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Associate Professor - Physiology

Yrsa Sverrisdottir

yrsa.sverrisdottir@mbru.ac.ae +971 4 3838729

Dr. Yrsa Sverrisdottir is Associate Professor of Physiology in the College of Medicine at Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences. She obtained her MSc. (honors) in Biological Sciences from the University of Iceland (1986) and her PhD in Autonomic Neurophysiology at the Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Gothenburg, Sweden (1999). She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Sydney Australia. She has worked and published in the field of Physiology and Autonomic Neurophysiology, including sympathetic microneurography, for over 20 years, and has held positions in some of the leading autonomic neuroscience labs around the world. She is also the Senior Associate Editor of Frontiers in Autonomic Neuroscience, on the Review Editorial Board of Frontiers in Integrative Physiology, a Peer reviewer for the Medical Research Council, United Kingdom and a Topic Editor, Frontiers in Autonomic Neuroscience. And a Journal Peer Reviewer for a number of peer review journals such as; Circulation, Hypertension, Clinical Endocrinology, Clinical Autonomic Research< JCEM and AJP to name a few.

She has successfully established the technique for her research in Brazil, Portugal, the United Kingdom (Oxford, Brighton, Cardiff) and Denmark (Copenhagen). Her passion for exploring the autonomic nervous system and establishing international collaborations has been the inspiraton to design, conduct and oversee multiple government-funded research projects, the results of which have contributed to the field of autonomic neuroscience.

Academic Appointments

2017-present

Associate Professor - Physiology

Basic Medical Sciences Department, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU), UAE

2017

Honorary Clinical Scientist

Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Department of Functional Neurosurgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, UK

2010-2017

Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Department of Functional Neurosurgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, UK & Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, UK

2003-2010

Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburgh, Sweden & Institute for Clinical Neuroscience, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

2001-2003

The Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

1993-2001

Institute for Clinical Neuroscience, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

Professional Education

1999

PhD Autonomic Neurophysiology

University of Gothenburg, Sweden

1986

MSc (Hons) Biological Sciences

University of Iceland, Iceland

Teaching

2012-15 Exeter College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

2000-10 University of Gothenburg, Sweden

2008 University of Lisbon, Portugal

2005-07 Astra Zeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden

2007-10 KeyCompetence Pharmaceutical Education, Gothenburg, Sweden

1986-88 Department of Physiology, University of Iceland

2000-2016 Supervised  20 postgarduate students for PhD and postdoctoral education.

Honors and Awards

St Jude Medical Research Project Grant with Dr. Alexander Green

Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Oxford

Spinal Modulation Research Grant with Dr. Alexander Green

Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Oxford

Bial Pharmaceuticals Foundation Project Grant with Prof Hugo Critchley

University of Sussex, Brighton and Sussex Medical School

NIHR Research Capability Funding Research Fellow (RCF)

Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) Trust, Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, Oxford University, Oxford - British Heart Foundation (BHF) Research Fellow, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, John Radcliffe Hospital and the Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, Oxford University, Oxford

Selma Anderson Foundation project grant

Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

Principal Investigator

Swedish Medical Research Council (MFR/VR). Institute for Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Swedish Medical Research Council (MFR/VR) Principal Investigator Project Grant

International Postdoctoral Research Scholarship

Swedish Foundation for International cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT) and Postdoctoral Transition Grant for Internationalisation

rincipal Investigator, Novo Nordisk project grant to set up microneurography in Curitiba, Brazil and study the effects of growth restriction in utero on sympathetic nerve activity and cardiovascular parameters in young adulthood

Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology

Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg University, Sweden

MFR PhD Research Fellowship

Swedish Medical Research Council, Institute for Clinical Neuroscience, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital

PhD Fellowship Project Grant

Swedish Medical Research Council

1997

1st Prize for best poster presentation at the first International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience (ISAN)

Congress in Cairns

PhD Fellowship

Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg University, Sweden. Awarded from the Nordic Research Academy (NorFA)

Publications

Long-term cerebral white and gray matter changes after preeclampsia

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Sympathetic nerve activity, stress, and cardiovascular risk

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Differentiated baroreflex modulation of sympathetic nerve activity during deep brain stimulation in humans

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Sympathetic nerve activity in stress-induced cardiomyopathy

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Sympathetic nerve activity in women 40 years after a hypertensive pregnancy

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Sex steroids, insulin sensitivity and sympathetic nerve activity in relation to affective symptoms in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

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Muscle sympathetic nerve activity is related to a surrogate marker of endothelial function in healthy individuals

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Firing probability and mean firing rates of human muscle vasoconstrictor neurones are elevated during chronic asphyxia

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Low-frequency electroacupuncture and physical exercise decrease high muscle sympathetic nerve activity in polycystic ovary syndrome

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Firing properties of sudomotor neurones in hyperhidrosis and thermal sweating

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Membership of Professional Bodies and Associations

British Medical Association

International Society of Autonomic Neuroscience (ISAN)

American Autonomic Society

European Federation of Autonomic Neuroscience (EFAS)

European Ferederation of Neuroscience

European Society of Hypertension

Scandinavian Physiological Society

North America Neuromodulation Society (NANS)

Research Interests

  • Human sympathetic nervous system
  • Endocrinology
  • Deep Brain Stimulation
  • Autonomic Neuromodulation
  • Cardiovascular disease

Clinical and Community Service

2016 Oxfam, Invited Inspirational Speaker, Oxford, UK

2014 Women in Science, Invited Speaker, Merton College, University of Oxford, UK

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