News archive

Chelsea Coumoundouros presented at EHPS Conference in Bremen

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 13:33:00 GMT

Earlier this month U-CARE’s PhD student Chelsea Coumoundouros presented her work at the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) conference in Bremen, Germany.

Study published: Experiences of education about forced migrants who identify as LGBTQ+ refugees in nursing programs

Wed, 30 Aug 2023 08:04:00 GMT

In a study recently published in Nurse Education Today, researchers explore experiences of education about forced migrants who identify as LGBTQ+. They found that nursing students and lecturers are seeking clearer guidelines and increased competence to promote inclusive and equitable healthcare.

Study published: Association between polluting cooking fuels and congenital birth defects

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 13:07:00 GMT

In a study recently published in the Archives of Public Health, researchers investigate the association between different types of household fuels and congenital birth defects in Nepal. The study reveals that the use of polluting cooking fuels is associated with an increased risk of congenital birth defects.

Researchers from the GuardiansCan project visit Tanzania

Fri, 18 Aug 2023 08:00:00 GMT

In early August, Louise von Essen and Joanne Woodford from U-CARE visited Dar es-Salaam in Tanzania to meet research partners within the GuardiansCan project. The purpose was to collaborate on the development of the intervention together with staff at Muhimbili National Hospital.

Welcome to U-CARE Venue 2023

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 08:16:00 GMT

After a two-year hiatus, U-CARE welcomes participants to this year's edition of U-CARE Venue with the theme 'Improving Value and Reducing Waste in Research'. The conference, featuring prominent researchers in its programme, will be held at the University Main Building in Uppsala on 9-10 October.

Faraja Chiwanga will present at congress in Dakar

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 08:00:00 GMT

U-CARE’s PhD student Faraja Chiwanga will present at the AORTIC International Conference on Cancer in Africa that takes place in Dakar in November. Faraja’s presentations will center around on her PhD work in the GuardiansCan project.

Study Published: Discussion forum as support for young adults diagnosed with cancer

Thu, 03 Aug 2023 08:00:00 GMT

In a study recently published in Cancer Medicine, the authors explore experiences of sexual dysfunction and fertility distress among young adults treated for cancer. The researchers found that the discussion forum provided to the study participants was a valuable support, even though the majority did not actively engage in the discussions.

Article published: An overview of the GuardiansCan project

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 08:07:00 GMT

In an article recently published in JMIR Research Protocols, the authors give an overview of the research project GuardiansCan where the researchers are developing and testing a mobile health intervention increase guardians’ adherence to children’s care after cancer treatment.

Study published: Perspectives on implementation of ICBT among decision makers

Tue, 18 Jul 2023 11:31:00 GMT

In a recent study published in JMIR Human Factors, researchers identify facilitators and barriers of digital mental health interventions. The study focuses on healthcare decision makers and their perspectives on the implementation of digital treatment methods.

Erik Olsson appointed as professor

Thu, 22 Jun 2023 08:00:00 GMT

Congratulations to Erik Olsson, researcher in U-CARE, who has been appointed as a professor in health psychology. Erik will assume the position starting from 1st July.

Frida Svedin appointed as a member of the Advisory Board for Research!

Mon, 19 Jun 2023 08:00:00 GMT

Congratulations to U-CARE's PhD student Frida Svedin, who has been appointed as a member of the Advisory Board for Research (Rådet för forskning) by the Doctoral Board. The Research Council, led by the Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala University, provides advisory support to the Vice-Chancellor on university-wide research matters.

Study published: The effect of beta-blocker therapy on quality of life of patients after an MI

Thu, 15 Jun 2023 12:00:00 GMT

In a study recently published in European Heart Journal Open, the researchers evaluate a study design to investigate the effect of beta-blocker therapy on quality of life of patients that have experienced a myocardial infarction (MI). The researchers found that the study was feasible.

Course participants on site during Blodomloppet

Wed, 31 May 2023 13:52:00 GMT

Yesterday, Sweden's largest excercise event, Blodomloppet, took place in Uppsala. The purpose of Blodomloppet is to raise awareness about the need for blood donation and promote a healthy lifestyle. In addition to many happy participants, students from the Health Dialogue course were also present for their final examination.

Welcome, Abla Sami!

Wed, 31 May 2023 08:00:00 GMT

Welcome, Abla Sami, who has recently started an internship at U-CARE. During her internship, Abla will be working on qualitative data analysis and research administration, among other tasks.

Study published: The importance of intimacy in caregiving dyads

Mon, 29 May 2023 12:00:00 GMT

U-CARE researchers, Joanne Woodford and Chelsea Coumoundouros contributed to a study recently published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. The study examined the interpersonal processes among a multinational group of informal caregivers. The researchers found that the interpersonal process model of intimacy can be used to identify caregivers at risk of poor wellbeing.

Luciana Terceiro appointed as PhD Student!

Fri, 26 May 2023 12:00:00 GMT

Congratulations to Luciana Terceiro, who recently was appointed as a PhD Student in eHealth within U-CARE. Luciana will in her PhD project develop the internet-based research platform called the U-CARE Platform (the Platform) with a focus on user engagement.

New video: A platform for eHealth research

Wed, 24 May 2023 08:00:00 GMT

The U-CARE Platform is an internet-based research platform, developed within U-CARE. In the film, researchers Joanne Woodford and Mudassir Imran Mustafa explain how you can conduct eHealth research via the U-CARE Platform, and its different functions.

Affiliated researcher to U-CARE interviewed in Status

Wed, 17 May 2023 07:30:00 GMT

Fredrika Norlund, psychologist and affiliated researcher at U-CARE, is interviewed in the latest issue of Status – the national association Hjärtlung's membership magazine. In the interview, Fredrika discusses her work with patients with heart disease.

Chelsea Coumoundouros will present at conference in Bremen

Mon, 15 May 2023 08:00:00 GMT

U-CARE’s PhD student Chelsea Coumoundouros will give two presentations at the European Health Psychology Society Conference (EHPS) that takes place in Bremen in September. Chelsea will give an oral presentation and a poster presentation of results from her PhD work.

Frida Svedin will present at the Cochrane Colloquium in London

Wed, 10 May 2023 08:07:00 GMT

U-CARE’s PhD student Frida Svedin will present at the 2023 edition of the Cochrane Colloquium in London in September. Frida will present results from the INVOLVERA study at the conference, which focuses on issues in global health and promoting evidence-based healthcare.

Erik Olsson interviewed for Status

Mon, 08 May 2023 11:33:00 GMT

Associate Professor Erik Olsson is interviewed in the latest issue of Status - the membership magazine of the Swedish funding association Riksförbundet Hjärtlung. In the interview, Erik talks about his research project where he will investigate the correlation between stress and the risk of experiencing a heart attack.

Study published: Long-term effects of an internet-based psychological intervention in patients with cancer

Fri, 05 May 2023 12:59:00 GMT

In a study recently published in Internet Interventions, researchers evaluated the long-term effects of an internet-based psychological intervention for depression and anxiety in patients with cancer. The researchers found that the treatment reduced symptoms of depression up to 18 months after the treatment had begun.

Oscar Blomberg will present at conference in Lisbon

Wed, 26 Apr 2023 08:30:00 GMT

U-CARE’s PhD student Oscar Blomberg will give an oral presentation about the research study INVOLVERA at the International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA) International Congress in Lisbon this summer. Oscar’s presentation has also been nominated for a Junior Investigator Award.

Study published: Effectiveness of CBT for maternal perinatal depression

Tue, 18 Apr 2023 12:30:00 GMT

In a study recently published in BMC Psychiatry, the researchers investigate if interventions based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) are effective for perinatal depression. They found that CBT-based interventions are effective for symptoms of depression.

Study published: Effects on heart rate viability with the treatment of brain stimulation

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 07:30:00 GMT

In a study recently published in the Upsala Journal of Medical Science, the researchers investigate the effects on heart rate viability (HRV) when treating patients with depressive episodes with magnetic brain stimulation. The authors found that the treatment had no effects on HRV.

