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Department Day 2023 at KBH
Join us for an inspiring afternoon with the Department of Women's and Children's Health. Lears more about the current research at the department, meet our professors and lecturers and mingle.

MIMA-model among stories on research with impact on our society
"It is important to look for solutions to real problems for both patients and healthcare staff," says Helena Lindgren, associate professor in reproductive health at KBH. "We have been able to work directly with midwives and doctors both in Sweden and low-income countries, and to train key persons that now act as ambassadors for the MIMA model and pass along the knowledge."

Professor Petter Brodin awarded for outstanding research in Paediatrics
– Receiving the encouragement from my colleagues in the Society of Physicians gives me energy to fight on towards new discoveries and hopefully better care in the future, says Petter Brodin.

Stavroula Anastasopoulou´s thesis awarded by the Swedish Pediatric Society
"Choose a project you believe in, plan the doctoral journey strategically and realistically and don´t hesitate to seek advice from supervisors and colleagues with extensive experience in the field," is Stavroula's advice to researchers who are about to embark on a journey with their thesis.

New method enables study of nano-sized particles
“We’re presenting a new method that gives unprecedented information about nano-sized particles,” says the study’s last author assistant professor Erdinc Sezgin at SciLifeLab and the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet.

Göran K Hansson and Jan-Inge Henter awarded the 2023 Grand Silver Medal
Karolinska Institutet awards medals to people who have made special contributions to support KI. The Grand Silver Medal is awarded in conjunction with the installation ceremony in Aula Medica on 12 October.

New study on circular RNA molecules published in BMC Biology
"Our results highlight distinct regulatory patterns of circular RNAs in a model of human neurodevelopment and increased genetic variation within these molecules. This indicates they are under evolutionary selection and may play an important role in typical brain development.", says Kristiina Tammimies, principal researcher at the Department of Women's and Children's Health at Karolinska Institutet.

Examining how the immune system is formed
Petter Brodin is a paediatrician and is researching the early deve- lopment of the immune system. His research can contribute to the development of new and more effective treatments, including for the prevention of autoimmune diseases, asthma and allergies.

AsthmaTuner wins award
AsthmaTuner, a digital tool for asthma management, developed by Björn Nordlund's research group at KBH, is the winner of the European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations' (EFA) award for "Best digital technology for asthma".

Erdinc Sezgin and Nikolas Herold receive the KIRI Fellow grant
Projects were evaluated based on their interdisciplinary nature and collaborative potential, including integration of unique competencies, technologies, and methods from two or more KIRI Fellows.

Hopes of a new curative treatment for children with neuroblastoma
Children who suffer a relapse of the aggressive cancer known as neuroblastoma have small chances of survival. However, a group including researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now shown that DHODH blockers, which are well-tolerated in humans, can cure neuroblastoma in mice if administered in combination with chemotherapy.

New method of assessing the health risk of chemical mixtures
A collaborative study involving researchers from Karolinska Institutet published in the journal Science presents a new strategy that combines population studies with experiments using cell and animal models.

2021 Michelson prizes push new frontiers in human immunology
Dr. Camila Consiglio, Postdoctoral researcher at Karolinska Institutet, won the 2021 Michelson Prize for: “Investigating the effects of testosterone on the human immune system”

Genetic analysis can guide social skills training
What is precision psychiatry? KI researcher Kristiina Tammimies gives an example. She is a research leader at the KIND competence centre, the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, and studies the role of genetics in neuropsychiatric disorders.

Contact with sperm donors aroused many emotions
Sweden was the first country in the world to introduce open-identity sperm donation, whereby adult children are entitled to obtain information about their donors. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now explored how such contacts and relations affect the parents of these young men and women. The study, which is published in Human Reproduction, shows that mothers often find it easier to accept the new situation.
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