Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
This course addresses some of the very core questions of public health science such as how to prevent people from becoming ill and how to promote good health. Over the course of three weeks, you will…
Discipline: Pre-Medicine / Health Science
Research Assistant: Neuroimaging Brain Abnormalities in Mood Disorders
Research topic: Affective disorders such as bipolar disorders are associated with changes in brain structure and function. In our research group we have investigated with MRI large groups of patients with affective disorders, their unaffected relatives,…
Research Assistant: Electroretinography and Subjective Visual Function in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) often complain of a worsening of their central vision. However, objective measures of visual function may not always correspond with a patient’s self-perceived visual abilities. VFQ-39 is a validated means…
Public Mental Health
This course introduces you to the common mental disorders and their impact on daily life. We explore the different challenges faced by those with mental health conditions. Through peer-reviewed literature, policy briefs, popular media, and discussions…
Precision Medicine: Tailored Treatment in Clinical Practice
Standard clinical care is shifting its focus towards precision medicine, where the choice for treatment relies on the specific physiological and genetic characteristics of a given patient. This course covers current clinical practices within precision medicine…
Biomedical Lab
This course provides you with conceptual understanding of methodologies employed to examine the human body at various levels of organization, from organ systems to organs, tissues, cells, and molecules. This course provides you with corresponding hands-on…
Healthcare Systems: A Comparative Approach
Different countries choose different approaches to the provision of healthcare. Through this course, you gain insight into how healthcare is organized and financed in Denmark and Northern Europe, and you investigate the impact of the social,…
Public Health Policy in Practice
Sweden is facing a number of current challenges, including achieving cost-effectiveness in healthcare, and addressing public health concerns relating to migration and increasing inequalities. This course provides an overview of the Swedish health system in relation…
Medical Diagnostics
This course provides a unique opportunity to understand the rationale behind the design of multiple diagnostic tools used to predict, prevent, diagnose, and optimally treat disease. The emphasis is on the development and selection of appropriate…
Sports Medicine: Performance and Fatigue
The course covers a general introduction to anatomy, kinesiology, and the biomechanics of human movement. You are introduced to analyses of movement in regard to dysfunctions that increase risk of injury. The effects of fatigue are…
