Our research team

Anders Rosengren, MD PhD, is a Swedish diabetes researcher and physician. He has made extensive studies on the genetic, molecular and clinical background of type 2 diabetes and published in high-profile international journals such as Science, Cell Metabolism, Nature Communications and Science Translational Medicine. He has received the Rising Star Award by the European Association for the Study of Diabetes and has been appointed a Future Research Leader in Sweden by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research and a Ragnar Söderberg Researcher in Medicine. Anders Rosengren leads the initiative, writes the content and is principal investigator for the research study.

Birgitta Abrahamsson has worked over three decades to prevent and treat patients with lifestyle diseases in primary care settings in the Gothenburg area in Sweden. Since 2017 she works as a research nurse and is coordinating and managing all activities with our partner organizations, has regular contact with our study participants and contributes to the content on the tool.

Jessica Hedin has over many years worked in the primary care in southern Sweden to prevent and treat patients with lifestyle diseases such as type 2 diabetes. Since 2017 she works as a research nurse and manages the clinical parts of the research studies on the Health and Lifestyle tool and contributes to the content on the tool.

Maria Fälemark has worked extensively to prevent and treat patients with lifestyle diseases in primary care settings in Sweden. Since 2012 she works as a research nurse and has been managing both drug trials and lifestyle studies. Maria Fälemark contributes to the content on lifestyle aspects and manages the clinical parts of the research study.