Katja Boersma
Katja Boersma is a professor at the School of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences in Örebro, Sweden.
Katja's main research interests lie in the field of health psychology and the role of psychological processes in the development of chronic pain and its negative consequences. Using different methodologies, she studies individual variation in, for example, perceived suffering, functional ability, medication use and sick leave. An important goal is to improve and develop interventions that can prevent and treat pain problems.