Division of Children's and Women's Health (BKH)

The division consists of several different research and teaching areas.

Within obstetrics/gynecology there is, for example, reproductive health including endocrinology, contraception, reduced fertility, etc. Within paediatrics, research is carried out on childhood and adolescent diabetes, endocrinology, neurology, allergology, etc.

Research

Young Survivor Unit - YoSU

Our research aims to better understand the development of children who have been seriously ill early in life. Furthermore, to develop and study interventions that, in the long term, increase the children's functioning in everyday life.

En kvinna som sitter vid ett bord och matar sitt barn.

Interaction support in everyday life 鈥� Swedish Inklings iBASIS

The research project targets all families with extremely preterm infants. We aim to investigate whether early support for parents helps foster the child's social and communicative development.

Abrahamssons forskargrupp, gruppbild vid vatten.

Thomas Abrahamsson´s research group

Our research group aim to improve outcomes in preterm infants by identifying strategies to reduce sepsis, necrotizing enterocolitis, and neurodevelopmental impairment, focusing on nutrition, immunity, and the gut microbiota.

News

A woman in a white lab coat holding up a toothbrush.

19 February 2026

Treatment can protect extremely premature babies from lung disease

Early hydrocortisone treatment of extremely premature babies increases their chances of survival without lung disease, according to a study led by 麻豆社. The study also shows that the treatment is safe to give.

Young woman measures blood sugar level. Diabetes using lancet.

28 January 2026

Foundations for type 1 diabetes may already be laid during pregnancy

Researchers have identified a protein pattern that, already at birth, looks markedly different in those who later go on to develop type 1 diabetes. The findings show that a combination of several factors during pregnancy affects disease risk.

08 December 2025

Better care of expectant mothers in focus for new research centre

It should not matter where in the country a woman gives birth. Nor should her background. A new research centre is therefore being set up, to make the entire care chain for expectant and new mothers more equal and based on their individual needs.

Contact us

Head of Division

peter.bang@liu.se

Coordinator

Co-workers

Thomas Abrahamsson

Professor

Pär Andersson White

Adjunct Assistant Lecturer

Sheida Ardeshirilajimi

Research Engineer

Peter Bang

Professor, Head of Division

Adjunct Assistant Lecturer

Christer Borgfeldt

Professor

Cecilia Brüggemann

Affiliated Researcher

Mats Anders Bågesund

Adjunct Associate Professor, Docent

Sara Carlhäll

Adjunct Associate Professor

Rosaura Casas

Principal Research Engineer, Docent

Shamila Darvish Alipoor

Adjunct Associate Professor

Shadi Jafari

Principal Research Engineer

Adjunct Associate Professor

Emmy Lillieberg

Caroline Lilliecreutz

Adjunct Associate Professor

Johnny Ludvigsson

Professor Emeritus

Oskar Lundgren

Adjunct Associate Professor

Lollo Makdessi Björkström

Magalí Martí Generó

Principal Research Engineer

Heriberto Rodriguez Martinez

Indusmita Routray

Postdoc

John Samuelsson

Adjunct Assistant Lecturer

Leila Shabani Mashcool

Affiliated Researcher

Affiliated Researcher

Madelene Wedin

Erik Wejryd

Adjunct Assistant Lecturer

Erika Zettby

Postdoc

Huan Zhang

Principal Research Engineer, Docent

Ulrika Ådén

Professor

Karin Åkesson

Senior Associate Professor

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