The Board of the Faculty of Medicine (MFS) has held a meeting. The meeting began with the dean talking about ongoing work on a new strategic platform and the new quality policy for the university. She shared that we have now established a Precision Medicine Centre South together with Region Skåne. Olle Melander has been appointed director and Sophia Zackrisson appointed deputy director for the cen

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/report-faculty-board-meeting-18-september-2024 - 2025-08-25

Your application case in Primula for 2024 needs to be completed by December 3, 2024. As of this year Lund University has introduced December 3 as the last date to apply for health promotion reimbursement. This is due to the Swedish Tax Agency regulations that stipulate that reimbursement as a general rule is to be paid in the same year as the application is submitted.Your application case in Primu

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-deadline-health-promotion-reinbursment-december-3 - 2025-08-25

Student Anna helps a visitor to fit the organs correctly. Many interested visitors came to Forum Medicum on Culture Night on Saturday to learn more about medicine and medical science. All photos on Swedish Intramed, link below. Photo and captions: Julia Lundh Rafstedt.Click here for full photo story on Swedish Intramed.

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/photo-story-visitors-different-sizes-burning-thirst-knowledge-and-smorgasbord-knowledge-culture - 2025-08-25

Johan Nilsson, Professor of bioinformatics with specialization in thoracic surgery, is one of 28 professors to be installed this year. Time to install three new Professors at the Faculty and 28 in all of Lund University. Everyone is welcome to attend the installation on October 18 in the Main University Building. Three of the 28 professors installed this year at Lund University belong to the Facul

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/ceremonial-installation-three-new-professors-faculty-we-had-chat-one-them - 2025-08-25

Photo: Agata Garpenlind. There are many exciting and useful courses that you can take at LU. Check out Kompetensportalen (the Competence Portal) to take a closer look at what´s on offer. Read more and apply in the Competence Portal (log in with your Lucat ID)

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/fall-new-learning-check-out-our-courses-kompetensportalen - 2025-08-25

Firefighters packing up after call to BMC fire. Photo. Mikael Rydahl. The roof fire at BMC in May was caused by a loose contact in the fire brigade switch for the solar cells. The switch has been replaced and now the renovation begins. The first step is to restore the roof. Scaffolding and weather protection are in place. The roof has extensive damage and currently it's impossible to say when the

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/cause-bmc-roof-fire-now-established - 2025-08-25

Karolin Hansén Nord will take on the role as Head of the Department of Laboratory Medicine (ILM). Photo: Agata Garpenlind. Karolin Hansén Nord will take on the role of Head of the Department of Laboratory Medicine (ILM) at the end of this year. What attracts most is the opportunity to influence and promote the development of the department. "We are facing several challenges, but I see them as oppo

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/change-head-department-ilm-it-should-be-easy-managers-do-right-thing - 2025-08-25

Ann-Ki and Eva Degerman. Private photo. Ann-Ki Holmén-Pålbrink, biomedical analyst, has worked at the Faculty for almost four decades. It may seem a long time, but it´s been inspiring years with lots of fun at work, she says. "I stayed put, but everything around me has moved around". My job is constantly changing; new people, new methods, it drives me forward.How did you end up at the Faculty of M

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/my-medfak-i-think-its-fun-go-work-every-day - 2025-08-25

Photo: Ingemar Hultquist Are you ready to broaden the impact of your research? Join us for a session - in Malmö (Oct. 15) or Lund (Oct. 16) - designed to learn how to reach out on the platform The Conversation! Whether you are passionate about reaching policymakers, industry leaders or the general audience, this discussion will provide inspiration and ideas on how to elevate your communication. Yo

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/beyond-journals-expand-global-reach-your-research - 2025-08-25

Your research deserves to be communicated clearly, efficiently, and correctly. To develop your academic English, don't miss the opportunity to take part in the popular course “Written English for Scholarly Publication”. Register by 11 October. The course is organized by the English Unit at the Centre for Language and Literature and consists of eight seminars in November and December. The course is

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/popular-course-written-english-scholarly-publication - 2025-08-25

Collaboration pays off. Anders Christensson and researchers from various medical fields at the Faculty recently received the Eldjarn Prize 2024 for a joint study. Anders Christensson, Anna Åkesson and Anders Grubb and collaborators have been awarded the Eldjarn prize 2024 for significant research efforts in kidney diseases. Anders Christensson reflects about why cross-field collaboration can be ve

