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

Appar i en mobiltelefon. Foto: Jason Howle, cc-by

Smartphone app prevents disease outbreaks in low-resource settings

A pilot study, in which healthcare workers in the Central African Republic used a smartphone app to transmit public health disease reports to health authorities, demonstrates that this technique contributes to early detection and prevention of infectious diseases and outbreaks. Lead author is Ziad El-Khatib, associate professor at the Department of Public Health Sciences. 
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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. 
Meena Daivadanam, projektledare för det internationella forskningsprojektet Smart2d. Foto: Stefan Zimmerman 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. 
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. 
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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. 

News from the department

Datum Nyheter
14 Nov 2018 Last day to register for the Stockholm Public Health Lecture: 'The Disease of Gun Violence'
05 Nov 2018 Centre for Tuberculosis Research participated in the 49th Union World Conference
19 Oct 2018 Three questions to Mats Hallgren, co-author of a meta-review about exercise as treatment for mental health issues
18 Oct 2018 Daniel Berglind awarded ALF funding
08 Oct 2018 One-day Tuberculosis research seminar held at KI
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PHS Calendar

Datum Event
19 Nov 2018 Half-time seminar: Reza Rasti
21 Nov 2018 Stockholm Public Health Lectures: The Disease of Gun Violence
23 Nov 2018 Doctoral thesis defence: Theodora Mbunda
30 Nov 2018 Doctoral thesis defence: Therese Wirback
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Latest job opportunities at PHS

Position Submission Deadline
Forskningsassistent 21 Nov 2018
Forskningsassistent 21 Nov 2018
Research assistant within digital diagnostics at the point-of-care 25 Nov 2018

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24 Oct 2018 by Ida Rutström. Editor: Ida Rutström.