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Diana Swolin-Eide
Professor/ Chief Physician
Department of PediatricsAbout Diana Swolin-Eide
§ Professor at the Department of Pediatrics, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
§ University Hospital Chief Physician at Pediatric Endocrinology at Queen Silvia's Children's Hospital, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
§ Head of Research and Education at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
The research profile is growth, skeletal development in children and adolescents, osteoporosis and bone density measurements. Diana Swolin-Eide defended her thesis in 1997 at the University of Gothenburg with the thesis "Effects of Growth Hormone and Steroids in Human Osteoblast-like Cells" and became Associate Professor in Pediatrics in 2011 and Professor in 2021.
As Professor of pediatrics, Diana Swolin-Eide is responsible for the pediatric part of the Medical Program in Semester 9 and is a course leader and regularly participates in the Semester 9 Council, Pediatrics Council, Program Board and the Medical Program Committee.
RESEARCH
The majority of research projects are ongoing with doctoral students, students and external partners. Holders of external research funds and ALF funds. The overall aim is to study the regulation of bone density and growth in pediatric patients through translational studies with the goal of preventing growth disorders, osteoporosis and fractures. The projects have a unique profile within pediatric research in a field that is in increasing clinical demand, due to new patient groups. Osteoporosis is a nationally growing health problem with large costs to society. Many factors affect the skeleton and therefore several of these are studied.
Research profile
Osteoporosis and Type 1 diabetes are nationally growing health problems. The goal is to study bone density and growth in pediatric patients through clinical and translational studies. The goal is to increase knowledge about bone health, find early diagnosis, prevent growth disorders, reduce osteoporosis and change care programs within a few years. High clinical competence is found in our multidisciplinary research group and a functional infrastructure.
Diana has been working for a long time with medical educational issues at various levels and worked both locally, regionally and nationally with this type of issue.
Diabetes & bones
Type 1 diabetes is the second most common disease in children in Sweden and the incidence has increased. In our SweBoneDiab study and the 5-year longitudinal follow-up, young people with long diabetes duration are examined regarding growth, bone density, bone microstructure, bone markers and body composition. A unique control group is available and metabolic data from national registries are available. Preventing diabetes complications is one of the goals.
Micro-RNA & bones
Micro-RNA affects gene expression and proteins and their relationship to the skeleton and type 1 diabetes in young people is unknown. In SweBoneDiab and in the longitudinal study, miRNA will be studied in relation to other data collected in an international study. Are there differences between young individuals with diabetes and healthy young people? Our pilot study shows a relationship to cancer and this will be validated. Potential to become new clinical markers.
Growth & Bone
The goal is to study early growth patterns and growth in diseases such as diabetes. Models that explain the different phases of growth will be used. Different clinical cohorts will be used. The growth and bone health of young kidney transplant patients will be followed up to 10 years after transplantation. Bone health will increase and long-term follow-up of prematurely born children is clinically important.
Rare skeletal diseases
Clinical pediatric skeletal dysplasias will be diagnosed using various genetic analyses, which will contribute to increased knowledge and will be valuable when SU applies for NHV assignments. The studies will lead to improved treatment, rehabilitation and quality of life in young patients.
Ongoing doctoral projects:
Specialist physician Carin Skogastierna: "Studies of early growth in childhood".
Specialist physician Erik Myrberg: "Peer coaching as a method for developing physicians' competence as clinical supervisors".
Several individuals conduct research with Diana as a supervisor, such as master's students as well as Associate professors in molecular and clinical medicine.
OTHER
Member of the Majblomman Research Council and the Ågrenska Board. Member on the steering committee for the education program for Innovation and Technology and the Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Medicine program for doctors. Many other assignments exists within a broad area of Educational boards and programs.
