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This way into the new year, it is especially nice to welcome new PhD students to SWEAH.   In January, as usual, the management organized an introductory meeting, this time on site at Lund University. What a privilege it is to listen to presentations of new, interesting and important doctoral projects that are under development! The eighteen PhD students who have now joined SWEAH come from differen

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sweah-newsletter-february-2023-swedish - 2026-01-07

This study explains how older people experienced and managed everyday life during the first 100 days of the coronavirus pandemic. The findings showed how doing was adapted and changed, how the pandemic gave opportunities for being and appreciating the moment, but that possibilities for becoming and developing were severely restricted, and the sense of belonging was disrupted, which seemed to influ

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/new-research-article-hundred-days-confinement-doing-being-becoming-and-belonging-among-older-people - 2026-01-07

CASE Coordinator Steven Schmidt held a talk at Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2025 in Tokyo last month. And learned about sustainable solutions for the future. One of the themes this year was around ageing, with a focus on how the built environment impacts health and well-being.– I was invited to present at a special session “Improving health and well-being”. They wanted to have examples

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/swedish-perspective-asia-conference - 2026-01-07

This fall, world leading researchers and practicians will gather att Lund university, Campus Helsingborg to exchange ideas and discuss the latest research at the seventh international conference on place branding. The theme is place branding in times of crisis and uncertainty. The conference is hosted by the Department of Strategic Communication, Lund University in collaboration with the Departmen

https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/world-leading-conference-place-branding-comes-sweden-and-campus-helsingborg - 2026-01-07

Nya ledamöter studerar Parkinsons sjukdom / New members of the class for medical sciences. For more inforamtion please click on the below links: På Svenska: https://www.kva.se/nyheter/nya-ledamoter-studerar-parkinsons-sjukdom/ Lunds universitet: https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/lundaprofessor-invald-i-kungliga-vetenskapsakademien In English: https://www.kva.se/en/news/new-members-of-the-class-for

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/malin-parmar-becomes-new-member-royal-swedish-academy-sciences - 2026-01-07

A podcast from "Vetenskap & hälsa" Podd: Virus – svåra att kontrollera – Vetenskap och Hälsa (vetenskaphalsa.se) A podcast from "Vetenskap & hälsa" Ebola fever is a viral disease with a very high mortality rate but despite several outbreaks it has never spread globally. An HIV infection, which in the 1980s led to the deadly disease AIDS can today be treated and has become a chronic disease. But de

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/viruses-difficult-control-swedish - 2026-01-07

Hajp eller hjälp? Vad kan AI göra för vår hälsa? Artificiell intelligens har fått en ökande närvaro i våra liv och inte minst inom vården har man uppmärksammat möjligheten att använda AI. Men hur långt har vi kommit i användandet av AI? Och hur säkert är det? Forskningens dag 2021 – Vetenskap och Hälsa (vetenskaphalsa.se) poster-forskn-dag-2021.pdf

https://www.msf-malmo.lu.se/article/forskningens-dag-2021-swedish - 2026-01-07

Stiftelsen för cancerforskning vid Onkologiska kliniken vid Universitetssjukhuset MAS Ledigförklarar Stiftelsens stora stipendium på 75 000 SEK för 2021 Stipendiet kan t ex användas som forskningsanslag, egen lön, utrustning, studieresa. Stipendiet kan inte användas för konferensresor. Stipendiet utdelas till en person, företrädelsevis till yngre forskare. Stiftelsen vill uppmuntra ansökningar frå

https://www.msf-malmo.lu.se/article/swedish-ledigforklarar-stipendium - 2026-01-07

När världen blir viral – om virus och pandemier Hur kan något som inte ens syns vända upp och ner på en hel värld? Forskningens dag 2022 kommer handla om hur virus sprider sig och orsakar sjukdom. Vad kan vi göra för att behandla och stoppa virus? Och varför är de så svåra att kontrollera? Vetenskapliga arrangörer för Forskningens dag 2022 är Joakim Esbjörnsson, Marianne Jansson och Patrik Medstra

https://www.msf-malmo.lu.se/article/forskningens-dag-nov-8-9-2022-swedish - 2026-01-07

​​​​​​​How can we navigate both the challenges and opportunities in the energy system due to the increasing use of electric vehicles? Smart electric vehicle charging and user flexibility have been proposed as potential remedies for future imbalances in energy consumption, but the success of such remedies requires close collaboration between users and system operators. A study shows that while user

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/requesting-control-and-flexibility-exploring-swedish-user-perspectives-electric-vehicle-smart - 2026-01-07

Seed funding for collaborative projects and courses between MIRAI 2.0 institutions. MIRAI 2.0 has opened a call for seed funding for both research and innovation projects and courses for doctoral students and postdocs. The projects are to be implemented during the calendar year 2023. Application documents and complete call text are available on the project website. Deadline: 1 December 2022 Read m

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/mirai-20-call-sweden-japan-collaborative-projects-and-courses - 2026-01-08

We examined all death certificates (DCs, n=2 01 488) in adults recorded in the Skåne region during 1998–2014. We identified all fall deaths using International Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 codes (W00-W19) and calculated the mortality rates by age and sex. Temporal trends were evaluated using joinpoint regression and associated causes were identified by age-adjusted and sex-adjus

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/fall-related-mortality-southern-sweden - 2026-01-08

The aim of this nationwide follow-up study was to examine whether neighborhood linking social capital is associated with lung cancer, including incident and mortality cases, after adjustment for individual- and familial-level factors. New publication in Cancer EpidemiologyRead more here

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/neighborhood-linking-social-capital-predictor-lung-cancer-swedish-national-cohort-study - 2026-01-08

The aim of this study was to describe hand fracture epidemiology/etiology in city children and describe time trend during six decades. New publication in BMC Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and ResearchRead more here

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/hand-fracture-epidemiology-and-etiology-children-time-trends-malmo-sweden-during-six-decades - 2026-01-08

Cerebral microbleeds (CMB) on MRI are frequent in healthy aging individuals but precede ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke and dementia. Different etiologies have been suggested for nonlobar CMB, which have a stronger connection to hypertension (HT) than do lobar CMB. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of CMB and the association between nonlobar/lobar CMB and different blood pressure (BP)

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/association-between-cerebral-microbleeds-and-hypertension-swedish-general-population-good-aging - 2026-01-08

The 1918 influenza pandemic had not only a massive instant death toll but also lasting effects on its survivors. Several studies have shown that children born in 1919, and thus exposed to the H1N1 virus in utero, experienced worse health and socioeconomic outcomes in older ages than surrounding birth cohorts. New publication in Demography.Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/long-lasting-influenza-impact-fetal-stress-during-1918-influenza-pandemic-socioeconomic-attainment - 2026-01-08

Carriers of haemophilia suffer a significant risk for joint comorbidities. This risk seems to correlate to the factor activity. Our findings underline the impor‐tance of regular clinical follow‐up of carriers at HTCs. New publication in Wiley.Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/joint-comorbidities-among-swedish-carriers-haemophilia-register-based-cohort-study-over-22-years - 2026-01-08

Enzalutamide can be used to effectively treat mCRPC patients in daily clinical settings, despite the patients being older and less healthy than those enrolled in the previous randomised, clinical registration studies. Read the full paper here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/registry-based-study-evaluating-overall-survival-and-treatment-duration-swedish-patients-metastatic - 2026-01-08

Incidence, patient characteristics and risk of revision Read the full paper here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/manipulation-under-anesthesia-after-primary-knee-arthroplasty-sweden - 2026-01-08

Report on a nationwide, population‐based register with transparent reporting of data on the performance of radical prostatectomy. These data are needed as a basis for quality assurance with comparisons of results from individual surgeons and hospitals. Read the full paper here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/population-based-nationwide-registration-ofprostatectomies-sweden - 2026-01-08