Lundberg, Ulf

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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.

Positions

2000 - Professor at Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University and Karolinska institutet.
1990 - Professor of Biological Psychology, Stockholm University.
1990 - Head, Division of Biological Psychology and the Stress Hormone Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University.
1981 Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Medical Psychology, Uniformed Services, University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
1976 Associate professor (docent), Stockholm University.
1988 PhD, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University/ Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm. Thesis title: Studies on sex-related psychological and biological indicators of psychosocial vulnerability: A developmental perspective.
1972 - 1990 Researcher, Stockholm University and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm.
1972 Ph.D. in Psychology, Stockholm University.

Assignments

1999 - 2006 Editor-in-Chief: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine.
2003 - Scientific Advisory Board, Institute for Stress Medicine, Göteborg.
2000 - Board Member, Centre for Health Equity Studies, Stockholm University.
1994 - 1999 Associated Editor: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine.
1999 - Board Member, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University.
1998 - Scientific Advisory Board, Swedish Psychological Association.
1994 - Board Member, Swedish Society of Behavioral Medicine.
1994 - Executive Committee and Governing Council, International Society of Behavioral Medicine.
1990 - Editorial Board: Motivation and Emotion; Journal of Gender, Culture and Health; Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health.

Teaching at graduate level

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 20 graduate students to PhD-examination, presently supervising three graduate students.

Publications

Lundberg, U. (Forthcoming). Stress. Encyclopedia of Public Health.

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

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

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

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., and Lundberg, U. (2006). Postpartum health of employed mothers 5 weeks after childbirth. Annals of Family Medicine, 4, 159-167.

Berntsson, L., Lundberg, U., and 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., and 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., and Lundberg, U. (2006). Visuospatial and verbal memory in chronic pain patients: An explorative study. Pain Practice, 6, 179-185.

Lindfors, P., Berntsson, L., and 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 (6), 1213-1222.

Lindfors, P., Lundberg, O., and 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., and 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., and 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., and 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., and 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., and 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., and 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., and Lundberg, U. (2006). Stress management: A randomized study of cognitive behavioural therapy and yoga. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 35, 3-10.

Mellner, C., Krantz, G., and Lundberg, U. (2006) Symptom 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.

In Swedish

Gustafsson, K., Lindfors, P., Aronsson, G., and Lundberg, U. (2006). Validering av frågor avseende nedvarvning och återhämtning-samband mellan salivkortisol och subjektiva skattningar. Arbete och Hälsa, 7.

Larsson, J., Albertsen, K., Björnberg, U., Hedenus, A., Russel Hochschild, A., Holte, A.K., Lammi-Taskula, J., Lundberg, U., Mathieu, C., Olofsdotter Stensöta, H., and Sanne, C. (2006). "Låt staten betala sänkt arbetstid för föräldrar". DN Debatt, 21 augusti 2006.

Lundberg, U. (2006). Samspelet individ, samhälle, livsstil och biologi. In R. Ekman and B. Arnetz (Eds.), Stress: Molekylerna - individen - organisationen - samhället (pp. 275-288). Stockholm: Liber Förlag.

Book

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

Ongoing international collaboration

Prof Paulo Bonato, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
Prof Patricia McGovern, Minneapolis, USA.
Prof Rolf Westgaard, Trondheim, Norway.

Miscellaneous

1999 - 2002 Partner in European Union Network: Prevention of Muscular Disorders in Operation of Computer Input Devices (PROCID).
1998 - 1999 Participated in the Allostatic Load Group (chair: Bruce McEwen, New York), part of the MacArthur Foundation Network on SES and Health.
1983 - 1989 Member of J.D. and C.T. MacArthur Network on Health Promoting and Health Damaging Behavior, Chicago, USA.
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.