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The Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS)

• More than 450 people were employed in 2013

• A turnover of SEK 370 million

• Close to 1600 full-year students in undergraduate level programmes

• More than 180 registered PhD students…

…one of Karolinska Institutet’s largest departments

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NVS consists of eleven divisions with shared departmental management.

Some divisions have a strong focus on experimental laboratory research and doctoral education,

while other divisions have a more clinical focus with a significant proportion of educational activities.

Organisation

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The department is widely spread geographically

The divisions are located at

Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge (Social work), Novum building (Translational Alzheimer Neurobiology, Clinical Geriatrics,

Neurodegeneration, Neurogeriatrics, Applied Neuroendocrinology), Alfred Nobels Allé 12 (Family Medicine), Alfred Nobels Allé 23 (Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and the

Department Management), and

Gävlegatan 16 in central Stockholm (Aging Research Center)

Campus Huddinge (Flemingsberg)

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Activity – Education

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NVS has developed a unique profile in higher education at both undergraduate and advanced levels, in close contact with researchers – the volume of teaching corresponding to 30% of KI's educational activities.

NVS is responsible for the majority of courses in the following undergraduate health care study programmes:• Nursing• Physiotherapy• Occupational therapy• Master's degree programmes in these study fields, and

as well as for ten specialist nursing programmes.

Further more, NVS organises a large number of freestanding courses and executive and professional education.

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Activity – Research

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The research is translational, ranging from genes to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and care ─ “From cell to society”.

NVS conducts experimental, clinical, health care science and epidemiological research with particular focus on aging and diseases in the elderly.

The department’s research within the area of dementia is at the international forefront. Successful research is also conducted in various other areas including stroke, cancer and rheumatology.

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To the NVS web site