Swedish Radiation Emergency Medicine Centre (KcRN)

We are a centre of expertise (in Swedish: Kunskapscentrum) providing expert medical advice on medical management of radionuclear events. The centre is supperted by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare.

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The Swedish Radiation Emergency Medicine Centre is located at Karolinska Institutet. Image collage: Joachim Nilsson.

Our mission and scope

The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare supports seven centres of expertise in Sweden, whereof we are one. The mission of our centre is research, development and expert advice to relevant authoities and the healthcare system in general. The aim is to provide knowledge that improves the Swedish preparedness for radionuclear events. 

The Swedish Radiation Emergency Medicine Centre (KcRN) mission includes:

  • Actively monitor events and trends involving radiation around the world. Take part in international networks to gather information.
  • Educate medical professionals in medical management of radiation-related events.
  • Give expert advice and research reports to the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare.

Most of our published work is in Swedish (in reports and on a blog dedicated to summaries of events and scientific articles). The reports will be published in due course on the Swedish version of this web page and the monitoring of events and articles is ongoing on our blog

Contact

The centre is located at Karolinska Institutet, Solna. It belongs to the Department of Medicine, Solna.

KcRN staff

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Leif Stenke

Head of centre, professor, senior consultant hematologist
Department of Medicine, Solna
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Erik Boberg

Med.dr., consultant hematologist
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Christel Hedman

Med.dr., senior consultant oncology

Marita Lagergren Lindberg

Med.dr., senior consultant oncology
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Karin Lindberg

Med.dr., senior consultant oncology
Department of Oncology-Pathology
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Joachim Nilsson

Med.dr, nuclear medicine physicist
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Daniel Thor

Med.dr, nuclear medicine physicist
Department of Oncology-Pathology
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Jack Valentin

Associate professor, radiation protection expert
Department of Medicine, Solna

Collaboration

The centre is a formal liaison institution within the World Health Organisation (WHO) and its Radiation Emergency Medical Preparedness and Assistance Network (REMPAN)  The centre is also a member in the board of Nuclear Accident Committee (NAC) within the and Marrow Transplantation group (EBMT).