Ulrika Ådén

Professor

Professor in pediatric medicine and specialist in neonatology at the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences.

Publications

Latest publications in LiU DiVA

2026

Ylva F. Kaul, Martin Johansson, Anu Haavisto, Ulrika Ådén, Karin Kallen, Thomas Abrahamsson, Aijaz Farooqi, David Ley, Karin Savman, Andreas Ohlin, Kerstin Hellgren, Fredrik Serenius, Lisa B. Thorell (2026)

Academic achievement in children born extremely preterm: a cohort study Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2025-329756

Samson Nivins, Nelly Padilla, Hedvig Kvanta, Gustaf Martensson, Ulrika Ådén (2026)

Disrupted cortical folding and cognitive outcomes in extremely preterm children at mid-childhood NeuroImage, Vol. 335, Article 121993 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.121993

Maria Ortqvist, Nelly Padilla, Cecilia Montgomery, Karin Savman, Thomas Abrahamsson, Aijaz Farooqi, Fredrik Serenius, Lisa B. Thorell, Ulrika Ådén (2026)

Motor difficulties and associated risk factors at 12 years in children born extremely preterm: a population-based cohort study Archives of Disease in Childhood (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2025-329687

Fredrik Serenius, Thomas Abrahamsson, Ulrika Ådén, Kerstin Hellgren, Karin Savman, Andreas Ohlin, David Ley, Lena Hellstrom Westas, Aijaz Farooqi, Karin Kallen, Lisa B. Thorell (2026)

Neurodevelopmental Outcomes 12 Years After Extremely Preterm Birth in Sweden Pediatrics, Vol. 157, Article e2025073742 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2025-073742

Anna Hallin Provenzano, Noni Wadstrom, Kristina Lowing, Samson Nivins, Erika Zettby, Ann Charlotte Smedler, Mara Westling Allodi, Bjorn Westrup, Ulrika Ådén, Maria Ortqvist (2026)

Neurodevelopment after a strength-based intervention in children born extremely preterm: a randomised controlled trial Pediatric Research (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41390-026-04940-6

Research

Young Survivor Unit - YoSU

Our research aims to better understand the development of children who have been seriously ill early in life. Furthermore, to develop and study interventions that, in the long term, increase the children's functioning in everyday life.

News

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LiU professor to become the Swedish Research Council’s new Secretary General

Ulrika Ådén has been appointed the Swedish Research Council’s new Secretary General for Medicine and Health. In her new role, she aims to promote international collaboration and contribute to greater impact of research in society.

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Treatment can protect extremely premature babies from lung disease

Early hydrocortisone treatment of extremely premature babies increases their chances of survival without lung disease, according to a study led by LiU. The study also shows that the treatment is safe to give.

Ulrika Ådén to be inaugurated as new professor of paediatric medicine

Modern intensive care technology means that more and more prematurely born babies are surviving. Less attention has been given to what happens to them afterwards. Ulrika Ådén wants to change this situation through new research.

Organisation

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Division of Children's and Women's Health (BKH)

The Division of Children’s and Women’s Health consists of a number of different research and educational areas - obstetrics / gynecology and pediatrics.

Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV)

What characterizes the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV) is the wide breadth of research and education. BKV is one of the largest departments at LiU with affiliation mainly to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MEDFAK)

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