Differential vulnerability and susceptibility: how to make use of recent development in our understanding of mediation and interaction to tackle health inequalities
New publication in International Journal of EpidemiologyRead more here
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New publication in International Journal of EpidemiologyRead more here
Epidemiologists face two fundamental and interrelated problems when judging causality: knowledge is fallible, and studies are imperfect. In medicine, this will always leave a degree of uncertainty in scientific judgements. From an epistemological point of view, even randomized trials cannot be regarded as the ultimate proof to establish a causal relation. Given this inherent uncertainty it is no s
https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/long-and-winding-road-causality - 2025-12-14
Traditional publishing versus sharing results without restrictions has become a fundamental question that involves many different stakeholders, including scientists, librarians, publishers, and research funding organizations. See a panel of international experts discuss the matter. Read more here.
https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/panel-debate-plan-s-and-open-access-way-go-swedish-researchers - 2025-12-14
Från och med 2019 behöver du som beviljas bidrag från Vetenskapsrådet ha en datahanteringsplan om din forskning genererar forskningsdata. Planen ska beskriva hur data som samlas in och/eller skapas kommer att hanteras under forskningens gång och hur den ska tas om hand efteråt. Läs mer här. Vill du veta mer om datahanteringsplaner, kan du anmäla dig till seminarium i Lund (LUX Aula) 7 maj.
https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/vr-staller-krav-pa-datahanteringsplan - 2025-12-14
Results from the Swedish National Registry are satisfactory and comparable to international standards. Trends over time show increasing resection rates and some improved results. Better collaboration and openness within pancreatic surgeons is an important side effect. New publication in the official Journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary AssociationRead more here
https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/first-results-swedish-national-pancreatic-and-periampullary-cancer-registry-0 - 2025-12-14
This is an open seminar with professor Miguel Hernán A 3 half-day seminar on Causal Inference with Miguel Hernán, professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health.The scheduel is as follow:Monday May 6 at 1-5PMTuesday May 7 at 1-5PMWednesday May 8 at 9-12AMLocation: Arvid Carlsson, Acadmicum, GothenburgRead more here
https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/learning-what-works-framwork-causal-inference-observational-data - 2025-12-14
Most respondents used quality indicators from the two cardiovascular NQRs infrequently (<3 times/year). The results indicate that linking registration of quality indicators to using them for QI activities increases their routine use and makes them meaningful tools for professionals. New publication in International Journal for Quality in Health CareRead more here
CEC's Hampus Nilsson describes his journey towards doing research on nature-based solutions and multiple ecosystem services in cities. Hampus Nilsson was honored by the Swedish Hydrological Council with the award of best master thesis within hydrology. In a blog post at the Swedish Water House, SIWI, he describes his journey from being a student in technical mathematics at the civil engineering pr
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/how-become-researcher - 2025-12-14
Researchers from the CEC comments climate change and risk management on Swedish national radio. Johanna Alkan Olsson answers questions regarding if there is a connection between climate change and the nice spring weather in Sweden this year.Listen to the interview with Johanna on sverigesradio.se.Ullrika Sahlin answers questions about risk management in research.Listen to the interview with Ullrik
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cec-swedish-national-radio - 2025-12-14
The CEC and Lund University is part of the core team for Climate-KIC's latest Flagship programme, eCircular, aiming to crack down on plastic waste and radically reduce the use of plastic materials. The project eCircular aims to explore and use innovative digital tools to improve plastics waste prevention. This can, for example, include blockchain solutions for improved market transparency, data an
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/catalysing-switch-circular-economy-through-plastic-waste-prevention - 2025-12-14
