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Panel 8 – medicine | clinical
Research activity and teaching: There is little information presented;
there are 43 doctoral students in the department which seems reasonable
given the size of their faculty.
Evaluation of future plans: They describe several areas for growth that
are based on their current strengths, which seems a logical approach. The
key feature is “public health”, and one strategy is to extend their work
into the community which has become more multi-ethnic than some
of their cohorts reflect. They will attempt to develop structured interventional
programs at the community level in an effort to increase the
“translation” of their work. A proposed Center for Primary Care Research
seems an excellent approach to this issue. Finally they recognize a major
“missing piece” of their translational program, namely clinical research
units in both oncology and cardiovascular disease. These two units will
require significant investment (some of which seems to be in place, but
details were lacking), but would provide critical linkages between more
basic work, and their population-based science. Their plans may be rated
as “excellent”, assuming resources are provided.
Future potentials and possibilities: They outline these well, and they
focus on their current strengths.
Gender and equal opportunity: While the percentage of doctoral students
associated with the medical faculty of Malmö is excellent (>60%),
women comprise only 33% of the academic staff suggesting there is some
room for improvement. We do not know the numbers specific to AC&M.
3.3 Dermatology and Venerology
The unit has one professor. The unit in Malmö has a total funding of
204,000 from the Faculty. The unit focuses purely on education. Therefore
the research activity of this unit can only be evaluated as being
non-existent or poor.
3.4 Endocrinology
Overall assessment: This is a unit which has mainly been established by
two international stars in their fields, professors Leif Groop and Åke Lernmark.
There are several independent investigators, which nevertheless work
together closely. The by far most active is the group headed by Leif Groop.
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