Contact us regarding your PhD studies

The PhD Studies Office

The PhD Studies Office handles the administrative part of the PhD education. We administer admissions, courses, dissertations, travel grants, study financing and are also responsible for information on the website, referrals and other overall issues relating to doctoral education.

If you have any questions, please contact the office. The easiest way to reach us is by e-mail.

Emma Idman

Head of Research Administration

emma [dot] idman [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se
+46 46 222 72 18

Overall administrative responsibility for the faculty's PhD education.

Anette Saltin

Research Education Coordinator

anette [dot] saltin [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (anette[dot]saltin[at]med[dot]lu[dot]se)
+46 46 222 49 26

Admission to doctoral studies, individual study plan, travel grant for doctoral students, study funding, dissertations. Secretary of the Research Studies Board.

Madeleine Nyström

Research Education Coordinator

phdcourses [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (phdcourses[at]med[dot]lu[dot]se)

Handles the Research School in Medical Science, elective courses and the halfway review.

Maria Sjöström

International coordinator

maria [dot] sjostrom [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (maria[dot]sjostrom[at]med[dot]lu[dot]se)
+46 46 222 14 98

Coordinator for international issues related to the PhD programme.

Jan Lexell

Study coordinator for PhD Studies

jan [dot] lexell [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se
+46 46 222 19 91

Assignment as study coordinator with responsibility for coordinating the Research School in Medical Science and courses at doctoral level and leading the working group for quality assurance.

The Research Studies Board (Forskarutbildningsnämnden, FUN)

The Research Studies Board (Forskarutbildningsnämnden, FUN) works on delegation from the Faculty Board and handles matters concerning the faculty's doctoral education. The Research Studies Board decides, among other things, on admissions and dissertations, as well as allocates travel grants and study financing.

Karin Jirström

Professor, vice-dean
Chairman of the Research Studies Board                                                                                                             

karin [dot] jirstrom [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (karin[dot]jirstrom[at]med[dot]lu[dot]se)
+46 46 222 08 29, +46 727 22 14 15

• Members of the Research Studies Board

Evaluation panel for doctoral courses

Jan Lexell, study coordinator (convening member)
Karin Leandersson, professor
Tyra Bremborg, PhD student representative
Madeleine Nyström, Research Education Coordinator

The Faculty of Medicine’s International Council

Anja Meissner, senior lecturer
Anette Agardh, professor
Predrag Bakic, docent
Göran Jönsson, professor
Rafsan Ahmed, PhD student representative

Review group for dissertation material

Göran Karlsson, senior lecturer
Karin Leandersson, professor
Jan Lexell, professor
Anette Saltin, Research Education Coordinator (questions should be sent to anette [dot] saltin [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (anette[dot]saltin[at]med[dot]lu[dot]se))
Jan Astermark, adj professor
Olga Göransson, adj professor
Elisabet Englund, adj professor