Carol Tishelman

Innovative Care

Professor

Karolinska Institutet

Carol Tishelman is Professor of Innovative Care at Karolinska Institutet. She was born in and educated as a Registered Nurse at the University of Pennsylvania in the US, but has lived in Sweden for > 40 years. She received her PhD in 1993, became full Professor of Nursing at Karolinska Institutet (KI) in 2006, and now holds a Chair in Innovative Care, integrating health and social care. This position is at KI’s Dept of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, at the Centre for Healthcare Ethics. She is also employed at the Stockholm Health Care Services (all regional non-acute hospital care).

Carol Tishelman has a long commitment to cancer and end-of-life (EoL) care research, including prevention, understanding symptoms and care delays, and improving cancer and EoL care by enhancing stakeholder experiences. She was also instrumental in initiating support for biobehavioral health care research at KI, integrating the biological and experienced body. At present, most of her research focuses on leading the transdisciplinary DöBra research program, combining EoL care, public health and health promotion, working with a wide range of community stakeholders and different disciplines.  Carol Tishelman has also conducted research on organization of nursing care and participated in largescale EU projects in this area.