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BioCARE - organisation

BioCARE (2010-2019) was a strategic research area (SRA) in cancer which was funded directly by the Swedish Government. The SRA was a collaboration between Lund University (LU; 70%) and University of Gothenburg (UGOT; 30%) and their respective university hospitals with a shared board which members are appointed by the Faculty of Medicine at LU. The student representatives of the board was appointed by the doctoral student council at the Faculty of Medicine at respective university. The coordinators were members of the board and were appointed by the vice-chancellor at respective university and the coordinator at LU was the Chair of the board.
BioCARE was organised as an open network and personnel in the cancer field connected to either LU, UGOT or their respective university hospitals were welcome to be part of BioCARE.

Board Lund University & University of Gothenburg

Kristian Pietras, Chair & Coordinator LU
David Gisselsson Nord, Vice Coordinator LU
Silke Engelholm, representive Health Care LU
Jimmie Kristensson, representative Faculty of Medicine LU
Naveen Ravi, student representative LU
Erik Renström, representative Faculty of Medicine LU
Jonas Nilsson, Coordinator UGOT
Ruth Palmer, Vice Coordinator UGOT
Göran Stenman, Vice Coordinator UGOT
vacant, student representative UGOT

Board Lund University

Kristian Pietras, Chair & Coordinator
David Gisselsson Nord, Vice Coordinator
Silke Engelholm, representative Health Care
Håkan Axelson
Anders Bjartell
Thoas Fioretos
Mats Jerkeman
Jimmie Kristensson, representative Faculty of Medicine LU
Naveen Ravi, student representative
Erik Renström, representative Faculty of Medicine LU
Lisa Rydén
Mikael Sigvardsson
Anna Sundlöv

Contact information

Lund University

kristian [dot] pietras [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Kristian Pietras), Professor, BioCARE Coordinator
Medicon Village Building 404 (Service point 90)
Scheeletorget 1
SE-223 81 Lund
Phone: +46 46 222 64 29

David Gisselsson Nord, Professor, BioCARE Vice Coordinator

cecilia [dot] jadert [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se (Cecilia Jädert), PhD, Innovation Manager
Medicon Village Building 406 (Service point 90) & The Spark
Scheeletorget 1 | SE-223 81 Lund or
Phone: +46 70 698 57 00

Pia [dot] Berntsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Pia Berntsson,) PhD, Scientific Coordinator
Medicon Village Building 406 (Service point 90)
Scheelevägen 2
SE-223 81 Lund
Phone: +46 46 222 31 01

Kristin [dot] Lindell [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Kristin Lindell), Financial Administrator
Medicon Village Building 406 (Service point 90)
Scheelevägen 2
SE-223 81 Lund
Phone: +46 46 222 64 20

University of Gothenburg

jonas [dot] a [dot] nilsson [at] surgery [dot] gu [dot] se (Jonas Nilsson), Professor, BioCARE Coordinator
Postal Address: Su sahlgrenska, SE-41345 Göteborg
Visiting Address: Medicinaregatan 1G floor 4 , SE-41390 Göteborg
Phone: +46 31 786 6768

Ruth Palmer, Professor, BioCARE Vice Coordinator
Göran Stenman, Professor, BioCARE Vice Coordinator