At the Department of Public Health Sciences, we conduct research, teaching and applied work based on public health science and epidemiology. The department has 9 research groups, about 80 doctoral students and 150 employees.

Research groups at PHS

All research groups and group leaders at the Department of Public Health Sciences, in the areas in global health, public health epidemiology and social medicine.

Doctoral education at PHS

Registered doctoral student at PHS or want to study at doctoral level? Find more about admission, information for current doctoral students and contact. 

Meet researchers at our department

Some of the researchers working at PHS describes their research, what inspires them and how it is to work at the Department of Public Health Sciences.

Latest research and activities

Crowd of people walking across the street
21 Nov 2018 Landstingssalen, Hantverkargatan 45, Stockholm

Stockholm Public Health Lectures: The Disease of Gun Violence

Welcome to a lecture and panel discussion about gun violence as an increasingly important public health concern in Sweden. The lecture is open for all, register by 14 November if you want to attend. 
12 Oct 2018

Sharing of knowledge from an international project on how to manage your type-2 diabetes

In two socio-economically disadvantaged Stockholm suburbs, an urban township in South Africa and a rural area in Uganda, new methods are currently being tested to help people with type 2 diabetes take better control of their disease. The studies are part of the international research project Smart2d, which is led from Karolinska Institutet. On 17 October, a seminar day is held to share knowledge from the project.

 
Kristina Ingemarsdotter-Persson. Foto: Stefan Zimmerman

Risk-profiling can benefit HIV prevention

That men who have sex with men run a greater risk of HIV than others has been known since the virus was discovered. However a thesis from Karolinska Institutet now shows that it is a small sub-group of these men who account for the greater part of the risk increase. The results are important to preventive efforts against HIV in Sweden. The author of the thesis is Kristina Ingemarsdotter-Persson, doctoral student with the Department of Public Health Sciences. 
8 Oct 2018

One-day Tuberculosis research seminar held at KI

On the 3rd of October 2018, the Centre for Tuberculosis (TB) Research at KI organised a TB research seminar at Nobel Forum, attended by approximately 100 TB researchers, policy makers, PhD students and others from Sweden and Europe. 
Tuberkulosbakterier, foto: iStock.

The world’s number one infectious disease

In Sweden, tuberculosis is a small problem, but globally it is one of the biggest health threats. WHO and UN wants to eradicate the disease by 2030. At Karolinska Institutet, researchers unite under the umbrella of a new centre to contribute.

News from the department

Datum Nyheter
18 Oct 2018 Daniel Berglind awarded ALF funding
08 Oct 2018 One-day Tuberculosis research seminar held at KI
18 Sep 2018 High level meeting on the fight to end Tuberculosis
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PHS Calendar

Datum Event
19 Oct 2018 Doctoral thesis defence: Aysha Almas
23 Oct 2018 Lecture with Professor John Ioannidis, Stanford University
25 Oct 2018 Half-time seminar: Constance Boissin
25 Oct 2018 Half-time seminar: Sofie Possmark
26 Oct 2018 Doctoral thesis defence: Lisa Blom
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More events

Latest job opportunities

Position Submission Deadline
Research Coordinator 23 Oct 2018
HR-administratör 23 Oct 2018
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All current jobs at PHS
18 Oct 2018 by Ida Rutström. Editor: Ida Rutström.