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Dissertations 2020-2026
The Institute of Clinical Sciences hosts around 50 dissertation defenses each year, reflecting a strong and active doctoral environment. Here you can explore research from all theses defended since 2020, organized by research area in alphabetical order.
2025
Cecilia Ögren: TENS – a good alternative to opioids after surgery
Andreas Martinsson: Heavier donor lungs – increased risk of complications
Ellinor Wisén: Vasopressin in liver surgery – blood loss and complications
Hanna Chin: Anesthesia training for physicians needs to be multifaceted
Katalin Kiss: Mannitol – a promising tool for measuring kidney function easy and safe
Emma Andersson: Biomarkers may improve assessment of severe brain injuries
2023
Sandra Bjerkne Wenneberg: Researching secondary brain injuries after aSAH stroke
Oscar Cavefors: Heart failure common among ICU patients
Johan Wersäll: Preventing diabetic ketoacidosis in children
2022
Fredrik Pernbro - Coagulation in paediatric cardiac surgery
Anders Rosén - Diving and the brain
2021
Magni V. Guðmundsson - Aspects of lung mechanics during mechanical ventilation
2020
Martin Fredholm - Strain echocardiography in cardiac surgery - studies on the effects of loading conditions and inotropic agents on myocardial contraction and relaxation
Jane Hayden - The effect of intra-abdominal local anaesthetics following major gynaecological surgery. Clinical and experimental studies
Fredrik Olsen - Orthogeriatric anaesthesia - studies on the bone cement implantation syndrome, risk prediction and intraoperative haemodynamics
Nicklas Oscarsson - Hyperbaric oxygen treatment for pelvic radiation-induced injuries. From a multicenter randomized controlled trial to an experimental cell model
2025
Jincy Philip: How bubbles and extracellular vesicles shape peri-implant healing
Marsel Ganeyev: Next generation bone-anchored hearing implants
Martina Jolic: Bone regeneration and the limits of biomaterials
2024
Paula Giraldo: Reducing infection risks by modifying titanium implants
Adam Turner: Preventing biofilm-related implant failures
2023
Heithem Ben Amara: Biodegradable implants and tissue healing
2022
Erik Gerner - The role of sodium salicylate as a virulence inhibitor for soft tissue infections
2021
Dimitrios Karazisis - On osseointegration in response to controlled surface nanotopography
2025
Hannah Ceder: Improving the management of high-risk basal carcinoma
Rahime Inci: New insights into rare hereditary skin diseases
2024
Marta Laskowski: Self-assessment and risk factors for psoriasis
2023
Eva Backman: Simplifying treatment for basal cell carcinoma
Julia Fougelberg - On the diagnosis and treatment of intraepidermal carcinoma
2022
Gunnar Nyman - Contact allergy to propolis and beeswax. Occurence, diagnostics, and chemistry
2021
Maria Siekkeri Vandikas - Vitamin D and vitamin D-binding protein in psoriasis and effects of treatment
2020
Despina Kantere - New laser scanning microscopy techniques – detection tool for skin cancer
2026
2025
Andreas Engström: How much radiation protection is needed for radiology staff?
