Maja Dobrosavljevic
Title: Doctoral Student School/office: School of Medical SciencesEmail: maja.dobrosavljevic@oru.se
Phone: +46 19 302191
Room: X4216
About Maja Dobrosavljevic
Maja is one of the 16 international PhD students within the Newbreed Successful aging programme, co-funded by the European Commission through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, Co-funding of Regional (MSCA COFUND), Ageing and psychosocial adjustment thematic area.
Maja obtained a psychology degree at Belgrade University, Serbia, and a research master degree in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. She also conducted an 8-month internship in Affective Neurosciences, at Ghent University, Belgium. After that, she worked as a research assistant in the field of neurorehabilitation in older people with cognitive impairments.
The focus of her PhD project is to investigate Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in older adults and a potential link of ADHD and age-related disorders, such as dementia and cardiovascular disorders. This will be done by conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis, and subsequently using data from Swedish national registers. In addition, a potential mediation effect of comorbid psychiatric and somatic health problems between the onset of ADHD and the onset of age-related disorders will be investigated in a population based approach. Finally, a risk prediction model of cardio-vascular diseases of older people with the regard to diagnosis of ADHD, related multi-morbidity and the level of psychosocial adjustment across the life-span will be developed.
Research projects
Active projects
Publications
Articles in journals
- Solares, C. , Garcia-Argibay, M. , Chang, Z. , Dobrosavljevic, M. , Larsson, H. & Andershed, H. (2023). Risk of dementia and mild cognitive impairment in older adults with a criminal background: a population-based register study in Sweden. Scientific Reports, 13 (1).
- Zhang, L. , Du Rietz, E. , Kuja-Halkola, R. , Dobrosavljevic, M. , Johnell, K. , Pedersen, N. L. , Larsson, H. & Chang, Z. (2022). Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and Alzheimer's disease and any dementia: A multi-generation cohort study in Sweden. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 18 (6), 1155-1163.
- Li, L. , Chang, Z. , Sun, J. , Garcia-Argibay, M. , Du Rietz, E. , Dobrosavljevic, M. , Brikell, I. , Jernberg, T. & et al. (2022). Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder as a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases: a nationwide population-based cohort study. World Psychiatry, 21 (3), 452-459.
- Dobrosavljevic, M. , Fazel, S. , Du Rietz, E. , Li, L. , Zhang, L. , Chang, Z. , Jernberg, T. , Faraone, S. V. & et al. (2022). Risk prediction model for cardiovascular diseases in adults initiating pharmacological treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Evidence-Based Mental Health, 25, 185-190.
- Dobrosavljevic, M. , Zhang, L. , Garcia-Argibay, M. , Du Rietz, E. , Andershed, H. , Chang, Z. , Faraone, S. & Larsson, H. (2021). Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder as a risk factor for dementia and mild cognitive impairment: a population-based register study. European psychiatry, 65 (1).
Articles, reviews/surveys
- Dobrosavljevic, M. , Solares, C. , Cortese, S. , Cortese, S. , Andershed, H. & Larsson, H. (2020). Prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 118, 282-289.
- Solares, C. , Dobrosavljevic, M. , Larsson, H. , Cortese, S. & Andershed, H. (2020). The mental and physical health of older offenders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 118, 440-450.
Manuscripts
- Li, L. , Chang, Z. , Sun, J. , Garcia-Argibay, M. , Du Rietz, E. , Dobrosavljevic, M. , Brikell, I. , Jernberg, T. & et al. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder as a novel risk factor for cardiovascular diseases : a nationwide population-based cohort study.