Published 25 October 2021 We are now looking for part-time (20%) research and teaching staff, with different profiles, from different disciplines and with various experience. Who are you? You currently have a job at Lund University or Region Skåne and have a genuine interest in the subject area of medical humanities. You are willing to work with the start-up of a knowledge centre, where transdisci

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/birgit-rausing-centre-medical-humanities-looking-staff - 2025-07-29

By katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl) - published 2 November 2021 The entrance to the research station in the city of Adama in Ethiopia, where Per Björkman and Patrik Medstrand have been based since 2010. The research station is built together with Ethiopian researchers and healthcare organizations. In 2017, the Faculty of Medicine received a private donation targeted at

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/another-sek-6-million-research-hiv-and-tuberculosis-ethiopia - 2025-07-29

By webbredaktionen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Webbredaktionen) - published 17 November 2021 Camilla Davids. Photo: Ingemar Hultquist For the next four years, Camilla Davids from Namibia will share her time between Lund and Cape Town thanks to the "Double PhD-programme”. With the guidance of supervisors Gabriela Godaly and Reto Guler, Davids will focus on a project on alternative treatment methods

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Published 17 November 2021 At MoRe-Lab researchers will be able to study, among other things, how medication or exercise programs affects the ability to function in standardized and real world environments. For example, a home, workplace, gym or outdoor environment. MoRe-Lab (Movement & Reality Lab) is an experimental health science test environment for studies of movement, activity and behavior i

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By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 24 November 2021 Image: Adam Niescioruk He was best friends with Mikael Dolsten in Medical School in Lund in the 80´s. Since then he has held prominent positions around the world, both within Academia and the Medical Industry. Now he hopes to contribute to medical research with his experience in both basic and appl

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/guest-professor-hoping-infuse-new-life-medical-cornerstone-field - 2025-07-29

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 24 November 2021 Filipe Pereira. Photo: Kennet Ruona. It was Dolly the sheep that decided the fate of Filipe Pereira's future career. The choice lay between becoming an architect or a researcher, when one of the world's most extreme examples of cell reprogramming aroused his curiosity about the inner works of the human

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/dolly-sheep-inspired-him-build-trojan-horse - 2025-07-29

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 10 December 2021 Photo: Mostphotos. A large population study from Lund University in Sweden has shown that more sustainable dietary habits are linked to health benefits, such as a reduced risk of premature death from cardiovascular disease and cancer. The study is published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. “Our

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/environmentally-sustainable-diet-linked-health-benefits - 2025-07-29

By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 21 December 2021 Peter van Zijl and Stig Ålund. One of the world’s leading researchers in the field of magnetic resonance imaging, Professor Peter C.M. van Zijl, and Stig Ålund, whose efforts have been of great importance for research on the elderly, ageing and health, are to be honorary doctors at the Faculty of Medicin

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Published 21 December 2021 Daniella Rylander Ottosson. Photo: Johan Persson. Using methods for reprogramming human glia cells top create specialised nerve cells, interneurons, researcher Daniella Rylander Ottosson aims to lay the foundations for future treatments of diseases such as schizophrenia and epilepsy. Of the 27 new Wallenberg Academy Fellows, two are at Lund University: Daniella Rylander

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/daniella-rylander-ottosson-named-wallenberg-academy-fellow - 2025-07-29

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 21 December 2021 Kristina Hansson and Birgitta Sahlen. Photo: Tove Smeds. The logopedics study programme at the Faculty of Medicine celebrated its 50th anniversary this year. Professor Birgitta Sahlén and Programme Director and Associate Professor Kristina Hansson look back to when it all began, talk about the current study pr

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Published 11 January 2022 Pouya Movahed Rad, researcher at Lund University and consultant psychiatrist. Photo: Tove Smeds Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have compared the effects of intravenous ketamine treatment with ECT treatment in severe depression. The results support the view that ketamine is a possible treatment, but also show that ECT treatment helps more people. In recent years,

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/ect-more-effective-ketamine-severe-depression - 2025-07-29

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 11 January 2022 Dina Mansour Aly, one of the main authors behind the study, has carried out several genetical analyses. Photo: Petra Olsson Previous research from Lund University has shown that diabetes can be divided into five groups with different disease progression. A new study published in Nature Genetics demonstrates

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-research-highlights-genetic-differences-between-different-forms-type-2-diabetes - 2025-07-29

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra) - published 11 January 2022 The study participants were served portions of white wheat bread during the two meals. After the meal intervention, blood sugar and insulin levels differed between different groups of participants. Photo: Petra Olsson A lot of research explains which diets may reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Much re

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By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 26 January 2022 Head of Department Tomas Deierborg. Photo: Kennet Ruona ...showing that competitors in the Vasaloppet cross-country ski race run a lower risk of suffering from anxiety than the general population. Your results have been reported by the New York Times, CNN and many other international news outlets. P

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By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 3 February 2022 Immune Thrombocytopenia, ITP, is an autoimmune bleeding disorder that is still treated with immunosuppressive drugs that cause serious side effects. Professor John Semple’s laboratory studies the pathophysiological mechanisms behind this disease and together with Dr. Drew Provan, London, UK, has recentl

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By anna [dot] axmon [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Axmon) - published 8 June 2021 This study extends TCAL by disentangling causes of death contributions. The strength of the approach is that it allows identification of mortality differences in cohorts with members still alive, as well as identification of which ages and causes of death contribute to mortality differentials between populations. R

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/reflection-modern-methods-cause-death-decomposition-cohort-survival-comparisons - 2025-07-29

By anna [dot] axmon [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Axmon) - published 9 June 2021 Advances in synthetic control methods bring new opportunities to conduct rigorous research in evaluating public health interventions. However, incorporating synthetic controls in interrupted time series studies may not always nullify important threats to validity nor improve causal inference. Read the paper at http

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/can-synthetic-controls-improve-causal-inference-interrupted-time-series-evaluations-public-health - 2025-07-29

By anna [dot] axmon [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Axmon) - published 10 June 2021 Concerns have been expressed over standards of statistical interpretation. Results with P <0.05 are often referred to as ‘significant’ which, in plain English, implies important. This leads some people directly into the misconception that this provides proof that associations are clinically relevant. Read the pape

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By anna [dot] axmon [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Axmon) - published 17 June 2021 Standard errors are usually calculated based on assumptions underpinning the statistical model used in the estimation. However, there are situations in which some assumptions of the statistical model including the variance or covariance of the outcome across observations are violated, which leads to biased standar

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/reflection-modern-methods-demystifying-robust-standard-errors-epidemiologists - 2025-07-29

By anna [dot] axmon [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Axmon) - published 15 June 2021 The IDAG allows for a both intuitive and stringent way of illustrating interactions. It helps to distinguish between causal and non-causal mechanisms behind effect variation. Read the paper at https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/50/2/613/5998421

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/directed-acyclic-graph-interactions - 2025-07-29