While attending the 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology organized by the Society for Conservation Biology last week in Jyväskylä, Finland, CEC's Lovisa Nilsson was awarded First Place for her outstanding student poster. Lovisa has studied annual flower strips used to compensate for biodiversity losses in agricultural landscapes. These flower strips are intended to support pollinators and
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/lovisa-nilsson-awarded-outstanding-student-poster - 2025-12-14
The COST project has been studying if there is any difference in biodiversity found at organic and conventional farms. Some of our colleagues at the CEC have spent summer doing fieldwork studying bumblebees. Romain Carrié and others from the COST project have collected pollen from bumblebees and surveyed flower resources at 19 different farms in Skåne.– From earlier fieldwork, we know there is a d
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/field-study-biodiversity - 2025-12-14
The CEC has produced a new report evaluating analyses and data collection of winter loss in honeybees in Sweden. Swedish beekeeping rely on the health of the honey bee Apis mellifera. Loss of colonies during winter is an indicator of poor honey bee health.This report evaluates current data collection of winter loss in honey bees in Sweden, with the purpose to give recommendations for future improv
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/winter-loss-honey-bees-sweden - 2025-12-14
ClimBEco is a two-year graduate research school that promotes young scientists to engage in interdisciplinary research on climate, earth system and society in a changing world. The annual summer meeting was held August 29–30 in Höllviken, with the theme ‘Land use and ecosystem-based climate adaptation’. Inspiring talks by Terese Thoni (CEC, Lund University), Åsa Kasimir (Earth Sciences, University
https://www.cec.lu.se/article/eye-opening-discussions-phd-students - 2025-12-14
När covid-19-pandemin svepte över världen 2020 blev mRNA-vaccinerna räddningen för många – men i bakgrunden fanns en annan, mindre känd hjälte: lipidnanopartikeln. Utan dessa små ”fettdroppar” hade vaccinet aldrig kunnat levereras in i kroppens celler. Och faktum är att den lär få fler uppdrag framöver. Det kan vara den som löser leverans av gensaxen och de nya genterapierna in i kroppen. När värl
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/liten-fet-och-livsviktig-mot-framtidens-medicinkurir - 2025-12-14
En ny studie ledd av forskare vid Lunds universitet tyder på att melanom, den mest aggressiva formen av hudcancer, i vissa fall drivs av mitokondriella processer – och dessa kan bromsas med läkemedel som redan finns tillgängliga. I laboratoriestudier med cellodlingar kunde forskarna stoppa melanomceller med hjälp av antibiotika och andra substanser som påverkar mitokondriernas funktion. Melanom är
Forskare vid Lunds universitet har i en ny observationsstudie tittat på samtliga fall av hjärttransplantationer hos barn under 18 år i Norden mellan 1986 och 2023. Totalt 597 barn ingick i studien, varav 461 transplanterades. Resultaten visar att överlevnaden ökat markant – en utveckling som forskarna kopplar till tekniska framsteg, avancerad teknik och bättre rutiner i vården. Kort om studien:597
Betygsreformen som infördes 2012 innebar att elever började få betyg redan i årskurs sex. En ny forskningsstudie från Lunds universitet, visar ett samband mellan införandet av tidigare betyg och ökad risk för att flickor diagnostiseras med depression och ångestsyndrom. Studien publiceras nu i tidskriften Health Economics. Den psykiska ohälsan bland unga är ett växande folkhälsoproblem. Samtidigt p
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/tidigare-betyg-okar-risken-depression-bland-flickor - 2025-12-14
Idag är Alzheimers sjukdom den vanligaste dödsorsaken för personer med Downs syndrom. Forskare vid Lunds universitet har därför, i samarbete med Alzheimer’s Biomarker Consortium – Down Syndrome i USA, undersökt biomarkörer i blodplasman hos denna grupp. Dessa markörer kan hjälpa till att förutsäga framtida förändringar i hjärnan och kognitiv nedsättning vid Alzheimers sjukdom, för personer med Dow
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/blodprov-kan-forutse-demens-vid-downs-syndrom - 2025-12-14
I en studie ledd från Lunds universitet och Amsterdam University Medical Center, har forskare analyserat hjärnavbildning med PET på över 12 000 personer från hela världen. Studien som är den största i sitt slag, undersöker kopplingen mellan genetisk predisposition, kön, ålder i förhållande till Alzheimers sjukdom. Studien publiceras i Nature neuroscience. – En så här omfattande studie om Alzheim
https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/rekordstor-studie-fordjupar-forstaelsen-av-alzheimers - 2025-12-14