KI doctoral students receive scholarships from the Asthma and Allergy Association
Every year, the Swedish Asthma and Allergy Association's Research Fund awards the Kerstin Hejdenberg Scholarship to doctoral students in paediatric allergological research. Four of the recipients of this year's scholarship are researchers at Karolinska Institutet.
The purpose of the Kerstin Hejdenberg scholarship is to encourage paediatric allergological research with a focus on psychological and social dimensions, as well as prioritise research that can lead to improved communication between healthcare professionals and patients.
Through the scholarship, the fund wants to support young researchers in their work, and motivate promising researchers to continue their careers in the field of asthma and allergy.
This year's scholarship recipients at KI
Eleni Theofanidou Axelsson, PhD student at the Department of Medicine, Solna
For the research project: "New ways of working for increased quality of life in children and adolescents with asthma"
Ulrika Ehrén, PhD student at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience
For the research project: "Online cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety related to pediatric asthma"
Hedvig von Ehrenheim, PhD student at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
For the research project: "Pollen exposure, heat waves and the exacerbation of pediatric asthma;
Josefin Ullberg, PhD student at the Department of Women's and Children's Health
For the research project: "Tolerance development in non-IgE-mediated and IgE-mediated food allergies with a focus on food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome and peanut allergy"