Karin Jensen
Professor
E-mail: karin.jensen@ki.se
Telephone: +46852482775
Visiting address: Nobels väg 9, D3, 17165 Solna
Postal address: K8 Klinisk neurovetenskap, K8 Neuro Jensen, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- I am a clinical psychologist and neuroscientist specializing in the human perception of pain, placebo effects and long-term pain conditions. I lead an interdisciplinary research group at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience (CNS) at ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
My scientific goal is to understand the cognitive mechanisms and brain pathways involved in the generation and regulation of pain in humans.
Faculty positions
2023 - now.....Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, Sweden
2019 - 2023...Associate Professor, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, Sweden
2014 - 2019....Assistant Professor, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, Sweden
2013 - 2017.....Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, USA
Other merits
2022 - now.....Deputy Head, Neuro Division, CNS, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡
2022 - 2022...Visiting Professor, University of Oxford, UK
2021 - now......Board Member, Strategic Research Area Neuro (StratNeuro)
2019 - now......Pro Futura Fellow, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS), Sweden
2015 - 2023....Board Member, International Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies (SIPS)
Education
Postdoctoral education
2010 - 2013.....Harvard Medical School / Mass General Hospital, Boston, USA
Doctoral education
2005 - 2009...PhD Clinical Neuroscience, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, Stockholm, Sweden
Basic education
2000 - 2005...MSc Clinical Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Research
- To understand the cognitive mechanisms and brain pathways involved in the generation and regulation of pain in humans.
Teaching
- Currently teaching
Medical Program
2021 - now....Cognitive Neuroscience, Basvetenskap 4, Modul 4, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡
PhD-course
2022 - now....The Science of the Placebo Effect, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡
Selected publications
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2022;27(8):3452-3459
- Article: SCIENCE ADVANCES. 2020;6(43):eabc1304
- Article: NEUROLOGY. 2017;88(20):1912-1918
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2015;112(25):7863-7867
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2014;19(3):392-398
- Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2012;109(39):15959-15964
Articles
- Article: PAIN. 2024;165(10):2240-2256
- Article: BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY. 2024;119:741-749
- Journal article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2024;95(10):s127
- Article: PAIN REPORTS. 2024;9(2):e1148
- Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2024;54(6):1207-1214
- Journal article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. 2024;4(1):100155
- Article: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA. 2024;95:92-98
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE. 2024;117(1):36-41
- Article: BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY. 2023;114:371-382
- Journal article: BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY. 2023;114:21-22
- Article: JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2023;24(9):1731-1743
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2023;17(4):342-351
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2023;27(7):831-847
- Article: CLINICAL JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2023;39(6):259-269
- Article: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2023;381:e072108
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2023;13(3):e066987
- Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2022;32(18):4039-4049
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2022;12(1):95
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2022;16(1):60-70
- Article: PAIN. 2022;163(2):274-286
- Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2022;32(2):266-274
- Article: FRONTIERS IN PAIN RESEARCH. 2022;3:962037
- Article: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2021;84(4):1821-1832
- Article: JBJS OPEN ACCESS. 2021;6(4):e21.00081
- Article: PLANT-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS. 2021;2(5):229-234
- Article: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA. 2021;92(5):507-512
- Article: MOLECULAR BRAIN. 2021;14(1):81
- Article: PAIN. 2021;162(5):1539-1544
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2021;25(2):398-414
- Article: PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PSYCHOSOMATICS. 2021;90(1):49-56
- Article: PAIN REPORTS. 2021;6(1):e914
- Article: PAIN. 2020;161(9):2079-2088
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2020;10(1):17
- Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY. 2020;11:586455
- Article: MOLECULAR PAIN. 2020;16:1744806920927625
- Article: BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY. 2019;81:272-279
- Journal article: 2019
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2019;9(1):12478
- Article: PAIN REPORTS. 2019;4(3):e698
- Article: BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY. 2018;74:213-221
- Article: PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PSYCHOSOMATICS. 2018;87(4):204-210
- Article: JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2017;18(7):835-843
- Article: PAIN. 2017;158(6):1014-1020
