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Peder Olofsson is a Professor and group leader at the Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet. His research focuses on neuro-immune crosstalk and the immunology of cardiovascular inflammation, particularly the role of neural signals in regulating inflammation and metabolism. He leads the Inflammation Neuroscience team within the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, collaborating with engineers and international consortia to develop bioelectronic medicine solutions for inflammatory diseases.
Key research areas include vagus nerve stimulation for inflammation resolution, neural regulation of atherosclerosis, and cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathways. He has received the prestigious Swedish Heart and Lung Foundation's Large Research Grant (2023) for studying nerve signals' role in cardiovascular disease. His group combines immunology, neuroscience, and bioengineering, with recent advances in living bioelectronics and precision nerve stimulation technologies.
Current projects involve non-invasive nerve stimulation methods, bioelectronic therapies for heart disease, and mapping neural-immune interfaces in cardiovascular systems. Collaborations include MedTechLabs, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and Linköping University for interdisciplinary bioelectronic medicine development. He supervises multiple PhD students and postdocs, with a focus on training the next generation of bioelectronic medicine researchers.
His team's work has led to over 20 high-impact publications, including studies in Science, Nature, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Ongoing efforts aim to translate fundamental discoveries into clinical applications, such as neurostimulation therapies for atherosclerosis and inflammatory disorders.
