By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 5 April 2022 The jury has unanimously agreed to award the Susanne Iwarsson Sohlberg Prize. To be eligible, the candidate must have built up a strong research group and initiated research of great importance for the development of gerontology. The prize will be awarded during the opening ceremony of the Nordic Gerontolo

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/susanne-iwarsson-awarded-sohlberg-prize-nordic-regions-largest-prize-aging-research - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 19 April 2022 Photo: Gunilla Sonnebring Ida Karlsson's connection to the graduate school SWEAH is strong. She is the main supervisor of Peggy Ler, SWEAH doctoral student. She has also taken the postdoctoral course "From junior to senior researcher in research on aging and health" and participated in SWEAH's mentoring p

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/prize-promising-researchers-gerontology-2022-awarded-ida-karlsson-sweah-supervisor - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 26 April 2022 Erika Olofsson. Photo: Mattias Pettersson. How are older people undergoing hip fracture affected in terms of pain, function, depression and the risk of increased mortality? Erika Olofsson, a PhD student at the Department of Nursing, is researching this.   To Umeå University webpage

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/hip-fracture-and-depression-there-connection-article-about-erika-olofsson-sweah-phd-student-and - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 3 May 2022 The workshop is part of the course Theories of ageing. Pre-recorded lectures on the topics have been available for course participants and they have watched them before the workshop. One of the lectures was "Paradigms, Models, and Theories in Social Gerontology: An Overview and History" by Professor Merril S

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/theories-ageing-workshop-may-3-4-2022 - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 3 May 2022 Photo by CDC on Unsplash Jonathan Mak, a SWEAH-affiliated PhD student, recently had a paper about developing an electronic frailty index published. It can potentially be used for frailty screening in geriatric clinics in Sweden. Jonathan Mak comments on the findings: - With the ageing population, performing

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/development-electronic-frailty-index-hospitalized-older-adults-sweden-new-article - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 30 May 2022 SWEAH will be active and visible at the Nordic Congress of Gerontology and we look forward to meeting many of you there!   Please come and see us at our book table in the exhibition area where SWEAH PhD students will hand out information about the research school. Mingle Welcome to the SWEAH mingle on June

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/welcome-meet-sweah-nkg-odense-8-10-june - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 13 June 2022 From left: Susanne Iwarsson, Emilia W.E. Viklund, Sofi Fristedt, 
Charlotte Löfqvist, Arianna Poli, Elias Ingebrand. The symposium was named: Ageing, technology and health in later life: Results from the interdisciplinary national graduate school in Sweden. Chair: Charlotte Löfqvist, Lund University The pa

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sweah-had-its-own-symposium-26th-nordic-congress-gerontology-odense-26nkg - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 14 June 2022 Photo: Erik Andersson. She has got a new position as Assistant Professor at the Department of Engineering Technology, at DTU, in Denmark. What are your research interests? My research interests revolve around inclusive design and innovation processes with attention to how we design products that better fit

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/congratulations-sweah-alumna-giana-carli-lorenzini - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 7 September 2022 The course is named "Societal Communication and Impact of Research on Ageing and Health". The course is given by Örebro University and there will be one mandatory workshop in Örebro, December 5-6. Registration form should be sent to Örebro University.   As a SWEAH PhD student you must complete at least

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/register-sept-30-sweahs-next-course-which-starts-oct-31 - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 15 September 2022 She has worked as a pedagogical developer at Mälardalen University (2011–2012), the University of Skövde (2013) and the University of Gothenburg (2013–2019). Since 2019, she has been a higher education educational developer with a focus on digital competence at Dalarna University.   Lena Dafgård is a

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/lena-dafgard-new-expert-sweahs-pedagogical-group - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 4 October 2022 The title of Mahwish Naseer´s thesis is "Why do older adults seek emergency care? Impact of contextual factors, care, health, and social relations". One important finding is that older people who were discharged home, instead of being admitted to inpatient care from the emergency department, were at high

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/new-light-factors-explaining-older-peoples-emergency-care-use - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 27 October 2022 Afsaneh Taei. Most residents had positive things to say about their homes and neighborhoods, even if criminal acts such as shootings, drug dealing, arson, burglary, and knife attacks were part of everyday life. The residents attempted to manage these events with various strategies. Exit strategies inclu

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/new-article-crime-disorder-and-territorial-stigmatization-older-adults-living-deprived-neighborhoods - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 1 November 2022 Charlotte Löfqvist and Robin Jonsson, working closely with the latest SWEAH course. Charlotte Löfqvist is now retiring. She has been study coordinator for SWEAH for four years and previously also responsible for CASE's research school. Charlotte has been very involved in developing the postdoctoral assi

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/it-has-been-very-enriching-work-interdisciplinary-and-international-group-students-and-researchers - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 7 November 2022 The study coordinator is part of the graduate school's management team and convenes the graduate school's pedagogical working group. Cecilia Petterson is an assistant senior lecturer at one of the partner universities - Örebro University. She will work as a study coordinator within the framework of her

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/cecilia-petterson-sweahs-new-study-coordinator - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 8 November 2022 Photo: Jasenka Dobric. Owasim Akram has been awarded a funding of SEK 873 803 by the Expert Group of Aid Studies/Expertgruppen för biståndsanalys (EBA). It has been proposed in partnership with Örebro University, Lund University and University of Bath in the UK. He is the lead researcher in this project

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/congratulations-sweah-phd-owasim-akram-recieving-both-funding-and-postdoctoral-grant - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 25 November 2022 Maya Kylén. The project is called "Rehabilitation at home – development of a sustainable model, placing person's needs and environmental resources at heart (InHome)" and will be carried out in close collaboration with Marie Elf at Dalarna University. Maya Kylén has applied for the grant based on her po

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sweah-alumna-maya-kylen-receives-large-formas-grant - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 7 December 2022 Mariam Kirvalidze. SWEAH's board decided at its last meeting to offer 20 PhD students affiliation. Meet Mariam Kirvalidze - one of the new students. Mariam Kirvalidze is a medical doctor from Georgia and has a master's degree in public health. The research area is geriatric epidemiology and her research

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/large-group-new-phd-students-join-sweah-2023 - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 13 December 2022 Childlessness is a growing phenomenon in many countries, especially in China. Wenqian Xu will the next three years work with evidence-building, capacity-building and public-engagement activities on the topic "Ageing without children", within this grant. Could you please comment upon this international

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sweah-alumnus-wenqian-xu-receives-large-international-postdoc-grant-swedish-research-council - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 27 January 2023 Samantha Svärdh and Karolina Thörnqvist are missing in this picture. A group of 16 new SWEAH affiliates met for the first time in Lund January 26. The day started with a warm welcome by SWEAH coordinator Susanne Iwarsson and presentation of the rest of the SWEAH management.  Then Erik Eriksson and Agata

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/introduction-meeting-newly-affiliated-phd-students - 2025-06-29

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 13 February 2023 This way into the new year, it is especially nice to welcome new PhD students to SWEAH.   In January, as usual, the management organized an introductory meeting, this time on site at Lund University. What a privilege it is to listen to presentations of new, interesting and important doctoral projects t

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sweah-newsletter-february-2023-swedish - 2025-06-29