LIME Newsletter at a glance
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LIME days / LIME 20-years celebration / Summer staffing / LG reorganization / Research support
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A few words from the Head of Department
Dear LIME colleagues,
The LIME Days were fantastic! First, I would like to convey a special thank you to Therese Wahlström and Charlotte “Rossi” Rossland for all the professional programme design, planning and preparations. This is one main explanation for the very positive feed-back that has come in.
Second, I would like to thank all that took part for all the engagement, fun activities, good food, conversations and laughter! The mix (by design as indicated above) was perfect of “unconference/open space” joint decision making, intense discussions on important LIME topics and ample space to get to know each other better. I believe that the retreat strongly supported the goals of improving people’s knowledge about each other and building trust as well as enhancing the likelihood for future collaborations. A special thanks to all that lead sessions, work-shops, musical quiz, and various forms of physical activity regardless if they were indoors, on the lawn or in the water.
The 15 thematic sessions were highly productive with numerous important observations and ideas. We now work on the process to take care of the ideas and put them to use. All the posters that were created can be found at the LIME entrance (towards Solnavägen) – please walk by in the “Art gallery”. The next step is for the “Theme hosts” to look through and possibly clarify which the conclusions and next steps/actions could be. The final outcomes might include lunch dancing with Per, Fika for funding or Qualification portfolio feed-back sessions.
Already today we can realize some of the suggestions, such as ”Take a walk around all over LIME’s premises and say HELLO”. And, naturally, we will follow up with a further developed LIME DAYS retreat next spring.
This year’s Employee survey (Medarbetarundersökning) ended with 73 % response rate – we thus reached the level required for a meaningful basis for analysis and the work forward. We will analyze and present the findings over the coming months and continue the dialogue to further improve the work environment at LIME.
Finally, I wish to thank Therese Wahlström for her enormous contributions to LIME over many years. Her always creative, deeply committed and highly capable way of working has markedly made LIME a much better place. Not least Therese has made me a much better head of department! I will deeply miss our fabulous collaboration, and I am certain that everyone at the whole department agrees with me.
I look forward to meeting many of you at the next LIME breakfast May 25.
Yours, Carl Johan
Carl Johan Sundberg
Head of the Department
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WELCOME NEW EMPLOYEES
We welcome new employees and say welcome back to returning employees!
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CONGRATULATIONS TO
Grattis, Onnittelut, Herzliche Glückwünsche, Gratulacje, Συγχαρητήρια
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Carl Johan Sundberg, for being awarded a medal from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf for his "outstanding contributions as a researcher and educator in health and exercise"
Danuta Wasserman, who is the winner of the EPA Pascal - Boyle Prize of €10,000 for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in Working to Improve Mental Health Care in Europe
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Carl Johan receives his medal from His Majesty The King
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NEWS FROM THE DEPARTMENT
A mix of LIME internal news and important news from KI.
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LIME 20 years
In 2022-2023 LIME turns 20 years! We will celebrate this throughout the whole year by different events.
SAVE THE DATE: 2022-09-05 (afternoon) for a LIME celebration with guests (among others President Ole Petter Ottersen and Dean Anna Martling)
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LIME QLIC
In order for the Head of dept. and Vice heads of dept. to further communicate and inform about what happens at LIME we meet at "LIME QLIC" 4 times / year. QLIC stands for Quarterly LIME Information and Conversations and invitations for these meetings are issued via Outlook.
| • | LIME QLIC: 16 June 2022, 9.15-9.40 | | • | LIME QLIC: 27 September 2022, 14.00-14.25 | | • | LIME QLIC: 7 December 2022, 15.00-15.25 |
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HEALTH PROMOTION
| • | Mindfulness + LIME = true |
Mindfulness is held every week in Ruffa, usually on Mondays and / or Wednesdays. Each session is 5-15 minutes long. Send an e-mail to Linda.Sturesson-Stabel@ki.se to join the mailing list and be invited.
Do you want to be LIME's new Health promoter? Contact Charlotte Rossland if you´re interested. (Your research group / unit will be compensated for time spent.)
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FOR ALL RESEARCHERS
On the top of the page at Staff portal / Medarbetarportalen you can choose the tab Research support & Services / Forskarstöd.
Research Support & Services are provided by different divisions, units and by each KI department. Their mission is to provide you with the foundation for growth and success of your research, from the first idea to the publishing and impact of your results.
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HOW TO RECRUIT STUDY PARTICIPANTS
Join a webinar to learn how to recruit study participants via campaigns in social media:
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CPR COURSE
During the spring Avonova will give a course in CPR. The course will be given May 30th and May 31st. Each department is allowed to send 36 individuals per year on a first come first served basis. Contact HR to register. There will be new courses next semester.
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RE-ORGANIZATION OF THE LIME MANAGEMENT GROUP
As of June 1st, the LIME management group (Ledningsgruppen) will consist of head of department, vice-heads of department, head of administration, departmental director of education and director of doctoral studies. In addition to the management group, a Management council has been formed, consisting of head of department, head of administration and heads of the LIME divisions.
