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Ulf Lundberg

FD, professor emeritus i humanbiologisk psykologi

Uppdrag

Undervisning

Opponent vid doktorsdisputationer i Sverige, Norge, Finland och Holland.

Forskarutbildningskurser: Behavioral Medicine and Women, Evolutionary Psychology, Psychobiological stress responses.

Lärare och organisatör för nordiska kurser (NIVA) i Danmark, Finland och Norge kring biomarkörer för stress och balansen mellan arbete och övrig liv.

Har handlett 15 doktorander till disputation. Handleder för närvarande fyra doktorander.

Momentansvarig för B-kurs: Stress ur ett psykobiologiskt perspektiv med ca 100 studenter per år.

Enstaka lektioner på andra kurser på grundutbildnignen, psykologlinjen och forskarutbildningen.

Handleder ca 10 C- och D-uppsatser per år.

Forskning

Syftet är att identifiera psykosociala, beteendemässiga och biologiska faktorer som påverkar välbefinnande och hälsa bland kvinnor och män. Forkningen omfattar teorier och metoder från biomedicin, psykofysiologi och socialpsykologi. Experiment i laboratoriemiljö kombineras med studier av olika yrkesgrupper i deras naturliga miljöer. Långsiktiga projekt gäller (1) sambanden mellan psykosociala faktorer, fysiologiska stressreaktioner och muskelbesvär, (2) social position och hälsa och (3) kvinnors arbete, stress och hälsa.

Aktuella finansierade projekt

Forskningsrådet för arbetsliv och socialvetenskap (FAS): Arbetstider, stress och psykologiskt välbefinnande inom offentlig förvaltning.

Vetenskapsrådet: Stressinducerad muskelsmärta: Betydelsen av muskelaktivitet under sömn.

Publikationer sedan 2005

Tidskriftsartiklar

Riva, R., Mork, P.J., Westgaard, R.H., Rø, M., & Lundberg, U. (2010). Fibromyalgia syndrome is associated with hypocortisolism. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 17(3), 223-233.

Lundberg, U. (2008). Sleep and musculoskeletal pain. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 15, 1, 253.

von Thiele Schwarz, U., Lindfors, P., & Lundberg, U. (2008). Health-related effects of worksite interventions involving physical exercise and reduced workhours. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 34, 179-188.

Gustafsson, K., Lindfors, P., Aronsson, G., & Lundberg, U. (2008) Relationships between self-rating of recovery from work and morning salivary cortisol. Journal of Occupational Health, 50, 24-30.

Lundberg, U. (2006). Stress, subjective and objective health. International Journal of Social Welfare, 15 (Suppl. 1), S41-S48.

McGovern, P., Dowd, B., Gjerdingen, D., Gross, C.R., Kenney, S., Ukestad, L., McCaffrey, D., & Lundberg, U. (2006). Postpartum health of employed mothers 5 weeks after childbirth. Annals of Family Medicine, 4, 159-167.

Berntsson, L., Lundberg, U., & Krantz, G. (2006). Gender differences in work-home interplay and symptom perception among Swedish white collar employees. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 60, 1070-1076.

Krantz, G., & Lundberg, U. (2006). Workload, work stress, and sickness absence in Swedish male and female white-collar employees. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 34, 238-246.

Busch H., Montgomery W., Melin B., & Lundberg, U. (2006). Visuospatial and verbal memory in chronic pain patients: An explorative study. Pain Practice, 6, 179-185.

Lindfors, P., Lundberg, O., & Lundberg, U. (2006). Allostatic load and clinical risk as related to sense of coherence in middle-aged women. Psychosomatic Medicine, 68, 801-807.

Lindfors, P., von Thiele, U., & Lundberg, U. (2006). Work characteristics and upper extremity disorders in female dental health workers. Journal of Occupational Health, 48, 192-197.

Lindfors, P., Berntsson, L., & Lundberg, U. (2006). Total workload as related to psychological well-being and symptoms in full-time employed women and men. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 13, 131-137.

Lundberg, U. (2006). Stress, subjective and objective health. International Journal of Social Welfare, 15 (Suppl. 1), S41-S48.

von Thiele, U., Lindfors, P., & Lundberg, U. (2006). Evaluating different measures of sickness absence with respect to work characteristics. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 34, 247-253.

von Thiele, U., Lindfors, P., & Lundberg, U. (2006). Self-rated recovery from work stress and allostatic load in women. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 34, 247-253.

Lindfors, P., Berntsson, B., & Lundberg, U. (2006). Factor structure of Ryff's Psychological Well-Being Scales in Swedish female and male white-collar workers. Personality and Individual Differences, 40, 1213-1222.

McGovern, P., Dowd, B., Gjerdingen, D., Gross, C.R., Kenney, S., Ukestad, L., McCaffrey, D., & Lundberg, U. (2006). Postpartum health of employed mothers 5 weeks after childbirth. Annals of Family Medicine, 4, 159-167.

Granath, J., Ingvarsson, S., von Thiele, U., & Lundberg, U. (2006). Stress management: A randomized study of cognitive behavioural therapy and yoga. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 35, 3-10.

