Maria Lodefalk
Maria Lodefalk Position: Affiliated Researcher School/office: School of Medical SciencesEmail: bWFyaWEubG9kZWZhbGs7b3J1LnNl
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About Maria Lodefalk
Maria Lodefalk is a consultant in pediatrics with a focus on endocrinology and an associate professor at Örebro University. She has supervised three doctoral students to their dissertations – two as a co-supervisor and one as main supervisor. She is currently the supervisor of two doctoral students.
Lodefalk's research deals with Growth and pubertal disorders and spans a wide age range – from the fetal period to young adulthood. The research methods include both experimental and observational studies, as well as laboratory analyses and national registers.
Maria Lodefalk is responsible for a large sample collection at Örebro University Hospital containing approximately 10,000 placental samples with associated umbilical cord blood samples and clinical data. She also leads the recently started research group Pediatric Research Centre and participates in teaching at the Medical Program at Örebro University. Lodefalk divides her working time between the Department of Pediatrics, Örebro University Hospital, and the University Health Care Research Centre, Region Örebro County.
Research projects
Active projects
- Genetic variants in juvenile granulosa cell tumors in Swedish children
- The placental proteome in maternal diabetes mellitus during pregnancy
- A systematic literature review of granulosa cell tumors in girls including identification of new, Swedish cases
- Fetal stress and iron metabolism
- Insulin/IGF, adiponectin and PPAR signalling systems in the placenta
- Comparison of the importance of preservation methods for protein expression in the human placenta
- Långtidskonsekvenser av manlig försenad pubertet
- Preeclampsia and microRNA expression in the placenta