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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 16 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 Institute of Clinical Sciences has over the years built up an international profile.

News – 12 November 2023
Landed a 6 million starting grant: “First reaction was of shock”
Rossella Crescitelli on the celebration – and how she is growing as a cancer researcher at the University of Gothenburg
News – 6 November 2023
Increase in cancer after 1986 Chernobyl disaster
News – 28 September 2023
Low-grade intestinal inflammation a long time after radiotherapy
News – 6 September 2023
Arm and head injuries in wartime civilians
News – 28 September 2023
Getting SEK 11 Million for unique cancer treatment
Roger Olofsson Bagge receives the SSMF Consolidator Grant. The grant of eleven million SEK will fund five years of research…

Research Groups

Research areas

About us
Research areas within the Institute of Clinical Sciences
The Department of Clinical Sciences conducts research and education in 16 different subject areas. Under each link you will…

Dissertations forthcoming and completed

More forthcoming dissertations can be found under the Event list above

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Eva Backman: Simplifying treatment for basal cell carcinoma
More and more people are affected by basal cell carcinoma (BCC), a type of skin cancer. How should this be managed with…
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Heithem Ben Amara: Biodegradable implants and tissue healing
Long-term effects of biodegradable magnesium implants are well studied, but the immediate reactions in the body are still a…
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Oscar Cavefors: Heart failure common among ICU patients
More than half of intensive care unit (ICU) patients suffer from heart failure, according to Oscar Cavefors’ doctoral thesis…
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Sandra Bjerkne Wenneberg: Researching secondary brain injuries after aSAH stroke
When a brain aneurysm bursts, it leads to a life-threatening bleeding event. In the immediate aftermath, patients are at…
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Linda Kluge: Obesity and in vitro fertilization
Women with obesity may be denied in vitro fertilization (IVF) at publicly funded Swedish clinics, based on their BMI…
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Anna Svedlund: Monitoring bone density crucial in nutritional treatment
High intake of vitamin D is recommended during nutritional treatment for anorexia nervosa, and it is crucial to monitor bone…

Personal portraits of our researchers

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Karin Sundfeldt, professor with female health in focus
Karin Sundfeldt, professor with female health in focus
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Olofsson Bagge wins “Great Research Prize”
This week, Roger Olofsson Bagge received the Swedish Surgical Society’s “Great Surgical Research Prize”. The primary reason…
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Prestigious grant for research on combination therapy for metastases of eye…
Researcher and surgeon Roger Olofsson Bagge is to be awarded a prestigious grant from the American Association for Cancer…
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Grants for five Institute researchers from Lundberg Research Foundation
This year’s grants from the IngaBritt and Arne Lundberg Research Foundation were announced recently. Five of the recipients…
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Meet language stylist Ola Bratt — new professor of clinical cancer epidemiology
Researcher in the field of prostate cancer, focusing on epidemiology, diagnostics, and treatmen
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Volker Musahl, new visiting professor of orthopedics
Since July, Volker Musahl has been Sahlgrenska Academy’s new visiting professor in the subject area of orthopedics. He comes…
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Johan Hellgren, professor of ear, nose and throat diseases
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Anders Björkman: attention to detail and a steady hand
Suppose you accidentally severed a nerve in your hand when you were cutting open an avocado. Not that serious, surely?…
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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…

Uterus transplantation

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The research on uterus transplant
Here you can read about the world-leading research and the journey to the first child.
News – 7 April 2021
Costs of uterine transplantation
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…
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