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Clinical medicine

In Clinical Medicine, research is conducted that aims to find new treatments, diagnostic methods and preventive measures against diseases. The research covers a wide range of topics, from pregnancy and children - including those born prematurely - to all organs of the healthy and diseased adult body, including psychiatry.

Latest news

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AI for Images and Genomes, Cancer Research at the Lunch Pitch

Pitches: AI for image processing, understanding breast cancer risk and unravelling plant genome complexity.

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New Study Reveals Who Was More Vulnerable to Post-COVID Syndrome

People with post-COVID syndrome often suffer from intense fatigue and dyspnea, is shown in Nordic study.

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Cemal Erdem and Elin Chorell seek collaborators at a Lunch Pitch

The pitches covered cancer and disease modeling and the role of sphingolipids in metabolic diseases.

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IceLab opens the 2024 Lunch Pitches

IceLab opens its Lunch Pitch season with pitches related to aging from Verena Kohler and Mattias Forsell

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New advanced course in intensive care

This autumn, a new advanced course in intensive care starts at Umeå University.

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Increased risk of heart rhythm disruption after COVID-19

Individuals infected with COVID-19 are also at an increased risk of suffering from heart rhythm disturbances.

Features

"I feel quite satisfied with what I leave behind"

Hand surgery attracted to a life in the north.

"Important discoveries often wait for you in the gaps between disciplines"

Rickard Sjöberg moves between academic disciplines, but says he often realizes that the gap isn't so wide.

Psychiatric drugs may cause adverse cardiac event in young people

ADHD drugs has not been tested in combination with other drugs or in children with different conditions.

The future of teaching?

Is VR the new classroom technology?

Interest in people led to the medical profession

We have met Malin Sjöström and talked about the new medical school and her new exciting research idea!

The professor who sees that anything is possible

Per Lindqvist is the professor who is driven by his curiosity to understand everything a little better

Research groups

Rickard Sjöberg
Surgical intervention in the brain always carries a risk of affecting brain function.
Stefan Marklund Lab
Since 1993 we have closely studied the biochemical properties of SOD1 and how it causes ALS. Our focus is on how mutations in SOD1 leads to...
Research area: Clinical medicine
Thomas Brännström Lab
Our research centers on the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Research area: Clinical medicine

Research projects

The end of the road - patients' and doctors' understanding of Do not resuscitate orders
Research area: Clinical medicine
Duration 1 October 2022 until 31 December 2028
Type of project Research project
Abdominal rectus diastasis and anterior abdominal wall hernia
Research area: Clinical medicine
Duration 1 October 2022
Type of project Research project
Remission of type 2 diabetes becomes possible through eHealth
Duration 31 August 2022 until 31 December 2028
Type of project Research project
Emotional intelligence among Swedish medical students
Research area: Clinical medicine
Duration 1 January 2021
Type of project Research project
Exposures associated with multiple sclerosis development – presymptomatic case-control studies
Research area: Clinical medicine
Duration 7 September 2020 until 10 June 2024
Type of project PhD project
Prostate cancer therapy for COVID-19
Duration 8 June 2020 until 31 May 2022
Type of project Research project
Artificial intelligence in oncology: European REVERT
Duration 1 January 2020 until 31 December 2023
Type of project Research project