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From refugee to professor
The professor with pain as a driving force
Bijar Ghafouri came to Sweden at the age of 17. She had already fled many times during her childhood. In Sweden she found a sense of security and the opportunity to study.
Today, she is a professor of pain biochemistry at Linköping University, researching what happens in the body in long-term pain.
Further reading: With pain as a driving force - from refugee to professor
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The strategic research areas (SRAs) are an initiative of the Swedish government to foster world-leading research in Sweden, in selected areas. Linköping University receives funding in five of the designated research areas, and in three of these Linköping University is the main applicant. In addition, LiU researchers participate actively in the fields of e-science and transport research.