At the Department of Public Health Sciences, we conduct research, teaching and applied work based on global and public health science and epidemiology. The department has 9 research groups, about 80 doctoral students and around 140 employees.

Research groups at PHS

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

Doctoral education at PHS

Registered PhD (doctoral) student at PHS or interested in studies at doctoral level? Find more about admission, information for current doctoral students and contact. 

Latest research and activities

21 May 2019 Karolina hall, Widerströmska huset, Tomtebodavägen 18 A, Solna

The 7th Annual KI-India Seminar

Annual Seminar on the Collaboration between Indian and Swedish Institutions and Researchers. Collaboration between India and Sweden is getting increased attention and our annual India-seminars have been highly appreciated. This year research projects from researchers at different points in their... 
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29 Mar 2019

Sitting less and moving more reduces risk of depression

"We found that replacing short durations of mentally-passive sedentary behaviours, such as watching TV, with mentally-active behaviours, or preferably with light or moderate-intensity physical activity, significantly reduced the risk of depression onset in adults", explains Mats Hallgren, assistant professor at the Department of Public Health Sciences and first author of the article about the study. 
8 Mar 2019

Initiative to reduce the leadership gap in global health

PhD student Sara Causevic and researcher Helena Nordenstedt at the Department of Public Health Sciences and student Wiebke Mohr at the Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics started the Women in Global Health Sweden Chapter as a response to the Call to Action on Gender Equality. 
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New thesis about infections in patients with chronic kidney disease

Three questions to Guobin Su, doctoral student at the Department of Public Health Sciences, who will defend his thesis "Infections in patients with chronic kidney disease: patterns, outcomes and the role of vitamin D for future prevention" on 4 April.
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PhD student Olivia Biermann visited Knowledge to Policy Center in Lebanon

Learning does not only happen in the classroom and within the walls of Karolinska Institutet. Olivia Biermann, PhD student at our department, spent the past three weeks at the Knowledge to Policy (K2P) Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut in Lebanon. Check out this video to hear more. 
Galit Andersson. Foto: Stefan Zimmerman

“One in five had completely avoided sexual relations after their diagnosis”

Galit Andersson recently defended a doctoral thesis at the Department of Public Health Sciences. In her thesis she conducted large surveys of transgender people and people living with HIV in Sweden to assay their quality of life.

News from the department

Datum Nyheter
09 Apr 2019 Världens dödligaste infektionssjukdom: en doldis på folkhälsoagendan (article in Swedish)
09 Apr 2019 Postdoctoral Position: Tuberculosis pathogenesis, cell biology and immunity
29 Mar 2019 Sitting less and moving more reduces risk of depression
28 Mar 2019 New thesis about infections in patients with chronic kidney disease and its implications for public health
01 Feb 2019 Project about sick leave patterns after work-related injuries receives 5 million SEK from ‘AFA Försäkring’
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PHS Calendar

Datum Event
24 May 2019 PHSP and BIGH workshop: Integrating sex and gender into research: practical applications to your own project
29 May 2019 Half-time seminar: Olivia Biermann
04 Jun 2019 Half-time seminar: Shweta Khare
10 Jun 2019 Half-time seminar: Maike Winters
11 Jun 2019 Half-time seminar: Nada Hanna
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All events at PHS

Job opportunities at PHS

Position Submission Deadline
Research Officer 10 Jun 2019
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All current jobs at PHS
14 May 2019 by Ida Rutström. Editor: Ida Rutström.