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In a new study, researchers at Lund University and Uppsala University have seen a clear connection between how long a person sleeps and a number of biomarkers linked to cardiometabolic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. “With greater knowledge of the actual mechanisms of disease development, the possibilities for a more specific and targeted treatment increase, says Sölve

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/hours-you-sleep-mean-more-you-think - 2025-09-13

Professor Lars Lind uses the EpiHealth cohort to investigate why people with diabetes have a higher risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular diseases and how genetic factors can contribute to this. He is trying to map a diabetes profile to find mechanisms which can instigate the development of a therapy in the future. Lars works at the Department of Medical Sciences at Uppsala University and

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/epihealth-cohort-we-find-genes-diabetes - 2025-09-13

Three researchers in the new research project will develop and evaluate applications that can be used to detect and combat pandemics with the help of AI, among other things. From left: Yana Litins'ka, Jonas Björk, Malin Inghammar. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter We have lived with the corona pandemic for a long time, both in Sweden and internationally. In a new collaborative project, researchers want to use

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/ai-will-help-us-detect-future-pandemics - 2025-09-13

Professor Åsa Westrin Professor Åsa Westrin manages a big national medical screening database to conduct research on Death by Suicide in the Swedish population. The database helps her extract research data on the contacts and relationships between healthcare and patients who have died by suicide to map healthcare utilization and improve future preventative treatments for suicidal patients. Åsa is

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/new-national-medical-screening-database-helps-us-conduct-research-death-suicide - 2025-09-13

Professor Johan Sundström has contributed to the development of new apps which makes it possible to extract research data from patients´ perspectives on their own health and allows electronic informed consent. Johan Sundström is a professor of epidemiology at Uppsala University and executive board member of Epihealth. In addition to his research activities, Johan works part-time as a clinical card

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/future-research-methods-can-benefit-use-apps-include-patients-perspectives-their-own-health - 2025-09-13

Associate professor Magnus Ekström Associate professor Magnus Ekström is using cross-linked databases to develop a new standard method that can measure the severity of breathlessness in the population and find treatments to provide patients relief from symptoms. Magnus is Associate professor at Respiratory Medicine, Allergology, and Palliative Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, at th

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/cross-linkage-and-analysis-large-registry-based-databases-help-us-conduct-research-breathlessness - 2025-09-13

Although surgery is performed with a simple procedure that is performed under local anesthesia, new research by post doc Malin Zimmerman at Lund University shows that socioeconomic factors such as income, education and/or occupation, have an impact on general recovery and outcome after surgery. -The results from my research show that patients with different socioeconomic backgrounds recover and be

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/patients-low-socioeconomic-status-experience-more-symptoms-and-after-surgery-carpal-tunnel-syndrome - 2025-09-13

Ovarian cancer (OC) is usually detected at late clinical stages and urgent extensive surgery is crucial for survival. Associate professor Päivi Kannisto is using cutting-edge technologies to investigate the multifactorial causes of ovarian cancer which include genetic, immunological, and environmental factors to optimize diagnosis, surgical planning, treatment, and care. -Ovarian cancer is a commo

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/urgent-need-early-detection-ovarian-cancer-cutting-edge-technologies - 2025-09-13

Photo: Kennet Ruona Professor Charlotte Ling is doing research within the field of epigenetics to understand changes in the expression of genes based on our environment and lifestyle and how these changes increase a person´s risk of catching diseases such as type 2 diabetes. She is also trying to develop epigenetic biomarkers that can forecast the development of disease, serve as an early health w

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/i-put-together-lifelong-puzzle-epigenetics - 2025-09-13

Associate professor Christel Nielsen who works at the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Lund University has been appointed vice coordinator of the strategic research area EpiHealth. - EpiHealth is one of the reasons why I chose to move from Uppsala to do research at Lund University. The EpiHealth cohort and Swedish registers contain vast amounts of data and provide a unique fo

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/meet-our-new-vice-coordinator-epihealth-christel-nielsen - 2025-09-13

Sölve Elmståhl, Lund University, opened the conference and welcomed all participants to Lund and two days of sharing knowledge and experiences within EpiHealth. 8-9 September 2022 there was the yearly meeting, this year taking place in Lund. Lars Lind, Professor at the Department of Medical Sciences,Uppsala University, presented on the theme: Use of the EpiHealth study together with other cohorts.

