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 regular review panels with some 160 members, as well as a further number of review panels for special calls. They 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 |
|---|---|---|
Maria Eriksson, | professor of molecular genetics, focus on aging, | Departement of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet |
David Engblom | Professor in neurobiology | Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköpings University |
Johanna Fälting (appointed by the government) | Chief Research Officer | BioArctic |
Charlotte Häger | Professor of physiotherapy, | Department of Community medicine and rehabilitation, Umeå University |
Stefan James | Professor of Cardiology | Departmentof Medical Sciences, Uppsala University |
Jörgen Johansson | Professor in Microbiology | Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University |
Diana Karpman | Professor of pediatrics and senior consultant | Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University |
Per Lindahl | Professor of cardiovascular developmental biology | Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg |
Markus Lingman (appointed by the government) | Professor, specialist in cardiology | Region Halland |
| Anna Rostedt Punga | Professor of clinical neurophysiology | Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University |
| Gunnar Schulte | Professor of Receptor Pharmacology | Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, KI |
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