Kristoffer Månsson

Kristoffer Månsson is an Associate Professor and Senior Research Specialist at Karolinska Institutet, affiliated with the Department of Clinical Neuroscience and leading the Neuroimage Affective Treatment and Individual Variability (NATIV) Laboratory. His work bridges psychiatry, neuroimaging, and computational psychiatry, focusing on neural variability and rapid brain plasticity as biomarkers for psychiatric treatment outcomes.

• Role: Associate Professor, Senior Research Specialist, Docent
• University: Karolinska Institutet
• Department: Department of Clinical Neuroscience
• Laboratory: NATIV Lab

Research Interests: His research explores how moment-to-moment neural variability and rapid brain plasticity predict treatment responses in anxiety and depression, leveraging computational models, machine learning, and multimodal neuroimaging (fMRI, MRI, EEG). Key themes include biomarker development, placebo mechanisms, and personalized cognitive therapies.

Publications Trends: Recent work emphasizes neural variability as a treatment predictor (2022), gray matter dynamics (2022), and biomarker guidelines (2024). Collaborations span zebrafish models, EU-funded youth mental health studies, and cross-disciplinary projects with the ENIGMA-Anxiety database.

• Scientific Awards: Best Scientific Talk at Alpine Brain Imaging Meeting (2020), Honorable Mention for Somerfeld-Ziskind Award (2023), Aaron T Beck Scholarship (2013).

Grants & Collaborations: Funded by the Swedish Research Council (2023), European Union (2023-2026), Center for Innovative Medicine (CIMED), and the Swedish Brain Foundation (2022). Collaborates with institutions including Dartmouth College, Max Planck Institute, and Babeș-Bolyai University.