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2017;21(4):594-604
- Journal article: ARCHIVES DE PEDIATRIE. 2016;23(12):1302
- Article: BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY. 2016;58:218-227
- Article: BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY. 2016;57:38-46
- Article: PAIN. 2016;157(6):1279-1286
- Journal article: PSYCHOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS: THEORY RESEARCH, AND PRACTICE. 2016;3(2):132-145
- Journal article: EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE. 2016;2016:3925878
- Article: CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2015;25(10):3903-3910
- Journal article: BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY. 2015;49:e1
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(7):e0133316
- Article: JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2014;15(12):1328-1337
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2014;9(9):e107390
- Article: ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY. 2013;65(12):3293-3303
- Article: MOLECULAR PAIN. 2013;9:43
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2013;4(2):65-74
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2013;17(4):599-611
- Article: PAIN. 2013;154(3):459-467
- Journal article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2012;3(3):183
- Article: PAIN. 2012;153(7):1495-1503
- Article: MOLECULAR PAIN. 2012;8:1744-8069-8-32
- Article: PAIN. 2012;153(2):444-454
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(12):e52400
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(10):e48135
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2011;6(11):e27764
- Article: MOLECULAR PAIN. 2010;6:80
- Article: ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY. 2010;62(11):3488-3495
- Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2009;13(S1):s152
- Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2009;13(S1):s88
- Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2009;13(S1):s175c-ss176
- Article: PAIN. 2009;144(1-2):95-100
- Article: MOLECULAR PAIN. 2009;5:37
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2009;4(6):e6016
- Journal article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2006;10(S1):s113c-ss113
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All other publications
- Preprint: PSYARXIV. 2024
- Review: DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE AND CHILD NEUROLOGY. 2023;65(10):1316-1320
- Review: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY GLOBAL OPEN SCIENCE. 2023;3(4):605-613
- Letter: GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2022;163(6):1688-1690.e3
- Review: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2022;5(11):e2243848
- Corrigendum: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2022;12(1):192
- Corrigendum: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2022;86(3):1483
- Book: 2022Hoppets anatomi Om förväntanseffekter och placebo
- Preprint: PSYARXIV. 2021
- Preprint: OSF PREPRINTS. 2021
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2021
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2021
- Letter: PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PSYCHOSOMATICS. 2021;90(3):213-214
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2020
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2020
- Review: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2020;3(3):e201423
- Other: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2018;115:EZSA
- Review: INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF NEUROBIOLOGY. 2018;138:181-199
- Conference publication: BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY. 2016;57:E27
- Review: PAIN MEDICINE. 2016;17(6):1094-1111
- Other: EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE. 2016;2016:9362978
- Editorial comment: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PAIN. 2014;5(3):159-160
- Book chapter: IMAGING OF THE HUMAN BRAIN IN HEALTH AND DISEASE. 2014;p. 427-451
- Book chapter: PLACEBO AND PAIN. 2013;p. 83-88
- Corrigendum: PAIN. 2012;153(9):1981
- Review: NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. 2012;520(2):156-164
- Doctoral thesis: 2009
- Conference publication: ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY. 2009;66:S4
- Conference publication: RHEUMATOLOGY. 2009;48:I13
- Conference publication: NEUROLOGY. 2009;72(11):A213
- Meeting abstract: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2008;18:S580
- Conference publication: ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY. 2008;58(9):S434
- Conference publication: ACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA, SUPPLEMENT. 1965;S 41:309-&
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Grants
- Finding treatment targets through a new understanding of the link between neural plasticity and cognitive mechanisms in chronic painSwedish Research Council1 January 2024 - 1 January 2027
- Swedish Research Council1 December 2021 - 30 November 2025
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2021 - 31 December 2023
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2020 - 31 December 2022
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2020 - 31 December 2022
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2017 - 31 December 2019
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2014 - 31 December 2017
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 January 2011 - 31 December 2014
Employments
- Professor, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2023-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2019
- Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2009