Better health
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New advances in medicine, life and health
The combination of cutting-edge and interdisciplinary research is essential in order to generate new knowledge on how we can prevent diseases, live healthier, improve diagnostics and develop innovative treatments. The aim is to contribute to higher quality of life and better health.
The artificial kidney, ultrasound and ventilators are some of the many innovations over the years that started as an idea among researchers at Lund University and that are now helping people all over the world.
Research at the highest international level
Today's research spans a wide range of areas, from basic experimental research in state-of-the-art laboratories to lifestyle studies and clinical trials on patients. We are home to cutting-edge research in areas including brain diseases, diabetes, infectious diseases, cancer, musculoskeletal diseases, stem cell biology, cardiovascular diseases, epidemiology and nursing.
Our close links with the Skåne University Hospital ensure that our research is based on real problems and challenges in healthcare. It is also a prerequisite for a rapid application of research results into new diagnostics and treatments.
Researchers are also trying to understand why certain population groups are more prone to disease than others by identifying the causes of our most common diseases, such as environmental, lifestyle and genetic factors. In this way, prevention, treatment and cures can be introduced at an early stage.
The global health challenges we face must be met with boundary-crossing and international external engagement. Many of our research projects bring together medical researchers and professionals, biologists, engineers, social scientists, chemists, economists, behavioural scientists, ethicists and humanists to solve complex societal problems.
More research environments
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- Aerosols
- Ageing and supportive environments
- Bioimaging
- Biological mass spectrometry (BioMS)
- Engineering health
- Ergonomics and aerosol technology
- Evidence-based psychosocial interventions
- Food and bio
- Genomic medicine (GMC South)
- Lasers, optics and spectroscopy
- MAX IV
- Medical humanities
- Medical radiation physics
- Memory research (Psychology)
- Molecular biosciences (SciLifeLab)
- Photon science and technology
- Physical activity
- Protein production, biophysics, crystallization and structure determination
- Virology
- Water