Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society

NVS’s vision is to significantly improve human health through excellent research and education within the department´s profile areas. NVS is one of the largest departments within Karolinska Institutet with more than 500 employees, several hundred affiliated researchers and 1 600 full-year students.

NVS research, facts and tips in corona times

NVS draws attention to the situation of the elderly

During the current pandemic where the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 causes the disease COVID-19, the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS) wants to pay special attention to the situation of the elderly.

New publication on COVID-19-related excess mortality in Stockholm Region

New publication "High excess mortality in areas with young and socially vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 outbreak in Stockholm Region, Sweden", BMJ Global Health. Co-authors are several NVS researchers.

Chronological age should not control who receives care

On April 15, Aftonbladet published a debate article by 18 prominent researchers within the field of geriatrics and health care from several Swedish universities about the importance of not letting chronological age form the basis of decisions about who receives care within the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. They discuss biological age, frailty and the importance of comprehensive assessment.

”We are currently aiming to test treatment of covid-19 patients in a pilot study”

Here are current research projects in Johansson's and Rising's research groups related to covid-19.

Focus on aging in a unique Arts & Science project

This autumn the Aging Research Center (a division of NVS) approached the Stockholm School of Photography at Folkuniversitetet to gauge their interest in a collaborative project with the purpose of producing representative photographs of older people based on the research conducted at ARC.

Research focus on elderly health

In the division of physiotherapy, several researchers focus on elderly health. The research deals with effects of physical activity and training for different groups of elderly people and in different contexts such as home-living, hospitals and nursing homes.

Consequences of digital exclusion

The right to participate in society is fundamental and even stated in our laws. The present situation with older adults being isolated due to the Corona virus shows how vulnerable this right is for those people in our society who have no access to interaction through digital technology.

Not sufficient to stay at home – Swedish geriatric researchers call for more stringent actions in debate article

Aftonbladet published a debate article on March 21 written by fourteen prominent geriatric reseachers from Swedish universities (several from NVS) about the need of more stringent actions to protect eldery persons from the CoVID-19.

Currently at the department

Marc Guitart-Masip granted funding from the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation

Marc Guitart-Masip, Aging Research Center (ARC), is one of two KI researchers granted funding from the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation. Marc receives just over 7 million SEK for the project "Quantifying prior beliefs for affective decision making and their relation to symptoms of depression”.

Miia Kivipelto awarded the Ryman Prize 2020

The award is given to professor Miia Kivipelto in recognition of more than 20 years of research in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.

New thesis about care transitions after stroke

New thesis about markers of synaptic dysfunction in Alzheimer disease

New thesis about participation in a technological society among older people with or without dementia