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Panel 8 – medicine | clinical
3.12 Pediatrics
There are three different topics of research within the Department of Pediatrics.
According to the description all groups only have one researcher.
• Ivarsson et al: Study pediatric immunology and auto-immune diseases.
This group has some external funding, clearly from international
collaboration. For pediatric endocrinology the funding is certainly
not very high. The number of papers is limited.
• Pediatric hematology: Ljung et al: This group also has limited financial
support and a limited amount of papers. Also here collaboration
with some other group might be advisable.
• Cellular auto-immunity: Cilio et al: This group studies phenotype
and regulation of auto reactive T-cells in auto-immune diseases. No
information is provided regarding the financial support of this group.
There are some good publications. The number of articles with first or
last authorship seems limited. Also for this group collaboration with
another group seems advisable.
Overall rating of Pediatrics: Good. The group should really consider
very strong interaction with other groups. Merging with pediatrics in
Lund might be advisable. Otherwise collaboration with strong groups in
Malmö is recommended.
3.13 Orthopaedics
The Department of Orthopaedics has 2 professors and 2 lecturers. The
groups of Kristina Åkesson, Karl Obrant and Magnus Karlsson reported
117 publications, the Joint and Soft Tissue Research Unit of Leif Dahlberg
6 publications. The mainly clinical journals include the Journal of Bone
and Joint Surgery, Osteoporosis International and, of high quality, the New
England Journal of Medicine 2003. The group of the Joint and Soft Tissue
Research acquired SEK 660.298 of external money and the group of
Clinical and Molecular Osteoporosis Research of Åkesson SEK 4.254.431.
Overall rating: Excellent
3.14 Psychiatry
Again, it is perhaps unfortunate that different panelists evaluate psychiatry
in Malmö and Lund. In Lund, we have been given one name
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