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Helen Karlsson

Adjunct Associate Professor

My research is about environmental pollutants and exposure-related health risks. The purpose is to gain increased knowledge about when and how exposure to environmental pollutants can adversely affect health.

The introduction of deliberately manufactured nanomaterials, as well as the presence of unintentionally created nanomaterials, entails new challenges from an environment, health and safety perspective.These exposures can take place in work environments as well as in external environments.

In ongoing research projects, health risks related to metal particle exposures in work environments involving old and new manufacturing techniques are investigated. Traditional clinical analyses are combined with detailed protein analyses in blood and nasal lavage fluids to gain increased knowledge about mechanisms that can lead to adverse health effects. My goal is to contribute to improved opportunities for prevention and treatment.

About me

CV

  • Master in Biology, Linköping University, 2002
  • Licentiate (Medicine) 2005-06-09: Lipoproteomics: Mapping of proteins in LDL and HDL, Th.73
  • PhD (Medicine) 2007-03-29: Lipoproteomics: A new approach to the identification and characterization of proteins in LDL and HDL. Link.Med.Diss.986
  • Post Doc, 2007-03-30-2009-12-31, HDLomics, EU-FP6-2005, no. 037631
  • Ass. Prof. Environmental Medicine, Linkoping University, Feb. 2017

Fields of Teaching

  • The medical doctor's program; Lectures, supervision of projects and PBL groups

Publications

2024

Jack David Beazer, Anne Sillars, Sally Beck, Christina Christoffersen, Maria J. Ferraz, Monique T. Mulder, Delyth Graham, Helen Karlsson, Stefan Ljunggren, Jason Gill, Dilys J. Freeman (2024) Favourable HDL composition in endurance athletes is not associated with changes in HDL in vitro antioxidant and endothelial anti-inflammatory function Bioscience Reports, Vol. 44, Article BSR20241165 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2023

Hanna L. Karlsson, N. V. Srikanth Vallabani, Xuying Wang, Maria Assenhöj, Stefan Ljunggren, Helen Karlsson, Inger Odnevall (2023) Health hazards of particles in additive manufacturing: a cross-disciplinary study on reactivity, toxicity and occupational exposure to two nickel-based alloys Scientific Reports, Vol. 13, Article 20846 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Stina Alriksson, Elin Voxberg, Helen Karlsson, Stefan Ljunggren, Anna Augustsson (2023) Temporal risk assessment-20th century Pb emissions to air and exposure via inhalation in the Swedish glass district Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 858, Article 159843 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Ann-Charlotte Almstrand, Anna Bredberg, Gunilla Runstrom Eden, Helen Karlsson, Maria Assenhöj, Hatice Koca, Anna-Carin Olin, Hakan Tinnerberg (2023) An explorative study on respiratory health among operators working in polymer additive manufacturing Frontiers in Public Health, Vol. 11, Article 1148974 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Maria Assenhöj, Ann-Charlotte Almstrand, Spela Kokelj, Stefan Ljunggren, Anna-Carin Olin, Helen Karlsson (2023) Occupational exposure and health surveys at metal additive manufacturing facilities Frontiers in Public Health, Vol. 11, Article 1292420 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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