EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND innovation SINCE 1666

Faculty of MedicineEDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION SINCE 1666

Facts and figures

• 2,800 full-time students

• 1200 postgraduate students

• 150 obtain their doctorates each year

• Staff: 1 800209 professors 1049 lecturers/researchers and doctoral students592 technical /administrative staff(expressed as fulltime equivalents)

1666

• 1666 -The Faculty of Medicine was one of the four original faculties at Lund University.

• 1768 - The university hospital in Lund was established.

• 1948 - The Malmö General Hospital was affiliated to the Faculty of Medicine.

• 1998 - Health Sciences were integrated into the Faculty of Medicine.

• 2001 - The Biomedical Center was established.

• 2006 - Clinical Research Centre was established.

Strategic plan 2012-2017

Education.Learning for life.

Undergraduate programmes

• Audiology

• Biomedicine

• Medicine

• Nursing

• Diagnostic Radiology Nursing

• Occupational Therapy

• Physical Therapy

• Speech Pathology and Therapy

Master programmes

• Audiology/ Speech Therapy

• Biomedicine

• Public Health

• Sport Sciences

• Medical Science with a major in Nursing/ Occupational Therapy/ Physiotherapy

Postgraduate education

• 5 postgraduate subjects

• About 1200 postgraduate students

• About 150 doctoral dissertations presented annually

PhD students from all over the world

The Faculty's PhD students have undergraduate degrees from 58 different countries.

Teaching development and training

» MedCUL – the Faculty of Medicine’s centre for teaching and learning.

» Offers development courses within teaching and learning.

» Works to ensure that the faculty’s education is built on up-to-date knowledge within the area of teaching.

Research.For health.

Strong research areas• Neuroscience and diseases in

the nervous system

• Diabetes

• Cardiovascular diseases

• Cancer

• Stem cell biology

• Infectious diseases

• Epidemiology

• Healthy Ageing

• Bioimaging and Masspectrometry

Cross-disciplinary research – examples

• Nano-science

• Neurodegenerative Diseases

• Stem Cell Center

• Translational Cancer Research

• Ageing and Supportive Environments

Cross-boundary collaboration.

Innovations – research put into practice in healthcare and industry

Well-known and well-established: • Use of ultrasound in medicine

Hellmuth Hertz and Inge Edler

• The artificial kidneyNils Alwall, Gambro

• Non-ionised contrast mediumTorsten Almén, Nycomed

• New ventilatorBjörn Jonson, Siemens-Elma

Innovations – research put into practice in healthcare and industry

Established in Sweden and internationally: • Proteins G and L

Lars Björck, 1980s

• Test for risk of blood clots Björn Dahlbäck, 1990s

• Lund model for treatment ofhead injuries Per-Olof Grände and Carl-Henrik Nordström, 1990s

Innovations – research put into practice in healthcare and industry

Innovations for the future: • Vaccine against heart attacks

Jan Nilsson

• A drug that speeds up slowchildbirthAnders Malmstöm

• Endogenous peptides againstbacteria Artur Schmidtchen, Lund, Martin Malmsten, Uppsala

Centres for research and education

Research and education are located in three centres in Lund and Malmö:

• Biomedical Centre,BMC, in Lund

• Health Sciences Centre, HSC, in Lund

• Clinical Research Centre, CRC, in Malmö

Education and research also take place at Skåne University Hospital in Lund and Malmö.

Biomedical Centre (BMC)

• 43000 m2

• 110 research groups

• 800 scientists, post-docs, Ph.D. students, technical and administrative staff

• 450 undergraduates

Health Sciences Centre (HSC)

• 11600m2

• 15 research groups

• 100 scientists, post-docs, Ph.D. students, technical and administrative staff

• 1200 undergraduates

Clinical Research Centre (CRC)

• 18000 m2

• 50 research groups

• 450 scientists, post-docs, Ph.D. students, technical and administrative staff

• 450 undergraduates

Medicon ValleyIN THE ÖRESUND REGION OF SWEDEN AND DENMARK

Medicon Valley

• 3,5 million inhabitants

• 40 000 employees in the private life science sector

• 32 hospitals, of which 11 are university hospitals

• 7 science parks

• 12 universities