Research Day 2025 with the theme "Children's minds taken seriously – About Children's and Young People's Mental Health", offered a wide-ranging program of lectures, discussions and films. Moderator Lisa Kirsebom led the audience through the afternoons, which addressed issues ranging from the increase in autism diagnoses and school absenteeism to substance use, eating disorders and suicidal behaviors among young people.
Emphasized collaboration
Speakers highlighted different aspects of children’s and adolescents’ mental health. Several emphasized the importance of early intervention, collaboration between care, school and family, and the need for continued research to understand the underlying causes. All program details and speaker information are available on the Science & Health's website.
Before the start of the program and during the intermission, participants could visit stations from healthcare, research and non-profit organizations. There they got to try out activities, take part in digital tools and meet researchers and professionals for conversations about current projects.
Prize rain
The program ended with award ceremonies. In Malmö, Skåne University Hospital and the Faculty of Medicine Prize were awarded to Young Successful Clinical Researcher in Region Skåne. This year, the prize went to Marion Moseby Knappe for her research on brain injury after cardiac arrest. In Lund, the program concluded with the presentation of the Eric K. Fernström Prize. The recipient of the Nordic Prize was Kaj Blennow at the University of Gothenburg. The citation read: "For his work on biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases in general and Alzheimer's disease in particular...".
Lund researcher honored
The Eric K. Fernström Prize for Young Promising Researchers was also awarded during the afternoon in Lund. Among the awardees was Gemma Atkinson, researcher at Lund University, received the prize for: "Groundbreaking discoveries about the bacterial immune system against viruses...".
Research Day has been organised annually since 1980 by the Faculty of Medicine together with Region Skåne and the Fernström Foundation. This year, the scientific organizers were Emma Claesdotter-Knutsson, Sebastian Lundström and Eva Serlachius.
Watch the recorded lectures from Research Day in Lund, held on November 5 (YouTube).