Published: 11-03-2022 09:27 | Updated: 11-03-2022 09:27

Meeting at the Swedish Royal Palace preceding the World Kidney Day

From the left: Maria Eriksson Svensson, Peter Stenvinkel, Annika Östman Wernerson, Prince Daniel, Jessica Smolander, Michael Olausson, Helen Erlandsson och Lars Wennberg. Foto: Sara Friberg/Kungl. Hovstaterna

On the occasion of World Kidney Day, HRH Prince Daniel invited seven Swedish kidney and transplant researchers for a discussion at the Royal Palace.

During the meeting that took place on February 23rd , two of CLINTEC's doctoral students was given the opportunity to talk about their research projects.

Helen Erlandsson talked about her own study that shows good results in follow-up of elderly patients who have had a kidney transplant and Jessica Smolander informed the prince about how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected Swedish dialysis and kidney transplant patients.