Maria Ekblom
Professor, Pro-vice-chancellor, Research Leader for Physical Activity and Brain Health
Email: maria.ekblom@gih.se
Phone: +46 8-120 53 736
Visiting address: Lidingövägen 1
Room: 1344
Belongs to: Department of Physical Activity and Health, Section for Health Science
Interests
Read more about my interests in research and collaboration.
My research focuses on how everyday physical activity and exercise affect the functions of the nervous system in childhood, adulthood and old age.
My research also includes neuromotor control of exercise exercises and everyday movements.
I lead an interdisciplinary research group External link. that collaborates with industry, schools and health care.
We work translationally with laboratory experiments, epidemiology, efficacy studies and implementation studies.
We want the research results to be put to use through the working methods, services and products that our partners work with.
Do you want your business to support physical activity that promotes brain health? Please feel free to contact me with your request for cooperation.
Latest publications
- Article
Poor sleep health is associated with older brain age: the role of systemic inflammation
2025- Yuyang Miao,
- Jiao Wang,
- Xuerui Li,
- Article
Physical activity is linked to fewer psychosomatic problems in adolescents with ADHD symptoms
2025- Eva Fors,
- Björg Helgadóttir,
- Maria M Ekblom,
- Article
Arterial-venous differences of brain-derived neurotrophic factor isoforms across the brain and muscle after exercise at different intensities.
2025- Olga Tarassova,
- Yiwen Jiang,
- Helena Wallin,
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Academic title
Professor in Sport Science, Docent, Ph.D. in Neuroscience