Rasmus Åhman

Rasmus Åhman is a researcher at Linköping University (LiU), affiliated with the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV) and the Division of Clinical Chemistry and Pharmacology (KKF). His research focuses on improving patient outcomes in perioperative care through epidemiological studies and health economics analysis. He is part of Michelle Chew's research group and leads the EPeCS database initiative, which integrates national healthcare registries to study surgical patient populations.

Education: Master of Science in Medicine (2020). Supervisors include Prof. Michelle Chew, Senior Lecturer Mats Fredrikson, and Associate Professor Anna Oscarsson-Tibblin. Awards include second place in the 2018 European Society of Anaesthesiology's Best Abstract Prize Competition.

Research Interests: Perioperative care optimization, surgical outcomes analysis, and the socioeconomic factors influencing patient recovery. His work combines large-scale data from Swedish healthcare registries to identify modifiable risk factors for poor surgical outcomes.

Key Publications: Focused on perioperative blood transfusion effects, critical care outcomes during the pandemic, and cardiac function in sepsis. His 2024 study in British Journal of Anaesthesia highlights long-term impacts of blood transfusion practices.

Awards: Recognized for contributions to perioperative research through the 2018 BAPC award.

Labs/Teams: Core member of ANOPIVA and the EPeCS research group, collaborating across multiple national registries.