Laura Fratiglioni

Laura Fratiglioni is a medical doctor, specialized in Neurology and Epidemiology. Originally from Italy, she moved to Sweden 1996. As clinician, LF has worked mostly in Italy at the University Hospital of Florence; as researcher, she has been mostly active at Karolinska Institute, Sweden. Laura Fratiglioni is currently employed as professor at the Aging Research Center (ARC) that she directed for 15 years. In the same period, she directed the National Graduate School for Aging Research, an educational program with a biological and psycho-social profile. Under her supervision, 17 PhD and 12 postdoctoral students have completed their studies. At the moment, she is co-supervisor of three PhD students. Since 2018, LF is the Director of the National E-infrastructure on Aging Research (NEAR) a consortium of eight universities that coordinates existing databases from major population-based longitudinal studies on aging and health in Sweden. She is the principal investigator of the Kungsholmen Project on Aging and Dementia and The Swedish National Study on Aging and Care-Kungsholmen population study (SNAC-K). LF has led several major research projects in Sweden and EU, developed extensive scientific networks, and organized numerous national and international conferences and symposia. She has participated in advisory boards within the academia and the public health care organization (The Swedish Ministry of health and social affairs). Her major scientific contributions concern primary and secondary prevention of dementia, and more recently multimorbidity and longevity among the oldest old adults. Her scientific production has led to 339 original articles, 21 reviews, and 11 letters in peer-reviewed journals; 32 book chapters; and 13 reports. Citations: 97,880 citations by November 2022; h-index=138 (according to Google Scholar); recognized as the 4th most cited female researcher in Sweden 2022. Professor Fratiglioni has received several awards, including Karolinska Institutet’s Grand Silver Medal and the Karolinska Institutet Distinguished Professor Award, Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Alzheimer’s Association, and the Sohlberg's Nordic Prize in Gerontology.