KIPRIME Fellows 2025
The KIPRIME Fellows aims to nourish the next generation of Karolinska Institutet Prize for Research in Medical Education winners by offering an inspirational curriculum of mentoring and development activities. Here are KIPRIME Fellows 2025.
Fellows 2025

Andrea Gingerich,
Canada
Associate Professor with the Division of Medical Sciences at University of Northern British Columbia, a scholar with the UBC Centre for Health Education Scholarship.

Halah Ibrahim,
United Arab Emirates
Medical doctor, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at Khalifa University College
of Medicine.

Hiroshi Nishigori,
Japan
Professor, Center for Medical Education, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan and President of Japan Society for Medical Education.

Julián Varas,
Chile
Associate Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Medical Coordinator of the Center for Simulation and Experimental Surgery.

Matilda Liljedahl,
Sweden
Associate professor in health care education at University of Gothenburg and a resident in oncology.

Neera R. Jain,
New Zealand
Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Medical and Health Science Education, University of Auckland.

Patricia Zen Tempski,
Brazil
Associate professor of medical education and coordinator of Center for Development of Medical Education at the University of Sao Paulo.

Renée E. Stalmeijer,
Netherlands
Associate Professor at the Department of Educational Development and Research, Maastricht University.

Roghayeh Gandomkar,
Iran
Associate Professor of health professions education at Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Fields: Evaluation, Self regulated learning.

Rune Dall Jensen,
Denmark
Associate Professor in simulation-based surgical education at Department of Clinical Medicine,
Aarhus University.

Samuel Edelbring,
Sweden
PhD in medical education from Karolinska Institutet, associate professor in medical education at Linköping University and currently full professor of higher education at Mälardalen University.

Zareen Zaidi,
USA
Professor of Medicine at George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She trained in internal medicine at New York Medical College.

Mildred López,
Mexico
Academic Associate Dean of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Tecnológico de Monterrey.

Yu-Che Chang,
Taiwan
Professor and Deputy Director, School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Deputy Director, Chang Gung Medical Education Research Centre (CG-MERC) and senior attending physician with dual specializations in pediatrics and emergency medicine.
KIPRIME podcast
In the KIPRIME podcast we’ll explore the origins of the KIPRIME and discover the passion and commitment of the people who made it happen; we’ll also hear from previous winners and discover how their research has helped to blaze a trail in this emerging field. Listen to KIPRIME podcast