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Diana Swolin-Eide, Professor of Pediatrics
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Early life growth is related to pubertal growth and adult height - a QEPS-model
analysis
Carin Skogastierna, Anton Holmgren, Aimon Niklasson, Andreas FM Nierop, Aldina Pivodic, Anders Elfvin, Diana Swolin-Eide, Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland
PEDIATRIC RESEARCH - 2025 -
Associations between birth characteristics, pubertal timing and adult
height
Carin Skogastierna, N. Kalay, Diana Swolin-Eide, Anton Holmgren
Acta Paediatrica - 2025 -
Structural Variants in COL1A1 and COL1A2 in Osteogenesis
Imperfecta
Dominyka Batkovskyte, Diana Swolin-Eide, Anna Hammarsjo, Kristine Bilgrav Saether, Sofia Thunström, Johanna Lundin, Jesper Eisfeldt, Anna Lindstrand, Ann Nordgren, Eva Astrom, Giedre Grigelioniene
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART A - 2025 -
Nurses' experiences of providing digital and in-person healthcare support to children living with complex chronic
conditions
Margaretha Jenholt Nolbris, Johanna Ström, Wiberg, Diana Swolin-Eide, Stefan Nilsson, Malin Berghammer
Journal of Pediatric Nursing - 2025 -
Gut microbiota differences in five-year-old children that were born preterm with a history of necrotizing enterocolitis: A pilot
trial
Amanda Magnusson, Seyedeh Marziyeh Jabbari Shiadeh, Maryam Ardalan, Diana Swolin-Eide, Anders Elfvin
ISCIENCE - 2024 -
Body composition and bone mass among 5-year-old survivors of necrotizing
enterocolitis
Amanda Magnusson, Diana Swolin-Eide, Anders Elfvin
Pediatric Research - 2023 -
Circulating microRNAs in young individuals with long-duration type 1 diabetes in comparison with healthy
controls.
Diana Swolin-Eide, Gun Forsander, Auste Pundziute Lyckå, Daniel Novak, Johannes Grillari, Andreas B Diendorfer, Matthias Hackl, Per Magnusson
Scientific reports - 2023 -
The Significance of the FTO Gene for Weight and Body Composition in Swedish Women With Severe Anorexia Nervosa During Intensive Nutrition
Therapy
Anna Svedlund, Bojan Tubić, Anders Elfvin, P. Magnusson, Diana Swolin-Eide
Journal of the American College of Nutrition - 2022 -
Bone mass and biomarkers in young women with anorexia nervosa: a prospective 3-year follow-up
study
Anna Svedlund, Cecilia Pettersson, Bojan Tubić, Lars Ellegård, Anders Elfvin, P. Magnusson, Diana Swolin-Eide
Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism - 2022 -
Reply - Letter to the editor - Nutritional status in women with anorexia nervosa: Mortality risk
consideration
Cecilia Pettersson, Ola Wallengren, Anna Svedlund, Diana Swolin-Eide, Gunilla Paulson Karlsson, Lars Ellegård
Clinical Nutrition - 2022 -
Impaired renal clearance among Swedish adolescents born
preterm
Carin Skogastierna, Anders Elfvin, Sverker Hansson, P. Magnusson, Diana Swolin-Eide
Acta Paediatrica - 2022 -
Dietary intake and nutritional status in adolescents and young adults with anorexia nervosa: A 3-year follow-up
study
Cecilia Pettersson, Anna Svedlund, Ola Wallengren, Diana Swolin-Eide, G. P. Karlsson, Lars Ellegård
Clinical Nutrition - 2021 -
Does Whole-Body Vibration Treatment Make Children's Bones
Stronger?
Diana Swolin-Eide, P. Magnusson
Current Osteoporosis Reports - 2020 -
Altered cortical bone strength and lean mass in young women with long-duration (19 years) type 1
diabetes
Daniel Novak, Gun Forsander, Eva Kristiansen, Anna Svedlund, P. Magnusson, Diana Swolin-Eide
Scientific Reports - 2020 -
Intensive weight gain therapy in patients with anorexia nervosa results in improved serum tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) 5a and 5b isoform protein
levels.
Christina Patlaka, Bojan Tubić, Pernilla Lång, Staffan Paulie, Diana Swolin-Eide, Per Magnusson, Göran Andersson
Eating and weight disorders : EWD - 2020 -
Increased risk of rickets but not fractures during childhood and adolescence following necrotizing enterocolitis among children born preterm in
Sweden
Amanda Magnusson, M. Ahle, R. E. Andersson, Diana Swolin-Eide, Anders Elfvin
Pediatric Research - 2019 -
The Utility of DXA Assessment at the Forearm, Proximal Femur, and Lateral Distal Femur, and Vertebral Fracture Assessment in the Pediatric Population: The 2019 Official Pediatric Positions of the
ISCD
David R. Weber, Alison Boyce, Catherine Gordon, Wolfgang Hogler, Heidi H. Kecskemethy, Madhusmita Misra, Diana Swolin-Eide, Peter Tebben, Leanne M. Ward, Halley Wasserman, Christopher Shuhart, Babette S. Zemel
Journal of Clinical Densitometry - 2019 -
Prospective study of growth and bone mass in Swedish children treated with the modified Atkins
diet.
Anna Svedlund, Tove Hallböök, P Magnusson, Jovanna Dahlgren, Diana Swolin-Eide
European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society - 2019 -
Randomised study of children with obesity showed that whole body vibration reduced
sclerostin.
