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I am a RN, and have been working in rheumatology since 1991.

In 2004 I became involved in a clinical research project following the cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) at the Karolinska University Hospital.

In 2012 I defended my thesis “Fatigue, perceived, described and assessed in systemic lupus erythematosus” at KI. .

2013 Postdoc at Uppsala University in the research group of Professor Åsenlöf (Department of Neuroscience, Physiotherapy). .

2014 -2017 position as University nurse. This position was a three year project facilitating the combination of clinic, teaching and research, with affiliation to the research group of Professor Christina Opava.
During this period I was also involved in e-Health projects under 4D arthritis.

2017 - 2022 Director of Nursing Development, Inflammation and Ageing Theme Karolinska University Hospital.

From september 2022 I have a combined position focusing on development and reserch at the Medical Unit Gastroenterolgy-Dermatology-Rheumatology at the Karolinska University hospital and the Swedish Rheumatology Quality Register.

In the end of 2023 I recived the title Docent in nursing

My reserach affiliation is the research group of Aleksandra  Antovic.

Additional information:
Vårdsakkunnig sjuksköterska, RPO Reumatiska sjukdomar 2020-2025 sjukdomar

My main reseach focus is "Patients' perceptions of concequences of living with chronic conditions", with special interest on illness perceptions and educational needs. I am currently focusing on the patients groups: systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), antineutrophilic cytoplasmatic antibody associated vasculitis (AAV), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and pulmonary fibrosis.


I am currently main-supervisor to one and co-supervisors to four PhD-students.

Exemple of clinical implementation:
The electronic implementation of the Quick Systemic Lupus Activity Questionnaire (Q-SLAQ): a simplified version of SLAQ for patient-reported disease activity, into the Swedish Rheumatology Quality Register .