Dr. Karolina Linden

Health and Care Sciences
University of Gothenburg

Karolina Linden is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Health and Care Sciences at the University of Gothenburg. Linden, a registered nurse and registered midwife, is the PI for the national longitudinal COPE Staff cohort study (www.snaks.se/cope-staff), an interdisciplinary project aimed at investigating organisational work environment in maternal and neonatal care in Sweden. Linden is heavily involved in research regarding pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum care, and currently hold a leading position (vice-chair or member of the steering committee) of four national interdisciplinary clinical multicentre studies. Linden is currently a partner in developing Swedish national recommendations for care of pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus, women with type 1 diabetes mellitus and women with preeclampsia. Linden has an ongoing expert mission for the National Board of Health and Welfare and have held previous expert missions for the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions. She is currently supervising eight PhD-students (three as main supervisor) and participate in research collaborations on a national, European, and international level.