Global Bridges Seminars October 2026
Welcome to our open Global Bridges activities in October!
Global Bridges is an initiative where junior researchers at KI (or a group of researchers) can invite an established international researcher in health science to Sweden for a week. The purpose 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
The Hidden Curriculum in Health Professions 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
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, Afasiföreningen.
The seminar offers 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 after a stroke and has participated in co-designing a training app will present her expertise along with researchers from Cyprus and Sweden.
Date: Wednesday, October 21
Time: 13-16
Location: Room 401, Alfred Nobels Allé 23, Campus Flemingsberg
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
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
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 program starts with refreshments (14.30), and the seminar starts at 15.00.