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NEWS FROM LIME'S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
News from the overall administration, financial unit, HR, communications and web.
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SUMMER STAFFING LIME MANAGEMENT & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Head of Department Carl Johan Sundberg out of office:
| • | 18 - 31 July (Clas Rehnberg, 070-618 63 21, deputy) | | • | 8 - 28 August (Terese Stenfors, 0737-121 267, deputy) | | • | Assistant to Head of Department/Prefektass. Charlotte Rossland out of office 4 July – 7 August. |
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Head of Finance and Administration Karin Edman out of office:
| • | 14 -15 July and 15 August – 9 September (SMS 076-254 62 65 for urgent issues) |
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LIME professional services
| • | Finance: limited support 27 June – 7 August | | • | HR: limited support 4 July – 14 August | | • | Communications officer Marie Lind: out of office 4 July – 14 August | | • | Lokalsamordnare Annelie Jonsson: out of office 4 July – 7 August | | • | Mail service Bo Planstedt: out of office 4 July – 7 August. No mail service during Bo´s vacation - please refer to the cargo intake on floor 2 (or mailboxes on campus for outgoing mail).
No purchases with delivery should be made during the Summer, as there is no staffing to receive any parcels during the weeks 27-31. If you make a purchase, you are responsible for receiving the delivery and thus be careful to state your own cell phone number on your order. |
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Undergraduate education
| • | GUA Mia von Knorring: out of office 11 July – 14 August | | • | Educational administrator Maria Appelgren: out of office 30 June – 7 August | | • | Study Counselor Malin Sandell: out of office 25 July – 14 August |
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Doctoral education
| • | Director of Doctoral education Per Palmgren: contact Per directly | | • | Doctoral education administration officer Ingrid Smedberg: out of office11 July – 7 August |
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Publication verification
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May 20th is the deadline for publication verification for activity based funding within Karolinska Institutet/Region Stockholm 2023. The date is the same for both Karolinska Institutet and Region Stockholm.Log in at https://bibliometrics.ki.se/users
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Professional services at LIME
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Part of the professional services at LIME has been out of town for the Administratörskongress in Malmö. It has been both educational and fun and we are sure to bring back some of the engery to LIME.
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New telephony administrator at LIME
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LIME's new telephony administrator is Vasilis Hervatis. If you have any problems with subscriptions (abonnemang), turn to him for help.
Floors and toilets at LIME are getting a deep cleaning this summer. During these days, 11 & 12 July, you won't be able to work at the office.
Apart from the IT-support through KI IT Selfservice you may contact ITA every day at the Biomedicum (1-4 pm) and the central administration building (9-12 am).
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Course in archive and registry
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In Swedish only: Arkiv och registratur erbjuder två tillfällen för att lära sig processen för diarieföring samt grunderna i offentlighet och sekretess. Givetvis är även icke nyanställd personal välkommen om de känner att de behöver en repetition. Utbildningen kommer ges via teams följande datum:
Anmäl dig till registrator@ki.se
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HUMAN RESOURCES
The employee survey 2022 is now at its end and LIME ended up with a response rate of 73%!
We did not reach our goal of 85% but it is over 70% which is good and we have gathered enough answers to get a result. The result will be presented in the coming weeks, and we can already see that LIME in general scored a higher result in almost every part of the survey compared to the survey used in 2017!
The project group for the employee survey want to thank all of you who took time to answer the survey and look forward to working with the department going forward with the results!
As promised the groups that have reached 100% in response rate will receive a prize!
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Procedure for sick leave
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Changes in the procedure for sick leave: from May 1st employees register their sick leave in the PA-web themselves. This was earlier done by HR. Read more at Medarbetarportalen
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COMMUNICATIONS AND WEB
Have you seen the new screen in the pantry? We'll mix internal news and information with fun stuff (has anyone solved the rebus yet?). Let kommunikation@lime.ki.se know if you'd like to add something to the screen.
Many of you asked about the overview of LIME from the LIME days. It hangs in the corridors of LIME at the moment and will be updated on a regular basis.
The list with all of LIME's different communication channels will also be updated and released in June.
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NEWS FROM LIME EDUCATION
LIME Education web pages (link).
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Course: Construction and validation of measurement
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This fall Aleksandra Sjöström-Bujacz will be teaching a doctoral level course on Construction and validation of measurement again (see course information). The course will cover those aspects of classical test theory and modern latent variables theory that are necessary for doctoral students to successfully use a measurement instrument in their research projects. The deadline for application is on the 16th of May.
All lectures, discussions and workshops during the course will be available for online participation. Interested doctoral students and postdocs are warmly welcomed to the course. Please contact aleksandra.bujacz@ki.se if you have any questions!
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Supervisor forum @ LIME
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This forum is intended for everyone who supervises, has supervised, or wants to supervise doctoral students at the department.
