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Researcher portraits

Anna Spyrou meets up with GNC researchers to find out more about their cutting edge ESSENCE-related projects.

On this page you will find a wide range of unique interviews with our researchers. Our researchers regularly take part in interviews regarding their research projects, and provide a summary of their results and findings. Interviews about autism, ADHD, speech and language disorder, eating disorders, cerebral palsy are just a few of the diagnoses covered here.

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Sandra Ryberg Dobrescu discusses her four studies on Anorexia nervosa which make up her PhD project.

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An interview with researcher Clare Allely
GNCs Clare Alley is the world's leading expert in mass shootings and extreme violence, in this interview she discusses her…
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Adult psychiatric patients with neuropsychiatric symptoms, in particular Autism…
Johan Nyrenius, psychologist and doctoral student tells us all about his research at the Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre
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Autism in adult psychiatry outpatients
Follow-up interview with Johan Nyrenius on his thesis "Autism in adult psychiatry outpatients – Prevalence, comorbidity,…
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The Autism, Tics–ADHD and other Comorbidities inventory (A–TAC), Validity,…
We meet up with GNCs Caroline Mårland who discusses her newly published thesis on the A-TAC.
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Parental stress and traumatic life events in families with children with…
Maria Davidsson, psychologist and PhD student at the Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre discusses her research with us.
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Adolescent-onset anorexia nervosa in the acute phase and after 30 years
We meet with GNCs Sandra Rydberg Dobrescu, PhD and psychologist. Sandra discusses her PhD project on anorexia nervosa.
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Late language development at the age of 2.5: language disorder, other…
We meet with Ulrika Schachinger-Lorentzon, specialist speech therapist and PhD at the Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre.
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22q11 deletion syndrome -- mental health in a life perspective
We talk to Lena Wallin about her research on 22q11 deletion syndrome
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The search for explanatory models and classification methods for autism
Darko Sarovic Resident Physician in Radiology and PhD student talks about his PhD project.
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Young children with autism in a multi-ethnic immigrant population
We meet Petra Linnsand, psychologist and PhD student at the GNC. Here she talks about her autism research.
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A population-based study on language development in children after exposure to…
Charlotte Stübner, PhD student, tells us all about her research at the GNC.
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Pre- and Perinatal Factors and Early Child Development
Koko Yasumitsu-Lovell discusses her fascinating PhD project "Pre- and Perinatal Factors and Early Child Development"
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Restrictive eating disorders: aetiological, epidemiological and…
We meet up with Lisa Dinkler at the Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre where she talks about her newly published thesis …
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Investigating the neurophysiology of autism
Sara Landberg, PhD student, tells us all about her research at the GNC.
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Adapting the A-TAC for use in South Africa
Interview with Jacques Nel on how and why he adapted our A-TAC screening questionnaire for use in South Africa.
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Cognitive development in a population-based cohort in the SELMA study
I catch up with Maria Marinopoulou, psychologist and PhD student at the Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre to talk about her…
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Autism and ADHD in children with cerebral palsy
Magnus Påhlman describes his research on autism och ADHD in children with cerebral palsy
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Predicting clinical gains and side effects of stimulant medication in…
We met with Norwegian GNC member Geir Øgrim, PhD in neuropsychology to be updated on his research projects.
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Interpersonal and movement synchronisation in ESSENCE
Max Thorsson has recently become a PhD student at the Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, and he joins us here to talk about…
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Neurodevelopmental disorders (ESSENCE): – Early detection and outcome in…
Valdemar Landgren gives us an overview of his doctoral studies which focus on ESSENCE in adulthood.
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