ARC psychologists benefit from experts’ comments at three-day retreat

Eighteen members of ARC’s psychology sector participated in a three-day scientific retreat on Lidingö in Sweden this month. The aim of the retreat was for sector members to receive constructive comments on their ongoing research from leading international experts in …

Laura Fratiglioni speaks at American Academy of Neurology meeting

ARC’s director Laura Fratiglioni was recently invited to speak at the Frontiers in Translational Neuroscience Plenary Session of the 2013 annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in San Diego. The topic of her presentation was “Alzheimer’s Disease in …

Swedish National Study of Aging and Care publishes newsletter

The Swedish National Study of Aging and Care (SNAC), has published a new issue of its twice-yearly Swedish-language newsletter. SNAC was started at the request of the Swedish government in 2001 to help determine health and social services needs of older people in the future …

Dementia a threat to public health and the economy

Professors Bengt Winblad and Anders Wimo, both affiliated with ARC, contributed to an editorial published yesterday in the Swedish daily newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. The article, which focuses on the lack of balance between the magnitude of the problem of dementia and the funding …

Psychologist Martin Lövdén speaks about the aging brain at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Earlier this year, ARC senior researcher Martin Lövdén spoke about the aging brain at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The talk, part of a seminar on health inequalities, was recorded by Swedish educational television and can be watched on the Swedish educational …

ARC’s director joins Board of Karolinska Institutet

Laura Fratiglioni has accepted a place on the Board of Karolinska Institutet, the highest decision-making body at the university. She will replace Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren and will occupy the post until 30 June 2014. Read more about the Board of Karolinska …

Laura Fratiglioni profiled on Äldre i Centrum website

The magazine Äldre i Centrum has published an in-depth interview with ARC’s Director, Laura Fratiglioni, on its website. The article covers her career path and research and describes the ongoing challenges she sees in the world of research, including gender equality and …

Debora Rizzuto’s research featured in the magazine Medicinsk Vetenskap

Debora Rizzuto’s dissertation, “Living longer than expected: protective and risk factors of human longevity” is the topic of an article in the most recent issue of Karolinska Institutet’s popular science magazine, Medicinsk Vetenskap. Rizzuto is continuing her research at ARC.

Psychologist Yvonne Brehmer establishes an Otto Hahn Group on Associative Memory in Old Age

Yvonne Brehmer is leading the new Otto Hahn Group on Associative Memory in Old Age at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin. The group’s webpage is now online. The Max Planck Society supports the establishment of three …