Faculty of MedicineEDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION SINCE 1666

Facts and figures

• 2,800 full-time students

• 1100 postgraduate students

• 130 obtain their doctorates each year

• Staff: 1 400174 professors 797 lecturers/researchers and doctoral students453 technical /administrative staff(expressed as fulltime equivalents)

1666

• 1666 -The Faculty of Medicine was one of the four original faculties at Lund University.

• 1768 - The university hospital in Lund was established.

• 1948 - The Malmö General Hospital was affiliated to the Faculty of Medicine.

• 1998 - Health Sciences were integrated into the Faculty of Medicine.

• 2001 - The Biomedical Center was established.

• 2006 - Clinical Research Centre was established.

Strategic plan 2012-2017

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

childbirthAnders Malmstöm

• Endogenous peptides againstbacteria 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)

• 43000 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)

• 26000 m2 • 40 research groups• 420 scientists, post-docs, Ph.D.

students, technical and administrative staff

• 400 undergraduates

Medicon ValleyIN THE ÖRESUND REGION OF SWEDEN AND DENMARK

Medicon Valley

• 3,5 million inhabitants• 41 000 employees in the private life science sector • 32 hospitals, of which 11 are university hospitals• 6 science parks• 12 universities