Centre for Health Crises

The Centre for Health Crises is an interdisciplinary centre based at Karolinska Institutet. We bridge the gap between research, education and policy, and maintain close ties to the healthcare sector. We advocate for that the knowledge and proven experience that universities possess, are used to support the wider society and to guide policy in the field of health crises. Our office coordinates our activities and through our expert coordinators and our networks, we bring together a broad range of expertise in the field.  

We want science to inform policy development and decision-making in health crises. By using our advocacy and expertise mediation, we make clinical and practical experience from health crises available both nationally and internationally. Our goal is to make the health crisis expertise at universities available and to demonstrate the importance of universities having a role in supporting the surrounding community in a health crisis. 

The Health Crises Academy is the name we have given to our educational activities, where we develop and conduct training, workshops and courses in several areas related to health crises. To get a clear idea of existing supply and needs, we have conducted a training mapping in the field. We are also able to develop specially adapted training programmes for urgent needs in health crises.