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 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

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.
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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. 
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Researcher at PHS awarded 3.9 million for project with gender perspective

The EU agency GenderNet has awarded project grants for 13 international collaborations. Mariano Salazar, postdoc at PHS, is awarded more than 3.9 million as partner in the project "Masculinities and violence against women among young people- Identifying discourses and developing strategies for change using a mixed method approach (PositivMas)". 
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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. 

News from the department

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01 Feb 2019 Project about sick leave patterns after work-related injuries receives 5 million SEK from ‘AFA Försäkring’
18 Jan 2019 Common physical health drugs may help treat mental diseases
10 Dec 2018 Professor Christina Dalman receives 24,9 million SEK from the Swedish Research Council
06 Dec 2018 Three questions to PhD student Olivia Biermann named 'Emerging Voice for Global Health 2018'
14 Nov 2018 Last day to register for the Stockholm Public Health Lecture: 'The Disease of Gun Violence'
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PHS Calendar

Datum Event
13 Mar 2019 PHSP and BIGH seminar: Integrating sex and gender into research. Why and how do we do it?
28 Mar 2019 PHS and NVS Seminar: Improve your pedagogical skills
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Job opportunities at PHS

Position Submission Deadline
Postdoktor i psykiatrisk epidemiologi 27 Feb 2019
Research coordinator 05 Mar 2019
Postdoc in Public Health Epidemiology 13 Mar 2019
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All current jobs at PHS
21 Feb 2019 by Ida Rutström. Editor: Ida Rutström.