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/5th-swedish-meeting-cohort-studies - 2025-09-13

In November 2022, the EpiHealth Steering Group decided on four grants for postdoctoral positions over two years. Read about the Uppsala researchers who receive grants and what research they plan to conduct. Shafqat Ahmad. Understanding cardiometabolic disease  One of the grants goes to Dr Shafqat Ahmad, Researcher at the Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences. What is your res

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/four-new-postdoctoral-positions-within-epihealths-uppsala-node - 2025-09-13

Photo by Jen Theodore on Unsplash NOTE This call is closed, but there will be a new one soon. Check the webpage for new dates. Lund University and SRA EpiHealth has decided to support the next generation researchers in epidemiology through a call for project seeding funding that will cover salary costs for preparation of a project application and a research plan targeting national funding bodies.

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/call-proposals-seed-funding-preparing-application-and-research-plan-writing-research-area - 2025-09-13

Lund University and SRA EpiHealth has decided to support six projects with seeding funding that will cover salary costs for preparation of a project application and a research plan targeting national funding bodies.  Lena Sandin Wranker, one of the recipients of the funding, is a research assistant, PhD, and a specialist physician in pain rehabilitation, at the Department of Clinical Sciences Malm

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/six-projects-epidemiology-will-get-seed-funding - 2025-09-13

Day one: Presentations of the major large Swedish cohorts. Status and a look forward. Day 2: Presentation of the 4 granted EpiHealth post-doc projects and more. See full program here

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/lunch-lunch-conference-6th-swedish-meeting-cohort-studies-uppsala-november-2023 - 2025-09-13

The number of patients with osteoarthritis has increased dramatically since the 1950s. Along with diabetes, the illness is now one of the fastest-growing endemic diseases in the world. Andrea Dell’Isola, an associate professor at the Department of Clinical Sciences at Lund University in Sweden, investigating the connection between osteoarthritis and metabolic diseases in a new research project. To

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/we-are-getting-older-and-heavier-osteoarthritis-increasing-interview-andrea-dellisola - 2025-09-13

The applicants will be notified by mid-May 2024 at the latest. Lund University and SRA EpiHealth has decided to support the next generation researchers in epidemiology through a call for project seeding funding that will cover salary costs for preparation of a project application and a research plan targeting national funding bodies. A total amount of 1 000 000 SEK is allocated to grant up to five

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/seed-funding-application-closed - 2025-09-13

The strategic research area Epihealth at Lund University hereby announces research space for two years (SEK 750,000/year including OH) corresponding to a postdoctoral position. Around 200 employees (researchers and other staff) are attached to the Epihealth network who work with epidemiological research to improve the understanding of the spread and etiology of both chronic and infectious diseases

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/research-space-postdoc-application-closed - 2025-09-13

Associate researcher Dominik Dietler has, thanks to Epihealth seed money, been granted postdoc funding for himself from MSB (The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency) over 1.9M SEK and 1.2M SEK from eSSENCE@LU to hire an additional postdoc.  What difference did the seed money make for you? And what will you do with the granted money?– The EpiHealth seed money helped me to set time aside to start wor

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/congratulations-dominik-dietler - 2025-09-13

Three researchers are granted 750 SEK times two years, and Hannah Brooke is one of them. Read about her project "Identification of novel circulating biomarkers for incident cancer and targets for prevention using large-scale metabolomics data" here! Every year, more than 60,000 individuals in Sweden are diagnosed with cancer. Earlier detection, improved risk prediction, and new prevention strategi

https://www.epihealth.lu.se/en/article/grants-epihealth-uppsala-node - 2025-09-13