Dr. Eva Kosek

Biography

Eva Kosek received her medical degree (MD) from Uppsala University in 1986 and obtained her PhD from Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, in 1996. She became a specialist in rehabilitation medicine in 1998 and later focused on pain relief, starting in 2001. Throughout her professional career, she has actively engaged in research at the Karolinska Institutet, where she became an Associate Professor in 2004 and was promoted to Full Professor of Clinical Pain Research in 2015. In 2020, she took on the role of Full Professor of Clinical Pain Research in the Department of Surgical Sciences at Uppsala University, while also serving as a senior consultant at the Pain Center of Uppsala University Hospital. Kosek's research interests include the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying chronic musculoskeletal pain, with a particular focus on central pain modulation and neuroimmune interaction. Her studies encompass common pain disorders such as fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and specific chronic low back pain conditions. Kosek employs a variety of techniques including genetics, analysis of inflammatory substances in cerebrospinal fluid and blood, and quantitative sensory testing combined with neuroimaging. She participates in both national and international research collaborations, currently focusing on the role of autoreactive antibodies in fibromyalgia.

Research Interests