Pernilla Lagergren awarded NFSK Research Prize 2024
We congratulate Pernilla Lagergren, Professor of surgical care science, who received the NFSK's research prize 2024 during the Surgeons' Week in Karlstad on August 21.
The National Association of Nurses in Surgical Care, NFSK, annually awards a research prize with the aim of "promote research that has contributed to improving the care of the surgical patient and/or professional development for the nurse in surgical care".
Pernilla Lagergren is Professor of surgical care science and research group leader for the Surgical Care Science Group at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet. Her main research area is health-related quality of life (HRQOL), particularly in patients with cancer of the oesophagus. Her research focuses on factors influencing the HRQOL and recovery after surgical treatment for cancer in a short and long-term perspective