Helenas research aims to identify and increase knowledge about the effects of stress on sleep and sleep quality and to study how physiological sleep variables relate to other indications of sleep quality. She has primarily studied how different levels of naturally occurring work stress affect sleep.

Education: Registered nurse with a bachelor's degree in medical sciences and a master's degree in stress prevention. Is currently a Phd-student at the Institute for Clinical Neuroscience at Karolinska Institutet.