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I am a licensed psychologist and a researcher at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, where I am affiliated to Sarah Bergens group: Psychiatric Genetic Epidemiology. My research focuses on individuals with severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. I am currently doing a postdoc at Stanford University, investigating menopause and severe mental illness using large scale datasets from Sweden and the USA. 

My research is focused on understanding psychotic disorders, with the hope of ultimately improving treatments, patient care and patient outcomes. I have a long lasting interest in cognitive function in individuals with psychosis - where potential biological underpinnings and interindividual differences have been the main focus of my research. I am also interested in the intersection between female specific health conditions and severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. My current project focuses on menopause and several aspects of severe mental illness: whether this period of life is associated with an increased risk of new onset of disorders, and whether use of hormone therapy in the menopause time frame is associated with clinical outcome. 

I have been jointly responsible for a course in psychosis and psychotic disorders for clinical psychologists within Region Stockholm psychiatry in specialist training. Additionally, I have had teaching activities at the undergraduate programme for psychologist at Stockholm Universite, at the undergraduate programmes for ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ students and psychologists at the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ as well as for case managers and residents in psychiatry in Region Stockholm. The topics include: introdution to psychotic disorders, cognitive function and cognitive assessment in psychotic disorders and psychotherapy in psychotic disorders.