Sara Sylvén

MD, post doc researcher at the Dep of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Uppsala University. Her research focus is psychiatric illness during pregnancy and the postpartum period, aiming to find new ways of detecting psychiatric symptoms during the perinatal period, as well as developing new treatments. She also have research interests in breastfeeding and gender dysphoria. Currently, she started a study on a new treatment option for depression during pregnancy, and have an ongoing interview study focusing on mothers of transgender individuals.