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WCMTM Science Day | Research on Women's Health

Research
Health and medicine
Popular science

Women’s health and scientific discovery take center stage at the upcoming WCMTM Science Day – an open event welcoming anyone with an interest in the topic. Throughout the day, you’ll hear engaging talks that place research and women’s health research in a broader historical perspective, and meet researchers who will present their ongoing projects dedicated to improving women’s health – several of them funded through major European research grants.

Lecture,
Conference
Date
15 Oct 2026
Time
09:00 - 15:30
Location
Wallenberg konferenscentrum

Good to know
Please save the date in your calendar! More information about registration, as well as updates on speakers and schedule, will follow during spring 2026.

Confirmed Speakers

Exploring Medical History: Women in Medicine from a Research Perspective

Jonatan Wistrand 
Head of the section for Medical History
Lund University

The Connection Between Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Health Through the Life Course

William Grobman
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Brown University

From Uncertainty to Evidence: Medicine Use in Pregnancy

Roxanne Hastie
Associate Professor & Co-Head of the Perinatal Epidemiology Group
University of Melbourne

The Women's Health Clinic - A Strong Research Culture 

Bo Jacobsson 
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and head of the Women's Health Clinic at Sahlgrenska University Hospital

Current Research Projects within WCMTM Focusing on Women's Health | Presentations from our Reserach Leaders

Björn Redfors | Cardiology

George Birchenough | Mucosal Defence 

Helena Filipsson Nyström | Endocrinology 

Karolina Sjöberg Jabbar | Gut mucus barrier

Lina Bergman | Preeclampsia

Michael Schöll & Laura Stankeviciute | Dementia, Alzheimer’s disease

Several researchers at the centre are leading projects that focus on different aspects of women’s health, spanning everything from pregnancy to dementia. In 2024, the European Research Council (ERC) awarded major grants to two of them: Lina Bergman and George Birchenough.

It’s encouraging that both ERC-funded projects address women’s health. We hope this will motivate more researchers to bring this perspective into their work — an area that has historically been underfunded and underresearched. That’s exactly why we want to highlight this theme and help draw attention to the need for more research on women's health.

Camilla Skånberg
Research coordinator

Updates about the program

More information about registration, as well as updates on speakers and schedule, will follow during spring 2026. If you have questions, you are welcome to contact the organizers.