Dissertations Doctoral thesis defence: Marcelo Gomes Afonso
Title: Rheumatoid arthritis development: Novel autoantibody- and cytokine-mediated mechanisms
Welcome to Marcelo Gomes Afonso's doctoral thesis defence on Friday 22 May 2026, to be held in CMM Lecture Hall, Visionsgatan 18, L8:00.
Author:
Marcelo Gomes Afonso
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine Solna, Division of Rheumatology.
Principal Supervisor:
Bence Réthi, Docent
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine, Solna, Division of Rheumatology.
Opponent:
Ulrike Steffen, PD Dr.
Universitätsklinicum Erlangen, Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology.
Co-supervisor(s):
Professor Vivianne Malmström
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine (Solna), Division of Rheumatology.
Aase Hensvold MD, PhD
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine (Solna), Division of Rheumatology.
Examination Board:
Docent André Ortlieb Guerreiro-Cacais
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Neuro.
Professor Sandra Kleinau
Uppsala University, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology;, Microbiology and Immunology.
Docent John Andersson
Karolinska Institutet, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Unit of Integrative Epidemiology.