Low-intensity CBT workbooks are translated into ten languages

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 08:13:00 GMT

The National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom has translated workbooks for treating common mental health difficulties into the UK’s top ten languages after English that a researcher within U-CARE has co-authored. The objective is to increase the equity and availability of the NHS’s services for psychological treatment.

Erik Olsson presented at seminar about digital services in healthcare

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 12:01:00 GMT

Associate professor Erik Olsson recently presented at the seminar ’Digital Services that simplify everyday care’ at Åland University of Applied Sciences. Erik gave a seminar about the course ’Innovation Game’ and how game design can be used to promote innovative solutions within healthcare.

Associate Professor Erik Olsson together with Åland's Minister of Social Affairs and Health, Annette
Holmberg-Jansson, researcher Erika Boman, Ålands University, and IT assistant Liz Karlsson, Mariehamns stad.

New video: Louise von Essen on U-CARE and GuardiansCan

Fri, 03 Mar 2023 13:11:00 GMT

Louise von Essen is a licensed psychologist and professor in Healthcare Sciences and leads the research programme U-CARE. In the film, Louise presents the research conducted within U-CARE and her research project GuardiansCan. The aim of GuardiansCan is to develop a support for guardians of children treated for cancer in Tanzania.

New video: Maria Hägglund on access to electronic health records

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 14:08:00 GMT

Maria Hägglund is an associate professor in Health informatics and an associated researcher to U-CARE. In the film, Maria talks about her research on patients’ access to electronic health records and the challenges and opportunities this entails.

New video: Education for modern medicine and caregiving

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 14:00:00 GMT

Besides conducting research, U-CARE also offers education on different levels. In the film, assistant senior lecturer Joanne Woodford and associate professor Erik Olsson talk about the courses U-CARE offers, developed for modern and interdisciplinary medicine and caregiving.

Welcome Maria Hanser!

Thu, 23 Feb 2023 14:51:00 GMT

Welcome to U-CARE Maria Hanser, who recently started her position as a research assistant. Maria will work on a project where the researchers investigate how children with motor difficulties experience school.

New video: Erik Olsson on psychological aspects of heart disease

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 13:56:00 GMT

Erik Olsson is a licensed psychologist and associate professor in Clinical Psychology and a researcher in U-CARE. In the film, Erik talks about his research where he develops an internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to reduce stress and anxiety among patients with heart disease.

New video: Joanne Woodford on support for informal caregivers

Fri, 17 Feb 2023 13:54:00 GMT

Joanne Woodford is an assistant senior lecturer in Healthcare Sciences and a researcher in U-CARE. In the film, Joanne talks about her research, focusing on development of psychological support for informal caregivers, i.e. people who take care of a loved one.

Opinion piece published: ‘Invest in stress interventions in primary care’

Thu, 16 Feb 2023 16:17:00 GMT

'In the current recession with difficult economic conditions making life more stressful, more people are at risk of suffering a myocardial infarction due to stress.' In today's edition of the news site Alltinget, U-CARE researcher Erik Olsson and Anders Åkesson, chairperson of the patient association Riksförbundet HjärtLung, writes about the importance of investments in stress interventions in primary care.

Welcome Sajad, Nataliia, and Leonora!

Thu, 16 Feb 2023 10:07:00 GMT

U-CARE welcomes new system developers Sajad Sharhani and Nataliia Snezhkina, and student employee Leonora Stiernborg. They will, together with the development team, work on a new version of the U-CARE portal.

U-CARE arranged an event to celebrate research

Wed, 15 Feb 2023 14:03:00 GMT

February 14, U-CARE arranged the event ‘For the love of science’ at Reginateatern in Uppsala. During the evening, the new research videos that U-CARE has produced were screened, and the participants took part in exciting presentations from researchers and PhD students within U-CARE.

Welcome Luciana Terceiro!

Mon, 06 Feb 2023 13:17:00 GMT

Welcome, Luciana Terceiro, who recently started her position as a research assistant. Luciana will, together with the development team, work on a new version of the U-CARE portal.

Research assistant Luciana Terceiro.

U-CARE presents new research videos at Reginateatern

Thu, 02 Feb 2023 11:50:00 GMT

Together with the production company Phosworks, U-CARE has produced research videos where members from U-CARE’s research group present their studies and projects. The videos will be screened at Reginateatern on February 14 and be made available on U-CARE’s different channels.

Study published: Experiences of the pandemic among women in homelessness

Mon, 16 Jan 2023 07:00:00 GMT

A study recently published in BMC Women’s Health explores the experiences related to the COVID-19 pandemic among women in homelessness in Stockholm, Sweden. The researchers found that several factors further marginalised the women during the pandemic.

Study published: Self-help intervention preferences among informal caregivers of people with chronic kidney disease

Wed, 11 Jan 2023 07:25:00 GMT

A study recently published in BMC Nephrology explored what informal caregivers of people living with chronic kidney disease want in self-help interventions.

Funding for investigating psychosocial stress as a risk factor for myocardial infarction

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 08:09:00 GMT

A grant of SEK 250 000 has been approved for a project that will investigate psychosocial stress as a risk factor for younger and older patients who suffer a myocardial infarction. The funding has been approved by the Swedish funding association Riksförbundet HjärtLung.

Study published: Evaluation of instrument to assess cardiac anxiety

Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:27:00 GMT

In a study recently published in BMC Medical Research Methodology, the researchers evaluate the Cardiac Anxiety Questionnaire (CAQ) - a questionnaire used to assess cardiac anxiety, and whether the questionnaire is suitable to apply to a Swedish population.

Study published: Concerns experienced by parents of children treated for cancer

Thu, 22 Dec 2022 09:08:00 GMT

A qualitative study highlighting parents' experience of concerns after their children have completed cancer treatment was recently published in the journal Psycho-Oncology. The study has been carried out within the research project ParentsCan, led by Louise von Essen, which aims to test and develop psychosocial support for parents whose children have been treated for cancer.

Christina Reuther appointed as PhD student!

Fri, 16 Dec 2022 07:49:00 GMT

Congratulations to Christina Reuther, who recently was admitted as a PhD student within the research program ParentsCan. ParentsCan is a research program led by Louise von Essen that aims to test and improve mental health support for parents of children who have been treated for cancer.

Sara Riggare co-authors book about pain

Thu, 15 Dec 2022 14:52:00 GMT

Congratulations, Sara Riggare, who has co-authored a recently published book about pain.

Study published: Patients’ experiences following a myocardial infarction

Wed, 14 Dec 2022 07:19:00 GMT

In a study recently published in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, the researchers investigate patients’ emotional reactions following a myocardial infarction. The researchers found that many participants self-managed through social withdrawal and avoidance, which can maintain anxiety and depression and thereby increase the risk for recurrent cardiac events.

Workshop on developing health and social care interventions

Mon, 12 Dec 2022 17:51:00 GMT

U-CARE is currently organizing a two-day workshop with researcher David Richards, professor at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. The workshop focuses on techniques for developing complex health and social care interventions and making them ready for evaluation.

New members of U-CARE’s executive board

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 06:52:00 GMT

U-CARE welcomes Mudassir Imran Mustafa, Silja Mattadóttir Eklund, Soorej Jose Puthoopparambil, Katie Winkle, Joanne Woodford, and Mattias Öhman who all have been appointed as new members of U-CARE’s executive board.

Study published: Views, use, and experiences of access to pediatric electronic health records

Mon, 12 Dec 2022 07:07:00 GMT

A scoping review study recently published in Journal of Medical Internet Research collated research on views, use, and experiences of web-based access to electronic health records for children, adolescents, and parents.

U-CARE is part of new unit

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 09:21:00 GMT

The board of the Department of Women's and Children's Health has decided to form a new unit in which U-CARE now is included.

Study published: Psychosocial challenges for LGBTQ+ forced migrants

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 08:01:00 GMT

In a study recently published in Journal of Advanced Nursing, the researchers explore the psychosocial challenges among LGBTQ+ forced migrants.

Study published: Implementation of e-mental health interventions for informal caregivers

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 09:11:00 GMT

A study recently published in JMIR Mental Health explored barriers and facilitators to implementation of e-mental health interventions for informal caregivers of adults living with chronic diseases.

Internet-based treatment of stress and anxiety among patients after myocardial infarction with MINOCA or takotsubo

Wed, 23 Nov 2022 07:41:00 GMT

In two articles published in Trials and Internet Interventions, respectively, the authors investigate whether internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can be implemented to reduce stress among patients with myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) or broken heart syndrome, Takotsubo syndrome (TS).

Erik Olsson has been awarded the ENLIGHT Teaching & Learning Award 2022

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 15:52:00 GMT

Congratulations to Erik Olsson who has been awarded the ENLIGHT Teaching & Learning Award 2022.

Study published: Feasibility of an internet-administered self-help intervention for parents of children treated for cancer

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 15:04:00 GMT

A study recently published in Cancer Medicine evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of a guided internet-administered cognitive behavioural therapy-based self-help intervention for parents of children previously treated for cancer.

Study published: Health-related quality of life in parents of children treated for leukaemia

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 07:16:00 GMT

A study recently published in British Journal of Haematology has examined the quality of life in mothers and fathers of children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) in Sweden, Finland and Denmark. The study shows that the child's illness has a negative impact on parents quality of life.

Funding granted to project about patients’ online access to their electronic health records

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 07:43:00 GMT

The Swedish Research Council has granted SEK 2 400 000 to a project about the active role of patients in handling inaccuracies in electronic health records.

Welcome Clara Dahlgren!

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 14:07:00 GMT

Welcome to U-CARE Clara Dahlgren, who recently started her position as a project coordinator. She will be a substitute for Miro Anter, who will go on parental leave in 2023.

Funding granted to project about peer support for LGBTQ+ migrants

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 15:23:00 GMT

The Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare has granted SEK 500 000 to a project about psychosocial peer support for migrants who identify as LGBTQ+.

Welcome Faraja Chiwanga!

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 16:21:00 GMT

Welcome to U-CARE Faraja Chiwanga, who recently started her position as a PhD student in Healthcare Sciences. Faraja’s PhD project is part of GuardiansCan, a research project aiming to develop a mobile health support for guardians of children who have been treated for cancer in Tanzania.

Funding for evaluating psychological support for parents of children treated for cancer

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 13:03:00 GMT

The Swedish Cancer Society has granted a three-year funding of a total of SEK 2.4 million to U-CARE for testing and evaluating the self-help programme EJDeR, which is aimed at parents whose children have been treated for cancer.

Louise von Essen appointed as Programme Director!

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 13:35:00 GMT

Today, Mats Larhed, Vice-Rector for the scientific field of medicine and pharmacy, decided to appoint Professor Louise von Essen as Programme Director of U-CARE. The renewed term extends from 1st January 2023 to 30th September 2025.

Study published: Women's experiences of armed conflict and forced migration

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 09:52:00 GMT

A study recently published in Conflict and Health investigated the experiences of armed conflict and forced migration among women from countries in the Middle East, the Balkans and Africa. The study shows that women face significant challenges linked to changed living conditions, and are exposed to health-related risks and consequences.

Meet Rabee Adel, PhD student and research intern!

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 09:54:00 GMT

This fall, we have the opportunity to have PhD student Rabee Adel as an intern in our research group! He is doing an internship within a project dealing with an e-health intervention for informal caregivers of people with a kidney condition.

WHO report: Health challenges in immigration detention and alternatives to detention

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 06:56:00 GMT

Immigration detention is increasingly used as a tool for migration management in Europe. A recently published WHO report highlights health challenges linked to immigration detention and suggests alternatives to detention.

Study published: Psychological interventions reduced depression symptoms among informal caregivers

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 10:47:00 GMT

A study recently published in Journal of Affective Disorders has examined the effectiveness of psychological interventions for symptoms of depression among informal caregivers of older adults.

Welcome Victoria Awortwe!

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 06:34:00 GMT

Welcome to U-CARE Victoria Awortwe, who recently has started her position as a PhD student in global mental health. Victoria’s PhD project is a study on common mental health difficulties among adults in disadvantaged urban settings in Ghana and Sweden.

Journalen 10 Years Anniversary Conference!

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 10:08:00 GMT

2022 marks the 10th anniversary of the eHealth service “Journalen” in Sweden. Associate Professor Maria Hägglund and her research group is organising a conference in Uppsala to celebrate this landmark of engaging more than 6 million Swedes as they access their electronic health records online.

Welcome Johan Ljungberg!

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 08:54:00 GMT

Welcome to the U-CARE, Johan Ljungberg! Johan will work as a research assistant within the ParentsCan research programme, led by Professor Louise von Essen.

Irene Muli, Annika Bärkås och Josefin Hagström presenterade vid konferenser om e-hälsa

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 14:03:00 GMT

Under försommaren genomförde doktoranderna Irene Muli, Annika Bärkås och Josefin Hagström presentationer vid två konferenser om e-hälsa. Här kan du läsa mer om konferenserna och vad de tre doktoranderna tog upp i sina presentationer!

Ella Thiblin presents at congress on childhood cancer

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 06:41:00 GMT

Ella Thiblin, PhD student at U-CARE will give a poster presentation on the ENGAGE trial at the 54^th Congress for the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) in Barcelona, September 28^th to October 1^st2022.

Study published: Usability of the Swedish Patient Accessible Electronic Health Record

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 07:09:00 GMT

A study that has been published in JMIR Human Factors has investigated usability and usefulness of the Swedish patient portal for electronic health records, Journalen. The study aimed to identify usability problems that users of Journalen may have experienced.

Presentation for master students in Global Health

Tue, 23 Aug 2022 06:44:00 GMT

On Friday 2nd September, representatives from our research group will meet students who recently have started studying at the Master’s Programme in Global Health.

Frida Svedin gives presentation at conference in Barcelona

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 06:48:00 GMT

U-CARE’s PhD student Frida Svedin, supervised by Joanne Woodford (U-CARE), Anna Cristina Åberg and Anders Brantnell, will give a scientific presentation on the research study INVOLVERA at the 52nd Congress of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, in Barcelona in September 2022.

Experiences of nurses and coordinators of the PRIMROSE trial

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 06:36:00 GMT

A recently published study has explored experiences of nurses and study coordinators who have worked within the PRIMROSE trial, in which an intervention aiming to prevent childhood obesity was tested.

PhD project will investigate use of digital health records

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 10:25:00 GMT

The Centre for Medical Humanities has approved funding for a PhD project aiming to investigate how different actors in society interpret, understand and use digital health records, today and historically.

Chelsea Coumoundouros presented at UK Kidney Week

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 09:51:00 GMT

Last week, U-CARE’s PhD student Chelsea Coumoundouros presented her work at UK Kidney Week in Birmingham, UK!

Funding granted by InDevelop!

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 07:26:00 GMT

A grant of SEK 250 000 has been approved from the foundation InDevelop's development fund for the research project GuardiansCan.

Difficult to read information about Covid-19 on Swedish websites

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 10:37:00 GMT

A study recently published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making has investigated Swedish websites’ information about Covid-19. The study shows that many of the websites were classified as having difficult readability and understandability.

Welcome Agnes Hellgren!

Tue, 31 May 2022 06:29:00 GMT

Welcome to U-CARE, Agnes Hellgren! During a three-month period, Agnes will participate in the work of further developing and improving EJDeR, an internet-administered self-help program aimed at parents of children who have been treated for cancer.

PhD project for development of a social robot

Wed, 25 May 2022 05:52:00 GMT

Uppsala Diabetes Centre has approved funding for a PhD project aiming to develop an autonomous social robot, which will be able to deliver interventions to prevent Type 2 Diabetes.

Frida Svedin has been awarded travel scholarship

Tue, 24 May 2022 15:06:00 GMT

Congratulations to U-CARE’s PhD candidate Frida Svedin who has been awarded the Rönnow Prize and Travel Scholarship of SEK 20 000!

Meet us at Blodomloppet Tuesday 31st May!

Mon, 23 May 2022 13:12:00 GMT

In connection with this year’s running competition Blodomloppet, participants in the course Health dialogue – meeting health challenges through collaboration will be on site to highlight the need of blood donation and to promote a healthy lifestyle.

Ella Thiblin participates in Soapbox Science, Saturday 21st May!

Fri, 20 May 2022 13:27:00 GMT

Each year, Soapbox Science is arranged in cities around the world. It is an event where women and non-binary persons who are active in academia present a topic in which they are experts. It takes place at a public place to which anyone can come. This year, U-CARE’s PhD candidate Ella Thiblin participates!

U-CARE visited research partners in Tanzania

Thu, 19 May 2022 14:17:00 GMT

In the beginning of May, Louise von Essen, Joanne Woodford and Victor Savi from U-CARE visited Dar es-Salaam in Tanzania to meet their research partners in the GuardiansCan project. A mobile phone support for guardians of children who have been treated for cancer in Tanzania will be developed in the project.

Welcome Victor Savi!

Thu, 12 May 2022 06:20:00 GMT

Welcome to U-CARE Victor Savi, who recently has been recruited as a project coordinator within the GuardiansCan research project, led by Professor Louise von Essen.

Quality of life among patients taking different doses of beta blockers

Tue, 10 May 2022 13:20:00 GMT

A study recently published in European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care has investigated health-related quality of life in patients taking different doses of heart medicine, so-called beta blockers.

‘General guidelines for follow-up of heterogeneous patient groups following cancer are problematic’

Fri, 06 May 2022 07:34:00 GMT

In an editorial recently published in the journal Cancer, the four researchers Krister Boman, Birgitta Lannering, Louise von Essen, and Marianne Jarfelt are critical of attempts to develop general guidelines for follow-up of cancer survivors, independently of e.g. age at diagnosis and type of cancer.

Sara Riggare blogs about personal science

Thu, 05 May 2022 09:20:00 GMT

In a recently published blog post, Sara Riggare writes about how and why she used personal science as a method in her doctoral thesis.

Sophia Humphries has defended her dissertation!

Wed, 04 May 2022 11:06:00 GMT

Congratulations Sophia Humphries, who recently defended her dissertation ‘Taking mind matters to heart: E-health methods to assess and treat psychological distress associated with myocardial infarction and Takotsubo syndrome’.

Annika Bärkås will present at KI seminar

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:04:00 GMT

As part of the seminar series Health Informatics Conversations, PhD student Annika Bärkås will present a part of her PhD project about patients reading their psychiatric health records online.

The GuardiansCan project starts in Tanzania!

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 06:35:00 GMT

At the end of April, Louise von Essen, Joanne Woodford and Victor Savi from U-CARE will travel to Dar es-Salaam in Tanzania to start the project GuardiansCan together with their project partners. A mobile phone support will be developed for guardians of children in Tanzania who have been treated for cancer.

Watch Frida Svedin’s presentation at the Alzheimer Europe Conference 2021

Wed, 20 Apr 2022 07:58:00 GMT

PhD student Frida Svedin held an oral presentation of the research study INVOLVERA at the 31^st Alzheimer Europe Conference 2021 at the end of last year.

Study published: Opt-out as recruitment strategy in internet-administered CBT intervention

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 10:48:00 GMT

A study recently published in BMJ Open has examined the use of an opt-out recruitment strategy and reasons for non-participation among potential participants in the ENGAGE feasibility trial.

Christina Reuther appointed as project coordinator!

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 10:42:00 GMT

Congratulations to Christina Reuther, who recently has started her job as a project coordinator within the research program ParentsCan.

Sara Riggare has defended her dissertation!

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 12:04:00 GMT

Congratulations Sara Riggare, who recently defended her dissertation at Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Chelsea Coumoundouros participated in podcast about kidney disease

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 08:17:00 GMT

Last week, U-CARE’s PhD student Chelsea Coumoundouros was a guest on the Diary of a Kidney Warrior podcast!

Louise von Essen appointed to Academia Net!

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:40:00 GMT

Congratulations to U-CARE’s programme director Louise von Essen, who has been appointed to the European researcher database Academia Net!

The ENTWINE network’s final event in Milan

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 09:04:00 GMT

In the beginning of March, PhD student Chelsea Coumoundouros visited the final meeting with the ENTWINE research network in Milan (Italy), together with Dr Joanne Woodford and Professor Louise von Essen. Read Chelsea’s experiences and takeaways from the event!

Welcome Johanna Patriksson Karlsson!

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 07:51:00 GMT

Welcome to U-CARE Johanna Patriksson Karlsson, who recently has started working as a research administrator.

Louise von Essen nominated to Academia Net!

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 08:00:00 GMT

The Swedish Research Council has nominated U-CARE’s programme director Louise von Essen to the European researcher database Academia Net, which promotes successful female researchers. She is one of 274 women who have been nominated by the Swedish Research Council.

U-CARE researchers visit Milan

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 08:00:00 GMT

This week, Joanne Woodford, Chelsea Coumoundouros, and Louise von Essen visit Milan to meet other members of the EU-funded research network ENTWINE.

Joanne Woodford appointed as Assistant Senior Lecturer!

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 17:08:00 GMT

Congratulations to Joanne Woodford, who recently was offered the position Assistant Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Sciences at the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University.

Study published: No proven effect of personalised study invitations

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 08:31:00 GMT

A study recently published in BMC Medical Research Methodology has compared the recruitment of study participants through personalised and non-personalised study invitations.

Welcome Imran Bashir!

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 09:37:00 GMT

Welcome to U-CARE Imran Bashir, who recently was recruited as a system developer. Imran has a broad background in programming and system development, but his journey has been far from straight.

U-CARE associated researchers participates in Vetenskapsradion

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 10:35:00 GMT

In last Friday’s episode of the Swedish scientific radio program Vetenskapsradion, U-CARE associated researchers Fredrika Norlund and Claes Held, answered questions about myocardial infarction and mental health.

Study published: Peer support experienced by mothers of children with congenital heart defects

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 12:49:00 GMT

A study recently published in Journal of Family Nursing has explored experiences of peer support among mothers of children with congenital heart defects.

Maria Hägglund interviewed in Upsala Nya Tidning

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 15:15:00 GMT

Maria Hägglund is interviewed about her ongoing survey study on patients’ use of their electronic health records in today’s issue of the local newspaper Upsala Nya Tidning.

Scoping review published: Different views on patients’ access to their electronical health records in psychiatric care

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 08:57:00 GMT

A scoping review recently published in Journal of Medical Internet Research Mental Health has examined results from studies on patients’ access to their electronical health records and record notes in psychiatric care.

Welcome Robin Nilsson!

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 12:27:00 GMT

Welcome to U-CARE Robin Nilsson, who recently has been recruited as a project administrator!

Study published: Experiences of being siblings of children diagnosed with cancer

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 07:54:00 GMT

A study recently published in Journal of Family Studies has explored how siblings of children diagnosed with cancer describe their experiences in interaction with other young people with similar experiences.

Welcome Mudassir Mustafa!

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 07:53:00 GMT

Welcome to U-CARE Mudassir Mustafa, who recently has been recruited as a researcher in e-Health and will be responsible for the development of a new version of the U-CARE-portal.

Welcome Anna Kharko!

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:10:00 GMT

Welcome to our research group Anna Kharko, who has started to work as a project coordinator within the NORDeHEALTH research project.

Study published: Emotional response among lay responders alerted to suspected cardiac arrests

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 11:23:00 GMT

A study recently published in the scientific journal Resuscitation has investigated emotional response, posttraumatic stress, and wellbeing among lay responders who have been alerted to suspected cardiac arrests by a smartphone application.

PhD student Chelsea Coumoundouros participated in meeting in the Netherlands

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 17:05:00 GMT

PhD student Chelsea Coumoundouros participates since 2019 in the EU-funded research network ENTWINE. The network aims to both increase our understanding of informal care, and design and implement technology based interventions to support informal caregivers. The members of the network recently met in Groningen, the Netherlands.

Grant to research on psychosocial support for LGBTQ+ migrants

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 09:39:00 GMT

Associated researcher Tommy Carlsson has been granted a three-year funding of 4.9 million SEK by the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare. He will lead a research project on needs of psychosocial support among LGBTQ+ migrants who have been forced to flee to Sweden.

Funding granted by the Swedish Research Council!

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 11:18:00 GMT

The Swedish Research Council has recently granted a three-year funding of a total of 3.6 million SEK to U-CARE for further development and evaluation of the self-help program EJDeR, which is aimed at parents whose children have been treated for cancer.

U-CARE participated in Uppsala Health Summit

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 10:01:00 GMT

How can access to evidence-based psychological interventions be improved? That was the subject of a workshop organized by U-CARE at Uppsala Health Summit, which this year focused on mental wellbeing.

Study published: Benefits and harms of open notes in mental health

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:35:00 GMT

A study recently published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE has investigated potential benefits and harms of open notes in mental health. An expert panel identified a total of 42 potential benefits and 48 potential harms.

Study published: Challenges experienced during the development of an internet-administered intervention for parents of children treated for cancer

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 08:31:00 GMT

What are the greatest challenges when developing complex digital healthcare interventions? And what is important to have in mind when planning feasibility studies of internet-administered interventions and research using digital features to support the execution of study procedures (e.g., recruitment, consent, retention, and data collection)? This is what a group of researchers within U-CARE has investigated in a recently published paper.

U-CARE participates in Uppsala Health Summit!

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 10:26:00 GMT

U-CARE participates in Uppsala Health Summit, with the workshop 'How to improve access to evidence-based psychological interventions'.

Louise von Essen participated in seminar on gender equality in academia

Fri, 17 Sep 2021 13:02:00 GMT

Yesterday, U-CARE’s Program Director Louise von Essen participated in a seminar on gender equality in academia, arranged by the Swedish Research Council. The seminar was about the new report ‘How equal is it in higher education?´.

Philip Leissner admitted as a PhD student!

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 06:24:00 GMT

Congratulations to Philip Leissner who has been admitted as a PhD student! He will examine the relationship between myocardial infarction (MI) and mental health, with a focus on heart-related anxiety.

Mikael Andersén admitted as a PhD student!

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 07:58:00 GMT

Congratulations to Mikael Andersén who has been admitted as a PhD student! He will, together with a PhD student at Mälardalen University, develop a digital support tool that aims for discovering illness among teenagers. The tool will be tested by teenagers who visit youth health centers.

Study published: Patients’ access to their psychiatric health records

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 07:10:00 GMT

A study recently published in the scientific journal Environmental Research and Public Health has explored national and local policies in Sweden regarding patients’ online access to their psychiatric health records.

Study published: User evaluation of the Swedish patient accessible electronic health record

Thu, 02 Sep 2021 13:04:00 GMT

A study recently published in the scientific journal JMIR Human Factors has evaluated the usability of the Swedish eHealth service 'Journalen', which enables patients online access to their electronic health records.

Study protocol for the INVOLVERA study published

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 08:05:00 GMT

A study protocol describing the INVOLVERA study has now been published in the scientific journal BMJ Open. INVOLVERA is a mixed methods study in which a low-intensity behavioral activation intervention for people with dementia and depression will be developed and adapted.

Frida Svedin appointed as member of the Research Training Committee

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 09:29:00 GMT

Congratulations to Frida Svedin, who recently was appointed as member of the Research Training Committee (KUF). KUF is an advisory and preparatory body to the Disciplinary Domain Board on issues related to PhD studies, such as acceptance of new PhD students and dissertations.

Study published: Interventions for caregivers with depression

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 07:56:00 GMT

A systematic review of studies on non-pharmacological interventions for caregivers with depression and caregivers of care recipients with co-morbid depression has recently been published in the scientific journal Journal of General Internal Medicine. The study found that non-pharmacological interventions are associated with improvement of depression and anxiety in caregivers.

Study published: Differences in access to physiotherapy for infants with cerebral palsy

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 07:40:00 GMT

A study recently published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE has examined access to early physiotherapy for infants with cerebral palsy (CP) in Uppsala County, Sweden.

U-CARE paper translated into Portuguese

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 08:16:00 GMT

The scientific journal International Journal of Cancer has chosen to translate a paper about socioeconomic consequences for parents to children diagnosed with cancer into Portuguese. The paper is written by U-CARE researchers Joanne Woodford and Louise von Essen, and U-CARE associate researcher Mattias Öhman.

Clinical protocol for the self-help program EJDeR published

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 11:45:00 GMT

A clinical protocol describing the self-help program EJDeR has recently been published in the scientific journal JMIR Formative Research. EJDeR is a self-help program aiming to reduce anxiety and depression among parents to children who have been treated for cancer.

Uppsala University highlights the importance of U-CARE's research

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 11:19:00 GMT

Uppsala University highlights the importance of mental health research that is conducted within U-CARE and other research centers, with a link from its home page www.uu.se.

Studies published: Differences in patients’ access to their medical record

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 12:59:00 GMT

Two articles concerning patients’ access to their medical record and record notes have been published in the scientific journals Frontiers in Public Health and Journal of Medical Ethics. One of the articles is a study that has compared the implementation of patients’ access to their medical record in Sweden and the Netherlands. The other article discusses patients’ access to their record notes from a philosophical perspective.

Study published: Low quality of information about Covid-19 on the web

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 07:10:00 GMT

A study recently published in the scientific journal BMC Public Health has analyzed Swedish websites’ information about Covid-19. The study shows that information on Swedish websites about Covid-19 in May 2020 were of poor quality.

Study published: Eating difficulties affect social life

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 12:01:00 GMT

A study recently published in Journal of Advanced Nursing has used a systematic mixed methods review to analyze scientific studies about food and mealtimes for patients with chronic life-limiting disease.

Louise von Essen participates in Vetenskapsradion

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 08:50:00 GMT

In today's episode of the Swedish scientific radio program Vetenskapsradion, Professor Louise von Essen talks about a study that has shown a lack of support for mothers in sub-Saharan Africa who have lost a child.

Marina Kalisky new student representative on the U-CARE Executive Committee

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 12:11:00 GMT

U-CARE welcomes Marina Kalisky as a new student representative on the U-CARE Executive Committee. She is studying the Master's Program in Global Health at the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University.

Study published: Long-term follow up of iCBT treatment for anxiety and depression in patients with myocardial infarction

Mon, 31 May 2021 10:47:00 GMT

A study recently published in the scientific journal Journal of Medical Internet Research has examined long-term effects of an internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) treatment for symptoms of anxiety and depression among people who have had a myocardial infarction (MI). The study shows that the treatment overall did not have any effect on symptoms of either anxiety or depression. Low adherence to the treatment is a possible reason.

Study published: Women in homelessness experience loss of dignity in care encounters

Tue, 25 May 2021 08:01:00 GMT

A study recently published in the scientific journal International Journal of Nursing Studies has explored experiences of Swedish healthcare services among women with experience of homelessness.

Frida Svedin appointed as deputy member of the Department Board

Fri, 21 May 2021 08:26:00 GMT

Frida Svedin, PhD Student.

Congratulations to Frida Svedin, who recently was appointed as deputy member of the Board at the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health.

Welcome Kine Johansen!

Thu, 20 May 2021 06:52:00 GMT

– I think I will benefit greatly from working within U-CARE, since the research group has a lot of knowledge and experience of similar studies as the one I will conduct, says PhD Kine Johansen.

Since 1st of May this year, Kine Johansen is part of U-CARE’s research group. Kine Johansen works as a physiotherapist at Uppsala University Hospital and do research about how to identify children with motor coordination difficulties and what treatment methods work best for this group of patients.

Jenny Månberg has become a specialist psychologist

Mon, 10 May 2021 10:16:00 GMT

– I am very happy that I got the opportunity to do my research project within the FUNCA study,
says Jenny Månberg.

Congratulations to Jenny Månberg who recently has successfully become a specialist psychologist in child and adolescent psychology!

Louise von Essen and Joanne Woodford on self-help

Tue, 04 May 2021 11:02:00 GMT

– Current research indicates that the effect of self-help increases if it is offered in combination with support and feedback. Automatic feedback can also serve as a support.

ENGAGE: ”Milestone reached!”

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 09:30:00 GMT

Professor Louise von Essen is principal investigator for the ENGAGE study.

All participants in the U-CARE study ENGAGE have now completed their work with the self-help program EJDeR and participated in a post treatment interview about the program and the study.
– A milestone has been reached! says Professor Louise von Essen, principal investigator for ENGAGE.

Help-seeking behavior and attitudes to psychological support among adolescents and young adults treated for cancer during childhood

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:34:00 GMT

– I’m excited that the protocol has been published and we have received ethical approval for the study!
says Dr. Joanne Woodford.

A study protocol recently published in the scientific journal BMJ Open describes the forthcoming U-CARE study FUNCA. The study will examine help-seeking behavior and attitudes to internet-administered psychological support among adolescents and young adults previously treated for cancer during childhood.

Study published: Measles vaccination in a post-soviet context

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 10:53:00 GMT

There has been a lack of knowledge about measles vaccination in post-Soviet

A study recently published in the scientific journal BMC Public Health has examined what factors are associated with measles vaccination of children in Armenia.

Erik Olsson appointed as new director of EIT Health in Uppsala

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 06:55:00 GMT

– This is a good match for U-CARE, says Senior Lecturer Erik Olsson, incoming director
of EIT Health in Uppsala.

Congratulations to Erik Olsson who recently was appointed as new director of the health and research network EIT Health in Uppsala! He will take up the position this spring, in parallel with his service as Associate Professor within U-CARE.

New study examines behavioural patterns in relation to internet-based CBT

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 11:59:00 GMT

A U-CARE study recently published in the scientific journal Journal of Medical Internet Research has explored behavioural patterns among participants in two randomized controlled studies of internet-based CBT (iCBT) via the U-CARE-portal. The study showed that a great proportion of participants preferred to be active outside office hours.

Study published: Use of psychotropic medications affects heart rate variability

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 08:02:00 GMT

A recently published article shows that heart rate variability among persons with schizophrenia and depression is affected by the use of certain psychotropic medications. The article is published in the scientific journal Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology.

Study published: Elderly’s view of rehabilitation after a myocardial infarction

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 13:49:00 GMT

Thea Liljeroos, Research Assistant and registered nurse. Erik Olsson, Associated Professor and psychologist.

A study that has explored how elderly persons who have had a myocardial infarction (MI) perceive their cognitive ability and their rehabilitation has recently been published in the scientific journal Disability and Rehabilitation. Two of the authors, Thea Liljeroos and Erik Olsson, explain the findings.

Study published: Factors associated with low-value care in health care

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 09:24:00 GMT

PhD Candidate Irene Muli is one of the authors of the article.

A study that identifies what factors are associated with use and de-implementation of low-value care in health care has recently been published in the scientific journal Implementation Science Communications. Low-value care means that patients receive care that is ineffective, unnecessary or even harmful.

Erik Olsson and Anna Klarare accepted to international exchange program

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 07:57:00 GMT

Associate Professor Erik Olsson and Senior Lecturer Anna Klarare have both been accepted to an
international exchange program.

Congratulations to Erik Olsson and Anna Klarare who both have been accepted to an international exchange program, a teaching sabbatical, in the autumn of 2021. They will teach in Hong Kong and in Austin, Texas.

U-CARE study Engage is progressing!

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 08:22:00 GMT

Professor Louise von Essen is prinicipal investigator for the Engage study.

Since summer 2020, parents to children who have finished a cancer treatment have been offered to participate in the U-CARE study Engage. In the study, parents work with a web-based guided self-help program that aims to decrease anxiety and depression.

Welcome Johan Lundgren!

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 15:18:00 GMT

We welcome Johan Lundgren to U-CARE! He will work as a part-time researcher in the ENGAGE project, which aims to test a web-based self-help program for parents to children who have been treated for cancer.

Susanne Bredenberg new member of U-CARE Executive Committee

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 11:40:00 GMT

U-CARE welcomes Susanne Bredenberg as a new member of U-CARE Executive Committee.

Abstract published: Implementation of e-mental health interventions for informal caregivers

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 09:53:00 GMT

An abstract of an ongoing study by Chelsea Coumoundouros, Erika Mårtensson, Giulia Ferraris, Louise von Essen, Robbert Sanderman, and Joanne Woodford has been published in the scientific journal Implementation Science.

Study published: Swedish version of questionnaire about nurses’ caring

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 13:23:00 GMT

Anna Klarare, Senior Lecturer at Ersta Sköndal Bräcke College and affiliated researcher to U-CARE,
is one of the authors of the article.

A study about the Caring Behaviors Inventory-24 (CBI-24) questionnaire, which is used to assess nurses’ caring, has been published in the journal Human Resources for Health.

New areas of responsibility within U-CARE

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:17:00 GMT

IT coordinator Ylva Hägg Sylvén, program coordinator Miro Anter and PhD student Oscar Blomberg.

Since Helena Grönqvist got a new job at the Swedish Research Council, some of her previous areas of responsibility have been taken over by Ylva Hägg Sylvén, Miro Anter and Oscar Blomberg.

Irene Muli and Annika Bärkås admitted as PhD students!

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 12:00:00 GMT

Congratulations to Irene Muli and Annika Bärkås who recently have been admitted as PhD students! Their PhD projects are within the research field e-Health, and they will both have Associate Professor, Senior lecturer Maria Hägglund as their main supervisor.

Grants to studies on mental health among patients who have had myocardial infarction

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 10:09:00 GMT

Congratulations to Erik Olsson, Sophia Humphries, Fredrika Norlund, and their colleagues who recently have been awarded with research grants from Hjärt- och Lungfonden and Riksförbundet HjärtLung.

Swedish radio program Vetenskapsradion reports on U-CARE study

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 13:47:00 GMT

The Swedish radio program Vetenskapsradion reports on the U-CARE study about economic consequences for parents to children diagnosed with cancer.

Economic consequences for parents to children diagnosed with cancer

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 14:12:00 GMT

A study on socioeconomic consequences for parents to children who have been diagnosed with cancer, has recently been published ahead of print in the scientific journal International Journal of Cancer. The study, which is written by researchers Mattias Öhman, Joanne Woodford, and Louise von Essen, explores socioeconomic consequences for parents to children who have been diagnosed with cancer.

Louise von Essen wishes everyone Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 13:08:00 GMT

Helena Grönqvist has got a new job at the Swedish Research Council

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 13:29:00 GMT

After nine years as a researcher and research coordinator within U-CARE, Helena Grönqvist has got a new job as a research secretary at the Swedish Research Council. She looks back on an eventful time at U-CARE.

Study published: Nurses attitudes towards homelessness

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 14:34:00 GMT

Senior Lecturer Anna Klarare was interviewed from her home about the new study in which a
questionnaire that measures attitudes to homelessness was translated and adapted to a Swedish context.

A study on the questionnaire Attitudes Towards Homelessness Inventory (ATHI) has recently been published in the journal Worldviews on Evidence-based Nursing. ATHI assesses attitudes to homelessness and has until now not been available in Swedish.

Patients’ online access to their medical record – comparing Sweden and the U.S.

Thu, 10 Dec 2020 13:47:00 GMT

In a U-CARE seminar, Docent Maria Hägglund presented research on patients’ access to their medical record online, depending on where they live. As Maria Hägglund recently has been a guest researcher at Harvard University in the U.S. with OpenNotes, she could present some interesting research results about differences between Sweden and the U.S. in patients’ access to their medical record.

New members of U-CARE’s executive committee and steering committee

Mon, 07 Dec 2020 11:35:00 GMT

Lina Eklund, Ylva Hägg Sylvén, Maria Hägglund, Lena Wettergren, and Gustav Ullenhag.

U-CARE welcomes Lina Eklund, Ylva Hägg Sylvén, Maria Hägglund, and Lena Wettergren who all have been appointed as new members of U-CARE’s executive board, and Gustav Ullenhag who has been appointed as a new member of U-CARE’s steering committee.

Grant received for project aimed for parents to children with cancer in Tanzania

Fri, 04 Dec 2020 15:41:00 GMT

PhD Helena Grönqvist and Professor Louise von Essen.

The Swedish Research Council has granted a three year funding for an international research project that will develop a support, via mobile phones, for parents to children who have been treated for leukemia in Tanzania.

Louise von Essen intervjued about research and usefulness

Thu, 03 Dec 2020 15:58:00 GMT

In an interview with Malin Graffner Nordberg from UU Innovation, U-CARE’s professor Louise von Essen discussed the importance of being close to the participants in a research project.

Ella Thiblin and Josefin Hagström admitted as PhD students!

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 14:42:00 GMT

Congratulations to Josefin Hagström and Ella Thiblin who have been admitted as PhD students! They will both work on the ENGAGE project, which aims to test an internet-based psychological treatment program for parents to children who have been treated for cancer.

Frida Svedin and Oscar Blomberg admitted as PhD students!

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:11:00 GMT

Congratulations to Frida Svedin and Oscar Blomberg who have been admitted as PhD students! They will both work on the PROMOTE II project.

Erika Mårtensson presented at conference for informal caregivers

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 13:00:00 GMT

As a part of the Association for informal caregivers’ yearly conference, PhD student Erika Mårtensson held a presentation about her PhD project “Recognising the forgotten many: Psychological support for female adult-child caregivers of older parents”.

Birgitta Johansson receives grant from the Swedish Cancer Society

Mon, 16 Nov 2020 16:34:00 GMT

Congratulations to Birgitta Johansson who recently was awarded with a grant worth 1 800 000 SEK from the Swedish Cancer Society! The project will run for three years and aims to develop and evaluate an internet-based support for informal caregivers of patients with head and neck cancer.

U-CARE Seminar: Gender bias in academia

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 14:12:00 GMT

In a seminar on gender bias in academia, the U-CARE group discussed our own experiences of gender bias, explored potential reasons for gender bias, and what we can do to reach gender equality in academia. The seminar was led by Dr. Joanne Woodford, who started the seminar by presenting some historical and contemporary examples of gender bias both in society at large and specifically in academia.

Welcome Agnes, Christina and Nina!

Fri, 06 Nov 2020 15:02:00 GMT

Internet-based treatment decreased depression

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 14:23:00 GMT

In an interview with Uppsala university, researcher Birgitta Johansson tells about the internet-based treatment program iCAN-DO, which was developed to treat mental illness among persons who suffered from cancer. The treatment was developed at U-CARE, and the results were recently published in the journal Psycho-Oncology.

Article published in BMC Palliative Care

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 06:28:00 GMT

Article published in Journal of Parkinson’s Disease

Tue, 06 Oct 2020 11:57:00 GMT

Grant from Forte

Mon, 05 Oct 2020 06:54:00 GMT

Grant from Forte

Mon, 05 Oct 2020 06:42:00 GMT

Article published in Psycho-Oncology

Mon, 28 Sep 2020 08:34:00 GMT

Erik Olsson nominated for STINT’s scholarship program Teaching Sabbatical

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 14:03:00 GMT

Article published in JMIR

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 07:20:00 GMT

Article published in BMJ Open

Mon, 14 Sep 2020 12:11:00 GMT

Article published in European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care

Thu, 10 Sep 2020 06:25:00 GMT

Article published in Journal of Qualitative Studies in Health and Well-being

Mon, 31 Aug 2020 09:22:00 GMT

Article published in Journal of Qualitative Studies in Health and Well-being

Sat, 15 Aug 2020 09:15:00 GMT

Article published in Journal of Medical Internet Research

Mon, 17 Aug 2020 07:06:00 GMT

Artikel publicerad i Journal of Medical Internet Research

Mon, 17 Aug 2020 07:05:00 GMT

Article published in Journal of Health Psychology

Mon, 17 Aug 2020 06:31:00 GMT

Article published in The Lancet Psychiatry

Mon, 17 Aug 2020 06:20:00 GMT

200814 Article published in Yearbook of Medical Informatics

Fri, 14 Aug 2020 08:48:00 GMT

Article published in Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Fri, 14 Aug 2020 08:22:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in JMIR

Wed, 12 Aug 2020 09:25:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in Journal of Advanced Nursing

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 08:38:00 GMT

Article published in The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 08:46:00 GMT

Abstract presented at UK Implementation Science Research Conference

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 06:48:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in Psycho-Oncology

Tue, 21 Jul 2020 08:12:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in BMJ Open

Mon, 20 Jul 2020 12:30:00 GMT

Article published in Acta Paediatrica

Mon, 20 Jul 2020 11:02:00 GMT

Extended adjunct employment for Lena Ring!

Mon, 20 Jul 2020 08:42:00 GMT

Article published in BMJ Open

Mon, 20 Jul 2020 08:15:00 GMT

Letter to the Editor published in Health Expectations

Tue, 16 Jun 2020 15:20:00 GMT

Grant received from WoMHeR, Women’s Mental Health during the Reproductive lifespan

Thu, 11 Jun 2020 07:02:00 GMT

Congratulations to Maria Hägglund for having received funding from NordForsk

Thu, 04 Jun 2020 07:57:00 GMT

Congratulations to Maria Hägglund for having received funding from Forte

Thu, 04 Jun 2020 07:18:00 GMT

Congratulations to John Wallert

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 12:04:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in BMJ Open

Mon, 25 May 2020 06:48:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in BMJ Open

Mon, 25 May 2020 06:45:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist.

Wed, 20 May 2020 12:04:00 GMT

Abstract accepted for poster presentation at scientific conference

Tue, 19 May 2020 09:28:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Thu, 14 May 2020 11:09:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in Journal of Medical Internet Research

Thu, 14 May 2020 09:48:00 GMT

Article published in Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications

Fri, 08 May 2020 12:06:00 GMT

The dress rehearsal of John Wallert’s disputation presentation CANCELLED

Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:05:00 GMT

The dress rehearsal of John Wallert's dissertation presentation takes place on April 28

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:51:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 08:22:00 GMT

Article published in Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging

Wed, 15 Apr 2020 06:25:00 GMT

Congratulations to Anna Klarare for having gotten a grant from SJSF

Tue, 14 Apr 2020 07:51:00 GMT

Brainpub: the seminar scheduled for April 8 has been cancelled

Thu, 02 Apr 2020 06:56:00 GMT

Article published in Journal of Medical Internet Research

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 13:26:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Fri, 27 Mar 2020 07:14:00 GMT

Article published in PeerJ

Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:54:00 GMT

This year's U-CARE Venue has come to an end

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 10:30:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in Research Involvement and Engagement

Wed, 11 Mar 2020 07:08:00 GMT

Louise von Essen and Helena Grönqvist have arrived at Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:05:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in Journal of Advanced Nursing