Jehangir Khan: Automated dosimetry makes radiation therapy more personalized
Lukas Lundholm: Early treatment response detectable with MR imaging
Frida Truedsson: More reliable MRI assessment of aortic valve regurgitation
Peter Andersson: Simulations and AI may improve radiation treatment
Emma Wikberg: Optimizing imaging for improved cancer treatment
2024
Mikael Elvborn: Optimizing efficacy of targeted cancer therapy
Linn Hagmarker: Image-based method for bone marrow dosimetry
Martin Hjellström: Enhanced ability to estimate radioactive contamination
2023
Jonathan Arvidsson: Development of perfusion MRI techniques
Mikael Elvborn: Optimizing efficacy of targeted cancer therapy
Robert Lorentsson: New method for detecting ultrasound equipment errors
Emilia Palmér - Advances in MRI based radiation therapy - Bringing MRl-only and multiparametric methods towards clinical applications
2022
Charlotte Andersson - Optimisation of radionuclide therapy by reduction of normal tissue damage
Emilia Gryska - AI algorithms – towards a powerful diagnostic tool for brain tumors
Julia Götstedt - Evaluation of absorbed dose uncertainty in modulated radiotherapy plans
2021
Malin Larsson - Long-term radiobiological effects of 131I exposure - dose, age and time related transcriptomatic and proteomic response in rats
2020
Rimon Thomas - Primordial radionuclides in pit lakes in Sweden
2025
Niclas Carlberg: The importance of blood pressure treatment in preeclampsia
Jennie Larsudd-Kåverud: Vaginal delivery increases the risk of incontinence and genital prolapse
Leonidas Magarakis: Tube removal in laparoscopic sterilization is a safe method
Hanna Toorell: Umbilical cord blood test can identify at-risk newborns
Johanna Rydelius: Medical abortion – safe to start at home
Johan Fistouris: New methods for diagnosing ectopic pregnancy
Tagrid Bannei Jar-Allah: Greater flexibility can improve abortion care
2024
Verena Bröcker: Understanding rejection after uterus transplantation
Andrea Jonsdotter: Improving the outcome in infants with brain injury
Edina Sehic: The future of an artificial uterus
2023
Linda Kluge: Obesity and in vitro fertilization
Linnéa Lindroos: New approach in emergency care for pregnant women
Ida Nilsson - The long-term effects of obstetrical anal sphincter injury on pelvic floor function
Tove Wikström: Predicting and preventing preterm delivery
2022
Jwan Al-Mukhtar Othman - Pelvic floor dysfunction in nulliparous women
Charlotte Palmqvist - Centralized Ovarian Cancer Care - Complications, Costs and Survival
Johanna Wiik - Human papillomavirus infection and preterm delivery
2021
Mårten Alkmark - Management of late term pregnancy
Ahmed Baker Alshaikh - Principles of scaffold generation for bioengineering of the ovary and uterus: a study focusing on decellularization
Snorri Einarsson - Obesity, weight reduction treatment and IVF
Maria Forslund - Polycystic ovary syndrome in a lifetime perspective
Anna Lindfors - Robotic Surgery for Endometrial Cancer
Dominika Modzelewska - Methodological considerations in epidemiological studies in perinatal medicine
Arvind Manikantan Padma - Tissue engineering for novel female infertility treatments: studies on small and large animal models
2020
Erica Ginström Ernstad - Safety and quality aspects of IVF - neonatal and maternal outcomes following advanced techniques
Maria Hallingström - Biomarkers in mid-trimester amniotic fluid in relation to gestational duration and spontaneous preterm delivery
Maria Lycke - Clinical implementation of novel diagnostic biomarkers for epithelial ovarian cancer - Can we improve diagnosis?
Emma Norrman - Long-term outcome of children born after Assisted Reproductive Technology
2025
Ella Ittner: The many sides of ovarian cancer
2024
Anna Thulin: An increasing number affected by breast cancer with brain metastases
Anna Öfverholm: Assessing and managing the risk of hereditary cancer
2023
Sara Bjursten: Early detection of brain inflammation in immunotherapy
Peter Larsson – The proteasome as a target for cancer therapy
2022
Sravani Devarakonda - lntestinal health after pelvic radiotherapy - towards understanding persisting pathophysiological mechanismst
Iva Johansson - Studies of molecular features and novel prognostic biomarkers of cutaneous melanoma
2021
Åsa Jellvert - Aspects of Chemotherapy in Prostate Cancer
2020
