Centre for Health Crises
Our vision: A society better prepared for future health crises
About us
Our vision is of a society better prepared for future health crises, and our mission is to build the next generation of health crisis experts through research, education, and interdisciplinary collaboration. By improving the ability to handle, prevent and learn from health crises, we argue that societies can be better prepared for the future. We have five strategic goals that span across all the work we do and guide our activities.
Our work and areas of expertise
At the Centre for Health Crises, we work according to an ’all hazards perspective’, on how health crises affect society. To do this requires an understanding of both vulnerability and hazard, as well as a focus on both long- and short-term factors. To assure in-depth competence in fields relevant to health crises, we work along areas of expertise, with an assigned expert coordinator, as well as in interconnected collaborations.
Organisation and governance
The Centre is KI’s platform to contribute our expertise, based on research and education, to improve preparedness and management of health crises. We are comprised of a team of core staff, and an extended group of expert coordinators with profound knowledge and experience in their respective fields. Our steering group oversees the work and development of the Centre. Our director reports directly to the president of KI.
Networks and collaborations
Interdisciplinary collaborations with actors within and outside KI, nationally and internationally, is essential for our work. Our activities and our organisation span across all of KI. We are the node for a new Health Crises Network for university cooperation in health crises. Moreover, we collaborate with national and international organisations to make our expertise available in health crises and to health crises preparedness.
News and updates from the Centre for Health Crises
Sweden needs a network for clinical trial studies ahead of the next health crisis
In order to have greater success with clinical trials during the next health crisis, compared to during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a well-functioning national network for clinical trials is needed. That is what our expert coordinator in infectious diseases and vaccine preparedness, Helena Hervius Askling, argues, along with eleven colleagues, in an opinion piece in Dagens Medicin (in Swedish).
Winners announced in competition on climate and health
The Centre for Health Crises, along with our partners in Stockholm Trio; the KTH Climate Action Centre, the Bolin Centre for Climate Research at Stockholm University and the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health here at KI, are pleased to announce the winners of our student competition. The theme of the two-week long competition was Climate and Health, and mixed-teams of students from all three universities collaborated on tackling challenges that face the city of Stockholm, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preparing for more extreme weather. KI student Suzanne Carlborn was on the winning team and our expert coordinator in extreme weather, climate and health effects, Petter Ljungman, were one of the jurors who decided the winner.
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Contact the Centre for Health Crises
Johan von Schreeb
Director
johan.von.schreeb@ki.se
Anna Zorzet
Strategic process leader
anna.zorzet@ki.se
General inquiries
healthcrises@ki.se
Åsa Svensson
Communications officer
asa.svensson@ki.se
Caroline de Groot
Coordinator university collaboration
caroline.de.groot@ki.se
Anneli Eriksson
Strategic coordinator for education
anneli.eriksson@ki.se
Maja Carlberg
Administrative coordinator
maja.carlberg@ki.se
Mattias Öberg
Expert coordinator chemical and toxicological incidents
mattias.oberg@ki.se
Märit Halmin
Expert coordinator critical care with limited resources
marit.halmin@ki.se
Petter Ljungman
Expert coordinator extreme weather, climate and health effects
petter.ljungman@ki.se
Helena Nordenstedt
Expert coordinator health system resilience
helena.nordenstedt@ki.se
Jessica Alm
Expert coordinator laboratory and diagnostic surge capacity
jessica.alm@ki.se
Maja Fjaestad
Expert coordinator policy and preparedness
maja.fjaestad@ki.se
Helena Hervius Askling
Expert coordinator infectious diseases and vaccine preparedness
helena.hervius.askling@ki.se
Hedvig Glans
Expert coordinator outbreak preparedness and response
hedvig.glans@ki.se
Lisa Strömmer
Expert coordinator emergency surgery
lisa.strommer@ki.se