Charlotte K. Häger
Professor and a clinical affiliation to the Orthopedic clinics University hospital of Umeå, Sweden
Professor of physiotherapy and neuroscientist at Umeå university (UMU), Sweden with a clinical position at the University Hospital of Umeå. Charlotte has a PhD in neurophysiology, and longstanding experience in teaching, including managing digital courses since 2003. She is head of the transdisciplinary research team U-Motion Laboratory, a research and clinical facility which is part of the infrastructure at UMU. She has published ~150 peer reviewed research papers mainly related to human movement control in neurological as well as musculoskeletal conditions, and also related to education. Lately, her research has focused particularly on ACL injury and motor control involving also interpretations using artificial intelligence. She has presented at about 200 international congresses, supervised more than 25 PhD students and post-docs. Charlotte is further a frequent keynote lecturer in physiotherapy or related fields nationally and internationally and holds an extensive professional and inter-professional network internationally. She is a former member of the ER-WP Working Group on Educational Matters and she was scientific chair of the World Physiotherapy Congress in 2019. Charlotte has received multiple awards, such as from Umeå university, by Queen Silvia of Sweden, and an international service award by WP in 2019 and was also awarded "The physiotherapist of the year" in 2019 by the Swedish Association of physiotherapists. She is currently Chair of the committee of Medicine and Health of the Swedish Research Council since 2025, and vice chair of the Swedish Research Council of Sport Science since 2020.