Carin Janz

Sub-investigator on three industry-sponsored Phase II trials and national lead for the Swedish validation of two international rating scales. Certified rater across nine clinical instruments, with end-to-end experience in ethics and regulatory submissions, recruitment, analysis, and presenting results to clinical and scientific audiences.

Licensed physician, Neurology at Skåne University Hospital (2025-12 – Present)

Combine ward work, neurology consultations, stroke alerts, and outpatient clinics. Independent over-night on-call shifts, taking first-line responsibility for the neurology wards, acute stroke alerts, and consultations for the hospital and referring hospitals in the region.

Foundation Doctor (AT-läkare) at Skåne University Hospital, Lund (2023-11 – 2025-11)

• Rotations across emergency medicine, internal medicine, surgery, psychiatry, and primary care
• Six-month full-time research

Project Lead, National MDS-NMS/UDysRS Validation Project at International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (2023-02 – Present)

Lead the Swedish translation and validation of two international Parkinson's disease rating scales. Direct study design, timelines, and procedures across seven sites, and serve as primary contact with the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.

Sub-Investigator at Industry-Sponsored Clinical Trials (2021-05 – Present)

Three completed Phase II trials and one RCT (BIA 28-6156, Pirepemat/IRL752, NLX-112, and SymPD probiotics study) of novel Parkinson's disease therapeutics, with two further trials ongoing.

• Manage patient assessment
• Safety monitoring
• Protocol compliance
• Clinical data collection and documentation

Clinical Researcher at Lund University and Skåne University Hospital (2021-05 – Present)

Designed and executed four clinical studies independently alongside clinical training, with end-to-end responsibility from concept to publication.

• Ethics and regulatory submissions
• Study initiation
• Patient recruitment
• Statistical analysis
• Manuscript preparation
• Resulted in four peer-reviewed publications
• Collaborated with other study sites, nurses, and researchers
• Presented findings and delivered lectures at 10+ national and international conferences and seminars
• Research grants awarded: Regional Research Grant Region Skåne (SEK 420 000), Uppsala Faculty of Medicine Research Grant (SEK 100 000), and Elsa Schmit's Foundation Grant awarded four times (SEK 25 000-45 000; 2021-2025)

Internal Auditor at Swemodis (2023-05 – Present)

Annual review of the organization's financial accounts.

Organizing Committee Member at Medicinar-SM (2020-10 – 2021-10)

Co-organised a national sports competition across seven sports for 200+ medical students.

• Responsibility for sponsorship
• Budgeting
• Logistics

PhD in Clinical Sciences (Neurology) – Lund University (2022-11 – 2026-05)

MD in Medical Faculty – Lund University (2017-01 – 2023-01)