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New board member: Catarina Lundin Catarina Lundin has replaced Bodil Ivarsson as representative for Region skåne with starting date 8 December 2021.
https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/new-board-member-lucc-1 - 2025-11-21
Several calls within LUCC have been open during Spring 2022 in different areas - innovation, nursing & rehabilitation and pancreatic cancer (private donation). The awardées were presented during the LUCC retreat which took place on 5 May 2022 in the Skåne University Hospital Lecture Hall in Lund. Charlène Estrada, Postdoctor, with the project "Study of cancer-associated fibroblasts heterogeneity a
https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/grants-researchers-private-donation-and-lucc-strategic-funding - 2025-11-21
Skåne University Hospital Cancer Centre (SUHCC) has been accredited as Comprehensive Cancer Centre (CCC) by the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI). The accreditation as Comprehensive Cancer Centre means that an organisation has been approved according to the highly set quality criteria of the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI). Skåne University Hospital Cancer Centre
Mef Nilbert will replace Lisa Rydén as representative for Skåne University Hospital in the LUCC Executive Group, starting 1 July 2022. Vinay Swaminathan will replace Håkan Axelson as representative for education in the LUCC Executive Group, starting 1 January 2023.
https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/new-representatives-lucc-executive-group - 2025-11-21
The LUCC Executive group met at the Old Bishop's house to discuss the future strategy for LUCC on 29 August 2022. There were fruitful discussions about funding, activities and the future Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) since the plan is to establish a common SAB with Skåne University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Centre (SUHCCC). Photo by Sophia Zackrisson and Pia Berntsson LUCC is an integral pa
https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/lucc-strategy-day-29-august-2022 - 2025-11-21
Welcome Jana Hagman! Jana Hagman will start 1 March 2023 (20%) to support LUCC with communication in English and support to bigger events for the strategic translational networks. Jana is also Research Coordinator for the EU-funded CanFaster programmes hosted by Immunotechnology at Faculty of Engineering, Lund university. Welcome and we are looking forward to work with you, Jana!
https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/new-administrative-support - 2025-11-21
Lund University Cancer Centre was officially opened on the World Cancer Day 4 February 2020. The event was opened by the Dean of Faculty of Medicine, Erik Renström, who is the Chair of the Board of LUCC. The LUCC organisation and its strategic plan for 2020-2024 was presented by the LUCC Coordinator, Kristian Pietras and followed by presentations from the resepective head(s) of the 12 LUCC transla
https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/inauguration-lund-university-cancer-centre-4-february-2020 - 2025-11-21
Mats Jerkeman will take over as LUCC coordinator next year (1 March 2024) when Sophia Zackrisson's 3-year term of office as coordinator ends. It is the Dean of Faculty of Medicine that decide about the LUCC coordinator within LUCC after an internal nomination procedure.
https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/new-lucc-coordinator-start-1-march-2024 - 2025-11-21
Pamela Buchwald (left) is new member of LUCC executive group, starting 1 January 2024. She is also new Scientific Director of Skåne University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Centre (SUHCCC) replacing Lisa Rydén.We have also new LUCC board members from last year - PhD student representative Juliane Albrecht (upper middle) and Carina Bernardo (right) representing Future Faculty.We also have a new cha
https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/new-members-lucc-board-and-executive-group - 2025-11-21
The best cancer thesis of the year 2023 is Communication about serious illness as a relational process by Mattias Tranberg with the following motivation: "The work by Mattias Tranberg provides novel knowledge to improve clinical cancer care from a holistic viewpoint with focus on the relationship between health care staff and seriously ill patients". The price sum for this year's thesis is SEK 80
https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/best-phd-thesis-cancer-year-2023 - 2025-11-21
New organisation in the management and new board members. We have reorganized the management within LUCC and also got new members plus a new vice coordinator since the beginning of the year. The former board and the executive group have been merged to an operational board. This will streamline the organization and adapt it to current needs.The current members of the Board and Scientific Advisory b
https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/reorganisation-lucc-management - 2025-11-21
Meet the new guest professor at Lund University Cancer Centre (LUCC) Mary Beth Terry from Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, US. Mary Beth Terry was recently employed as guest professor at Lund University Cancer Centre from March 2025 until 2028. She will be working 10% of full time and her employment is supported by LUCC and Mrs Berta Kamprad Foundation.She recently visited Lund
https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/meet-new-guest-professor-cancer-epidemiology-and-prevention - 2025-11-21
New members in LUCC executive group - Håkan Axelson (education) and Sophia Zachrisson (research). Håkan Axelson will replace Karin Jirström, who has new assignment as vice-dean at the Faculty of Medicine with responsibility for third-cycle education. Sophia Zachrisson will replace Mikael Sigvardsson, who will pursue research abroad.
https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/changes-lucc-management - 2025-11-21
New board member: Ulf Ellervik, Faculty of Science, Lund University Professor Ulf Ellervik will replace professor Olov Sterner as academic staff representative for the Faculty of Science in the board of Lund University Cancer Centre (LUCC) with starting date September 9th, 2020.
https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/new-board-member-lucc - 2025-11-21
LUCC Annual report in Swedish is now approved by the LUCC Board and available for download. lucc_verksamhetsberattelse_2020.pdf LUCC Annual report will be translated to English and published here in the end of December 2020 or begining of January 2021.
https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/lucc-annual-report-2020-sv - 2025-11-21
New chairman: Kristina Åkesson Kristina Åkesson, Dean of Faculty of Medicine, is the new chairman in the board of Lund University Cancer Centre (LUCC) with starting date January 1st, 2021. She will replace Erik Renström.
https://www.lucc.lu.se/internal/article/new-chairman-lucc-board - 2025-11-21
Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has in cooperation with Åsa Petersén produced a short film about Huntington's disease and Petersén's research on HD. Petersén was awarded Wallenberg Clinical Scholar in 2020. Link to the movie "Huntington's disease - the hunt for treatment" on YouTube
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/film-about-hd-asa-petersen - 2025-11-21
Curious about HD research and wish to learn more? The European Huntington Association/Moving Forward Team is inviting you to a webinar in Norwegian on 22 November. Astri Arnesen, the President of the European Huntington Association, will speak about international HD research, Lasse Pihlstrøm, a Norwegian HD neurologist and researcher, will address HD studies and trials in Norway, and Åsa Petersén,
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/hd-webinar-22-november-2023 - 2025-11-21
The European Huntington Association/Moving Forward Team’s webinar in now available on our site! You find it under Talks & Movies:Talks & Movies
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/watch-webinar - 2025-11-21
The National meeting for HD is a yearly event arranged by the patients’ organization RHS. This year, 2023, it took place in Gothenburg on 30 November. All talks at the meeting are available on RHS website; only in Swedish.You find Åsa Petersén’s research update about 13 minutes into the film. To access the video, go to RHS website:RHS website
https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-gives-research-update-national-meeting-hd-sweden - 2025-11-21
