WOMHER's past activities

Schizophrenia - one disorder or several? Implications for research on disease mechanisms

Hosted by WOMHER

Simon Cervenka’s research focuses on understanding the biology of psychosis with the purpose of finding new methods of diagnosis and treatment.

During this seminar we will hear about attempts to outline pathopysiological mechanisms using a combination of molecular imaging techniques and biomarkers. The challenge of disease heterogeneity will be discussed, including gender differences.

Simon Cervenka
Professor at
Department of Neuroscience

Addressing peripartum depression (PPD)

Childbirth as a life event
John L. Cox, Professor emeritus, Keele University, United Kingdom
Inspirational speaker

What do the UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths tell us about maternal suicide?
Roch Cantwell, Professor, Perinatal psychiatrist, Scottish National Managed Clinical Network for Perinatal Mental Health

Hot topics in Peripartum Depression research in Sweden
Ylva-Li Lindahl; Screening for PPD in Sweden- organization and further research
Emma Bränn; Do we succeed in screening mothers? Future tools
Malin Gingnell; rTMS in the treatment of peripartum depression

Innovation Approaches for Research and Treatment of Perinatal Depression– Where Are We Now?
Samantha Meltzer Brody Professor and Director, Department of Psychiatry University of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Moderator
Alkistis Skalkidou
Professor at Department of Women's and Children's Health

Gender identification and mental health among university students in Sweden

Hosted by the Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences

Anne H Berman’s current research concerns mapping of common mental disorders (CMDs) among university students as well as evaluating digital interventions for depression and anxiety for those with symptoms of CMDs, within the WHO-WMH-ICS initiative.  She has also conducted research over the past decade on digital interventions to reduce the treatment gap for addictive behaviors.  Anne is also President of the International Society of Behavioral Medicine (2021-2023).

During this seminar Anne will present the latest outcomes from the Swedish ICS survey, with a focus on gender. 

Anne H Berman
Associate Professor at
Department of Psychology

Sex hormone functioning and disruption in neurodevelopment and mental health

Hosted by the Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology

Joëlle and Erikas research focus is how endocrine disrupting chemicals affect neurodevelopment and how sex hormones influence women´s mental health, respectively.

During this seminar we will hear about the importance of sex hormones for mental health and how interference with hormonal signalling by chemical exposure can affect neurodevelopment.

Joëlle Rüegg
Professor at Department of Organismal Biology

Erika Comasco
Assistant Professor at
Department of Neuroscience

Brain imaging and women’s mental health

Neuroimaging treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder with a selective progesterone receptor modulator.
Erika Comasco, Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience

Medical Image Processing and Artificial Intelligence in Neuroimaging.
Robin Strand, Professor, Department of Information Technology

Challenges and opportunities with neuroimaging.
Malin Gingnell, Associate Professor Department of Psychology

Moderator
Andreas Frick
Assistant Professor
Department of Neuroscience

Exercise as medicine –
The multidisciplinary Phys-Can study

Hosted by the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy

Karin Nordin is a professor at Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences. Her research focus is on multidiciplinary interventions with focus on behavioral medicine

During this seminar we will hear her describe the Phys-Can study. An example of an interdiciplinary RCT in a clinical environment with components from medicine, psychology and physiology.

Karin Nordin
Professor at Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences

PTSD in Women: Unnoticed, undiagnosed, untreated

Hosted by WOMHER.

At the seminar Markus Heilig, professor at Linköping University will give a seminar on the title “PTSD in Women: Unnoticed, undiagnosed, untreated”.

Markus Heilig 
Professor of Neuro Psychiatry,
Linköping University

Reproduction- assisted fertilization

Gunilla Sydsjö
Adjunct professor at Linköping University

Anna Singer
Professor at the Department of Law

Jonas Bergquist
Professor at the Department of Chemistry

Moderator
Ulrika Dahl
Professor at the Centre for Gender Research

Designing for touch in intimate health

Hosted by the Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology.

At the seminar Madeline Balaam, associate professor at KTH will give presentation. Madeleine Balaam studies interaction design for public health and wellbeing.

Madeline Balaam
Associate professor at Department of Informatics, Umeå University

Child penalties and family policy

Hosted by the Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences

Erica Lindahl received a PhD in Economics from Uppsala University in 2008. Her research is about questions related to social insurance and education policy. Her work has been published in journals such as Journal of Labor Economics, Empirical Economics, and Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research.

Erica Lindahl
Associate Professor, Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU)

Using Mental Health Science to Create an Intervention Tool for Women after Trauma: Healthcare Staff in Sweden and the SAGA cohort in Iceland
Emily Holmes, Professor at Department of Psychology

The dysfunctional immune system's mental health panorama
Janet Cunningham, Associate Professor at Department of Neuroscience

Moderator
Andreas Frick
Assistant Professor
Department of Neuroscience

Responsibility and autonomy in health care for persons with major deliberate self-harm, ethical-legal analysis of patients’ and clinicians’ narratives. 

Hosted by the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy.

Mia Ramklint
Professor at Department of Neuroscience

Caisa Öster
Associate Professor at Department of Neuroscience

Jessica Nihlén Fahlquist
Associate Professor at Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences