Steering commitee



Helena Backman, Projectleader

PhD, Associate professor, Senior Consultant, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Sweden.

Email: Helena.backman@oru.se Helena.backman@regionorebrolan.se


Scott Montgomery, Professor, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Sweden. Clinical Epidemiology Division, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK.

David Simmons, Professor, School of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Sweden. Macarthur Clinical School, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, Australia. 

Anders Magnuson, BCs, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.

Maryam de Brun, PhD, Faculty of Medicine and Health Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.

Snehal Patil, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.

Erik Schwarcz, PhD, Assoc professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.

Stefan Jansson, PhD, University Health Care Research Center, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.

Linda Ryen, PhD, University Health Care Research Center, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Sweden.

Karin Hildén, PhD, Senior consultant, Department of Obstetrics and Gyneocology. University Hospital Örebro, Sweden.

Kerstin Berntorp, Professor, Genomics, Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.

Verena Sengpiel, PhD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Clinical Science, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg and Region Västra Götaland, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Ulla-Britt Wennerholm, Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Anna-Karin Wikström, Professor, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University. Akademiska sjukhuset, Uppsala.

Helena Strevens, PhD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Skåne University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

Fredrik Ahlsson, PhD, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University. Akademiska sjukhuset, Uppsala, Sweden.

Elisabeth Storck-Lindholm, PhD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Södersjukhuset,  Karolinska Institute, Sweden.

Martina Persson, PhD, Department of Clinical Science and Education Karolinska Institute, Department of Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Karolinska Institutet and Sachsska Childrens´and Youth Hospital Stockholm, Sweden.

Kerstin Petersson, PhD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Södersjukhuset, Umeå University, Sweden.       

Carina Ursing, PhD, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden.