Published 12 May 2020 The position as PhD student is linked to the interdisciplinary research network AIR LUND with funding from VR, Vinnova and Hjärt-Lungfonden. The project uses artificial intelligence and machine learning methods together with extensive data generated in health care to prevent, diagnose and predict serious disease events. The network includes researchers from four different fac

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/doctoral-student-machine-learning-methods-within-emergency-medicine - 2025-07-01

Published 13 May 2020 IMISCOE (International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe) is Europe's largest interdisciplinary research network in the field of migration, integration and diversity studies. In response to the contemporary pandemic and its effects, the plenary topic for the 17th annual conference will be: “Mobilities and Immobilities in Pandemic times”. The speakers will r

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/17th-imiscoe-annual-conference-online - 2025-07-01

Published 12 May 2020 This course, utilizing a multidisciplinary approach, aims to deliver knowledge and enhance understanding within the field of environmental epidemiology, with a focus on environmental health and relevant Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). More info at https://www.lupop.lu.se/event/health-and-environment-with-special-focus….

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/health-and-environment-special-focus-climate-change-and-sustainability - 2025-07-01

Published 14 May 2020 Vetenskap & Allmänhet har på uppdrag från Vetenskapsrådet kartlagt den forskning om forskningskommunikation som finns i Sverige. De presenterar resultatet på ett dialogseminarium 28 september. Save the date – mer information kommer! Läs mer här.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/vad-vem-och-varfor-forskning-om-forskningskommunikation-i-sverige - 2025-07-01

Published 15 May 2020 Varje år fördelar Vetenskapsrådet nästan 7 miljarder till forskning och forskningsinfrastruktur. Nu söker de en koordinator för medicin och hälsa som vill ha en central och samordnande roll i ett omväxlande arbete där du arbetar nära Vetenskapsrådets ledning. Läs mer här.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/koordinator-amnesradet-medicin-och-halsa - 2025-07-01

Published 16 May 2020 Fear has been assigned a central role in models of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), but empirical investigations into the emotions that underpin OCD symptoms are few, especially in pediatric samples. Using validated, clinician-led structured interviews, 124 youth with OCD reported on the presence and severity of symptoms across the main symptom dimensions of OCD (aggressi

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/involvement-fear-incompleteness-and-disgust-during-symptoms-pediatric-obsessive-compulsive-disorder - 2025-07-01

Published 17 May 2020 Rare neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by high heterogeneity and high clinical complexity, as well as low incidence and prevalence, thus making tracking small numbers of incident cases in the general population very challenging. Since it is not possible to use classical cohort studies to estimate the incidence of these rare diseases, we can “reconstruct” a theoreti

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/reconstructed-cohort-design-method-study-rare-neurodegenerative-diseases-population-based-settings - 2025-07-01

Published 18 May 2020 The share of contact allergy to MCI/MI 0.215% aq., MCI/MI 0.02% aq., and MI 0.2% aq. varied in the test centers between 7.9% and 25.9%, 3.2% and 10.3%, and 5.8% and 12.3%, respectively. MCI/MI 0.215% aq. detected significantly more patch‐test positive individuals than both MCI/MI 0.02% aq. (P < .001) and MI 0.2% aq. (P < .001), as well as either one of MCI/MI and MI (P < .001

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/can-patch-testing-methylchloroisothiazolinonemethylisothiazolinone-be-optimized-using-new-diagnostic - 2025-07-01

Published 20 May 2020 DORIS är ett verktyg som ska gå att använda genom hela processen för att göra forskningsdata tillgängliga: från beskrivning av forskningsdata till beställning av data för återanvändning eller granskning. Utvecklingen av systemet är uppdelat i flera olika faser. Läs mer på https://snd.gu.se/sv/nyheter/doris-gor-det-enklare-att-dela-data-snd.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/doris-gor-det-enklare-att-dela-data-snd - 2025-07-01

Published 21 May 2020 A call for proposals for funding of Nordic and Nordic-Estonian/Latvian collaboration projects on health data research on COVID-19 is now announced. The application deadline is 16 June 2020 13 CEST. Read more at https://www.nordforsk.org/calls/nordic-health-data-research-projects-co….

