Research projects
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How crooked do I really see? Subjective and objective improvement after epiretinal membrane surgery.
Epiretinal membrane (ERM), is a visual disorder that mainly affects the elderly population. Symptoms of an epiretinal membrane include decreased visual acuit...
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Human papillomavirus, biological and prognostic markers in primary vaginal and vulvar cancer
Vaginal and vulvar cancer are rare gynaecological malignancies. In Sweden, about 200 women are affected each year. Due to the low number of cases, few resear...
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Human papillomavirus, gene variation and protein expression as prognostic markers for metastasizing penile cancer
Cancer affects men and women in all ages and mortality is strongly connected to spread of tumor cells to more organs. Infections, such as human papillomaviru...
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Implementing core values
Core values for elderly care were created in a joint action research project between Örebro Municipality and Örebro University. This intervention project is...
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Improved Strategies and Tools in Hearing Assessment and Rehabilitation (I HeAR)
Swedish audiological care is facing significant challenges in the coming years. Firstly, the aging portion of the population is growing. Secondly, new resear...
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In the light of COVID-19 pandemic - efforts of community staff to prevent and minimize the spread of COVID-19 virus among older people who visit community day centres.
The goal of community day centers is to maintain good health, break loneliness and to promote an active, meaningful and satisfying life in older people. In...
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Increasing Professional Awareness in health professions: Survey-based experiential learning in the Balkans.
This PhD project investigates how professional awareness can be reached to support sustainable development of healthcare in low- and middle income countries...
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Individualized developmental care interventions for promoting development and preventing morbidity in preterm infants
Preterm infants have an increased risk of negative sequelae from their preterm birth. The time they would have spent in the womb where it´s quiet and dark is...
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Inflammation and prothrombotic responses to platelet activation via the immunoreceptor FCGR2A in myeloproliferative neoplasms
Aim: Compare prothrombotic responses to platelet FCGR2A stimulations between patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) and healthy controls in vitro ...
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Interleukin-6 classic and trans-signaling in human monocytes - molecular mechanisms and functional consequences
Aim: To evaluate interleukin-6 (IL-6) classical and trans-signaling -6 in primary human monocytes, and to evaluate underlying molecular mechanisms and...