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Franziska Hetrodt's research project is nominated for the best research report of the year by the Swedish Society of Cariology (SFFC)

The Centre for Health Crises has received funding from the Swedish government to increase and support collaboration across the country’s universities on the topic of health crises. Initially, the Centre completed an online mapping of ongoing activities and existing health crises competences at a majority of the universities. We have also recruited Caroline de Groot, who is coordinating the work and is in the process of reaching out to key groups and individuals to learn more.

The new policy for leadership and employees at KI wants to convey what is required of both managers and employees to create the organization we want.

Childhood-onset type 1 diabetes (onset <age 18) and neurodevelopmental disorders, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, and intellectual disability, globally represent substantial health challenges. The conditions also pose substantial challenges to the individuals, their families, and healthcare systems.

Professor Qiang Pan-Hammarström at Karolinska Institutet is one of six new members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Among other things, she has researched immunodeficiency diseases and worked to find treatments for covid-19.

Family members and close friends of people with COVID-19 have elevated symptoms of depression and anxiety, a study from Karolinska Institutet published in The Lancet Regional Health – Europe reports. According to the researchers, the results of the study indicate a possible unmet public health need.

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease, often with onset during childhood, that requires lifelong insulin therapy due to the loss of pancreatic beta-cells.

We’re now a few weeks into the term, and our students - both freshers and those who have returned after the summer break – have been welcomed to Karolinska Institutet. We were once all at the start of our student careers – we need to remember this, to inspire the coming generation and include them in an enjoyable student life.

The Research School in Health Science 2023 kick-off event was a great success, bringing together supervisors, new doctoral students, and students from the 2021 cohort. Held on September 5th, this event marked a milestone for the research school.

As KI is organising the KI Fun Run at Campus Solna, the departure from Solna at 17:05 (regular location Nobels väg 5) will be from the bus stop in front of the main entrance of the old Karolinska Hospital.

Lisa Strömmer is the new expert coordinator, in emergency surgery, at the Centre for Health Crises. She looks forward to, among other things, develop existing courses and work to make sure that emergency surgery as a competence is maintained in crisis preparedness, health crises and as a part of the total defense (Totalförsvaret).

The end of August and the beginning of September marks the start of the academic year and Karolinska Institute’s (KI) campuses are once again filled with students. KI welcomed more than 2,000 new students to the undergraduate and global master's programmes starting this autumn semester 2023. This year, the new students were not only welcomed during the welcome days in Aula Medica as the introduction programme for new students has been extend.

The air is buzzing with anticipation. Floral displays, long gowns and evening dress, and almost 900 chairs waiting for the graduands and their guests. It is the 15 September, and time to celebrate the graduation of 154 of KI’s new doctors in Stockholm City Hall.

Sten Lundin set his apartment on fire and was convicted of arson. It turned out that he had bipolar disorder and the care he got helped him on feet again. "Life can sometimes turn around. I want everyone to know that", says Sten Lundin.

She was deprived of liberty for over ten years. "I feel a great deal of sadness that it took so long before I received proper care", says Jenny.

The Nordic Congress of Gerontology (NKG) is arranged every second year in the Nordic countries and next year Sweden will be hosting the event. The 27th edition will be held at Karolinska Institutet on 12–14 June 2024. It is anticipated that 800 people and scholars from different parts of the world will take part, offering a diverse array of distinctive perspectives on the challenges and opportunities linked to population ageing. Registration will open on 2 October 2023.

Who is at the highest risk of committing violent acts - and who is not? Forensic psychiatrist Jonas Forsman's researches involves an instrument that can, in a best case scenario, simplify the assessment of most forensic psychiatric patients.

Anette Johansson conducts research on what separates psychotic people who commit crimes from psychotic people who do not.

7.5 years That is the average treatment time for a person who has been sentenced to forensic psychiatric care. This is 2.5 years longer than what previous figures has lead us to believe.

In 2022, roughly 350 people were sentenced to forensic psychiatric care. There is a unique borderland between the judicial system and healthcare, in which a person who has completed their medical treatment can be prevented from being discharged. At the same time, many patients are saying that they have benefited from the care. And fewer people relapse into crime after they have received forensic psychiatric care than they do after being imprisoned.

New technologies open new possibilities for groundbreaking research. StratNeuro aims to support the development and dissemination of new technologies and therefore announces a new funding call.

Team member Carina King with colleagues’ have an article published in this month’s issue of The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. The paper that is also featured on the cover, is about a multifacility, prospective, observational study conducted in rural Bangladesh to evaluate the potential effect of pulse oximetry implementation on the WHO IMCI-based outpatient care of 3848 young children with suspected pneumonia.

Tips from KI Grants Office about current calls.

The prize is awarded annually by the Swedish Society of Medicine (SLS) to a person who has made outstanding contributions to Alzheimer's research. This year the Bengt Winblad Prize is awarded to Laura Fratiglioni, Professor of Medical Epidemiology with a focus on dementia diseases at the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet.

