Kristina Alexanderson
Professor
Clinical Neuroscience
Karolinska Institutet
Sweden
Biography
Professor of Social Insurance since 2003.Head of the Division of Insurance Medicine and deputy head of the Department of Clinical Neuroscience.Leader of the interdisciplinary research group ’Sickness Absence, Health, and Living Conditions’, where some 30 different research projects are run and about 40 people work. Have since 25 years conducted research mainly on different aspects of sickness absence and disability pension (in general and with specific diagnoses), such as 1. risk factors for sick leave or disability pension, 2. consequences of being sickness absent or disability pensioned, 3. factors that hinder and promote return to work, 4. sickness certification practises, 5. methods and theories within this research area.
Research Interest
Clinical Neuroscience
Publications
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Gerner U, Alexanderson K. Issuing sickness certificates: a difficult task for physicians: a qualitative analysis of written statements in a Swedish survey. Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine. 2009 Jan;37(1):57-63.
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Müssener U, Festin K, Upmark M, Alexanderson K. Positive experiences of encounters with healthcare and social insurance professionals among people on long-term sick leave. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 2008 Nov 5;40(10):805-11.
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Ã…kerstedt T, Knutsson A, Narusyte J, Svedberg P, Kecklund G, Alexanderson K. Night work and breast cancer in women: a Swedish cohort study. BMJ open. 2015 Apr 1;5(4):e008127.
