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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
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A MEDICAL UNIVERSITY DEDICATED TO IMPROVING people’s health through research and higher education
THE LARGEST CENTREFOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN SCANDINAVIA • • More than 600 research units • • 1 300 senior researchers, and 350 full professors • 22 departments
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTETBRIEF HISTORY From a school of army surgeons in 1810 to a leading medical university in 2010
THE HOME OF THENOBEL 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
Trends in newly diagnosed AIDS cases per million population, in four European regions, 1988-2006 source: EuroHIV, 2007a, EuroHIV, 2007b
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTETLARGEST CENTRE FORMEDICAL 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 • s