Hanna Engqvist - Novel biomarkers associated with histotype and clinical outcome in early-stage ovarian carcinoma
Henrik Jespersen - Translational studies of metastatic melanoma in the era of immunotherapy - from humanized mouse models to clinical trials
Dilipkumar Malipatlolla - Understanding normal-tissue late effects in the intestines after pelvic radiotherapy
2025
Christina Berger: Long-term function after surgery for bone sarcoma
Sarantos Nikou: Lasting improvement after hip-preserving surgery
Kari Huseth: From foot to trunk – how the body adapts after an Achilles tendon rupture
Frans Stålfelt: Measuring airborne particles in the operating room can improve patient safety
Fredrik Identeg: Sports-related health issues in climbing
Madelene Albrektsson: Classification, treatment, and results of acetabular fractures
Elin Larsson: Factors influencing recovery after Achilles tendon rupture
2024
Sadesh Balasingam: Long-term outcomes of ACL surgery
Marianne Flinck: Recovery after thighbone fractures in children
Jonathan Hughes: Risk factors for failure of ACL reconstruction
John Hutchins: MR Imaging in symptom-triggering positions
Karin Rilby: How hip prosthesis design affects functionality
Baldur Thorolfsson: Youth sports participation after ACL injury
2023
Unnur Jónsdóttir: Fear’s impact post Achilles tendon rupture
Niklas Nilsson - Chronic Achilles tendon rupture - surgical reconstruction and post-operative outcomes
Martin Paulsson - Distal femur fracture in the elderly patient
Emilia Möller Rydberg - Standardized treatment routines for ankle fractures are positive for both patients and care
2022
Henrik Hedelin - Bioabsorbable Screws for Pelvic Osteotomies in Children
Eythór Jónsson - Proximal and distal humeral fractures – outcome of primary arthroplasty
Therése Ramström - Rehabilitation and outcomes after spasticity-correcting surgery in the upper limb
Eleonor Svantesson - Revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction - current evidence, predictors and outcome
2021
Mustafa Ibrahim Ahmad - Periarticular changes in association with osteoarthritis in the hip, knee or shoulder
Eva Angelini - Postoperative pain management in planned lumbar spine surgery: Implementing structural changes in a complex healthcare setting
Joel Beck - Lumbar Disc Herniation Surgery - Novel Approaches, Timing and Outcomes
Camilla Bergh - Aspects of bone quality and risk assessments in fracture and elective orthopaedic patients
Carl Bergdahl - Humeral fractures - Epidemiology, treatment and reoperations in the Swedish Fracture Register
Pia Desai - Running-related injuries in recreational athletes. lncidence, risk factors and effectiveness of an injury-prevention programme
Ida Lindman - Artroskopi – Femoroacetabular impingement syndrome. Trends and outcomes after arthroscopic treatment in the general and athlete population
Nikolaos Papadimitriou - Cell Therapy in lntervertebral Disc Degeneration
Georgios Tsikandylakis - The role of head size in total hip arthroplasty - Dislocation, wear and cup stability
Wisam Witwit - Spinal column and hip joint changes, and their correlation to back pain in young athletes - radiological and clinical studies
2020
Anna S Aminoff - Hip range of motion and the prevalence of cam morphology in young athletes - clinical and radiological studies
Ingrid Andreasson - Functional outcome and experiences concerning daily life after malunion of the distal radius and corrective osteotomy
Urban Berg - Fast-track programs in total hip and knee replacement at Swedish hospitals - influences on safety, outcome and patients' experiences
Erik Bülow - Predicting mortality by comorbidity for patients with hip arthroplasty. Prospective observational register studies of a nationwide Swedish cohort
Georgios Chatziagorou - Periprosthetic femoral fracture after total hip replacement. Incidence, risk factors, and treatment
Birgitta Gatenholm - Pain in Osteoarthritic Joints: Biological Signaling and 3D Models based on Imaging
Daphne Hingert - The impact of signaling factors on intervertebral disc degeneration and regeneration - studies on disc and mesenchymal stem cells from chronic low back pain patients
Arne Johansson - Dynamic ultrasound investigation of clubfeet in children, 0-4 years of age, with normal controls
Per Jolbäck - Outcomes following primary total hip arthroplasty. With focus on the surgeon & surgeons' perceptions about feedback
