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The Institute of Clinical Sciences
The Institute of Clinical Sciences

The Institute of Clinical Sciences

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  2. The Institute of Clinical Sciences

Welcome to the Institute of Clinical Sciences.

We conduct research and education that puts people's health and quality of life in focus. We represent 13 departments in various disciplines. Through a fruitful collaboration with the healthcare and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, we have developed joint projects and meeting places that benefits both health care and research.

With our dedicated employees, researchers and more than 300 graduate students and students, the Department of Clinical Sciences has over the years built up an international profile.

News and research

Below are examples of research from our institute.

Research story/portrait
Meet language stylist Ola Bratt — new professor of clinical cancer epidemiology
Researcher in the field of prostate cancer, focusing on epidemiology, diagnostics, and treatmen
Research story/portrait
Meet Sirkku Peltonen, the professor who goes more than skin-deep
Neurofibromatoses are a group of rare, complex skin and tumor diseases that have been Sirkku Peltonen’s principal career…
News – 10 December 2020
No mortality increase with paclitaxel-coated balloons and stents
The results solve a medical dilemma with major clinical and financial consequences.
News – 9 December 2020
More support for induction at 41 weeks pregnancy
The results from three studies support the induction of childbirth at 41 completed weeks.
News – 2 November 2020
Higher risk of future fecal incontinence after sphincter injuries
Damaged rectal muscle during childbirth increases risk of leakage of intestinal gas and feces.
News – 13 October 2020
Bioceramic implant induces cranial regrowth
The body transforms the implant's mineral monetite into another material, the mineral apatite.
Research story/portrait
PODCAST - Conversations on Bionics and Pain
This show is about engineering and medical developments related to bionics and pain, particularly the use of science and…
Research project/group
3D bioprinting and stem cells in plastic surgery
Research project/group
Targeted Alpha Therapy Group
Research project/group
Skin Cancer
Här presenteras forskning om olika former av hudcancer
Research project/group
STandaRdizing Organs at risk volumes in radiatioN therapy planninG
Dissertation
Georgios Tsikandylakis -The role of head size in total hip arthroplasty -…
Thesis for Medicine Doctorate at Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Clinical Science, Department of Orthopaedics

News

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Research story/portrait
Despina Kantere
New laser scanning microscopy techniques – detection tool for skin cancer
News – 9 January 2019
First pregnancy after robot-assisted uterus transplant
The well-known research on uterine transplantation in Gothenburg is now supported by robotic surgery. This change has made…

Career opportunities

Job description - Industrial PhD postion BAHS
This industrial PhD project is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the Department of Biomaterials, Institute of…
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