Bojan Tubić, Rickard Zeijlon, Göran Wennergren, Barbara Obermayer-Pietsch, Staffan Mårild, Jovanna Dahlgren, Per Magnusson, Diana Swolin-Eide
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) - 2019 -
Variation of bone acquisition during growth hormone treatment in children can be explained by proteomic biomarkers, bone formation markers, body composition and nutritional
factors
Diana Swolin-Eide, Björn Andersson, Gunnel Hellgren, P. Magnusson, Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland
Bone - 2018 -
A 3-year longitudinal study of skeletal effects and growth in children after kidney
transplantation
Diana Swolin-Eide, Sverker Hansson, P. Magnusson
Pediatric Transplantation - 2018 -
Population-based study showed that necrotising enterocolitis occurred in space-time clusters with a decreasing secular trend in
Sweden.
Amanda Magnusson, Margareta Ahle, Diana Swolin-Eide, Anders Elfvin, Roland E Andersson
Acta paediatrica - 2017 -
Vitamin D status in young Swedish women with anorexia nervosa during intensive weight gain
therapy.
Anna Svedlund, Cecilia Pettersson, Bojan Tubić, Per Magnusson, Diana Swolin-Eide
European journal of nutrition - 2017 -
Increased Bone Mineral Content During Rapid Weight Gain Therapy in Anorexia
Nervosa
Bojan Tubić, Cecilia Pettersson, Anna Svedlund, Helene Berteus Forslund, P. Magnusson, Diana Swolin-Eide
Hormone and Metabolic Research - 2016 -
Description of an intensive nutrition therapy in hospitalized adolescents with anorexia
nervosa.
Cecilia Pettersson, Bojan Tubić, Anna Svedlund, Per Magnusson, Lars Ellegård, Diana Swolin-Eide, Helene Berteus Forslund
Eating behaviors - 2016 -
Different osteocalcin forms, markers of metabolic syndrome and anthropometric measures in children within the IDEFICS
cohort.
Bojan Tubić, Per Magnusson, Staffan Mårild, Monica Leu, Verena Schwetz, Isabelle Sioen, Diana Herrmann, Barbara Obermayer-Pietsch, Lauren Lissner, Diana Swolin-Eide
Bone - 2016 -
Vitamin D status in children over three decades - Do children get enough vitamin
D?
B. Andersson, Diana Swolin-Eide, P. Magnusson, Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland
Bone Reports - 2016 -
Vitamin D levels in Swedish Children over the past 30
years.
Diana Swolin-Eide, Björn Andersson, P Magnusson, Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Seattle, WA October 9–12, 2015 - 2015 -
Increased osteocalcin levels and bone mineral content during rapid weight gain therapy in anorexia nervosa
patients.
Bojan Tubić, Cecilia Pettersson, Anna Svedlund, Helene Berteus Forslund, P Magnusson, Diana Swolin-Eide
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. October 9–12, 2015 Seattle, WA, USA. - 2015 -
Utvärdering av en kurs för ST-läkare om sällsynta diagnoser- Vad ger
detta?
Diana Swolin-Eide, A Harrysson, R Hejdenberg, AC Röjvik
Barnveckan, 20-23 April 2015, Stockholm, Sverige - 2015 -
No secular trend in vitamin D levels over the past 30 years in Swedish
children.
Björn Andersson, Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland, Diana Swolin-Eide, P Magnusson
54th Annual ESPE. 1-3 Oct 2015, Barecelona, Spain. Hormone research in pædiatrics. - 2015 -
Vitamin D status in young women with anorexia nervosa during intensive weight gain
therapy.
Anna Svedlund, Bojan Tubić, Cecilia Pettersson, P Magnusson, Diana Swolin-Eide
7th International conference on childrens bone health. 27-30 juni, 2015. Salzburg, Österrike. Bone abstracts - 2015 -
Early increase of the bone formation marker PINP is in a higher degree related to growth response compared to bone mineralization in GH treated prepubertal
children
Ralph Decker, Björn Andersson, Diana Swolin-Eide, Per Magnusson, Berit Kriström, Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland
Horme Research in Paediatrics - 2015 -
Seasonal variations in vitamin D in relation to growth in short prepubertal children before and during first year growth hormone
treatment.
Björn Andersson, Diana Swolin-Eide, Berit Kriström, Lars Gelander, P Magnusson, Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland
Journal of endocrinological investigation - 2015 -
Whole-body vibration therapy in children with severe motor
disabilities.
