About the team

The research group behind RECapp is called Surgical Care Science and is based at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. The group is led by Professor Pernilla Lagergren.

Marta Lason

Project manager and bio entrepreneur. Leads the work with the development of RECapp.

Lena Marter

Project coordinator. Leads the work with the planned clinical trial and registration of RECapp as a medical device.

Pernilla Lagergren

Registered nurse and professor of surgical care science. Research group leader and principal investigator.

Kalle Mälberg

Research nurse and PhD student. Leads the work with RECapp's content.

Kenneth Färnqvist

Physiotherapist and PhD student. Leads the work with self-care advice in RECapp.

Sophie Johnson

PhD student with a background in psychology and public health. Assists in the work with RECapp's various parts with a focus on pain and the psychosocial aspects.

Asif Johar

Senior biostatistician. Responsible for the RECapp database and the statistical development of RECapp's actions on patients' assessments.

Anna Schandl

Registered nurse and docent. Working on prediction models for RECapp.

Lars Arnberg

Professor emeritus and affiliated researcher in the group. Patient research partner with experience in oesophageal cancer.

Mikolaj Mlynczak

Backend Developer.

Pether Wiklander

Frontend Developer.

Michael Soderman

Frontend Developer.

Surgical Care Science Research Partner Group

Consists of former patients treated for oesophageal or gastric cancer and relatives. Read more here .