Together they work towards achieving equal care for all and improved public health in Sweden and the world.
Obstetrics, Midwifery and Global Reproductive Health
Kerstin Erlandsson can answer questions about obstetrics and midwifery: for example, pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum care, neonatal care, gender, LGBTQ+ perspectives, same-sex parenting, contraception, abortion, childbirth anxiety and foetal movements – in Sweden and in other countries.
Ulrika Byrskog can answer questions about group-based maternity care, midwifery education, and the integration of midwifery in different healthcare systems: for example, global care models, specific projects in Bangladesh, care of Somali-Swedish women, and professional theory and methodology in sexual, reproductive and perinatal health. She is also an expert in global sexual and reproductive health and is responsible for the only Master’s programme in this field in Sweden.
Christina Pedersen is a midwife and teacher with expertise in global sexual and reproductive health. She teaches at the graduate level in the Midwifery Programme and the Master's Programme in Global Sexual and Reproductive Health. She also heads training at the Clinical Competence Centre. She can answer questions about global sexual and reproductive health, obstetrics, pregnancy, postpartum care and leadership in healthcare systems. She has experience working on international projects in Bangladesh, Gambia, India and Nepal.
Family Formation, Infertility and LGBTQ+ Perspectives
Catrin Borneskog Sinclair can answer questions about psychosocial obstetrics, assisted reproduction, treatment with donated eggs and sperm, family formation in two-mother families, women’s infertility issues, and transgender people’s experience and access to respectful sexual and reproductive healthcare.
Global Health and Migration
Fatumo Osman can answer questions about global health, migration and equality in healthcare and welfare. Her research focuses on support for underrepresented groups, parental and child mental health, and the impact of migration on health and parenting. She also works with projects that concern the impact of education on children and young people with asylum and refugee backgrounds both during and after the pandemic. Close collaboration with the people who are affected by her research features strongly in her work: not only is her research about them, but it is also conducted with them.
Elin Ternström can answer questions about vulnerability during pregnancy and childbirth, fear of childbirth, and women with migrant experiences who give birth in Sweden. She heads the Midwifery Programme and runs international research projects in Somaliland and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
