I am a Docent and specialist physician in Rehabilitation Medicine, working clinically with follow-up and rehabilitation after spinal cord injury. My research focuses on improving long-term health and everyday life for people living and aging with spinal cord injury.

I lead the Swedish Aging with Spinal Cord Injury Study, the first longitudinal study from a Northern European perspective to follow older adults who have lived many years with spinal cord injury, to better understand how aging affects their health and life situation. The results have contributed to changes in clinical practice and to the development of follow-up programs and interventions that support healthy and sustainable aging in this population.

I am also co–principal investigator of STRIVE-SCI, the first national multicenter study focusing on the critical first year after a spinal cord injury. Together with people with spinal cord injury and healthcare professionals, we develop concrete proposals for improvement and change in the rehabilitation process and study how these can be implemented in clinical practice.

In addition, I have led the translation and psychometric testing of several spinal cord injury–specific assessment tools into Swedish, enabling more standardized evaluation in both clinical practice and research, as well as international collaboration.

I have an established collaboration with Professor Kathleen Martin Ginis and Dr Heather Gainforth at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Together we study physical activity among older adults living long-term with spinal cord injury to develop tailored interventions based on their needs, preferences, and circumstances.

Through well-established collaboration with people who live with spinal cord injury and a strong clinical foundation, my research has great potential to influence clinical practice and benefit the target population.