Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MEDFAK)

We conduct research and education in medicine, nursing and public health.

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences engages in a broad range of scientific activities ranging from basic biomedical and experimental clinical research to applied clinical studies and education and research within the fields of medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, speech and language pathology, occupational therapy, medical pedagogy, and public health.

Organisation

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Faculty management at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Click here to learn more about the faculty management. You will also find contact information here.

Faculty board at the Faculty of Medicine and Health sciences

The Faculty Board is the highest decision-making body at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Here you will find information about the board.
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Dean’s Office, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

The Dean's office's task is to assist the faculty management and the faculty's other operations with expertise, support and coordination. 

Exciting research and discoveries

News

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A view into a blood clot

What really happens inside a blood clot as it forms? To investigate this question in detail, researchers developed a method that enables 3-dimensional images of how blood clots form. Applications of the method include studies of how anticoagulant drugs work.

Drop-in healthcare good for patients

At the healthcare centre in the Hageby district of Norrköping, patients can be seen on a drop-in basis – without ringing to make an appointment.

Drug development – not only in industry

Neuroscientists obtain support from SciLifeLab when working to develop new drugs against epilepsy. The project is the first from Linköping University that has been accepted as a full program for the Drug Discovery and Development Platform (DDD).

Departments

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Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

The Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, IKE, is one of the largest departments at Linköping University with affiliation mainly to the Faculty of Health Sciences.
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Department of Medical and Health Sciences

We have a long tradition of interdisciplinary research and education across traditional subject and faculty boundaries. Our subject areas include preclinical research, applied clinical research, health sciences, and community-oriented research.
Strömmen, Campus Norrköping

Department of Social and Welfare Studies

The Department of Social and Welfare Studies (ISV) focuses on man and society. We study various life phenomena and challenges. For us it is the interaction between teaching, research and the surrounding community that sets the tone.

Postal address

Medicinska fakulteten

Linköpings universitet

581 83 Linköping, Sweden

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