Research group The Andreasson lab
In this lab, the focus is primarily on mechanisms in diseases with a large impact on quality of life where knowledge about disease mechanisms are lacking, such as disorders of gut-brain interaction (e.g. irritable bowel syndrome, IBS), fatigue (ME/CFS, exhaustion disorder and post-covid syndrome) and chronic pain.
On a broader level we also want to increase knowledge regarding the interplay between disease mechanisms, disease symptoms, psychological factors and daily functioning as well as quality of life.
Group description
Our main research projects include:
- Inflammatory and nutritional markers and development of symptoms in persistent complicated fatigue – a longitudinal study
- Inflammatory markers and chronic pain in children
- The aetiology of IBS – a population based colonoscopy study
Our projects are supported by Swedish Research Council, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, Skandia and Folksam research funds, Ruth and Richard Julin’s fund and Nanna Svartz fund.
Member of AGIRA (Australian Gastrointestinal Research Alliance).
Group members, presentation
Mike Kemani, Lic. Psychologist, PhD, Head of Behavioral Medicine Section, Medical Unit, Medical Psychology, Karolinska University Hospital
My main research interests include behavioral medicine treatment development and evaluation, from a contextual behavioral science perspective, for patients with psychological suffering (behavioral, cognitive and emotional) in regard to their somatic disease. The primary foci being, refining our understanding of language processes in these interventions, as well as of the interaction between biological markers, symptoms and psychological factors, in regard to daily functioning and quality of life outcomes following aforementioned treatments (i.e. processes of change).
Therese Liljebo, Reg. Dietitian, Gastromottagningen City; PhD Student, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Solna
Therese´s PhD project investigates nutrition treatment with fermentable oligo-di- monosaccharides and polyols (FODMAPs) for adult patients with Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and how the FODMAP diet affects gastrointestinal symptoms and quality of life including fatigue. The project also investigated the correlation between diet intake, nutritional status and symptom burden in Myalgic encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and the comorbidity between IBS and ME/CFS.
William Hedley Thompson, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Applied IT, Division of Cognition & Communication, University of Gothenburg
My research themes include cognitive neuroscience, metascience, and network theory.
Group members
Group managers
Anna Andreasson
Associate Professor
Members
Mike Kemani
PhD, Lic. Psychologist, Head of Behavioral Medicine Section
Therese Liljebo
Licensed dietician, PhD Student
William Hedley Thompson
Senior Lecturer