Sophie Kilebrant, Gunnar Braathen, Roger Emilsson, Ulla Glansén, Ann-Charlott Söderpalm, Bo Zetterlund, Barbro Westerberg, Per Magnusson, Diana Swolin-Eide
Journal of rehabilitation medicine - 2015 -
Short-term changes in bone formation markers following growth hormone (GH) treatment in short prepubertal children with a broad range of GH
secretion.
Björn Andersson, Diana Swolin-Eide, Per Magnusson, Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland
Clinical endocrinology - 2015 -
Osteocalcin and Markers of the Metabolic Syndrome in Overweight Children within the IDEFICS
Study.
Bojan Tubić, P Magnusson, Staffan Mårild, M Leu, V Schwetz, I Sioen, D Herrmann, B Obermayer-Pietsch, Lauren Lissner, Diana Swolin-Eide
ASBMR, Houston,SA 0106. - 2014 -
Nutrition therapy in anorexia nervosa. Changes in weight, body composition and food aversion after twelve weeks of intensive
treatment.
C Pettersson, Helene Berteus Forslund, Bojan Tubić, A Svedlund, Diana Swolin-Eide
Nordic Eating Disorder Conference, 140917-19, Stockholm. - 2014 -
Effects of Whole-Body Vibration Therapy on Bone, Muscle and Metabolism in Obese
Adolescents.
R Zeijlon, Bojan Tubić, Staffan Mårild, Göran Wennergren, Jovanna Dahlgren, P Magnusson, Diana Swolin-Eide
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) , Huston - 2014 -
Short-term changes in bone formation markers following growth hormone (GH) treatment in short prepubertal children with a broad range of GH
secretion.
Björn Andersson, Diana Swolin-Eide, P Magnusson, Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland
ESPE, Dublin - 2014 -
Bone mass and bone markers in prematurely born children at four years of
age.
Lennart Stigson, Anna Kistner, Jon Sigurdsson, Eva Engström, P Magnusson, Ann Hellström, Diana Swolin-Eide
Pediatric Academy Society. Congressbook publication 1548.732. Vancouver - 2014 -
Body composition in relation to postnatal levels of insulin-like growth factors in children born
preterm.
Lennart Stigson, Anna Kistner, Jon Sigurdsson, Eva Engström, P Magnusson, Ann Hellström, Diana Swolin-Eide
Pediatric Academy Society, Congressbook publikation 2933 478, Vancuver. - 2014 -
Vitamin D levels in Young Women with Anorexia Nervosa during Nutritional Rehabilitation and Relationship with Bone Mass and Body Mass
Index.
A Svedlund, Bojan Tubić, C Pettersson, P Magnusson, Diana Swolin-Eide
ASBMR, Huston, SA, 0356 - 2014 -
Increased incidence of intestinal failure after necrotizing
enterocolitis.
Amanda Magnusson, Diana Swolin-Eide, Anders Elfvin
Pediatric Academic Societies and Asian Society for Pediatric Research Joint Meeting. Vancouver 3-6 maj 2014. Congressbook publ 4105.95. - 2014 -
Bone and fat mass in relation to postnatal levels of insulin-like growth factors in prematurely born children at 4 y of
age.
Lennart Stigson, Anna Kistner, Jon Sigurdsson, Eva Engström, Per Magnusson, Ann Hellström, Diana Swolin-Eide
Pediatric research - 2014 -
Bone formation markers during growth hormone treatment in short prepubertal
children.
Diana Swolin-Eide, B Andersson, P Magnusson, Berit Kriström, Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland
Thirty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. Baltimore, Maryland, USA October 4–7, 2013 - 2013 -
Skeletal effects and growth in children with chronic kidney disease: a 5-year prospective
study.
Diana Swolin-Eide, Sverker Hansson, Per Magnusson
Journal of bone and mineral metabolism - 2013 -
A 6-month intervention study with vibration therapy in severely disabled children: effects on bone, biochemical markers and
acceptance.
S Kilebrant, G Braathen, R Emilsson, U Glanzen, Ann-Charlott Söderpalm, U Henberg, Diana Swolin-Eide, B Westerberg, B Zetterlund, P Magnusson
Bone Abstracts, 6th International Conference on Childrens Bone Health. Rotterdam. - 2013 -
DXL measurements children 2-10
years.
Ann-Charlott Söderpalm, R Kullenberg, Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland, Diana Swolin-Eide
Bone Abstracts, 6th International Conference on Childrens Bone Health. Rotterdam - 2013 -
Vitamin D and growth hormone
treatment.
Björn Andersson, Diana Swolin-Eide
9th Joint meeting of Paediatrics Endocrinology, Milan , Italy. - 2013
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