1. The Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS)
About 490 people were employed 2014
A turnover of SEK 407 million
Close to 1600 full-year students in undergraduate level programmes
About 170 registered PhD students…
…one of Karolinska Institutet’s largest departments
Klicka för att lägga till anteckningar
13/11/2018
Name

2. Organisation Eleven divisions with shared departmental management.
Some divisions have a strong focus on experimental laboratory research and doctoral education, others have a more clinical focus with a significant proportion of educational activities.
Centres linked to NVS: Aging Research Centre, Centre for Alzheimer Research, Centre for Social Sustainability and Swedish Brain Power.
NVS is host department for five doctoral schools and one doctoral programme.
Klicka för att lägga till anteckningar
13/11/2018
Name

3. The department is widely spread geographically
The divisions are located at
Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge (Social work),
Novum building (Translational Alzheimer Neurobiology, Clinical Geriatrics, Neurodegeneration, Neurogeriatrics, Applied Neuroendocrinology),
Alfred Nobels Allé 12 (Family Medicine),
Alfred Nobels Allé 23 (Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and the Department Management), and
Gävlegatan 16 in central Stockholm (Aging Research Center)
Campus Huddinge (Flemingsberg)
13/11/2018
Name

4. Education NVS has developed a unique profile in higher education
at both undergraduate and advanced levels, in close contact with researchers. The volume of teaching is corresponding to 30% of KI's educational activities.
NVS is responsible for the majority of courses in the following undergraduate health care study programmes:
Nursing
Physiotherapy
Occupational therapy
Master's degree programmes in these study fields
and also for ten specialist nursing programmes.
Further more, NVS organises a large number of freestanding courses and executive and professional education.
13/11/2018
Name

5. Research
The research is translational, ranging from genes to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and care ─ “From cell to society”.
NVS conducts experimental, clinical, health care science and epidemiological research with particular focus on aging and diseases in the elderly.
The department’s research within the area of dementia is at the international forefront. Successful research is also conducted in various other areas including stroke, cancer and rheumatology.
13/11/2018
Name

6. To the NVS web site