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Karin Rådholm

Senior Associate Professor

I am interested in type 2 diabetes and prevention of diabetes complications. My main research focus is type 2 diabetes, metabolic disease and cardiovascular diabetes complications, as well as cardiovascular health factors and behaviors.

About me

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  • 2024 Research grant, the Swedish Medical Society for the DIATEST HELP ‘dietomics’ substudy.
  • 2023 Research grant, the Swedish Research Council for the DigiIAl diabeTES Treatment  – the Healthy Eating, healthy Patients trial (DIATEST HELP).
  • 2023 – 2024 Research grant, the Swedish Diabetes Association for the DigiIAl diabeTES Treatment – the Healthy Eating, healthy Patients trial (DIATEST HELP).
  • 2022-2024 Honorary Senior Research Fellow, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney
  • 2022 Senior Associate Professor in general practice
  • 2022 Research grant, the Swedish Diabetes Association for the pilot study in preparation of the DigiIAl diabeTES Treatment – the Healthy Eating, healthy Patients trial (DIATEST HELP).
  • 2021 Research grant, the Swedish Medical Society: for the EPSONiP (Evaluating the Prevalence and Severity Of NAFLD in Primary Care) study.
  • 2020 Associate Professor ‘Docent’ in general practice
  • 2018 – 2022 Honorary Post-Doctoral Fellow, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney
  • 2017-2018 Post-doc at The George Institute for Global Health in Sydney, 16 months
  • 2017 Scholarship recipient: Fellowship in Memorial of Jeanette Bonnier, Rolf Luft Foundation of Diabetes Research.
  • 2016 Scholarship recipient: Swedish Medical Association, travel scholarship for post-doc abroad
  • 2015 PhD in general practice
  • 2014 'Pre-doc' at The George Institute for Global Health in Sydney, 2 months
  • 2014 Scholarship recipient: Swedish Medical Association's travel scholarship
  • 2011 Specialist doctor in general practice
  • 2004 Licenced medical doctor
  • 2003 Medical doctor

Teaching

  • Medical faculty, lecturer
  • Medical faculty, master theses students
  • Medical faculty, clinical supervision of medical students
  • Research training, Examiner for the Regional course in Research Methodology for the Swedish south-east hospital region, FORSS
  • Postgraduate education, course management for the National Research School in General Practice
  • Research training, supervision of PhD candidates

Networks

Publications

2025

Peder af Geijerstam, Annelie Joelsson, Karin Rådholm, Fredrik H Nyström (2025) Cardiovascular and metabolic changes following 12 weeks of tobacco and nicotine pouch cessation: a Swedish cohort study Harm Reduction Journal, Vol. 22, Article 54 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Simon Ståhl, Peder af Geijerstam, Magnus Wijkman, Maria M. Johansson, John Chalmers, Katarina Nägga, Karin Rådholm (2025) Hypertension and orthostatic hypertension in 85-year-olds and associations with mortality and cognitive decline in a longitudinal cohort study Scientific Reports, Vol. 15, Article 10529 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
John Cederqvist, Karin Rådholm, Fredrik H Nyström, Jan Engvall, Sara Bergstrand, Ingemar Fredriksson, Tomas Strömberg, Carl Johan Östgren (2025) Impaired microcirculation in the skin and subclinical atherosclerosis in individuals with dysglycaemia in a large population-based cohort Cardiovascular Diabetology, Vol. 24, Article 86 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Peder af Geijerstam, Katie Harris, Maria M. Johansson, John Chalmers, Katarina Nägga, Karin Rådholm (2025) Orthostatic Hypotension and Cognitive Function in Individuals 85 Years of Age: A Longitudinal Cohort Study in Sweden Aging and Disease, Vol. 16, p. 469-478 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2024

Lana Hebib, Ángel Herraiz-Adillo, Sara Higueras-Fresnillo, Daniel Berglind, Bledar Daka, Patrik Wennberg, Emil Hagstrom, Cecilia Lenander, Viktor H. Ahlqvist, Carl Johan Östgren, Karin Rådholm, Pontus Henriksson (2024) Life's Essential 8 is inversely associated with high-sensitivity C-reactive protein Scientific Reports, Vol. 14, Article 15024 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

Organisation

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Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV)

The research areas at HMV include experimental basic research to clinical, social and public health research. We conduct high-quality education in the sought-after care professions.
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Division of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Community Medicine (PRNV)

We are an interdisciplinary division that consists of three units: Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, and Clinical Medicine.
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Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MEDFAK)

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences conducts research and education within medicine, healthcare and public health.

News

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Physical fitness in adolescence linked to less atherosclerosis later

Men who were physically fit when they were young had a lower risk of atherosclerosis almost 40 years later. These findings suggest that atherosclerosis is one of the mechanisms behind the link between physical fitness and cardiovascular disease.

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