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Departments and specialised centres

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Departments

Strategic research areas

In 2009, Lund University received strategic research funding from the Swedish Government in order to lead and develop world-leading research in nine different areas. The Faculty of Medicine is involved in several of these.

Specialised centres and research environments

Specialised centres with university hospital healthcare in Region Skåne

Joint centres aiming to bind together the research and healthcare chains (Lund University Faculty of Medicine and Region Skåne)

  • Diabetes – Molecular Metabolism Researcher in charge: Hindrik Mulder (no website)
  • Huntington Centre (Huntington’s disease) Researcher in charge: Åsa Petersen
  • NeuroLund (Neurodegenerative diseases, e.g. Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases) Researcher in charge: Oskar Hansson (no website)
  • Neuronano Medicine (Neurological diseases) Researcher in charge: Jens Schouenborg (in Swedish)
  • StrokeSyd (Stroke) Researcher in charge: Tadeusz Wieloch (no website)
  • UroCan-LU (Prostate cancer, bladder cancer and kidney cancer) Researcher in charge: Fredrik Liedberg (in Swedish)

Thematic collaboration initiatives

Lund University's Thematic collaboration initiatives are meeting places for knowledge and development in specific areas. The initiatives have in common that they are interdisciplinary and involve researchers from several of our faculties as well as external partners in Sweden and the world.

Current initiatives including the Faculty of Medicine: