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Helena Forsblad D´elia

Professor/ Chief Physician

Department of Rheumatology a Inflammation
Research
Mail
helena.forsblad@rheuma.gu.se
Visiting address
Guldhedsgatan 10A
413 46 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 480
405 30 Göteborg

About Helena Forsblad D´elia

About Helena Forsblad d’Elia

Professor in rheumatology, responsible of semester 6, Internal medicine at the new Medical programme, GU. Helena has a combined position at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital as university senior consultant in rheumatology.

Research

Helena conducts primarily clinically oriented research and some register-related and translational research. The studies focus on searching for factors that are important for the development of rheumatic disease, in particular axial spondyloarthritis (ax-SpA), the severity of the disease, comorbidity and how the disease affects patients' lives.

The basis for the research comes from clinically well-characterized cohorts of patients with collected biological material, imaging and questionnaire results. Matched control materials are used for comparison.

Helena leads the research group SpondyloArthritis Research Group https://www.gu.se/en/research/sparg-spondyloarthritis-research-group

Supervision

  • Previous main supervisor of four graduated PhD students, co-supervisor of three PhD students and two post docs.
  • Present main supervisor of one PhD student, co-supervisor of three PhD students and of two post docs.

Biography

  • MD, University of Gothenburg, 1988
  • Licensed physician, 1991
  • Specialist of rheumatology, 1996
  • PhD in rheumatology, University of Gothenburg, 2003
  • Associate professor in rheumatology, University of Gothenburg, 2009
  • Adjunct senior assistant master in rheumatology, University of Gothenburg, 2010
  • University senior consultant in rheumatology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 2011
  • Professor in rheumatology, Umeå University, 2015
  • Senior assistant master in rheumatology, University of Gothenburg, 2020
  • Professor in rheumatology, University of Gothenburg, 2021