MIMS Clinical Research Fellows

Vanja Lundberg Wiraeus

Immunologist at Gothenburg University and a paediatric resident at Queen Silvia Children’s Hospital in Gothenburg, where she has been involved in treating patients with Inborn Errors of Immunity (IEI).

Following a medical degree and PhD in immunology at Gothenburg University, she focused on setting up a translational workflow to validate genetic findings in children with IEI, a group of immune system disorders that can result in severe infections, autoimmune diseases, inflammation, allergies or even cancer. 

In her MIMS CRF project, she will work with Emma Haapaniemi at the Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway, University of Oslo, and assess the effectiveness of the CRISPR correction technique as a personalized treatment for patients with IEI. 

Anne Tuiskunen Bäck

Cardiology resident and her research centers on clinical virology and metagenomics.

She completed her PhD in medicine on the Dengue virus at the Karolinska Institute and the French Forces Institute of Tropical Medicine (IMTSSA). Her current research focuses on the genetic characterization of virus isolates from patients to better understand the role of viruses in disease progression, adopting a strongly translational, bench-to-bedside perspective.

In her MIMS CRF project, she will particularly investigate the genetic diversity and pathogenesis of Nephropathia Epidemica (“sorkfeber” in Swedish), caused by the Puumala virus, and viral myocarditis, inflammation of the heart muscle. 

She will work with former MIMS Clinical Research Fellow Anne-Marie Fors Connolly to incorporate an epidemiological dimension into these studies.  Additionally, she shares an interest in metagenomics with MIMS Investigator Laura Caroll at Umeå University, with whom she is engaged in ongoing discussions to explore synergies and potential collaboration. 

Åsa Gylfe
MIMS Clinical Research Fellow 2011-2013
Topic: Strategies against antibiotic resistant bacterial infections: novel antibacterial compounds and rapid diadnosis with infection specific metabolites

Currently: Assistant professor/attending physician at Umeå University
Department of Clinical Microbiology

Alicia Edin
MIMS Clinical Research Fellow 2011-2013
Topic: Rapid diagnosis of community acquired pneumonia

Currently: Researcher/physician at Umeå University
Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences

Anders Johansson
MIMS Clinical Research Fellow 2011-2013
Topic: Molecular epidemiology and infection metabolomics

Currently: Professor/attending physician at Umeå University
Department of Clinical Microbiology

Johan Normark
MIMS Clinical Research Fellow 2011-2013
Topic: Malaria and bacterial concomitant infection

Currently: Associate professor/attending physician at Umeå University
Department of Clinical Microbiology

Peter Bergman
MIMS Clinical Research Fellow 2013-2015
Topic: Vitamin D and human immunity - experimental and clinical studies

Currently: Professor/senior physician at Karolinska Institute
Department of Laboratory Medicine

Arvid Edén
MIMS Clinical Research Fellow 2013-2015
Topic: Central nervous system viral "escape" and neuronal damage in HIV-1 infection

Currently: Researcher at University of Gothenburg
Department of Infectious Diseases

Josef Järhult
MIMS Clinical Research Fellow 2013-2015
Topic: Antimicrobial resistance in a One Health perspective

Currently: Professor at Uppsala University
Department of Medical Sciences

Fredrik Kahn
MIMS Clinical Research Fellow 2013-2015
Topic: Bacterial manipulation of host defence systems in sepsis

Currently: Researcher at Lund University
Infection Medicine

Sofia Nyström
MIMS Clinical Research Fellow 2013-2015
Topic: Immunomodulatory effects exerted by HIV-1 on dendritic cells and the induction of regulatory suppressor T cells

Currently: Adjunct associate professor, docent at Linköping University
Department of Biomedical Sciences

Lisa Påhlman
MIMS Clinical Research Fellow 2018-2022
Topic: Acute and chronic airway infections in cystic fibrosis

Currently: Researcher/physician/associate professor at Lund University
Infection Medicine

Piotr Nowak
MIMS Clinical Research Fellow 2018-2022
Topic: The studies of gut microbiome in HIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections

Currently: Adjunct senior lecturer at Karolinska Institute
Department of Medicine

Anne-Marie Fors Connolly
MIMS Clinical Research Fellow 2020-2024
Topic: Mechanisms underlying cardiovascular complications caused by hemorrhagic fever virus infection

Currently: Assosciate professor at Umeå University
Department of Clinical Microbiology

Sara Gredmark Russ
MIMS Clinical Research Fellow 2020-2024
Topic: Identification of host cell factors required for tick-borne encephalitis virus infection and replication

Currently: Senior lecturer, docent at Karolinska Institutet
Department of Medicine