Programme KI North Conference 2026

Selected posters from PhD students from all departments will be presented in Aula Medica on level 2 and level 3.

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FoUUi Directors

Olof Akre, Karolinska University Hospital

Erik Näslund, Danderyd Hospital

Carl Sellgren Majkowitz, Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm

Moderators

Rebecka Hultgren, Adjunct Professor, Head of Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery 

Bahira Shahim, Assistant Professor, Docent, Department of Medicine, Solna

Johanna Furuhjelm, Operations Director, Department of Clinical Neuroscience

Helge Brandberg, Postdoctoral researcher, Cardiologist, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital

Chair

Martin Magnéli, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital

Pia Lundman, Senior Lecturer, Senior Physician, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital

A presentation of Education at KI North Departments

Anna Kiessling, Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital

The new 6-year Medical programme - a bridge to Medical education research?

Hanna Jansson, Principal Researcher, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics
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Madelen Lek, Assistant Senior Lecturer, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics

More than medicine: Entrepreneurial tools for professional practice

Chair

Tom Erkers, Senior Research Specialist, Department of Oncology-Pathology

Eight short presentations on especially interesting breakthroughs! Meet one researcher from each department.

1. CNS, Dept. of Clinical Neuroscience, Andrea Varrone, Dopamine transporter PET Imaging for the diagnosing of Parkinson's disease
2. GPH, Dept. of Global Public Health,  Renee Gardner, Finding the Causes That Matter: What Family-Based Studies Teach Us About Prevention
3. KBH, Dept. of Women's and Children's Health, Petter Brodin, Human immune system development
4. KI DS, Dept. of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Charlotte Thålin, Harnessing IgA for Protection Against Respiratory Infections
5. LIME, Dept. of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Ulrik Kihlbom, Beyond the Algorithm: Towards a Relational Ethics of Consent in AI-Driven Precision Medicine
6. MedS, Dept. of Medicine, Solna, Taras Kreslavskiy, Uncovering novel types and unexpected functions of unconventional T cells
7. MMK,Dept. of Molecular Medicine and Surgery,  Anna Martling, ALASCCA – Precision Medicine in Practice: How an Old Drug Is Finding a New Role in Colorectal Cancer
8. OnkPat, Dept. of Oncology-Pathology, Laura Orellana, Discovering and rationalizing cancer mutations through biomolecular simulations - from the computer to animal models

Chair

David Marlevi, Dept. of Molecular Medicine and Surgery

Panel

Jacob Widaeus, PhD student, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital

Leonard Hartmanis, Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Oncology-Pathology

Henrike Häbel, Statistician, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics

Marcus Carlsson, Professor/Senior physician, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery

Keira Melican, Associate professor (Docent), Department of Medicine, Solna

Anja Winter, PhD student, Department of Clinical Neuroscience

Therese Lind, Head of administration, Department of Global Public Health

Kristina Gemzell Danielsson, Head of Department, Professor/Senior Physician, Department of Women's and Children's Health

Carl Johan Sundberg, Campus Vice President for KI Campus North

Moderator

Vladimir Carli, Senior Lecturer, Senior Physician, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics

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