Mellner, C., Krantz, G., & Lundberg, U. (2006) Symtom reporting and self-rated health among women in mid-life: The role of work characteristics and family responsibilities. International Journal of Behavioural Medicine, 13, 1-7.

Alehagen, S., Wijma, B., Lundberg, U., & Wijma, K. (2005). Fear, pain and stress hormones during childbirth. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, 26(3), 253-165.

Koupil, I., Mann, V., Leon, D. A., Lundberg, U., Byberg, L., & Vågerö, D. (2005). Morning cortisol does not mediate the association of size at birth with blood pressure in children born from full-term pregnancies. Clinical Endocrinology, 62(6), 661-666.

Krantz, G., Berntsson, L., & Lundberg, U. (2005). Total workload, work stress and perceived symptoms in Swedish male and female white-collar employees. European Journal of Public Health, 15(2), 209-214.

Lindfors, P., Lundberg, U., & Lundberg, O. (2005). Sense of coherence and biomarkers of health in 43-year old women. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 12(2), 98-102.

Lundberg, U. (2005). Stress hormones in health and illness: the roles of work and gender. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 30(10), 1017-1021. (No. 12 on Science Direct Top25 Hottest articles in psychology Oct-Dec 2005.)

Mellner, C., Krantz, G., & Lundberg, U. (2005). Medically unexplained symptoms in women as related to physiological stress responses. Stress and Health, 21, 45-52.

Bokkapitel

Lundberg, U. (2011). Neuroendocriine measures. In Contrada, R.J. & Baum, A. (eds.), The Handbook of Stress Science. Biology, Psycholopgy, and Health. New York, Springer. pp. 531-542.

Lundberg, U. (2010). Stress and public health. In Mental and Neurological Public Health: A Global Perspective, edited by Vikram Patel, Alistair Woodward, Valery L. Feigin, H.K. Heggenhougen, and Stella Quah., p. 496-504.

Lundberg, U. (2009). Stress, health and illness as related to work and gender. In K.-A. Lindgren (Ed.), How Stress Influences Musculoskeletal Disorders. Orton Foundation, Helsinki, pp. 11-15.

Lundberg, U. (2009). Physiological stress reactions and musculoskeletal disorders. In K.-A. Lindgren (Ed.), How Stress Influences Musculoskeletal Disorders. Orton Foundation, Helsinki, pp. 21-25.

Lundberg, U., & Krantz, G. (2008). Gender, work and health. In A. Sahaya (Ed.), Selected Readings. IV International Congress, Women, Work & Health, New Delhi, 27-30 November, 2005. Women, Work & Health Initiative, New Delhi. pp. 196-207.

Lundberg, U. (2007). Stress. In K. Heggenhougen & S. Quah (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Public Health, 6, 241-250. Academic Press, San Diego.

Lundberg, U. (2007). Health implications of work-related stress in women and men. In P.G. Richter, R. Rau & S. Mühlpfordt (Eds.), Arbeit und Gesundheit. Pabst Science Publishers, Lengerich, Germany, pp. 15-27.

Lundberg, U. (2007). Workplace stress. In G. Fink (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Stress. San Diego: Academic Press, pp. 871-875.

Lundberg, U. (2007). Catecholamines. In G. Fink (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Stress. San Diego: Academic Press, pp. 419-423.

Internet

Lundberg, U. (2008). Catecholamines and environmental stress. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur _Research Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health. The Allostatic Notebook. www.macses.ucsf.edu/Research/Allostatic/notebook/catecholamine.html

Lundberg, U. (2008). Muscle tension. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur _Research Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health. The Allostatic Notebook. www.macses.ucsf.edu/Research/Allostatic/notebook/muscle.html

Böcker

Lundberg, U., & Cooper, C.L. (2011.) The Science of Occupational Health: Stress, Psychobiology, and the New World of Work. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford.

Allvin, M., Aronsson, G., Hagström, T., Johansson, G., & Lundberg, U. (2011.) Work without boundaries. Psychological perspectives on the new work life. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford.

Allvin, M., Aronsson, G., Hagström, T., Johansson, G., & Lundberg, U. (2006). Gränslöst arbete - Socialpsykologiska perspektiv på det nya arbetslivet. Liber.

Lundberg, U., & Wentz, G. (2005). Stressad hjärna, stressad kropp. Om sambanden mellan psykisk stress och kroppslig ohälsa. Wahlström och Widstrand.

Find Lundberg's abstracts in the Annual Report database.

Internationellt samarbete

Prof Paulo Bonato, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.

Prof Patricia McGovern, Minneapolis, USA.

Prof Rolf Westgaard, Trondheim, Norway.

Övrigt

Sakkunnig vid tjänstetillsättningar (professur, lektorat, docenturer) i Sverige och Norge.

Har bidragit med muntliga presentationer vid mer än 100 internationella vetenskapliga konferenser, bland annat som ”keynote speaker”.

Expertintervjuer i TV i Sverige, Danmark och Tyskland.