Erika Baraldi (Licensed Psychologist and PhD student at Stockholm University) gave a speech in the Sociology Department on February, 24.

About Erika Baraldi

My research subject is within the multi-professional field of intervention programs for Extreme Preterm children in interaction with their caregivers. The aim of the intervention is to promote the executive functions of the child and in the long-term perspective provide the Extreme Preterm child with optimal conditions for learning and health when growing up. My principal supervisor is professor Mara Westling Allodi from the department of Special Education Stockholm University and assistant supervisor is professor Ann-Charlotte Smedler from the department of Psychology at Stockholm University. My PhD research project would not be possible to launch without the multiprofessional research team, including medical doctor and professor of neonatology Ulrika Ådén, child physiotherapist and PhD Kristina Löwing, medical doctor and PhD Björn Westrup, all three from Karolinska Institutet department of children and women health.

I have worked as a clinical Psychologist since 2008 within various fields, such as forensic psychotherapy, organizational psychology and currently at the child- and adolescent psychiatry in Stockholm. My main interests are developmental issues of small children and multi-professional solutions and challenges where psychiatry interacts with somatic conditions.