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Panel 10 – medicine | Laboratory
hand Pathology does not belong to the Laboratory Medicine in Lund
while the Division of Pathology in Malmö is included. The reason for this
inconformity is not discernible from the provided material.
The Department lists a staff of 125 persons in 2007 including 18 professors
(two females) three research fellows 20 researches and four senior
lecturers (a reduction of five positions since 2003).
Taken together, the Department of Laboratory Medicine Lund has a very
strong research tradition. There are several highly successful groups that
consistently contribute to the cutting edge of their field of research. The
age distribution of the PIs is, however, rather high with several retirements
ahead during the next few years. The forthcoming recruitments of
PIs will be critical for the continuous success of the research activity at
the Department of Laboratory medicine in Lund The gender equality is
still not on a satisfactory level.
Given that translational research is a strategic goal of the Faculty, it
is interesting to notice that the proportion of the PhD student with a
medical background has increased during the past five years from 37 to
52 percent. This change is, however, manly caused by a reduced overall
recruitment of PhD students in particular of those with a basic training
in natural sciences. There is a gender imbalance among the newly registered
PhD students with 78% women.
2.2 The Division of Clinical Chemistry and Pharmacology/Lund
2.2.1 Overall assessment
The Division is quite large and subdivided in several Sections (research
groups), which appear to work quite independently even if some of
them collaborate. Most groups mainly conduct basic medical research,
but some of them have successfully translated their results into clinical
diagnostics. Several groups are well consolidated and internationally
renowned, some are of good national standard, while some relatively new
groups are still establishing themselves.
2.2.2 Research infrastructure
The infrastructure of the Division is rather confusing. The units in
Malmö and Lund appear to be quite independent of each other, some
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