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/nordic-health-data-research-projects-covid-19 - 2025-07-01

Published 22 May 2020 Ett särskilt aktuellt register dessa dagar är Svenska Intensivvårdsregistret, SIR, som dagligen rapporterar om antalet inlagda patienter med covid-19 på svenska intensivvårdsavdelningar. Representanter från SIR har arbetat intensivt tillsammans med Vetenskapsrådet för att dokumentera registrets innehåll i RUT och på så sätt göra det mer tillgängligt för forskning. Läs mer här

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/svenska-intensivvardsregistret-sir-har-anslutits-till-metadataverktyget-rut - 2025-07-01

Published 23 May 2020 Nu finns möjlighet att lyssna på en initierad podd i två delar där forskare samtalar om virusets spridning, lärdomar från spanska sjukan samt ekonomiska konsekvenser av den nedstängning av världen som vi nu upplever. Poddcasten är framtagen som samarbete mellan Centrum för ekonomisk demografi (CED) vid Ekonomihögskolan i Lund och LU Futura - Lunds universitets tankesmedja för

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/poddcast-att-forsta-corona-och-dess-konsekvenser - 2025-07-01

Published 30 May 2020 There is a growing recognition of significant, unmet palliative care needs in nursing facilities, yet limitations in the workforce limit access to palliative care services. Attention to palliation is particularly important when there are efforts to reduce hospitalizations to help ensure there are no unintended harms associated with treating residents in place. New publication

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/role-palliative-care-registered-nurse-nursing-facility-setting - 2025-07-01

Published 30 May 2020 As research in treatments for neurocognitive diseases progresses, there is an increasing need to identify cognitive decline in the earliest stages of disease for initiation of treatment in addition to determining the efficacy of treatment. For early identification, accurate cognitive tests cutoff values for cognitive impairment are essential. New publication in Alzeheimer´s R

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/age-related-effect-cognitive-performance-cognitively-healthy-elderly-mainly-caused-underlying-ad - 2025-07-01

Published 31 May 2020 Early onset preeclampsia (EOP) and late onset preeclampsia (LOP) have been differentiated with a cut‐point of ≤34 weeks. This classical definition has never been examined with respect to maternal characteristics by different gestational age cut‐points. We examined maternal characteristics in a population‐based cohort of 1736 preeclamptic deliveries at different gestational ag

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/validation-34-week-gestation-definition-late-onset-preeclampsia-testing-different-cutoffs-30-37 - 2025-07-01

Published 31 May 2020 The incidence of cirrhosis for individuals in Sweden has previously been reported as stable/low among European countries. However, Swedish population-based studies are scarce and none of them included data from the most recent decade (2010–2019). We aimed to describe the incidence and aetiology of cirrhosis in the Halland region from 2011 to 2018, and to describe the severity

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/incidence-aetiology-and-related-comorbidities-cirrhosis-swedish-population-based-cohort-study - 2025-07-01

Published 1 June 2020 Cancer registry system has been playing important roles in research and policy making in cancer control. In general, information on cause of death is not available in cancer registry data. To make inference on survival of cancer patients in the absence of cause of death information, the relative survival ratio is widely used in the population‐based cancer research utilizing e

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/doubly-robust-inference-procedure-relative-survival-ratio-population-based-cancer-registry-data - 2025-07-01

Published 1 June 2020 Baseline lung function was assessed in 20,700 men and 7325 women from 1974 to 1992. Mean age was 43.4 (±6.6) and 47.5 (±7.9) for men and women respectively. Sex-specific quartiles of FEV1 and FVC (L) were created (Q4: highest, reference) and the cohort was also divided by the FEV1/FVC ratio (≥ or < 0.70). Cox proportional hazards regression was used to determine the risk of i

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/low-lung-function-and-risk-incident-chronic-kidney-disease-malmo-preventive-project-cohort - 2025-07-01

Published 2 June 2020 Victimisation of women is encountered in all countries across the world, it damages the mental and physical health of women. During pregnancy and the postpartum period, women are at a greater risk of experiencing violence from an intimate partner. The aim of this study was to explore childbirth outcomes in a Swedish population of women reporting a history of violence includin

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/birth-outcomes-swedish-population-women-reporting-history-violence-including-domestic-violence - 2025-07-01

Published 2 June 2020 Registries will enable cohort studies to be performed, which are usually considered to be the best quality of observational studies. The quality of data of registries can be increased if is it possible to merge results (‘crosstalk’) between registries. A prerequisite for that is an agreed uniform core set of data to be collected and uniform definitions on the items to be coll

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/registries-and-databases-european-perspective - 2025-07-01