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
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News
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Self-injuring young girls overestimate negative feedback in social media simulation

Adolescent girls who self-injure feel that they receive more negative feedback than they actually receive, and are more sensitive to thumbs down responses, compared to other girls. These are the findings presented by Irene Perini, researcher at CSAN.

Pain signalling in humans more rapid than previously known

Pain signals can travel as fast as touch signals, according to a new study. The discovery of a rapid pain-signalling system challenges our current understanding of pain.

Multiresistant bacteria spread widely in Vietnamese hospitals

Around half of patients admitted to hospital in Vietnam are carriers of multiresistant intestinal bacteria. The longer the patients are in hospital, the greater is the risk that they have been infected by these bacteria.

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
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Linköpings universitet

581 83 Linköping, Sweden

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