Doctoral students at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge talk about their theses
Every year, about 15-20 doctoral students at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge defend their doctoral theses. On this page, we present the most recent doctoral graduates and their research.
Here you can access all doctoral theses from the Department of Medicine, Huddinge.
Photo: N/ANew thesis increases knowledge about how our immune cells behave in age-related cancer
Jinghua Wu from the Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM), at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) defends her thesis titled "Functional studies of pathogen-specific T cell responses in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia", on 5 December, 2025. Main supervisor is Marcus Buggert (MedH).
Photo: N/ANew thesis investigates innovations in blood components for improved safety and preparedness
Kristina Ehn from the Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine (HERM), at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) defends her thesis titled "New plasma and platelet products; evaluation of hemostatic and functional properties in experimental studies", on 28 November, 2025.
Photo: N/ANew thesis investigates how corepressors control gene activity in macrophages
Astradeni Efthymiadou from the Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit (GUT), at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) defends her thesis titled "Understanding corepressor complex function in the epigenetic regulation of macrophage gene expression", on 21 November, 2025.
Photo: N/ANew thesis explores how fat stem cells are affected by sex and anatomical location
Martin Uhrbom from the Integrative Cardiovascular, Cancer and Ageing Research unit (ICCA), at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) defends his thesis titled "Studies of the molecular anatomy of stroma vascular cells in murine adipose and renal tissues", on 13 November, 2025.
Photo: N/ANew thesis shows that ultrasound and routine blood tests are effective tools for assessing risk and reducing mortality in liver disease
Hannes Hegmar from the Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit (GUT), at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) defends his thesis titled "Non-invasive predictors of prognosis in chronic liver disease", on 31 October, 2025.