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Ulrika Ådén is a Professor in pediatric medicine and specialist in neonatology at Linköping University’s Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV), affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MEDFAK). She leads the Young Survivor Unit (YoSU), focusing on long-term outcomes and interventions for children surviving severe early-life illnesses, particularly preterm infants. Her research addresses risks like autism, ADHD, and learning difficulties in premature survivors. She is part of the Division of Children’s and Women’s Health (BKH).
Research interests include neonatal care innovations, parental mental health in NICU settings, neurodevelopmental outcomes of preterm infants, and functional brain connectivity post-neonatal complications. Her work bridges clinical practice and long-term patient care.
Ulrika’s 2025 publications explore respiratory support in preterm infants, parental mental health via skin-to-skin contact, nutritional impacts on neurodevelopment, brain connectivity in adolescents with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, and parental singing in kangaroo care. These studies emphasize translational research to improve lifelong health outcomes for vulnerable neonates.
Awards: None explicitly listed.
Advising/Grants: No specific grants or advisees detailed, but her role as a professor implies leadership in research grants related to neonatal and pediatric health. The Young Survivor Unit (YoSU) is a key collaborative research platform.
Labs/Teams: Leads the Young Survivor Unit (YoSU), a research group dedicated to pediatric survivors’ long-term health interventions.
