Leading Cardiologist Annika Rosengren Receives Forska!Sverige Research award
Stockholm,Sweden – November 14,2023 – Renowned cardiologist and researcher Annika Rosengren has been awarded teh prestigious research award from the Swedish association Forska!Sverige for her groundbreaking work in cardiovascular disease prevention. The award was presented today on Forska!sverige Day, recognizing Rosengren’s significant contributions to understanding and mitigating the global burden of heart disease.
Rosengren’s research demonstrates that up to seven out of ten cases of cardiovascular disease are linked to preventable risk factors, highlighting the potential for proactive intervention. Her work extends beyond Sweden,with a prominent role in international studies revealing a decline in cardiovascular disease mortality in high-income countries,while rates remain stubbornly high in low- and middle-income nations.
Since 2005, Rosengren has been a key contributor to the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study, a global epidemiological population study examining the impact of societal factors on non-communicable diseases. She also participates in the steering committees for the international research projects INTERHEART, INTERSTROKE, and PURE.
“We need to work preventively to prevent human suffering and the high social costs that cardiovascular disease brings. That is exactly what Annika Rosengren’s work is all about,” stated Anna Nilsson Vindefjärd, Secretary General of Forska!Sverige. “With this year’s research award,we wont to draw attention to her research,the results of which have been useful not only in Sweden but also globally.”
Rosengren, a professor of medicine at the University of gothenburg since 2002, earned her medical degree in 1978 and her phd in 1988. She is also a specialist in cardiology and internal medicine. She is consistently recognized among the world’s highest-ranked female researchers in medicine.
“I would like to express my great thanks to the foundation Forska!Sverige for the award,which provides support and encouragement for continued research,” said Rosengren. “Although several advances have been made in the field, major threats to cardiovascular health remain, not least linked to obesity and type-2 diabetes. More studies are also needed around several so far unnoticed risk factors, such as air pollution and climate change with more and longer lasting heat waves, where people with cardiovascular diseases are extra sensitive.”
Rosengren is also involved in SCAPIS, a large Swedish observational study encompassing over 30,000 participants, creating a national knowledge bank for research into heart, vascular, and lung disease.
Resources:
* Göteborgs-Posten Interview with annika rosengren
* Forska!sverige Newsroom Post
* Visit Forska!Sverige Newsroom
