Sophie Bensing

Sophie Bensing is a Senior Lecturer/Senior Physician at Karolinska Institutet's Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery. As a Docent since 2014, her work bridges clinical endocrinology and molecular research.

• Doctor of Philosophy, Karolinska Institutet, 2005
• University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 1996

Her research group focuses on endocrinology with specialization in pituitary-hypothalamus interactions, adrenal disorders, pancreatic endocrinology, bone metabolism, and neuroendocrine tumors. Key areas include autoimmune Addison's disease, Cushing's disease, and hormone replacement therapies.

Recent publications highlight trends in genetic susceptibility (HLA associations, polygenic risk scores), autoimmune mechanisms (autoantibody profiling, immune cell subset analysis), and clinical epidemiology (fracture risk, pregnancy outcomes, vaccine safety). Collaborative work spans Sweden's nationwide Addison registry and twin studies.

As research group leader for Experimental and Clinical Neuroendocrinology, she supervises projects on:

• Autoimmune endocrine disorders
• Adrenal insufficiency management
• Neuroendocrine tumor biology
• Bone metabolism in endocrine diseases
• Hypopituitarism and pituitary autoantibodies

She collaborates with Karolinska's clinical teams and international researchers on:

• Swedish Addison Registry
• Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndrome Type 1 (APS1) studies
• Neuroendocrine tumor diagnostics
• Hormonal replacement therapy optimization
• Endocrine aspects of Prader-Willi syndrome