Work in progress
Weekly seminars and international forums
Half-time seminars and doctoral defenses
Alexandra Pantzar: Half-time seminar. “Cognitive performance in old-age depression.” Supervisor: Erika Jonsson Laukka. Date: 12 September 2013.
Babak Hooshmand: Doctoral defense. “The Impact of plasma homocysteine and B vitamins on cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s disease, and structural brain changes.” Supervisor: Miia Kivipelto. Date: the morning of 27 September 2013, Samuelssonsalen, Tomtebodavägen 6, KI Campus, Solna (exact time to be announced later). Opponent: Sudha Seshadri, Boston University.
Susanne Kelfve: Half-time seminar. “Surveys of the oldest old – Who do they represent?” Supervisor: Carin Lennartsson. Date: September 2013.
Almira Osmanovic Thunström: Half-time seminar. “Stress, Health and Cognitive Aging.” Supervisor: Hui-Xin Wang. Date: October 2013.
Rui Wang: Half-time seminar. “Vascular mechanisms in brain aging.” Supervisor: Chengxuan Qiu. Date: October 2013.
Other Graduate School activities
Want to know more about elderly care in Sweden?
The Stockholm Gerontology Research Center links research with practice, promoting the use of research findings in the social and health care sectors. Their website is a good place to go for information about social and health care for older people in Sweden.
Looking for information about dementia?
The Swedish Dementia Centre spreads knowledge about dementia, and you can find comprehensive information about dementia on their website. Most of the information is in Swedish, but some is in English.
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