Lotta Borg Skoglund, M.D., Ph.D.

Lotta Borg Skoglund, M.D., Ph.D., is an author, keynote speaker, and entrepreneur from Sweden. Her specialty is in psychiatry/addiction and family medicine with a specific focus on ADHD and ADD. In 2015, she defended here thesis, When ADHD and Substance use Disorders Coexist - Etiology and Pharmacological Treatment at Karolinska Institute, Stockholm.

Dr. Skoglund currently holds a position as Associate Professor at Uppsala University, Department for Women’s and Children’s Health, where she continues her research into ADHD, comorbidity, and gender influences. She is specifically interested in how hormones affect mental health across the female lifespan — a field that is not even close to being researched enough! Together with colleagues from around the world, she leads the pioneering research group GODDESS ADHD.

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