Christina Hultman

Christina Hultman

Professor Emeritus/Emerita

Om mig

Jag har över 35 års erfarenhet som kliniker i psykiatrivården och bedriver som forskare longitudinella fall-kontrollstudier inom schizofreni. 2009 blev jag professor i psykiatrisk epidemiologi vid Karolinska Institutet. 

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Forskningsbeskrivning

Urval av originalartiklar

  1. De Rubeis S, He X, Goldberg AP, Poultney CS, Samocha K, Cicek AE, et al. Synaptic, transcriptional and chromatin genes disrupted in autism. Nature. 2014;515(7526):209-15.
  2. Genovese G, Kähler AK, Handsaker RE, Lindberg J, Rose SA, Bakhoum SF, et al. Clonal hematopoiesis and blood-cancer risk inferred from blood DNA sequence. New England Journal of Medicine. 2014;371(26):2477-87.
  3. Hultman CM, Geddes J, Sparén P, Takei N, Murray RM, Cnattingius S. PapersPrenatal and perinatal risk factors for schizophrenia, affective psychosis, and reactive psychosis of early onset: case-control studyPrenatal and perinatal risk factors for early onset schizophrenia, affective psychosis, and reactive psychosis. Bmj. 1999;318(7181):421-6.
  4. Hultman CM, Sparén P, Cnattingius S. Perinatal risk factors for infantile autism. Epidemiology. 2002;13(4):417-23.
  5. Lek M, Karczewski KJ, Minikel EV, Samocha KE, Banks E, Fennell T, et al. Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans. Nature. 2016;536(7616):285-91.
  6. Lichtenstein P, Yip BH, Björk C, Pawitan Y, Cannon TD, Sullivan PF, et al. Common genetic determinants of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in Swedish families: a population-based study. The Lancet. 2009;373(9659):234-9.
  7. Purcell SM, Moran JL, Fromer M, Ruderfer D, Solovieff N, Roussos P, et al. A polygenic burden of rare disruptive mutations in schizophrenia. Nature. 2014;506(7487):185-90.
  8. Purcell SM, Wray NR, Stone JL, Visscher PM, O'donovan MC, Sullivan PF, et al. Common polygenic variation contributes to risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Nature. 2009;460(7256):748-52.
  9. Ripke S, O'Dushlaine C, Chambert K, Moran JL, Kähler AK, Akterin S, et al. Genome-wide association analysis identifies 13 new risk loci for schizophrenia. Nature genetics. 2013;45(10):1150-9.
  10. Stone JL, O’Donovan MC, Gurling H, Kirov GK, Blackwood DH, Corvin A, et al. Rare chromosomal deletions and duplications increase risk of schizophrenia. Nature. 2008;455(7210):237-41.

Pedagogiska meriter

Handledning 

Huvudhandledning av doktorander

  • Viktoria Johansson, Psychiatrist, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, KI, “Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers in Twins with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder”, 2015
  • Sven Sandin, Biostatistician, Maudsley Hospital at Kings’s College, London, UK. ‘Maternal effects in autism’, 2014
  • Emma Frans, Biomedical engineer, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, KI, “High paternal age and risk of psychiatric disorders in offspring”, 2013
  • Anna Svensson, KTH Bioengineer, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, KI, “Family studies of schizophrenia and pregnancy outcomes”, 2009.
  • Erik Wennström, Psychologist, Dept of Neuroscience, Ulleråker, Uppsala, “The Camberwell Assessment of Need as an outcome measure in community mental health care”, 2008.
  • James MacCabe, Psychiatrist, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychological Medicine, London,  “Educational achievement in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder”, 2007.
  • Gabriella Stålberg, Psychologist, Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Ulleråker “Early risk factors and family relations in schizophrenia”. Licentiate thesis, 2004/ Doctorate thesis 2013

Postdocs

  • Anna Kähler, Institute of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, and Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital, Norway, 2010-2014
  • Jacqueline Borg, Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2008-2012
  • Elin Dianna Gunnarsdottir, University of Akureyri, Iceland, 2008-2009
  • Unnur Valdimarsdottir, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2005-2008
  • Carola Åberg, Stockholm University 2005-2006

Utbildning

Utbildning/specialisering

1979 Psych.D./M.Sc, Psychology

1996                    Specialist in Clinical Psychology

1996                    Specialist in Clinical Research

1996                    Licenced Psychotherapist

Doktorsgrad

1996 Ph.D. Uppsala University; Clinical Psychology/Psychiatry; Thesis: Obstetric complications, Electrodermal Activity and Psychosocial Factors within a Stress-Vulnerability Model of Schizophrenia. Supervisor: Professor Arne Öhman, Karolinska Institutet (KI)