Alicja Wolk
General / Preventive / Lipids
Uppsala University
About
Alicja Wolk works in General / Preventive / Lipids affiliated with Uppsala University.
Alicja Wolk is a Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet. She is also affiliated with the Department of Surgical Sciences at Uppsala University. Her research examines the effects of diet and lifestyle on chronic diseases, including cardiovascular conditions such as heart failure and stroke.
Research focus
Nutritional epidemiology in cardiovascular diseasesDietary patterns and heart failure riskAnti-inflammatory diets for cardiovascular healthLifestyle factors in stroke and myocardial infarction preventionGene-diet interactions in cardiometabolic diseases
Impact
1,062 pubs · 83,555 cites · h-index 150
Training
Dr Med Sci/PhD in Human Nutrition/Clinical Epidemiology
Warsaw, Poland
1987
MSc in Human Nutrition
Warsaw University
1974
Affiliations
Work Experience
Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology
Karolinska Institutet · 2002 - Present
Professor
Uppsala University
Visiting Scholar
Harvard School of Public Health · 1995 - 1997
Post-doc/Guest Researcher
Karolinska Institutet · 1987 - Present