Research group Division for Sleep and Alertness Research
The research area is focused on sleep and recovery associated with stress. The main idea is that stress/load gives long-term effects only when recovery is disturbed.
The emphasis is on recovery processes as reflected in the activity of the central nervous system (such as deep sleep, the immune system and endocrine variables as growth hormone and testosterone). This paired with the possible causal factors such as stress, shift work, and the outcome variables such as illness, accident, sickness and mortality. The work includes further development of measurement indicators of poor recovery (for example sleep fragmentation, fatigue measurement, risk of accidents) and stress.
Group description
The research group also conducts research on the burnout similar permits etiology and how to treat and rehabilitate the people affected. Research into such diagnosis and disease mechanisms is done in close collaboration with the Stress Research Clinic, pursuing treatment and rehabilitation of people with stress-related disorders.
Current research topics
- Causes, mechanisms and effects of stress
- Sleep, fatigue and recovery
- Working hours, shift work and fatigue
- Prevention and treatment of stress and sleeping problems
Group members
Group managers
Lars Göran Kecklund
Professor, Deputy Head of Department
Members
John Axelsson
Professor
Leonie Balter
Researcher
Andreas Gerhardsson
Guest Researcher
Arne Lowden
Associate Professor
Paolo D'Onofrio
Guest
Johanna Schwarz
Researcher
Tina Sundelin
Associate Professor
Philip Tucker
Researcher
Torbjörn Åkerstedt
Professor Emeritus
