Responsible for allocating research funding
The Scientific Council for Medicine and Health decides which calls will be made within medicine, odontology, pharmacology and healthcare science. They also decide on which applications will be awarded grants. To help them, they have 20 review panels with some 160 members, who examine and prioritise the applications that are submitted to the Swedish Research Council, before the Scientific Council takes a decision. It is the Scientific Council that appoints members to the review panels.
Following up and evaluating research in the area
The Scientific Council follows up, evaluates and develops strategies for the area, for example through research overviews. The Scientific Council finances Swedish participation in several international collaborations and conducts a regular dialogue with the HEIs through a reference group with representatives (deans and pro-deans) from the country's pharmaceutical and medical faculties.
Composition of the Scientific Council
The Scientific Council for Medicine and Health has eleven members. Nine of the members are active researchers and are elected by researchers at Swedish HEIs. The Government appoints the other two members, one from the healthcare sector and one from the pharmaceutical industry or the biotechnology industry. The term of office is three years and members can be reelected for a further three years.
The Scientific Council meets six times a year.
Name | Title | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
Mikael Sigvardsson (chair) | Professor in molecular hemathology | Dept of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University and Linköping University |
Elias Arnér | Professor in biochemistry | Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, KI |
Elisabeth Björk | Global Head of reseach, cardiovascular diseases | AstraZeneca |
Johannes Blom | Chief physician and senior medical advisor | Södersjukhuset |
David Engblom | Professor in neurobiology | Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköpings University |
Ann Hellström | Professor/Chief Physician | Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Gothenburg |
Charlotte Häger | Professor | Community medicine and rehabilitation, Umeå University |
Jörgen Johansson | Professor in Microbiology | Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University |
Anna Karlsson | Professor in clinical virology | Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, KI |
Diana Karpman | Professor | Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University |
Inger Sundström Poromaa | Professor in reproductive health | Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University |
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