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Lars Alfredsson is a Senior Professor at Karolinska Institutet, affiliated with the Institute of Environmental Medicine and the Department of Clinical Neuroscience. His research focuses on environmental risk factors and prognostic factors in inflammatory diseases and musculoskeletal disorders. He leads projects such as EIRA (Rheumatoid Arthritis Epidemiology), EIMS (Multiple Sclerosis Risk Factors), and MUSIC (Musculoskeletal Intervention Center). His work integrates epidemiological methods with clinical parameters to study disease mechanisms.
- Employment: Professor, Senior, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet (2025–Present)
- Research Groups: Chemical and Physical Exposure in Work Environment, Genetic Epidemiology of Neuroinflammatory Disorders
Research Interests: Epidemiology of neuroinflammatory and autoimmune diseases, environmental triggers (e.g., workplace exposures, smoking, infections), and genetic susceptibility. Key areas include multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and musculoskeletal disorders.
Publications highlight environmental-genetic interactions in disease etiology, such as smoking’s role in rheumatoid arthritis and Epstein-Barr virus links to multiple sclerosis. Awards include Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researcher (2020) and Swedish Brain Foundation grants (2025).
Advising: No explicit student advisees listed, but leads large collaborative teams. Grants include studies on environmental risk factors and clinical trial outcomes.
Labs/Teams: Unit of Occupational Medicine, Genetic Epidemiology of Neuroinflammatory Disorders group.