Catharina Parai - Measurement of outcome in lumbar spine surgery. Validity and interpretability of frequently used outcome measures in the Swespine register
Karin Svensson - Diagnosis and management of periprosthetic joint infections
Axel Öhlin - Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome - Outcomes of Arthroscopic Hip Surgery
2025
Malin Berglund: Myringoplasty improves quality of life for most patients
Ulrika Clarhed: Work exposure and obesity linked to chronic rhinosinusitis
Kerstin Petersson: Training to reduce swallowing issues after radiation therapy
2024
Ann-Charlotte Persson: Measuring outcomes from bone conduction hearing aids
2023
Joel Bergqvist – Rhinosinusitis beyond the upper airways
Lars Pedersen - Septoplasty-predicting the outcome
2020
Ellen Lindell - Dizziness and Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) among older adults - Health-related quality of life and associating factors
2026
2025
Karin Fast: ADHD and obesity – a previously overlooked combination
Styliana Vasileiadou: Early factors that may influence the risk of allergic rhinitis
Ida Rahmqvist: Circulating tumor DNA analysis could improve the prognosis for children with cancer
Magnus Lindén: Improving management of urinary tract infections in infants
Helena-Jamin Ly: Advanced technology can improve growth hormone therapy for children
2024
Sara Berggren: Early hormone levels linked to weight and brain development
Björn Bjurulf: New knowledge may help children with severe epilepsy
Jens Böhmer: Blood test replaces heart biopsy for transplant patients
2023
Jenny Lingman Framme - Thymus dysfunction in the 22q11 deletion syndrome
William Hellström - Markers and mechanisms of abnormal neurovascular development in the preterm infant
Lene Karlsson - Treatment failure in Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia: factors associated with frequency and outcome of resistant disease and relapse
Katarina Lannering – Early detection of critical congenital heart disease
Frida Strömberg Celind – Childhood asthma, epidemiology, prevalence and risk factors
Anna Svedlund: Monitoring bone density crucial for patients undergoing nutritional treatment
2022
2021
Magdalena Vu Minh Arnell - Neurogenic bladder and bowel dysfunction - incontinence and life situation in adolescents and adults with spina bifida
Margrét Johansson Guðjónsdóttir - Neonatal invasive infections with focus on Group B streptococci
Anna Hicke-Roberts - Changes in prevalence of asthma and allergy in Swedish school children over almost three decades and factors reducing risk of allergy
Vignir Sigurdsson - Young adults with childhood-onset inflammatory bowel disease - aspects of bone mineral density, body composition and physical exercise
Kjersti Kvernebo Sunnergren - Sex steroid secretion during childhood in males - with focus on prematurity, birth size, and growth patterns
2020
Kerstin Allvin - Sex steroids, IGF-I, and vascualar morphology from birth to adulthood in individuals born small for gestational age
2025
Linn Weick: Women's experiences of undergoing breast reconstruction
2024
Jonas Löfstrand: New insights on patient satisfaction in breast reconstruction
Johnna Sahlsten Schölin: Adopted children with cleft lip and palate need more care
2023
2022
Peter Apelgren - Promoting the Clinical Relevance of 3D Bioprinting
Madiha Bhatti-Søfteland - Metopic synostosis - surgical results and perinatal aspects
2021
Matteo Amoroso - Microcirculation in tissue repair - from microsurgery to 3D bioprinting
Sara Fischer - Sagittal synostosis - surgical outcomes and long-term follow-up
Marizela Kljajic - Neuropsychological outcomes and health-related quality of life of children operated for nonsyndromic craniosynostosis
Anna Paganini - Experiences of living with cleft lip and palate A gender perspective
2025
Eirini Polymeri: AI as a tool for individualized prostate cancer treatment
2024
Karin Ludwigs: New insights into the diagnosis of peripheral artery disease
Charlotte Sandström: Outcome of various treatments for aortic disease
Leif Torén: New methods for examining non-specific low back pain
2023
Eddie de Dios Perez: More patients could be treated without cervical fusion
Jens Johansson: New method for 3D imaging with whole brain coverage
2022
2020
Henrik Djerf - Invasive treatment for intermittent claudication - clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness