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/awarded-collaboration-interdisciplinary-research-provides-new-insights - 2025-08-25

Sonya Girdler, Professor of Occupational Therapy at Curtin University, Australia. Are you a PhD student or a Postdoc at the Faculty of Medicine? Here's a golden opportunity for you to take part in a seminar that will give you new insights into why publishing is key to an academic career. In a rare opportunity the Australian Professor Sonya Girdler will share her academic journey and authorship.–  

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/seminar-academic-publishing-and-research-career-myths-vs-reality-1710 - 2025-08-25

Is it getting closer to retirement? Prepare well in advance. Photo: iStock Positivity, humour and tireless energy have characterised Professor Roland Andersson's 40 years at the Faculty. As a happy retiree-to-be, he looks back on his time here. "My advice is to prepare in time", he says. Roland Andersson is a surgeon and professor. He is also one of the pioneers in life science and innovation and

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/after-40-years-faculty-pioneer-retiring - 2025-08-25

Have your, your relatives' or friends', hearing checked free of charge. The hearing tests are only carried out for a few days, sign up today. The hearing examination is performed by students at the Audiology programme at Lund University, under the supervision of licensed audiologists. The examination will take place at Skåne University Hospital in Lund, Kioskgatan 11. The examination takes about 7

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/free-hearing-examination-our-audiologist-students-welcome - 2025-08-25

Markus Grillitsch, Associate senior lecturer at the Department of Human Geography, and his team has been awarded for their work with ‘Coffee Break With Researchers’.   The winning platform can be found here http://www.coffeebreakwithresearchers.org

https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/coffee-break-researchers-won-rsa-media-communications-regional-studies-award - 2025-08-25

”I DN-journalisten Lasse Wierups hyllade bok ”Gangsterparadiset” finns ett antal kartor som förklarar mer än åratal av nyhetsrapportering om gängbrottsligheten. Det är kulturgeografen Nicklas Guldåker vid Lunds universitet som har gjort en socioekonomisk kartläggning av tre utanförskapsområden utifrån barntäthet och livsvillkor. Resultatet visar i korthet att allt hänger ihop: ju fler barn och ju

https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/kulturgeograf-vid-lunds-universitet-bidrar-med-kartor-till-hyllad-bok - 2025-08-25

Regeringen har utsett Erik Renström till rektor för Lunds universitet 2021 - 2026 Regeringen har utsett Erik Renström till rektor för Lunds universitet 2021 - 2026. Renström är läkare och professor i experimentell endokrinologi med lång akademisk erfarenhet bakom sig. Han är för närvarande dekan för Medicinska fakulteten vid Lunds universitet.   Mer information om Erik Renström går att finna här:

https://www.keg.lu.se/artikel/erik-renstrom-blir-rektor-lunds-universitet - 2025-08-25

Knut Deppert, professor i fasta tillståndets fysik. Foto: Kennet Ruona När deltagarna i Lunds universitets tankesmedja LU Futura träffades för första gången sensommaren 2018 var ämnet för dagen givet – vilka är de stora framtidsfrågorna och hur kan forskningen bidra? Så här svarade Knut Deppert, professor i fasta tillståndets fysik. Vilka framtidsfrågor ligger dig varmt om hjärtat?– När man ser på

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lu-futura-presenterar-knut-deppert - 2025-08-25

Jenny Julén Votinius, professor i civilrätt med specialisering mot arbetsrätt. Foto: Kennet Ruona När deltagarna i Lunds universitets tankesmedja LU Futura träffades för första gången sensommaren 2018 var ämnet för dagen givet – vilka är de stora framtidsfrågorna och hur kan forskningen bidra? Så här svarade Jenny Julen Votinius, professor i civilrätt med specialisering mot arbetsrätt. Vilka framt

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lu-futura-presenterar-jenny-julen-votinius - 2025-08-25

LU Futura-teamet: Johannes Stripple, Maria Stanfors, Cecilia Holm, Knut Deppert, Jenny Julén Votinius, Karin Johansson, Jack Senften, Lynn Åkesson, Marie Cronqvist, Jonas Granfeldt, Martin Hansen och Ulrika Oredsson. Saknas: Markku Rummukainen. ©Ruona Häromdagen startade LU Futura, universitetets tankesmedja som ska ta sig an framtidsfrågor ur ett tvärvetenskapligt perspektiv. Under våren har verk

https://www.lu.se/artikel/nu-startar-lu-futura-lunds-universitets-tankesmedja - 2025-08-25