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Professor Johan Franck is a leading academic at Karolinska Institutet (KI), Sweden, holding a dual role as Professor in Psychiatry and Senior Physician. He has been affiliated with the Department of Clinical Neuroscience since 2010 and leads the 'Treatment of Addictive Disorders – Johan Franck's Research Group.' His roles include Clinical Director of the Stockholm Centre for Dependency Disorders and former Director of the Stockholm Centre for Psychiatry Research (2007–2011).
Education and credentials include a Docent in Physiology/Psychiatry (1999) from KI, Board Certification in Psychiatry (1998), and Addiction Medicine (2018). He has extensive grant leadership, including projects on opioid misuse prevention, mHealth interventions, and pharmacological treatments for stimulant dependence.
Research focuses on novel therapies for alcohol and amphetamine dependence, ADHD comorbidity, and translational studies combining neuroimaging and clinical trials. Key themes include pharmacological agents (e.g., methylphenidate, naltrexone), genetic influences on treatment response, and digital health interventions.
Recent articles emphasize genetic predictors of treatment outcomes, comparative efficacy of antidepressants, and risk factors in vulnerable populations like homeless individuals. Over 20 years of grants highlight sustained funding for addiction medicine and clinical trials. Supervised students include Amir Sariaslan (neighborhood influences on criminality) and Anna Persson (PhD candidate).
Labs/teams: Leads a multidisciplinary group collaborating on opioid use disorder, alcohol post-transplant, and exhaled air testing. Key partnerships include the European Medicines Agency and ICASA (International Collaboration on ADHD and Substance Use Disorders).
