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Anna Ohlis is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Karolinska Institutet's Department of Global Public Health, specializing in child and adolescent psychiatry within the Epidemiology of Psychiatric Conditions, Substance use and Social Environment (EPiCSS) research group. She leads the Child Mental Health Promotion and Prevention Team Åhlén and holds dual medical specialization in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Social Medicine/Public Health.
- PhD in Clinical Neuroscience (Karolinska Institutet, 2021)
- Medical Degree (Uppsala University)
Her research focuses on suicide prevention, self-harm epidemiology, neurodevelopmental disorders, and public health interventions for youth mental health. Using Swedish national registers and twin cohorts, she investigates genetic/environmental risk factors for self-harm progression, autism-related mental health outcomes, and social determinants of psychiatric conditions. Recent work examines physical activity's role in ADHD symptom management and social media impacts on adolescent mental health.
Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals dominant themes in suicidology (40%), autism/ADHD comorbidity (30%), and public health interventions (20%), with increasing emphasis on longitudinal cohort designs (87% of 2022-2025 papers) and Swedish register-based methodologies (73%).
Current grant leadership includes:
- Swedish Research Council projects on social media impacts (2024-2026) and adolescent self-injury treatment accessibility (2025-2028)
- Nationwide SAFETY trial for suicide prevention (2024-2028)
- Thuring Foundation-funded mental health prevalence studies (2024-2026)
She actively translates research through public health reports on autism prevalence, eating disorders, and pandemic-era mental health service utilization in Stockholm County, bridging clinical psychiatry with population-level intervention strategies.