Yvonne Simrén - New perspectives on imaging of urinary tract infections in infants
2026
Kian Chin: Improving breast cancer surgery after chemotherapy
Jasmine Bagge: Optimized preservation reduces tissue injury prior to intestinal transplantation
2025
Ella Äng Eklund: How changes in the KRAS gene affect treatment outcomes in lung cancer
Thomas Andersson: Long recovery after pancreatic cancer surgery
Daniel Rydbeck: Advancing more personalized care for colorectal cancer
2024
Anna Axelsson: Quality of life after anal cancer treatment
Erik Axman: Evaluating the outcomes after inguinal hernia surgery
Anna Corderfeldt Keiller: Reactions as blood is circulated and oxygenated by machines
Jakob Dahlberg: Detecting and characterizing thyroid cancer
Lisa Gunnesson: Toward more personalized care for PPGL tumors
Carl-Jacob Khailat Holmberg: Synergy of surgery and immunotherapy against melanoma
Nushin Mirzaei: Ultra-low dose of tracer identifies sentinel lymph node
Josefin Petersson: Encouraging keyhole surgery for colorectal cancer
Phatthranit Phattharapornjaroen: Flexible surge capacity in disasters
Sofia Sandberg: Long-term function after colorectal cancer surgery
2023
Suzanne Hedberg - Improving Procedure Selection and Surgical Technique in Bariatric Surgery
Terje Jansson Timan: Reduced mortality after acute abdominal surgery
Åsa Norén- Renal injury in liver transplantation: Clinical and mechanistic studies
2022
Agnieszka Podraza-Farhanieh - Exploring mechanisms of insulin secretion regulators using C. elegans
Åsa Norén- Renal injury in liver transplantation: Clinical and mechanistic studies
Vasu Sah - Novel immunotherapies, biomarkers and cellular populations for metastatic uveal melanoma
2021
Erik Elebring - Jejunal control of glucose homeostasis in the human body
Jenny Heiman - Breast cancer surgery - Aspects of patient-reported outcomes and physical activity
Aron Onerup - The role of physical activity for recovery after surgical procedures
Dorota Raj - Modeling of cisplatin resistance in C. elegans to improve cisplatin cancer therapy
Jorge Arroyo Vázquez - Stent treatment of perforated duodenal ulcer - physiology and clinical aspects
Caroline Vilhav - Translational and clinical aspects of pancreatic cancer
Sofie Walming - Rectal Cancer and Quality of Life. Aspects on Communication and Patient Education
2020
Sofia Erestam - Aspects of teamwork and intraoperative factors in the operating room
Elin Forsberg - Novel immunotherapies for metastatic melanoma - from mouse models towards clinical trials
Fernando Ruiz Jasbon - Aspects on the use of slowly degradable mesh in inguinal hernia
Ketaki Nishikant Methe - Transplantation of normal and decellularized syngeneic, allogeneic and xenogeneic cardiac tissue in mice and non-human primates
Nikhil Nayakawde - On tissue engineering of pig, human, and non-human primate tissues
2025
Linda Svensson: Personal factors shape the decision to test for prostate cancer
Emmeli Palmstedt: Reducing the risks of overdiagnosis in prostate cancer
2024
Suleiman Abuhasanein: New and rapid ways to detect bladder cancer
Katarina Koss Modig: Incontinence after prostate cancer surgery
John Åkerlund: Complications and kidney failure following kidney cancer surgery
Joakim Örtegren: Prostate biopsy – cancer detection and infection risk
2021
Elin Axén - Treatment of early prostate cancer - reducing side effects without jeopardizing cure
Junchi Huang - Osteoclasts in the fight against metastatic prostate cancer
Åsa Jellvert - Aspects of Chemotherapy in Prostate Cancer
Kimia Kohestani - Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Screening Tool for Prostate Cancer
Fredrik Stenmark - Transurethral microwave thermotherapy and transurethral resection of the prostate. Evaluation and development
Jonas Wallström - Optimized use of MRI in a PSA based prostate cancer screening program
2020
Karin Braide - Optimizing postoperative radiation therapy in prostate cancer: focus on side-effects, practical implementation and dose distribution
Erik Sagen - Transurethral resection of the prostate: studies on efficacy, morbidity and costs
Thought-provoking quotes from some theses:
" I knew who I was this morning,
but I've changes a few times since then"
- Lewis Caroll, Alices Adventures in Wonderland
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit"
– Aristotle
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"
– Benjamin Franklin