It was at the European Society of Endodontology Biennial Congress in Helsinki 6-9 September 2023 that Joséphine Brodén won the award for best educational project

The Swedish Society of Medicine (SLS) annually awards SEK 100,000 as a prize to a particularly deserving younger researcher who has applied for and been awarded SLS project grants. This year, the prize goes to Bahira Shahim, resident physician in cardiology and researcher at the Department of Medicine Solna.

The COVID-19 preparedness and resource groups that KI set up during the pandemic are to be wound up. Their work will be picked up and developed by the Centre for Health Crises, which was established in July 2021.

Former state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell has been awarded the BiotechBuilders Award 2023 for his efforts during the pandemic 2020-2023. The prize is awarded by the non-profit association Stockholm BiotechBuilders, to which KI is a partner and which works to strengthen the Swedish life science sector.

Maria started working in the ANA Futura Service Team on 1 September and replaces Micke Hammarstedt who has now retired. Read more about who Maria is and her background.

Your occupational pension depends on the year you were born. On 1 January 2024, an amendment will come into force that affects retirement pensions for all employees born before 1988.

There is a system disturbance affecting UBW, ki.se and fileshare (projects). The root cause is identified and systems are restored.
The problem should be resolved shortly.

/KI Helpdesk.

The early treatment of obesity in children is effective in both the short and long term, researchers from Karolinska Institutet report in a study published in International Journal of Obesity.

Congratulations Städgladen on continued partnership with KI

As a result of a tougher social climate, worsened security situation, and examples of deadly violence at schools and universities, employees and students have expressed concerns about deteriorated workplace environment due to perceived insecurity.

New date! On 21 September from 12:00 to 22:00, a planned system maintenance in IDAC will be carried out. 

In the IDAC portal it will be possible to search for employees/students and the service "Reset password" will be available all day. 

We ask you not to use the remaining services between 12:00 - 22:00.

World Health Organization (WHO) has launched two new publications focusing on responsible media reporting about suicide and decriminalization of suicide and suicide attempt.

The university management has decided that the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition (BioNut) is to be wound up and its activities merged with the Department of Medicine in Huddinge (MedH). The reorganisation is scheduled to be completed by 30 June 2024.

Although a simple molecule, nitric oxide is an important signal substance that helps to reduce blood pressure by relaxing the blood vessels. But how it goes about doing this has long been unclear. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden now present an entirely novel principle that challenges the Nobel Prize-winning hypothesis that the substance signals in its gaseous form. Their findings are presented in the journal Nature Chemical Biology.

Every year our team meets outside of the KI campus for a team day. It is a chance to kick off the academic year together, getting to know each other and increase the chances of research synergies and collaborations. This year we spent the day at beautiful Ersta Diakoni on Södermalm in Stockholm. One of the highlights was the session with invited speaker Anders Nordström, Ambassador for global health.

Tips from Grants Office regarding current calls

New HR Partner at NVS Department Management.

The Centre for Health Crises is currently supporting the WHO’s EMT (Emergency Medical Teams) initiative, through mentorship to the Ministries of Health in Georgia and Armenia in their development of EMTs. The director of the Centre, Professor Johan von Schreeb, has just returned from spending ten days in the two countries, working with the Ministries and other partners.

The 19th of September from 19:00 to 21:00 maintenance work on the WiFI network will be done in Campus Flemingsberg.
This will affect buildings; Neo ANA 8, ANA 10 and ANA 23.

There will be some downtime on the WiFi during this time.

/KI IT Office.

From September 20, the Supply Center on floor 2 has new opening hours.

Susanne Andermo, Assistant Professor at the Division of Nursing, will receive part of the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences' more than SEK 5 million, received from the Council of the European Social Fund in Sweden.

Results from a large population-based cohort study, including 60 000 men and women in central Sweden, suggest that exposure to higher concentrations of disinfection by-products in drinking water is associated with elevated risk of colorectal cancer in men.

Reflux disease manifests as acid regurgitation and heartburn and is a known risk factor for oesophageal cancer. However, a new study published in The BMJ by researchers at Karolinska Institutet now reports that the majority of patients do not have a higher risk of cancer. A large-scale study from three Nordic countries shows that the cancer risk is only elevated in patients whom gastroscopy reveals to have changes in the oesophageal mucosa.

In the autumn, the University Library had the opportunity to invite an external speaker to discuss 'Patent and Publishing.'

The Swedish Society of Medicine awards Professor Jesper Lagergren at Karolinska Institutet with the Reuterskiöld Prize, for world-leading research focusing on the causes, prevention and treatment of esophageal and gastric cancer.

Professor Miia Kivipelto, Division of Clinical Geriatrics at NVS, receives almost SEK 24 million from Forte for the project "FINGER-Pro: Evidence-based health promotion interventions for healthy ageing: Adaptation and implementation of the FINGER-multidomain model in diverse environments and sociocultural contexts".