MIMS Clinical Research Fellows

Anne-Marie Fors Connolly

My research is focused on studying life-threatening and debilitating acute and long-term complications following viral infections, and how to identify individuals at risk of complications or severe disease before they become infected. This research combines the high-quality total population registry for all of Sweden with the unique cohort of individuals in Northern Sweden that have given blood samples since many years back for research purposes. The viruses that are included in my projects are SARS-CoV-2, Influenza and Puumala viruses; and all of these viruses are notifiable diseases. This means that every individual in Sweden that has a laboratory-verified positive test is reported to a central communicable surveillance database, and this data can then be extracted and cross-linked with several nationwide registries covering information from socioeconomic variables to comorbidities to need of intensive care to even those that need to be on sick leave for a longer period of time. 

Sara Gredmark Russ

We study emerging viral infections, with a focus on Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus (TBEV), which infects the central nervous system. We study how the virus cause disease in humans through combining immunological analyses on patient samples with epidemiological studies. We also perform basic experimental virology research to help explain disease pathogenesis. Overall, our research has a translational and clinical base within the area of infectious diseases.