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Panel 8 – medicine | clinical
2. Department of Clinical Medicine, LUND CAMPUS
2.1 Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care
The Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care consist of 1
professor, 1 lecturer and 1 researcher. The total research money available
for 2007 was SEK 680.452. From 2003 to 2007 the group of Mikael
Bodelsson reported 7, the group of Per-Olov Grände 22 publications
mainly in clinical journals.
Overall rating: Good
2.2 Department of Cardiology
Overall assessment: There appear to be ~ 57 professorial level faculties in
the Lund Clinical Sciences Department; Cardiology accounts for only 1
full Professor and 6 Asst professors (7/57 or ~12%). The unit appears to
be a “complete” cardiology division from a clinical perspective, possibly
the only unit at this level in Sweden. Based on their publications, the two
most prominent research programs are innovations in ECG utilization,
and cell biology and cell signalling in cardiomyocytes, smooth muscle
cells, and platelets.
Research infrastructure: They list the LUNDHEARTGENE bio bank
as an important resource, but it is difficult identifying publications
coming from this resource; possibly the paper by Amisten et al. is in this
group. Several members of the faculty seem facile with animal models of
different aspects of CVD, leading to publications.
Research Achievements Reported: Their research may be graded as “very
good”, with the possible exception of the electrophysiology/device area
which may be “excellent”. A concern is the lack of top-tier publishing in
the 2003–2007 time periods.
Quality: They list several areas of national and international leadership,
but international leadership is not consistent with the reported publications
in any of these areas, again with the possible exception of their
work in hypothermia and experimental and clinical electrophysiology;
while this is not our field of expertise, their numerous publications in this
area might place them in a leadership position internationally. National
leadership in Sweden is difficult to judge.
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