Researchers in infectious diseases and AMR at SLU

Last changed: 22 May 2024
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Infectious diseases and AMR-related research is taken place at all four faculties at SLU. If you are interested and want to get in contact with other researchers in the field, you can find their contact details and area of expertise below.

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Bacteria and antibiotic resistance

Salim Bourras, Associate Senior Lecturer at the Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology.

Ulf Emanuelson, Professor at the Department of Clinical Sciences.

Ingrid Hansson, Researcher at the Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health.

Pilar López-Hernández, PhD-student at the Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment.

Ulf Magnusson, Professor at the Department of Clinical Sciences.

  • Area of expertise: One Health, zoonoses, antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance in food producing animals, globally with a focus on Africa and Asia. Interventions and strategies.
  • Contact: ulf.magnusson@slu.se, CV Ulf Magnusson.

Kristina Osbjer, Researcher at the Department of Clinical Sciences.

Elisabeth Rajala, Researcher Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health.

  • Area of expertise: bacteria and antibiotic resistance, public health, AMR in livestock farming, food security.
  • Contact: elisabeth.rajala@slu.se.

Infectious diseases and infectious disease modelling

Johanna Lindahl, Researcher at the Department of Clinical Sciences.

  • Area of expertise: One Health, global health, EcoHealth, planetary health, vector-borne diseases, zoonoses, neglected tropical diseases, transboundary diseases, antimicrobial resistance, sustainable livestock systems, food security, food safety.
  • Contact:johanna.lindahl@slu.se

Susanna Sternberg Lewerin, Professor at the Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health.

  • Area of expertise: infectious animal diseases and AMR; epidemiology, surveillance, biosecurity, disease modelling, modelling the spread of infectious agents, evaluation of control measures, public health, prevention, zoonotic, behaviour.
  • Contact: susanna.sternberg-lewerin@slu.se, CV Susanna Sternberg-Lewerin.

Krista Tuominen, PhD studentat the Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health.

Food security

Assem Abu Hatab, Researcher at the Department of Economics.

Sofia Boqvist, Associate Professor at the Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health.

Environment

Foon Yin Lai, Associate Senior Lecturer and Docent at the Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment.

  • Area of expertise: wastewater-based epidemiology, chemical and microbial contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), water resources and water quality, recipient aquatic environment, (waste)water reuse, advanced analytical instrumentation (LC-MS/MS, LC-QTOF-MS, LC-Orbitrap-MS).
    Contact: foonyin.lai@slu.seCV Foon Yin Lai.

Stefan Bertilsson, Professor at the Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment.

Stefan Örn, Researcher at the Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health. 

New drugs and drug delivery systems

Anders Broberg, Professor at the Department of Molecular Sciences.

Bengt Guss, Professor at the Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health.

  • Area of expertise: new drugs, antibiotics and vaccines, infectious diseases, bacterial infections, animal health.
  • Contact:Bengt.Guss@slu.seCV Bengt Guss.

Vadim Kessler, Professor at the Department of Molecular Sciences.

Parasites and anthelmintic resistance

Johan Höglund, Professor at the Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health.

Eva Tydén, Researcher and Docent at the Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health.

  • Area of expertise: parasites and anthelmintic resistance, anthelmintic resistance, equine parasites, mechanism of resistance, sustainable parasite monitoring programme.
  • Contact: eva.tyden@slu.seCV Eva Tydén

Reproductive biotechnologies

Jane Morrell, Professor at the Department of Clinical Sciences.

  • Area of expertise: use of antibiotics in reproductive biotechnologies, novel antibiotics, alternatives to antibiotics, bacteria in semen, effect of antibotics in semen extenders on environment.
  • Contact: jane.morrell@slu.se

Social Science

Gabriela Olmos Antillón, Researcher at the Department of Clinical Sciences.