Faculty of Medicine EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION SINCE 1666

Facts and figures 2,800 full-time students 1100 postgraduate students 130 obtain their doctorates each year Staff: professors 797 lecturers/researchers and doctoral students 453 technical /administrative staff (expressed as fulltime equivalents)

The Faculty of Medicine was one of the four original faculties at Lund University The university hospital in Lund was established The Malmö General Hospital was affiliated to the Faculty of Medicine Health Sciences were integrated into the Faculty of Medicine The Biomedical Center was established Clinical Research Centre was established.

Strategic plan

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 1100 postgraduate students About 130 doctoral dissertations presented annually

Research. For health.

Strong research areas Neuroscience Diabetes/Endocrinology Cancer Microbiology Musculoskeletal diseases Stem cell biology Cardiovascular diseases Epidemiology Nursing

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 kidney Nils Alwall, Gambro Non-ionised contrast medium Torsten Almén, Nycomed New ventilator Björn 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 of head 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 slow childbirth Anders Malmstöm Endogenous peptides against bacteria 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) m2 110 research groups 800 scientists, post-docs, Ph.D. students, technical and administrative staff 450 undergraduates

Health Sciences Centre (HSC) 11600m2 10 research groups 200 scientists, post-docs, Ph.D. students, technical and administrative staff 900 undergraduates

Clinical Research Centre (CRC) m2 40 research groups 420 scientists, post-docs, Ph.D. students, technical and administrative staff 400 undergraduates

Medicon Valley IN THE ÖRESUND REGION OF SWEDEN AND DENMARK

Medicon Valley 3,5 million inhabitants employees in the private life science sector 32 hospitals, of which 11 are university hospitals 6 science parks 12 universities