Division of Paediatrics

Sick children concern many. Paediatrics is the specialty of medicine that deals with infant, child and adolescent health and disease.

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Research at the Division of Paediatrics is conducted in research groups that are coordinated with the subspecialties of paediatric care. All research groups address issues that are relevant to the care of children at Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, mainly in Huddinge.

Examples of research areas include cystic fibrosis, neuropaediatrics, blood disorders, HIV and other serious infections, kidney disease, intestinal disorders, liver disease, metabolic disorders, neonatology, obesity, endocrinology and diabetology, transplantation, and child protection.

The division currently has around 20 registered doctoral students. Between 2020 and 2024, 17 doctoral students completed their doctoral degrees.

The division offers two paediatrics courses per semester as part of the medical programme. Just over 25 students participate in each course, which comprises seven weeks of full-time study. The division also organises one SVK course per semester, Det svårt sjuka barnet, which is a student-selected course in the final semester of the medical programme.

Björn Fischler is the head of the division. The organisation also includes administrators, course assistants, course leaders, directors of studies and professors.

Organisation

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Björn Fischler

Head of Division/ Adjunct Professor

Nina Risti

Educational Administrator

Address

Division of Paediatrics
Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology
Karolinska Institutet
Blickagången 6A 
SE- 141 57 Huddinge
Sweden

News and calender events

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Publications

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Staff and contact

Head of Division

All members of the group

Education

The division offers two paediatrics courses per semester as part of the medical programme.

Just over 25 students participate in each course, which comprises seven weeks of full-time study. The division also organises one SVK course per semester, Det svårt sjuka barnet, which is a student-selected course.

For more information and contact details, see our Swedish website.