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By miriam [dot] sjodahl_jakobsen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Miriam Sjödahl Jakobsen) - published 13 July 2021 A representative from the strategic research area (SRA) EpiHealth has talked to Martin L. Olsson, who is the faculty management representative of the EpiHealth board and Deputy Dean with special responsibility for research infrastructure and strategic issues at the Faculty of Medicine. Ma
Published 12 September 2021 In a new study, researchers at Lund University and Uppsala University have seen a clear connection between how long a person sleeps and a number of biomarkers linked to cardiometabolic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. “With greater knowledge of the actual mechanisms of disease development, the possibilities for a more specific and targeted tr
https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/hours-you-sleep-mean-more-you-think - 2025-07-27
By miriam [dot] sjodahl_jakobsen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Miriam Sjödahl Jakobsen) - published 5 October 2021 Professor Lars Lind uses the EpiHealth cohort to investigate why people with diabetes have a higher risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular diseases and how genetic factors can contribute to this. He is trying to map a diabetes profile to find mechanisms which can instigate the d
https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/epihealth-cohort-we-find-genes-diabetes - 2025-07-27
By miriam [dot] sjodahl_jakobsen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Miriam Sjödahl Jakobsen) - published 27 October 2021 Three researchers in the new research project will develop and evaluate applications that can be used to detect and combat pandemics with the help of AI, among other things. From left: Yana Litins'ka, Jonas Björk, Malin Inghammar. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter We have lived with the corona pan
https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/ai-will-help-us-detect-future-pandemics - 2025-07-27
By miriam [dot] sjodahl_jakobsen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Miriam Sjödahl Jakobsen) - published 6 December 2021 Professor Åsa Westrin Professor Åsa Westrin manages a big national medical screening database to conduct research on Death by Suicide in the Swedish population. The database helps her extract research data on the contacts and relationships between healthcare and patients who have died
By miriam [dot] sjodahl_jakobsen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Miriam Sjödahl Jakobsen) - published 20 January 2022 Professor Johan Sundström has contributed to the development of new apps which makes it possible to extract research data from patients´ perspectives on their own health and allows electronic informed consent. Johan Sundström is a professor of epidemiology at Uppsala University and exe
By miriam [dot] sjodahl_jakobsen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Miriam Sjödahl Jakobsen) - published 2 February 2022 Associate professor Magnus Ekström Associate professor Magnus Ekström is using cross-linked databases to develop a new standard method that can measure the severity of breathlessness in the population and find treatments to provide patients relief from symptoms. Magnus is Associate pro
By miriam [dot] sjodahl_jakobsen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Miriam Sjödahl Jakobsen) - published 1 March 2022 Although surgery is performed with a simple procedure that is performed under local anesthesia, new research by post doc Malin Zimmerman at Lund University shows that socioeconomic factors such as income, education and/or occupation, have an impact on general recovery and outcome after su
By miriam [dot] sjodahl_jakobsen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Miriam Sjödahl Jakobsen) - published 1 April 2022 Ovarian cancer (OC) is usually detected at late clinical stages and urgent extensive surgery is crucial for survival. Associate professor Päivi Kannisto is using cutting-edge technologies to investigate the multifactorial causes of ovarian cancer which include genetic, immunological, and
https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/urgent-need-early-detection-ovarian-cancer-cutting-edge-technologies - 2025-07-27
By miriam [dot] sjodahl_jakobsen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Miriam Sjödahl Jakobsen) - published 7 May 2022 Photo: Kennet Ruona Professor Charlotte Ling is doing research within the field of epigenetics to understand changes in the expression of genes based on our environment and lifestyle and how these changes increase a person´s risk of catching diseases such as type 2 diabetes. She is also try
https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/i-put-together-lifelong-puzzle-epigenetics - 2025-07-27
By miriam [dot] sjodahl_jakobsen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Miriam Sjödahl Jakobsen) - published 5 June 2022 Associate professor Christel Nielsen who works at the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Lund University has been appointed vice coordinator of the strategic research area EpiHealth. - EpiHealth is one of the reasons why I chose to move from Uppsala to do research at Lu
https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/meet-our-new-vice-coordinator-epihealth-christel-nielsen - 2025-07-27
By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 13 September 2022 Sölve Elmståhl, Lund University, opened the conference and welcomed all participants to Lund and two days of sharing knowledge and experiences within EpiHealth. 8-9 September 2022 there was the yearly meeting, this year taking place in Lund. Lars Lind, Professor at the Department of Medical Sciences,U
https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/5th-swedish-meeting-cohort-studies - 2025-07-27
By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 24 November 2022 In November 2022, the EpiHealth Steering Group decided on four grants for postdoctoral positions over two years. Read about the Uppsala researchers who receive grants and what research they plan to conduct. Shafqat Ahmad. Understanding cardiometabolic disease One of the grants goes to Dr Shafqat Ahmad
https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/four-new-postdoctoral-positions-within-epihealths-uppsala-node - 2025-07-27
By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 9 February 2023 Photo by Jen Theodore on Unsplash NOTE This call is closed, but there will be a new one soon. Check the webpage for new dates. Lund University and SRA EpiHealth has decided to support the next generation researchers in epidemiology through a call for project seeding funding that will cover salary costs
By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 25 April 2023 Lund University and SRA EpiHealth has decided to support six projects with seeding funding that will cover salary costs for preparation of a project application and a research plan targeting national funding bodies. Lena Sandin Wranker, one of the recipients of the funding, is a research assistant, PhD,
https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/six-projects-epidemiology-will-get-seed-funding - 2025-07-27
By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 21 June 2023 Day one: Presentations of the major large Swedish cohorts. Status and a look forward. Day 2: Presentation of the 4 granted EpiHealth post-doc projects and more. See full program here
By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 21 June 2023 The number of patients with osteoarthritis has increased dramatically since the 1950s. Along with diabetes, the illness is now one of the fastest-growing endemic diseases in the world. Andrea Dell’Isola, an associate professor at the Department of Clinical Sciences at Lund University in Sweden, investigati
By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 10 January 2024 The applicants will be notified by mid-May 2024 at the latest. Lund University and SRA EpiHealth has decided to support the next generation researchers in epidemiology through a call for project seeding funding that will cover salary costs for preparation of a project application and a research plan tar
https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/seed-funding-application-closed - 2025-07-27
By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 11 January 2024 The strategic research area Epihealth at Lund University hereby announces research space for two years (SEK 750,000/year including OH) corresponding to a postdoctoral position. Around 200 employees (researchers and other staff) are attached to the Epihealth network who work with epidemiological research
https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/research-space-postdoc-application-closed - 2025-07-27
By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 30 January 2024 Associate researcher Dominik Dietler has, thanks to Epihealth seed money, been granted postdoc funding for himself from MSB (The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency) over 1.9M SEK and 1.2M SEK from eSSENCE@LU to hire an additional postdoc. What difference did the seed money make for you? And what will y
https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/congratulations-dominik-dietler - 2025-07-27
