By pia [dot] berntsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Pia Berntsson) - published 10 June 2025 Meet the new guest professor at Lund University Cancer Centre (LUCC) Mary Beth Terry from Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, US. Mary Beth Terry was recently employed as guest professor at Lund University Cancer Centre from March 2025 until 2028. She will be working 10% of full time and her

https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/meet-new-guest-professor-cancer-epidemiology-and-prevention - 2025-07-29

By Pia [dot] Berntsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Pia Berntsson) - published 5 April 2020 New members in LUCC executive group - Håkan Axelson (education) and Sophia Zachrisson (research). Håkan Axelson will replace Karin Jirström, who has new assignment as vice-dean at the Faculty of Medicine with responsibility for third-cycle education. Sophia Zachrisson will replace Mikael Sigvardsson, who wil

https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/changes-lucc-management - 2025-07-29

Published 9 September 2020 New board member: Ulf Ellervik, Faculty of Science, Lund University Professor Ulf Ellervik will replace professor Olov Sterner as academic staff representative for the Faculty of Science in the board of Lund University Cancer Centre (LUCC) with starting date September 9th, 2020.

https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/new-board-member-lucc - 2025-07-29

Published 10 December 2020 LUCC Annual report in Swedish is now approved by the LUCC Board and available for download. lucc_verksamhetsberattelse_2020.pdf  LUCC Annual report will be translated to English and published here in the end of December 2020 or begining of January 2021.

https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/lucc-annual-report-2020-sv - 2025-07-29

By pia [dot] berntsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Pia Berntsson) - published 8 January 2021 Kristina Åkesson, Dean of Faculty of Medicine New chairman: Kristina Åkesson Kristina Åkesson, Dean of Faculty of Medicine, is the new chairman in the board of Lund University Cancer Centre (LUCC) with starting date January 1st, 2021. She will replace Erik Renström.  

https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/new-chairman-lucc-board - 2025-07-29

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 4 December 2018 On Tuesday November 27 the first Nordic Huntington Disease Research Meeting took place at the Biomedical Center in Lund.  50 participants from Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway took part of interesting data blitz presentations about clinical research, mechanisms of disease and future therapies. The paus

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/nordic-huntington-disease-research-meeting - 2025-07-29

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 14 November 2018 Huntington Center in Lund is hosting an information meeting on Huntington's disease on November 19 at the Biomedical Center in Lund. Åsa Petersén will give a talk on the latest research in HD and Håkan Widner, professor and senior consultant in neurology, will be talking about symptoms and treatment. The

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/information-evening-huntingtons-disease - 2025-07-29

Published 9 November 2018 Petersén gives research talk for young people in HD families on November 10 2018 in Stockholm at a 2-day conference organised by the Swedish Huntington Association “Riksförbundet för Huntingtons sjukdom". Read more about this event on Riksförbundet för Huntingtons sjukdom's webpage (in Swedish)

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-gives-research-talk-young-people-hd-families-stockholm - 2025-07-29

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 7 November 2018 Åsa Petersén has been awarded a four-year project grant from the Swedish Research Council (VR), starting from 2019. The grant is awarded for the project entitled Effects of hypothalamic circuitries in Huntington disease. The total granted sum is 4.8 million for 2019-2022.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-granted-funds-swedish-research-council - 2025-07-29

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 18 September 2018 Yesterday it was announced that Professor Åsa Petersén will receive the Fernström award at Lund University for younger, successful researchers. The prize is awarded six researches at different Medical Faculties in Sweden, where each and one receives the sum of SEK 100 000. The Lund award ceremony will t

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/professor-petersen-fernstrom-awardee - 2025-07-29

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 8 January 2018 Congratulations to Dr. Rana Soylu-Kucharz who is awarded a 2 year postdoctoral stipend from the Swedish Brain Foundation! Dr. Rana Soylu-Kucharz is awarded a 2 year postdoctoral stipend from the Swedish Brain Foundation to study the role of hypothalamic dysfunction for striatal pathology in HD! Congratulat

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/dr-soylu-kucharz-awarded-postdoctoral-stipend - 2025-07-29

Published 19 December 2017 Hannie Lundgren, Head of Research at Region Skåne, Åsa Petersén and Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson, Dean at the Faculty of Medicine. Today the new Huntington Center headed by Åsa Petersén was inaugurated by the dean of the Medical Faculty at Lund University and the Head of Research at Region Skåne. 

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/huntington-center-now-inaugurated - 2025-07-29

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 14 March 2017 TNU är värd för ett råd- och stödgruppsmöte för Riksförbundet för Huntingtons sjukdom i Skåne torsdagen den 1:e juni kl 18.00 - 20.00.Program:18.00-18.10 Välkomna och introduktion av Susanne Zell, RHS18.10-18.40 Föredrag om den senaste forskningen av Åsa Petersén, Lunds Universitet18.40-19.10 Rundtur på for

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnu-berattar-om-den-senaste-forskningen-riksforbundet-huntingtons-sjukdom-den-1e-juni-2017 - 2025-07-29

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 13 November 2008 On July 31st 2008, Åsa Petersén was interviewed on Swedish National Radio, Sveriges Radio P1. 

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/radio-interview-asa-petersen - 2025-07-29

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 14 November 2008 Gåva ger hopp om att stoppa grym sjukdom (in Swedish only)

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/sydvenskan-article-about-huntingtons-disease - 2025-07-29

Published 14 November 2008 article_in_allers_2008.pdf

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/article-allers-magazine-about-huntingtons-disease - 2025-07-29

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 19 November 2008 Read about Huntington's disease and Åsa Petersén's research on page 26 (in Swedish).Aktuellt om Vetenskap & Hälsa - November 2008

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/article-huntingtons-disease-aktuellt-om-vetenskap-halsa - 2025-07-29

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 28 September 2009 Åsa Petersén has been assigned to one of the six positions as senior clinical researcher in psychiatry advertised by the Swedish Research Council.The prestigious position is for three years with a possible extension for three more years, and includes a start-up package of one million Swedish kronor (aro

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/asa-petersen-assigned-position-psychiatry - 2025-07-29

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 23 October 2009 Deniz Kirik and Åsa Petersén have been selected as the Allan and Maria Myers International visiting fellows for 2009. As part of this, they are invited to visit the Florey Neuroscience Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australia. The Fellowship provides support for leading international researcher

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/melbourne-2010 - 2025-07-29

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 9 April 2010 Åsa Petersén håller föredrag om psykiatriska symtom vid Huntingtons sjukdom i Oslo den 10 april 2010 på 30-års jubileumsdagen för "Landsforeningen for Huntington sykdom" i Norge.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/asa-petersen-haller-foredrag-i-oslo - 2025-07-29