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Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MEDFAK)

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 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.

News

Nerve damage from cancer treatment can be predicted

Many women treated for breast cancer using taxanes, a type of cytostatic drug, often experience side effects in the nervous system. Researchers at LiU have developed a tool that can predict the risk level for each individual.
Closeup of small pieces of liver in a petri dish.

A liver biopsy may predict spread of pancreatic cancer

Microscopic changes in the liver can be used to predict spread of pancreatic cancer. The discovery may provide new ways of predicting the course of the disease and preventing pancreatic cancer from spreading to other organs.
Cell culture flask under a microscope in a lab.

They grow nose tissue in the lab

LiU researchers are among the first in the world to have grown human nasal tissue from stem cells. It is used to study how different viruses infect the airways.

Exciting research and discoveries

Four researchers in the control room of a photon-counting CT scanner.

Research at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Our research spans the entire medical field, from basic experimental research to patient-oriented research, health sciences and public health. We focus on cooperation across professions and faculty borders, a combination that has proved successful.

Education

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Doctoral Studies at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences educates researchers across the entire medical field, ranging from basic experimental research to patient-oriented research, health sciences and public health.

Education at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences is at the frontline when it comes to the development of pedagogy for nursing and medical education.

Organisation

Faculty management at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Learn more about the faculty management and find contact information.
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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.

Dean’s Office, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MFK)

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

Departments

Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV)

What characterizes the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV) is the wide breadth of research and education. BKV is one of the largest departments at LiU with affiliation mainly to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
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Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV)

The research areas at HMV include experimental basic research to clinical, social and public health research. We conduct high-quality education in the sought-after care professions.

Addresses

Postal adress

Linköping University
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
SE-581 83 Linköping
Sweden

Visiting adress

Sandbäcksgatan 7, floor 1
582 25 Linköping
Sweden

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