harriet wallberg-henriksson | president. a medical university dedicated to improving people’s...

HARRIET WALLBERG-HENRIKSSON | President

A MEDICAL UNIVERSITY DEDICATED TO IMPROVING

people’s health through research and higher education

THE LARGEST CENTRE FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN SCANDINAVIA

• More than 600 research units

• 1 300 senior researchers, and 350 full professors• 22 departments

KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET

BRIEF HISTORY

From a school of army surgeons in 1810

to a leading medical university in 2010

THE HOME OF THE NOBEL PRIZE

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The Nobel Prize was established in 1901

The Nobel Prize was established in 1901

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WELCOME

HIV in Europe follow-up meeting

2nd and 3rd of November 2009 Nobel Forum, Karolinska Institutet

Stockholm, Sweden

Trends in newly diagnosed HIV infection rates per million population, in four European regions, 1994-2006

source: EuroHIV, 2007a, EuroHIV, 2007b

Newly diagnosed HIV cases in 2006in European countries

Trends in newly diagnosed AIDS cases per million population, in four European regions, 1988-2006

source: EuroHIV, 2007a, EuroHIV, 2007b

AIDS cases diagnosed in 2006in European countries

KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET

LARGEST CENTRE FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN SCANDINAVIA

22 departments

3,700 employees

1,400 researchers/teachers,340 of whom are professors

2,300 postgraduate students

5,500 undergraduate students

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