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Panel 10 – medicine | Laboratory
not clear. First, it is not clear why the Division is part of The Department
of Laboratory Medicine, Lund. It has nothing in common and no scientific
relation with the other Divisions. Only the Division of Occupational
and Environmental Medicine conducts epidemiology research. Second,
the role of the clinical researchers at St. Lars Hospital, Lund and University
Hospital in Malmö are not clear.
The four areas of research on 1) cranial dysmorphology, 2) neurological
abnormalities, 3) obstetric and perinatal complications, and 4) immigration
are not well connected and integrated.
2.7.8 Recommendation
The Division of Psychiatric Epidemiology should reform the organization
and merge with other psychiatry research groups at Lund University in order
to increase synergy, interaction and collaboration in the field of psychiatry.
The size of the research group should be increased from 4 researchers to
>10 researchers with 1 principal investigator. This would meet the criteria of
critical mass for competitive, high performance and cutting edge research.
The research profile should be evaluated and focus on the study of the
nature and importance of neuro-developmental deviation in psychosis.
Research topics could be genetic and early and later environmental
factors that influence the development of schizophrenia and related
psychoses. The research projects should be interconnected and carefully
selected in order to increase synergy and interaction between researchers
in the Division.
Score: Very good
3. Department of Laboratory Medicine Malmö
3.1 Overall assessment
The Department of Laboratory Medicine in Malmö gives an overall impression
of a dynamic milieu well suited for translational research. The Department
is strongly research oriented. This is reflected by the fact that 75 % of
the total budget comes from external funding to different research projects.
The research at the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Malmö holds
a high quality, is internationally competitive and has innovative power.
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