Next meeting: 2022-06-08, online
If you have any questions or want an invitation, contact administrative officer for doctoral education Ingrid Smedberg.
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Upcoming doctoral thesis defences
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2022-05-20 Cecilia Dahlgren
2022-06-03 Rafiq Muhammad
2022-05-16 Johan Fredin-Knutzén
ALL EDUCATION
- The admission for our three masters programmes for HT22 is completed.
- The Open House event for our students will take place on Friday 21 October at 15-17 at the Widerström building.
- To strengthen students’ sense of belonging to LIME, the first LIME student newsletter has now been sent to all our master students. We plan for two newsletters per term. Do you want to include something or do you want to be on the send list, please contact Malin Sandell. Also let Malin know if you (teachers) want to inform your students about projects etc.
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Programme Director for the HEPM
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Niklas Zethraeus will stay on as acting programme director for the Masters programme in Health economics policy and management until 2022-12-31.
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Fellows In Equal Career Development (FIELD)
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Apply asparticipant OR mentor for Fellows In Equal Career Development (FIELD) at KI. Contact Mia von Knorring or Gisela Bäcklander if you have any questions.
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UPCOMING EVENTS AT LIME
You will find these events (and more) in the LIME calendar.
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2022-05-16 Johan Fredin-Knutzén, ISP seminar
2022-05-17 Seminar with WHO leader and health system researcher Aku Kwamie, Wretlindsalen at 16.00-17.00. (Contact person: Pamela Mazzocato)
2022-05-20 Cecilia Dahlgren, doctoral thesis defence
2022-05-22 LIME talks, Från frustration till engagemang, Läkares perspektiv i vårdens patientnära utvecklingsarbete
2022-05-23 HI Conversations, Send in the psychologists? A latent class analysis of support seeking behavior among healthcare workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
2022-05-25 LIME Breakfast
2022-06-03 Rafiq Muhammad, doctoral thesis defence
2022-06-16 LIME QLIC number 2, 9.15-9.40
2022-05-23 HI Conversations
2022-07-11 - 2022-07-12 LIME Offices are closed due to cleaning - work from home!
2022-09-27 LIME QLIC number 3, 14.00-14.25
2022-12-07 LIME QLIC number 4, 15.00-15.25
SAVE THE DATES
2022-09-05 LIME celebrates 20 years
2022-10-21 LIME Open House for our students
2022-11-22 LIME Day (at 14.30-16.30 drop-in-fika from 2 pm)
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NEWS FROM LIME'S CENTRES AND UNITS
Specific news submitted from all of LIME's centres/divisions & units/research groups.
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In collaboration with the Departments of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS) and of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (MEB) the research group Health Economics and Policy has launched a health economics research network within KI.
The purpose of the network is to strengthen the research area within KI and provide better conditions for collaboration and applications for funding. Education programs and seminars in health economics will also be coordinated.
Those interested in joining the network can contact Kinza Degerlund Maldi or Clas Rehnberg Clas.Rehnberg@ki.se
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The COVID-X programme is an EU funded project meant to accelerate tech startups in their journey to find an effective solution to fight global Pandemics. At the moment our OC1 solutions have already completed 3 sprints, while OC2 solutions are in the middle of the acceleration programme.
The programme creates paramount synergies between healthcare providers and tech startups, leaving all stakeholders with satisfying and effective results, eager to share their experience. Let's continue playing the game until the pandemic is over! Meet the COVID-X Clinical Ambassadors and discover why it is so crucial for clinical organisations to work together with tech startups!
In addition, by subscribing to our newsletter, you can access privileged recommendations for healthcare providers when tackling this global pandemic and discover our interactive map. Follow this linkto subscribe, and visit our clinical ambassadors’ webpage to read more about it.
NASP, National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention
The WHO publication ”Preventing Suicide: A Resource for Media Professionals” from 2017 has been translated and adapted for Sweden by NASP. The resource is targeted towards journalists and other media professionals and contains recommendations on how to report on suicide.
This was performed by NASP within its role as a WHO Collaborating centre for Suicide Prevention. It falls within the WHO worldwide initiative for preventing suicide which entails the development of resources and recommendations for different professions, which are particularly relevant to the suicide preventive work. Journalists and other media professionals are such a group since research shows that inaccurate and sensationalized reporting of suicide in media can lead to further suicidal behavior (suicide and suicide attempt). On the other hand, responsible and balanced reporting can enlighten the public about the problems surrounding suicide and promote the suicide preventive work.
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One of UBE's co-workers, Caroline Dahl, is parttaking in the newly launched initiative to enhance the qualification prospects of younger female researchers and teachers, WISE.
The Women In Science and Education network is led by:
| • | Lucie Laflamme, professor at the Department of Global Public Health; | | • | Caroline Dahl, lecturer at the Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME); and | | • | Pauliina Damdimopoulou, senior researcher at the Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC). Together with the members, the three leaders will shape the network to support female researchers and teachers at KI. |
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Illustrations from Pixabay and Marie Lind. Photo private. 2022-05-12
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