https://ki.se RSS News Listing https://news.ki.se/meeting-with-ministers-to-stop-attacks-on-healthcare Attacks on healthcare are dramatically increasing in conflicts and wars around the world. The Centre for Health Crises continues to highlight this development. On 9 September, KI researchers Märit Halmin and Johan von Schreeb, together with representatives from Médecins Sans Frontières, the Swedish Medical Association, and the Swedish Association of Health Professionals, participated in a meeting at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs to urge Sweden to take clear international responsibility. Thu, 11 Sep 2025 17:45:46 +0200 https://news.ki.se/ki-deepens-its-municipal-partnerships The rapid transformation we are now seeing in the healthcare sector brings a growing need for municipally provided health promoting and preventative activities, and, consequently, for research and education. On 3 June, KI signed collaboration agreements with Solna City and Upplands-Bro municipality, marking an important step towards reinforcing such strategic partnerships between the university and local government. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:00:31 +0200 https://news.ki.se/karolinska-ccc-first-in-sweden-to-renew-accreditation Karolinska Comprehensive Cancer Center (Karolinska CCC) will be the first center in Sweden to receive renewed accreditation. This milestone marks an important step in further strengthening the collaboration between Karolinska University Hospital and KI. Childhood cancer is now also part of Karolinska CCC. Fri, 30 May 2025 10:17:16 +0200 https://news.ki.se/ki-establishes-new-endowment-professorship-in-integrative-odontology Thanks to a generous donation from businesswoman and investment company director Louise Lindh, the Department of Dental Medicine at Karolinska Institutet is able to establish a new professorial chair. This marks an important step towards making dental health a self-evident and integral part of public health, a move that both researchers and healthcare professionals have long been calling for. Mon, 26 May 2025 12:30:14 +0200 https://news.ki.se/helena-nordenstedt-on-the-synergies-of-a-dual-role-with-clinical-work-and-research Helena Nordenstedt is a Senior lecturer and associate professor in global health at GPH and expert coordinator at the Centre for Health Crises. She combines her research with clinical work in internal medicine at Danderyds sjukhus. Her projects range from infectious disease outbreaks to non-communicable diseases like cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, focusing on low-income settings. We asked Helena to share the advantages and challenges of her dual role. Wed, 07 May 2025 12:51:16 +0200 https://news.ki.se/karolinska-university-hospital-adopts-new-rde-strategy KI has been actively involved at different levels in drawing up a new strategy for research, development and education (RDE) at Karolinska University Hospital that aims to enhance the hospital’s academic environment, improve access to health data, double external research funding and promote early career development in research. Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:24:31 +0100 https://news.ki.se/course-in-advanced-hazmat-life-support-for-the-first-time-in-sweden Advanced Hazmat Life Support (AHLS) is a brand-new course in Sweden, that is being taught for the first time at Karolinska Institutet. During two intense days in February, medical doctors, nurses, paramedics and people with special responsibilities in the field of CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials) are trained in medical care in the event of exposure to hazardous chemicals. Thu, 06 Feb 2025 13:42:08 +0100 https://news.ki.se/the-spring-2025-call-for-research-internship-forskar-at-is-open-closing-date-for-applications-is-on-february-17 A research internship enables doctors on an internship to combine their regular clinical internship (in Swedish Allmäntjänstgöring - AT) with up to 12 months of research at KI. Apart from being eligible for an internship, candidates must also at the time of the application, hold a medical degree and either as a registered doctoral student at KI or a PhD engaged in research at KI. Mon, 03 Feb 2025 01:00:09 +0100 https://news.ki.se/health-crises-forum-2024-when-a-health-crisis-or-war-hits-us-what-will-universities-do When crisis or war comes’ is both the title of a now well-known brochure and the theme of Sweden's first Health Crisis Forum, organised by the Centre for Health Crises at Karolinska Institute (KI). Over 100 specially invited participants, including two state secretaries, the surgeon general and the National Board of Health and Welfare's head of emergency preparedness, gathered to discuss the role of higher education institutions in the event of a health crisis or war. Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:37:35 +0100 https://news.ki.se/centre-for-health-crises-organises-swedens-first-health-crises-forum On 27 November, the Centre for Health Crises will host Sweden's first Health Crises Forum. The aim is to bring people together to discuss what universities can contribute with to support the surrounding society before, during and after a health crisis, and how they best collaborate with other actors. Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:57:30 +0100 https://news.ki.se/emergency-medical-teams-global-meeting-in-abu-dhabi-a-venue-for-networking-and-knowledge-sharing For three days 1 300 EMTs, researchers, health professionals, country delegates and others representing 130 countries gathered in Abu Dhabi for the World Health Organization’s Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) Global Meeting 2024. Members of the research group Global Disaster Medicine – Health Needs and Response, at the Department of Global Public Health at KI, attended the meeting and presented their work to build the EMT global network. Wed, 13 Nov 2024 14:41:17 +0100 https://news.ki.se/life-science-collaboration-between-stockholm-and-uppsala-is-growing Region Stockholm and Region Uppsala have teamed up to further strengthen their joint life-science cluster. At a conference on 10 October, large sections of the life-science sector in Uppsala-Stockholm met to discuss how its development is to be effected. Mon, 21 Oct 2024 15:09:53 +0200 https://news.ki.se/knut-steffensen-becomes-new-director-of-karolinska-atmp-center On 4 November, Knut Steffensen will be taking up office as the director of the Karolinska ATMP Centre, a leading centre for advanced therapy medicinal products, with research, manufacture and treatment all under one roof. Sat, 19 Oct 2024 20:52:43 +0200 https://news.ki.se/renewed-collaboration-between-ki-and-msf-with-support-from-the-kamprad-family-foundation Karolinska Institutet (KI) is renewing its educational collaboration with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and will soon launch two new courses. The courses are possible thanks to support from The Kamprad Family Foundation. The focus is on courses that provide participants with the skills and tools they need to work with healthcare interventions in low-resource contexts, humanitarian disasters and health crises, both globally and locally. Wed, 02 Oct 2024 11:35:53 +0200 https://news.ki.se/vaccines-the-optimal-preparedness-is-that-it-never-happens The very idea of a vaccine is to prevent a disease from occurring. By exposing the body to a small part of an infectious agent that causes a disease, but doing so in a killed or weakened form, the body develops a defense against the disease. In a sense, vaccines can be argued to be the ultimate form of preparedness, as they prevent the disease from occurring in the first place, or at least mitigate it. Sat, 28 Sep 2024 08:00:14 +0200 https://news.ki.se/infection-control-and-outbreak-preparedness-when-the-virus-is-loose We all recognise the scene from countless horror movies and thrillers. A new, unknown virus is spreading. Panic ensues! Suddenly, the streets of New York are filled with people in yellow hazmat suits with big helmets, carrying stretchers where people lie writhing in terrible agony. But what is does it really look like when we prepare for and manage communicable diseases? The Centre for Health Crises’ expert coordinator knows more. Fri, 27 Sep 2024 08:51:41 +0200 https://news.ki.se/preparedness-for-a-creeping-health-crisis-the-case-of-antibiotic-resistance Some health crises occur suddenly and intensely, for example in the event of an armed attack or an earthquake. Others come more stealthily. One of the clearest and most worrying examples of an insidious health crisis is antibiotic resistance, which will be addressed at a high-level meeting of the United Nations in September. Thu, 26 Sep 2024 08:10:39 +0200 https://news.ki.se/priorities-for-intensive-care-the-theme-in-special-issue-of-lakartidningen Priorities for intensive care in times of crisis are something that has interested the Centre for Health Crisis Expert Coordinator Märit Halmin for some time. She is the guest editor of a special issue of Läkartidningen on the subject, where she writes alongside several other experts in the field. Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:53:39 +0200 https://news.ki.se/ki-initiates-collaboration-with-elekta-in-precision-medicine Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital are launching another tripartite collaboration, this time with Elekta. The aim is to join forces in the field of cancer with a focus on radiation therapy and precision medicine. Mon, 27 May 2024 22:33:26 +0200 https://news.ki.se/astrazeneca-to-partner-with-ki-in-precision-medicine KI, Karolinska University Hospital and AstraZeneca are entering into a tripartite collaboration to promote the development of precision medicine in Sweden. The ambition is that patients throughout the country will have access to tailored prevention, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. Mon, 06 May 2024 11:13:37 +0200 https://news.ki.se/general-physicians-practise-handling-mass-casualty-events The large hall at Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm was buzzing with life on Friday morning 12 April when general physicians from all over Sweden practiced mass casualty management and triage, using the simulation exercise AnTriEx, which is developed and instructed by the research group Global Disaster Medicine - Health Needs and Responses at KI. Mon, 22 Apr 2024 13:00:04 +0200 https://news.ki.se/course-in-trauma-and-disaster-aims-at-going-national A lorry explodes on the E4 motorway, there is a fire at the Hovet arena, someone takes hostages at Tom Titts, there's an explosion at Arlanda - it all happens at the same time and the medical services in Region Stockholm have to deal with a large number of injured patients at once. Fortunately, it was all just an exercise. The exercise, which is part of the TKS course, now aims to be developed into a national course concept. Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:24:57 +0200 https://news.ki.se/studenthalsase-new-joint-web-portal-for-university-students A joint web portal featuring information and activities from the student health services of all Swedish universities has recently been launched. Studenthälsa.se provides tips and advice for students to feel better and achieve a more sustainable student life. Tue, 23 Jan 2024 16:00:35 +0100 https://news.ki.se/ki-researchers-welcomed-the-prime-minister-and-the-minister-of-health-on-their-visit-to-gms On 1 November 2023, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Health Minister Acko Ankarberg Johansson, visited Genomic Medicine Sweden (GMS) to learn about the work on precision medicine for improved cancer care. Some of the topics discussed included broad gene sequencing as part of personalised healthcare, as well as the treatment and accessibility of data. Thu, 02 Nov 2023 11:41:23 +0100 https://news.ki.se/karolinska-institutet-ramps-up-cooperation-with-charite KI and Karolinska University Hospital have signed a memorandum of understanding with Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, one of Europe’s largest and most eminent university hospitals and medical universities. The signing of the MoU intensifies cooperation between the organisations. Tue, 17 Oct 2023 13:33:38 +0200 https://news.ki.se/clinical-training-clinic-at-optometry-program-wins-the-klok-award-2023 This year's KLOK award goes to the Optometry program, which together with the St. Erik Eye Hospital has developed a clinical training clinic where students from several educational programs can broaden and deepen their knowledge in an interprofessional learning environment. Thu, 28 Sep 2023 17:33:17 +0200 https://news.ki.se/richard-rosenquist-brandell-presented-the-swedish-experience-of-implementing-precision-medicine-at-eu-health-ministers-meeting As part of the Swedish presidency of the EU's Council of Ministers, the health ministers of EU countries were invited to an informal meeting in Stockholm on the 4th and 5th of May. The meting concerned issues of preparedness and securing access to innovative and established medicines. Mon, 08 May 2023 10:50:17 +0200 https://news.ki.se/european-collaboration-enhances-cross-learning-between-healthcare-and-research-raises-hopes-for-cancer-patients Close on 500 colleagues in the cancer field from Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet gathered in Aula Medica during this year’s Karolinska CCC conference on 30–31 March. Also attending were Sahlgrenska CCC and Skåne CCC. Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:43:39 +0200 https://news.ki.se/alf-evaluation-pointing-the-way-to-the-further-strengthening-of-clinical-research “We’re delighted, and the VR’s rating gives us even more leverage for our work,” says Anders Gustafsson, former vice president of KI, who has helped lead the work on the national evaluation of the quality of clinical research that has now been published by the Swedish Research Council (VR). The ALF evaluation is based on the agreement that regulates KI’s collaboration with Region Stockholm on medical training, clinical research and care development. Fri, 31 Mar 2023 15:27:49 +0200 https://news.ki.se/stockholm-scores-high-quality-rating-for-societal-and-patient-benefit-of-its-clinical-research Region Stockholm has been given a high-quality rating by the Swedish Research Council (VR) in its evaluation of the quality of clinical research and how it is transformed into patient and societal benefit. The evaluation is important in many respects, including to the distribution of government ALF (Agreement on Clinical Research and Training) funds. Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:53:16 +0200 https://news.ki.se/a-new-precision-medicine-action-plan-for-the-stockholm-region Region Stockholm has launched a new action plan for precision medicine in the region. The plan, which was devised in consultation with Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, will allow more patients to benefit from the research being done in the field of precision medicine. Thu, 16 Mar 2023 10:51:20 +0100 https://news.ki.se/ki-produces-new-podcast-on-educational-research KI is launching a new podcast: The PAPERs podcast. Every week you will drop into the conversation between four hosts who discuss articles addressing health professions education. While the content is rigorous, the hosts offer accessible insights with lighthearted style, making this podcast regular listening for many scholars’. Fri, 24 Feb 2023 15:40:19 +0100 https://news.ki.se/our-health-is-on-fire-campaign-on-the-health-impacts-of-climate-change The students' association IFMSA runs the Vår hälsa brinner (Our health is on fire) campaign to raise awareness and educate about the health impacts of climate change. Students see a need to work concretely on the issue, not least during their medical training. They have made an alphabet series illustrating the impact of climate change on public health and hold educational workshops. During Politician's Week in Almedalen, they held a workshop and distributed posters with the alphabet. Wed, 03 Aug 2022 14:02:55 +0200 https://news.ki.se/growing-need-for-skills-in-geriatric-care The coronavirus pandemic highlighted the increased need for knowledge and skills within the field of geriatric care. KI is offering a specialist nursing programme with a focus on care for the elderly. Mon, 31 Aug 2020 14:45:07 +0200 https://news.ki.se/asa-steinsaphir-and-sara-riggare-among-the-100-most-powerful-in-the-medtech-world-2019 Each year MedTech Magazine appoints the 100 persons who most affect and contribute to care, patients' health and the availability of medical technology to citizens and patients. Wed, 13 Mar 2019 08:46:53 +0100 https://news.ki.se/ki-researchers-receive-h2020-grant-in-trusted-digital-solutions-and-cybersecurity-in-health-and-care-call Thu, 07 Mar 2019 14:05:32 +0100 https://news.ki.se/new-thesis-how-can-health-care-organizations-create-value-business-model-explorations Hi there Jens Jacob Fredriksson. You recently defended your doctoral thesis “How can health care organizations create value?: business model explorations”. Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:39:56 +0100 https://news.ki.se/ki-researcher-mandus-frykman-appointed-national-coordinator Thu, 19 Apr 2018 08:46:14 +0200 https://news.ki.se/ewa-ehrenborg-vice-dean-for-collaboration-with-stockholm-county-council Wed, 14 Feb 2018 16:36:52 +0100 https://news.ki.se/the-first-projects-to-start-at-the-new-research-center-medtechlabs MedTechLabs is now open – the research centre formed by a close collaboration between Karolinska Institutet (KI), the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Stockholm County Council (SLL). The objective of the centre’s first project is to develop technology to improve diagnosis and treatment of patients who have, for example, suffered a stroke. Tue, 10 Oct 2017 16:10:18 +0200 https://news.ki.se/folke-hammarqvist-awarded-with-the-hakan-mogren-stipend Wed, 13 Sep 2017 10:00:00 +0200 https://news.ki.se/academic-specialist-centres-part-of-solution-for-medical-students Sat, 09 Sep 2017 10:53:45 +0200 https://news.ki.se/research-and-innovation-the-topic-for-ki-visit-by-chinas-minister-of-science-and-technology Fri, 01 Sep 2017 09:52:01 +0200 https://news.ki.se/lack-of-nurses-linked-to-missed-care-and-higher-patient-mortality Fri, 05 May 2017 08:00:00 +0200 https://news.ki.se/highly-educated-men-are-more-likely-to-be-diagnosed-with-a-brain-tumour Wed, 22 Jun 2016 10:20:19 +0200 https://news.ki.se/doctoral-thesis-rejects-theory-of-unnecessary-emergency-care Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100 https://news.ki.se/simpler-and-cheaper-antibiotic-prophylaxis-with-insertion-of-nutrition-catheter-in-the-stomach Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200