Doctoral students at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge talk about their theses
Every year, about 14-18 doctoral students at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge defend their doctoral theses. On this page we present the doctoral students and their research.
Here you can access all doctoral theses from the Department of Medicine, Huddinge.

New thesis on improving the ability of NK cells to fight cancer
Katharina Susek from the Hematology unit, at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH), defended her thesis "Strategies to optimize natural killer cell functions in the tumor microenvironment" on 24 November, 2023.

New thesis testing the efficacy of new vaccines against enteroviruses
Marta Butrym from the Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM), at the department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH), defended her thesis "Novel vaccines and antiviral treatments for enterovirus induced infections and disease" on November 10, 2023.

New thesis on prognostication for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)
Maria Creignou from the Hematology Unit (HERM) at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) defended her thesis: "Improving prognostication for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes" on 27 October 2023.

New thesis on the acute porphyrias - a group of rare inherited metabolic diseases
Mattias Lissing from the Gastroenterology and Rheumatology Unit, at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) defended his thesis: "Liver transplantation, cancer risk and comorbidity in acute porphyria" on 20 October 2023.

New thesis reveals mechanisms that regulate cellular defense against oxidants in the heart
Zaher Elbeck from ICMC at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) defended his thesis: "Redox and epigenetic modulators regulate cardiac function and remodeling in health and disease", on 16 October 2023.