HARRIET WALLBERG-HENRIKSSON | President
A MEDICAL UNIVERSITY DEDICATED TO IMPROVING
people’s health through research and higher education
THE LARGEST CENTRE FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN SCANDINAVIA
• More than 600 research units
• 1 300 senior researchers, and 350 full professors• 22 departments
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET
BRIEF HISTORY
From a school of army surgeons in 1810
to a leading medical university in 2010
THE HOME OF THE NOBEL PRIZE
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The Nobel Prize was established in 1901
The Nobel Prize was established in 1901
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WELCOME
HIV in Europe follow-up meeting
2nd and 3rd of November 2009 Nobel Forum, Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm, Sweden
Trends in newly diagnosed HIV infection rates per million population, in four European regions, 1994-2006
source: EuroHIV, 2007a, EuroHIV, 2007b
Newly diagnosed HIV cases in 2006in European countries
Trends in newly diagnosed AIDS cases per million population, in four European regions, 1988-2006
source: EuroHIV, 2007a, EuroHIV, 2007b
AIDS cases diagnosed in 2006in European countries
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET
LARGEST CENTRE FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN SCANDINAVIA
22 departments
3,700 employees
1,400 researchers/teachers,340 of whom are professors
2,300 postgraduate students
5,500 undergraduate students
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