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Ulf Lundberg

PhD, Professor of Biological Psychology

Positions

Assignments

Teaching at graduate and undergraduate level

Psychobiological aspects of stress, behavioral medicine:

Opponent at doctoral dissertations in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Holland.

Responsible for three courses for graduate students: Behavioral Medicine and Women, Evolutionary Psychology, Psychobiological stress responses.

Participating as organizer and teacher in Nordic courses for graduate students (NIVA) in Denmark, Finland and Norway.

Supervised 15 graduate students to PhD-examination, presently supervising four graduate students.

Stress from a psychobiological perspective, undergraduate course of 5 points at B level, attracting about 100 students per year.

Supervising about 10 students per year preparing their examination papers on the C and D level.

Research

The general aim of the research program is to identify psychosocial, behavioral and biological factors linking psychosocial and socioeconomic conditions to well-being and health risks in men and women. Research integrates theories and methods from biomedicine, psychophysiology and social psychology. Experimental studies are performed in the laboratory and complemented by studies of occupational groups in their natural settings.

An ongoing long term project concerns the relationship between psychosocial factors, cardiovascular and neuroendocrine stress responses and musculoskeletal disorders. The research is focused on: (1) socioeconomic status and health, (2) work and health, and (3) psychobiological aspects of women's health.

Ongoing projects involve (1) the relationship between stress, muscular tension and sleep in women with fibromyalgia, (2) flexible work schedules, stress and health, (3) workload, stress and health in women, and (4) social status and stress hormones.

Publications since 2005

Journal articles

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.

Book chapters

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

Books

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.

Ongoing international collaboration

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

Prof Patricia McGovern, Minneapolis, USA.

Prof Rolf Westgaard, Trondheim, Norway.

Miscellaneous

Referee for positions as professor and associate professor in Sweden and Norway.

Scientific presentations at more than one hundred international conferences, several keynote presentations.

Interviewed as expert in television in Sweden, Denmark and Germany.