Celind – Childhood asthma, epidemiology, prevalence and risk factors
Anna Svedlund: Monitoring bone density crucial for patients undergoing nutritional treatment
2022
2021
Magdalena Vu Minh Arnell - Neurogenic bladder and bowel dysfunction - incontinence and life situation in adolescents and adults with spina bifida
Margrét Johansson Guðjónsdóttir - Neonatal invasive infections with focus on Group B streptococci
Anna Hicke-Roberts - Changes in prevalence of asthma and allergy in Swedish school children over almost three decades and factors reducing risk of allergy
Vignir Sigurdsson - Young adults with childhood-onset inflammatory bowel disease - aspects of bone mineral density, body composition and physical exercise
Kjersti Kvernebo Sunnergren - Sex steroid secretion during childhood in males - with focus on prematurity, birth size, and growth patterns
2020
Kerstin Allvin - Sex steroids, IGF-I, and vascualar morphology from birth to adulthood in individuals born small for gestational age
2024
Jonas Löfstrand: New insights on patient satisfaction in breast reconstruction
Johnna Sahlsten Schölin: Adopted children with cleft lip and palate need more care
2023
2022
Peter Apelgren - Promoting the Clinical Relevance of 3D Bioprinting
Madiha Bhatti-Søfteland - Metopic synostosis - surgical results and perinatal aspects
2021
Matteo Amoroso - Microcirculation in tissue repair - from microsurgery to 3D bioprinting
Sara Fischer - Sagittal synostosis - surgical outcomes and long-term follow-up
Marizela Kljajic - Neuropsychological outcomes and health-related quality of life of children operated for nonsyndromic craniosynostosis
Anna Paganini - Experiences of living with cleft lip and palate A gender perspective
2024
Karin Ludwigs: New insights into the diagnosis of peripheral artery disease
Charlotte Sandström: Outcome of various treatments for aortic disease
Leif Torén: New methods for examining non-specific low back pain
2023
Eddie de Dios Perez: More patients could be treated without cervical fusion
Jens Johansson: New method for 3D imaging with whole brain coverage
2022
2020
Henrik Djerf - Invasive treatment for intermittent claudication - clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness
Yvonne Simrén - New perspectives on imaging of urinary tract infections in infants
2024
Anna Axelsson: Quality of life after anal cancer treatment
Erik Axman: Evaluating the outcomes after inguinal hernia surgery
Anna Corderfeldt Keiller: Reactions as blood is circulated and oxygenated by machines
Jakob Dahlberg: Detecting and characterizing thyroid cancer
Lisa Gunnesson: Toward more personalized care for PPGL tumors
Carl-Jacob Khailat Holmberg: Synergy of surgery and immunotherapy against melanoma
Nushin Mirzaei: Ultra-low dose of tracer identifies sentinel lymph node
Josefin Petersson: Encouraging keyhole surgery for colorectal cancer
Phatthranit Phattharapornjaroen: Flexible surge capacity in disasters
Sofia Sandberg: Long-term function after colorectal cancer surgery
2023
Suzanne Hedberg - Improving Procedure Selection and Surgical Technique in Bariatric Surgery
Terje Jansson Timan: Reduced mortality after acute abdominal surgery
Åsa Norén- Renal injury in liver transplantation: Clinical and mechanistic studies
2022
Agnieszka Podraza-Farhanieh - Exploring mechanisms of insulin secretion regulators using C. elegans
Åsa Norén- Renal injury in liver transplantation: Clinical and mechanistic studies
Vasu Sah - Novel immunotherapies, biomarkers and cellular populations for metastatic uveal melanoma
2021
Erik Elebring - Jejunal control of glucose homeostasis in the human body
Jenny Heiman - Breast cancer surgery - Aspects of patient-reported outcomes and physical activity
Aron Onerup - The role of physical activity for recovery after surgical procedures
Dorota Raj - Modeling of cisplatin resistance in C. elegans to improve cisplatin cancer therapy
Jorge Arroyo Vázquez - Stent treatment of perforated duodenal ulcer - physiology and clinical aspects
Caroline Vilhav - Translational and clinical aspects of pancreatic cancer
Sofie Walming - Rectal Cancer and Quality of Life. Aspects on Communication and Patient Education
2020
Sofia Erestam - Aspects of teamwork and intraoperative factors in the operating room
Elin Forsberg - Novel immunotherapies for metastatic melanoma - from mouse models towards clinical trials
Fernando Ruiz Jasbon - Aspects on the use of slowly degradable mesh in inguinal hernia
Ketaki Nishikant Methe - Transplantation of normal and decellularized syngeneic, allogeneic and xenogeneic cardiac tissue in mice and non-human primates
Nikhil Nayakawde - On tissue engineering of pig, human, and non-human primate tissues
2024
Suleiman Abuhasanein: New and rapid ways to detect bladder cancer
Katarina Koss Modig: Incontinence after prostate cancer surgery
John Åkerlund: Complications and kidney failure following kidney cancer surgery
Joakim Örtegren: Prostate biopsy – cancer detection and infection risk
2021
Elin Axén - Treatment of early prostate cancer - reducing side effects without jeopardizing cure
Junchi Huang - Osteoclasts in the fight against metastatic prostate cancer
Åsa Jellvert - Aspects of Chemotherapy in Prostate Cancer
Kimia Kohestani - Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Screening Tool for Prostate Cancer
Fredrik Stenmark - Transurethral microwave thermotherapy and transurethral resection of the prostate. Evaluation and development
Jonas Wallström - Optimized use of MRI in a PSA based prostate cancer screening program
2020
Karin Braide - Optimizing postoperative radiation therapy in prostate cancer: focus on side-effects, practical implementation and dose distribution
Erik Sagen - Transurethral resection of the prostate: studies on efficacy, morbidity and costs