Doctoral students at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge talk about their theses
Every year, about 15-20 doctoral students at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge defend their doctoral theses. On this page, we present the most recent doctoral graduates and their research.
Here you can access all doctoral theses from the Department of Medicine, Huddinge.
Photo: N/ANew thesis evaluates new techniques in the invasive treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation
Finn Åkerström from the Integrative Cardiovascular, Cancer and Ageing Research unit (ICCA), at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH), defends his thesis titled "Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Technological Advancements and Long-term Effects on Morbidity and Mortality.", on 13 March 2026.
Photo: privateNew thesis explores how a protein affects special immune cells in metabolic disease
Achilleas Fardellas at the Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM), at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH), defends his thesis titled "Regulation of Macrophage Function by ADAR1 in Metabolic Disease", on 6 March 2026.
Photo: N/ANew thesis highlights measures to reduce hepatitis C among people who inject drugs
Caroline Gahrton at the Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM), Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID), at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH), defends her thesis titled "Hepatitis C in people who inject drugs - prevalence, incidence, mortality, and treatment uptake", on 12 December 2025.
Photo: N/ANew thesis increases knowledge about how our immune cells behave in age-related cancer
Jinghua Wu from the Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM), at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) defends her thesis titled "Functional studies of pathogen-specific T cell responses in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia", on 5 December, 2025. Main supervisor is Marcus Buggert (MedH).
Photo: N/ANew thesis investigates innovations in blood components for improved safety and preparedness
Kristina Ehn from the Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine (HERM), at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) defends her thesis titled "New plasma and platelet products; evaluation of hemostatic and functional properties in experimental studies", on 28 November, 2025.