By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 11 November 2021 The aim is to describe the development of a novel interdisciplinary graduate school, using the Swedish National Graduate School for Competitive Science on Ageing and Health (SWEAH) as a case example. The article explore doctoral students’ perceptions of being part of SWEAH and provide implications for

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/new-article-doctoral-students-experiences-being-affiliated-interdisciplinary-graduate-school-aging - 2025-06-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 16 November 2021 Xia Li (third from the left in the picture) defended her dissertation "Biological ages: correlations, genetic determinants, and health outcomes". SWEAH affiliated Xia Li has defended her dissertation at Karolinska Institutet: Biological ages: correlations, genetic determinants, and health outcomes. She

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/biological-age-useful-source-information-according-new-sweah-research - 2025-06-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 12 January 2022 SWEAH welcomed everyone who works with aging and health at the partner universities to participate in the conference. The conference gave the participants the opportunity to take part in research on aging and health in many different disciplines. Current and former SWEAH-affiliated doctoral students and

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sweah-milestone-conference-watch-films - 2025-06-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 24 January 2022 Linn Zulka´s study: "On Retirement and Cognitive Aging from a Life-Span Perspective" assessed whether retirement influences cognitive functioning and how inter- and intra-individual differences in psychological and lifestyle factors moderate the association. A secondary purpose was to evaluate whether g

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/new-sweah-dissertation-shows-no-general-negative-effects-retirement-cognitive-functioning - 2025-06-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 27 January 2022 Robin Jonsson's dissertation Retaining the Aging Workforce: Studies of the interplay between individual and organizational capability in the context of prolonged working lives" is about the interplay between individuals and organizations ability to continue working, or retain older employees in an exten

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/adjustments-needed-elderly-work-after-retirement - 2025-06-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 10 February 2022 Christina Heller, PhD student, Department of Health Sciences, Lund University Mid-way review 2022/02/01. With Björn Slaug, main supervisor, and one of the reviewers Marianne Abramsson. SWEAH PhD student Christina Heller just had her Mid-way review: "Simulation models as a tool to compare housing polici

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/urgent-need-develop-sustainable-housing-policies-older-people-their-home-environments - 2025-06-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 16 February 2022 Photo: Mai Engström.   1 How does the working method of an R&D unit differ from how it works at the university? The tasks are more varied and the collaboration between colleagues closer. Of course, the difference also depends on which research environment you come from.  Research is conducted in the sa

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sweah-alumna-louise-sundberg-has-got-new-job-stiftelsen-aldrecentrum - 2025-06-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 25 February 2022 Agatha Yadav with her reviewers: Cristina Joy Torgé, Senior Lecturer Gerontology Institute of Gerontology, School of Health and Welfare Jönköping University and Tapio Salonen, Professor in Social Work Malmö University. Half way review for SWEAH PhD student Agata Yadav. Socio-economic vulnerability in l

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/how-does-socio-economic-vulnerability-influence-housing-and-health-dynamics-among-older-adults - 2025-06-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 28 February 2022 Anna Meyer. Five questions to Anna Meyer, who just had her thesis defence. What is you research about? My work concerns the changing disease and mortality patterns among the old in Sweden since the 1990s. Using nationwide register data I explore how the occurrence and survival of different diseases has

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/trends-population-health-era-increasing-longevity-new-sweah-dissertation - 2025-06-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 28 February 2022 Photo by Ekaterina Shakharova on Unsplash. SWEAH affiliated Hanna Mac Innes is one of the organizers of a symposium with Professor Merril Silverstein, Professor Kieran Walsh and Professor Sigurveig Sigurðardóttir, March 24 in Göteborg. The symposium will also be held online, and the Zoom link will be a

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/symposium-social-aging - 2025-06-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 7 March 2022 The preventive home visit can contribute to preparedness by equipping both the older person and society for the future, Anna Nivestam´s research shows. Anna Nivestam's research is about health-promoting aspects of preventive home visits to older people, from an individual and a societal perspective. With t

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/new-sweah-research-shows-several-health-promoting-effects-preventive-home-visits - 2025-06-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 4 April 2022 Christine Etzerodt Laustsen's doctoral dissertation is entitled "Involving professionals in research - in the field of aging and health". Christine Etzerodt Laustsen's research focuses on the involvement of professionals in research in aging and health. It is about how researchers and professionals can ben

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/new-sweah-dissertation-involvement-professionals-research - 2025-06-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 5 April 2022 The jury has unanimously agreed to award the Susanne Iwarsson Sohlberg Prize. To be eligible, the candidate must have built up a strong research group and initiated research of great importance for the development of gerontology. The prize will be awarded during the opening ceremony of the Nordic Gerontolo

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/susanne-iwarsson-awarded-sohlberg-prize-nordic-regions-largest-prize-aging-research - 2025-06-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 19 April 2022 Photo: Gunilla Sonnebring Ida Karlsson's connection to the graduate school SWEAH is strong. She is the main supervisor of Peggy Ler, SWEAH doctoral student. She has also taken the postdoctoral course "From junior to senior researcher in research on aging and health" and participated in SWEAH's mentoring p

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/prize-promising-researchers-gerontology-2022-awarded-ida-karlsson-sweah-supervisor - 2025-06-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 26 April 2022 Erika Olofsson. Photo: Mattias Pettersson. How are older people undergoing hip fracture affected in terms of pain, function, depression and the risk of increased mortality? Erika Olofsson, a PhD student at the Department of Nursing, is researching this.   To Umeå University webpage

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/hip-fracture-and-depression-there-connection-article-about-erika-olofsson-sweah-phd-student-and - 2025-06-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 3 May 2022 The workshop is part of the course Theories of ageing. Pre-recorded lectures on the topics have been available for course participants and they have watched them before the workshop. One of the lectures was "Paradigms, Models, and Theories in Social Gerontology: An Overview and History" by Professor Merril S

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/theories-ageing-workshop-may-3-4-2022 - 2025-06-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 3 May 2022 Photo by CDC on Unsplash Jonathan Mak, a SWEAH-affiliated PhD student, recently had a paper about developing an electronic frailty index published. It can potentially be used for frailty screening in geriatric clinics in Sweden. Jonathan Mak comments on the findings: - With the ageing population, performing

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/development-electronic-frailty-index-hospitalized-older-adults-sweden-new-article - 2025-06-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 30 May 2022 SWEAH will be active and visible at the Nordic Congress of Gerontology and we look forward to meeting many of you there!   Please come and see us at our book table in the exhibition area where SWEAH PhD students will hand out information about the research school. Mingle Welcome to the SWEAH mingle on June

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/welcome-meet-sweah-nkg-odense-8-10-june - 2025-06-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 13 June 2022 From left: Susanne Iwarsson, Emilia W.E. Viklund, Sofi Fristedt, 
Charlotte Löfqvist, Arianna Poli, Elias Ingebrand. The symposium was named: Ageing, technology and health in later life: Results from the interdisciplinary national graduate school in Sweden. Chair: Charlotte Löfqvist, Lund University The pa

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sweah-had-its-own-symposium-26th-nordic-congress-gerontology-odense-26nkg - 2025-06-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 14 June 2022 Photo: Erik Andersson. She has got a new position as Assistant Professor at the Department of Engineering Technology, at DTU, in Denmark. What are your research interests? My research interests revolve around inclusive design and innovation processes with attention to how we design products that better fit

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/congratulations-sweah-alumna-giana-carli-lorenzini - 2025-06-05