Global Bridges Seminars October 2026 ENG

Welcome to our open Global Bridges activities in October!

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Engaged audience Photo: Getty Images

Global Bridges is an initiative in which junior researchers at KI (or a group of researchers) can invite an established international researcher in health sciences to Sweden for a week. The aim is to support the career development of junior researchers and to create both international networks and long-term research collaborations. 

Our invited researchers will give open seminars, lectures, and workshops at KI.

October 21th

Tina Martimianakis, University of Toronto
Tina Martimianakis, University of Toronto

The Hidden Curriculum in Health Proffessions Education

The Medical Education Research Network at KI are delighted to invite you to a seminar with Professor Tina Martimianakis from the Wilson Centre, University of Toronto, one of the leading scholars in health professions education. She will lead an interactive seminar on one of the most fascinating and influential concepts in health professions education: the hidden curriculum.

Date: Wednesday, October 21
Time: 13.30-16.00
Location: Room 507, Floor 5, Aula Medica, Solna

Marina Charalamobous, Cyprus university
Marina Charalamobous, Cyprus university

Patient and Public Involvement in Practice: What Healthcare Researchers Can Learn from Aphasia Research

A seminar with Marina Charalamobous, Cyprus University. Malin Bauer, Uppsala University. Kajsa Söderhielm, Karolinska Institutet. Mathilda Cederlund, the Aphasia Association. 

The seminar provides an introduction to PPI, followed by practical examples from the field of aphasia. To include the perspective of lived experience, Matilda Cederlund, who has aphasia following a stroke and has taken part in co-designing a training app, will share her expertise together with researchers from Cyprus and Sweden. 

Date: Wednesday, 21 October
Time: 13:00–16:00
Location: Room 401, Alfred Nobels Allé 23, Campus Flemingsberg

Charlayne Scarlett, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota
Charlayne Scarlett, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota

Chronic stress and resilience and longitudinal associations with weight change following bariatric surgery 

A seminar with Dr. Charlayne Scarlett, PhD, MPH from Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
 

Date: October 21
Time: 16:00-17:00
Location: Campus Flemingsberg, NEO room DNA (5105), 5th floor, near the kitchen
No registration required​​​​

October 22nd

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Collaborations in research - Experiences, knowledge and lessons learned from 3 continents

Take the opportunity for globalization at home! Within the framework of Global Bridges, Professor Nodoka Yamauchi from Japan, Professor Mélanie Levasseur from Canada and Dr. Marina Charalambous from Cyprus will visit KI.

During the seminar, they will share their experiences of co-creative processes and interdisciplinary research in areas such as assistive technology research, older people's social inclusion and rehabilitation.

Date: Thursday 22th of October
Time: 9-11.30
Location: Alfred Nobels Allé 23, Campus Flemingsberg

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Research grant. Photo: Liza Simonsson

Developing Your Research Vision

Meet the International Scholars of Global Briges: Dr Anita Kothari, Western University, Ontario, Canada; Dr Gary J. Farkas, National Institutes of Health and the University of Miami, USA; and Dr Paulo Henriq

This session focuses on the transition from PhD student and postdoctoral researcher to independent investigator.

Date: 22 October
Time: 14.30–16.30
Location: Campus Flemingsberg, ANA 23, S201
The programme starts with refreshments (14.30), and the seminar begins at 15.00.

This list will be updated regularly, so please check this page for the latest additions.

Content reviewer:
14-09-2026