Tue, 25 Feb 2020 10:35:00 GMT

Louise von Essen and Helena Grönqvist are travelling to Tanzania

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 13:58:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in European Management Journal

Fri, 14 Feb 2020 14:22:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in PeerJ

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 14:23:00 GMT

Interview with Louise von Essen

Wed, 05 Feb 2020 06:23:00 GMT

Article published in Supportive Care in Cancer

Mon, 03 Feb 2020 11:42:00 GMT

Grant from the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 12:15:00 GMT

Artikel publicerad i BMJ Open

Thu, 02 Jan 2020 08:13:00 GMT

Article published in Nursing Open

Thu, 02 Jan 2020 08:03:00 GMT

Grant from Riksförbundet HjärtLung

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 08:10:00 GMT

Grant from the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation

Tue, 17 Dec 2019 15:47:00 GMT

Artikel publicerad i Quality of Life Research

Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:15:00 GMT

Article published in Taylor & Francis

Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:05:00 GMT

Grant from AFA Försäkring

Wed, 11 Dec 2019 08:05:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in BMJ Open

Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:52:00 GMT

Article published in Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 08:25:00 GMT

Article published in Acta Oncologica

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 08:13:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in Reproductive Health

Fri, 08 Nov 2019 08:14:00 GMT

Grants from the Swedish Research Council

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 09:15:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in Acta Oncologica

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 07:32:00 GMT

Editorial publicerad i British Medical Journal

Mon, 07 Oct 2019 07:13:00 GMT

Best poster price to Birgitta Johansson

Mon, 07 Oct 2019 06:49:00 GMT

The summer course Innovation Game catches attention in South Korea

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 09:02:00 GMT

Article published in JMIR

Mon, 23 Sep 2019 11:37:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in Nursing Open

Mon, 23 Sep 2019 11:26:00 GMT

Article published in Health Soc Care Community

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 06:58:00 GMT

Article has been recognized nationally and internationally

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 07:16:00 GMT

Article published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 06:14:00 GMT

Wallert has received innovation stipend

Thu, 12 Sep 2019 14:12:00 GMT

Article published in Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 09:33:00 GMT

Article published in Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 09:22:00 GMT

Article published in Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 08:58:00 GMT

Article published in Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 08:51:00 GMT

Article published in Journal of Medical Internet Research

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 07:20:00 GMT

Article published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 07:12:00 GMT

Article published in European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Fri, 30 Aug 2019 06:18:00 GMT

Invited Editorial published in European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:48:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in Health Research Policy and Systems

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 08:34:00 GMT

Article published in PLOS ONE

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 08:22:00 GMT

Invited Editorial manuscript accepted for publication in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 09:32:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 09:27:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in the European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 07:24:00 GMT

Vacant research assistant position

Fri, 28 Jun 2019 13:36:00 GMT

Article published in Infant Behavior and Development

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 13:42:00 GMT

Article published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 14:04:00 GMT

Article published in the International Journal of Cardiology

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 14:01:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in PLOS ONE

Mon, 17 Jun 2019 09:36:00 GMT

Welcome Thea Liljeroos and Frida Svedin!

Tue, 11 Jun 2019 08:20:00 GMT

Schedule for Brainpub autumn 2019 and spring 2020 is ready!

Tue, 11 Jun 2019 08:15:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in the scientific journal Infant Behavior and Development.

Mon, 10 Jun 2019 08:34:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in International Journal of Innovation Management

Mon, 03 Jun 2019 13:33:00 GMT

Article published in International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

Tue, 28 May 2019 15:26:00 GMT

Article published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Tue, 28 May 2019 15:13:00 GMT

Article about U-CARE and Joanne Woodford

Tue, 28 May 2019 07:08:00 GMT

Article published in Cancer Nursing

Wed, 22 May 2019 08:34:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in Journal of Advanced Nursing

Tue, 21 May 2019 07:28:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Fri, 17 May 2019 07:11:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in Journal of Advanced Nursing

Fri, 17 May 2019 07:06:00 GMT

Article published in BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth

Tue, 07 May 2019 13:59:00 GMT

Welcome Maria and Sofia!

Thu, 02 May 2019 08:15:00 GMT

Chelsea Coumoundouros PhD student

Thu, 02 May 2019 08:10:00 GMT

Erika Mårtensson PhD student

Thu, 02 May 2019 08:06:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in International Journal of Cardiology

Wed, 17 Apr 2019 09:53:00 GMT

Dissertation defense Mudassir Imran Mustafa on June 10, 2019

Fri, 05 Apr 2019 14:22:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in Cancer Nursing

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 14:38:00 GMT

Krister Boman's research has been recognized

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 12:33:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Wed, 13 Mar 2019 08:05:00 GMT

Vacant research assistant position

Tue, 12 Mar 2019 15:08:00 GMT

Article about U-CARE and Joanne Woodford

Mon, 11 Mar 2019 09:26:00 GMT

Vacant research position

Mon, 11 Mar 2019 08:19:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in Cancer Nursing

Fri, 01 Mar 2019 14:20:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Health and Well-being.

Thu, 21 Feb 2019 14:58:00 GMT

The schedule for "Implementation of ´Complex Interventions in Healthcare" is now complete

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 14:40:00 GMT

U-CARE invites the public to an open lecture by Professor David Richards

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 12:54:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in JMIR

Fri, 08 Feb 2019 09:34:00 GMT

U-CARE hosted KBH breakfast

Thu, 07 Feb 2019 15:03:00 GMT

Welcome Erika, Thanos and Oscar

Wed, 06 Feb 2019 16:23:00 GMT

Article published in BMC Cancer

Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:27:00 GMT

Article published in Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:24:00 GMT

Topp 5 most viewed!

Wed, 16 Jan 2019 12:14:00 GMT

Apply now for the course "Implementation of complex interventions in healthcare" 7,5 ECTS

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 15:08:00 GMT

The 1000 gram study has started!

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 12:31:00 GMT

Presentation at the EuroPrevent Congress in Lisbon

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 10:52:00 GMT

Grant from Riksförbundet HjärtLung

Mon, 07 Jan 2019 12:15:00 GMT

Article published in JMIR Mental Health

Fri, 21 Dec 2018 09:13:00 GMT

Article published in Acta Paediatrica

Thu, 20 Dec 2018 09:07:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in BMC Cancer

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 14:13:00 GMT

Three workshops on the themes development, testing, evaluation and implementation of complex interventions in healthcare

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 07:40:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in Acta Paediatrica

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 07:15:00 GMT

Grant from Fredrik och Ingrid Thurings stiftelse

Fri, 14 Dec 2018 12:00:00 GMT

Welcome Kajsa and Erica

Tue, 04 Dec 2018 10:35:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

Fri, 30 Nov 2018 10:42:00 GMT

Participating at SIOP in Kyoto

Mon, 19 Nov 2018 14:08:00 GMT

Grants from the Swedish Research Council

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 13:13:00 GMT

Manuscript accepted for publication in JMIR Mental Health

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 12:18:00 GMT

Article published in JMIR

Wed, 10 Oct 2018 14:31:00 GMT

Projektkoordinator till U-CARE

Wed, 10 Oct 2018 11:59:00 GMT

Apply now to start your advanced PhD training with ENTWINE

Thu, 04 Oct 2018 13:36:00 GMT

The European Training Network on Informal Care, ENTWINE, is currently recruiting 15 Early Stage Researchers for high quality PhD training. Submit your application no later than 30 November 2018.

Welcome back Anders Brantnell

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 08:53:00 GMT

Projektledare på Gotland

Tue, 25 Sep 2018 14:02:00 GMT

Danelle Pettman PhD student

Tue, 25 Sep 2018 13:44:00 GMT

Article about the 1000g-study published in Barnbladet

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 07:20:00 GMT

Article published in Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:05:00 GMT

Henrik Wiman PhD student

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 14:28:00 GMT

ESC Congress attendance in Munich

Mon, 20 Aug 2018 16:21:00 GMT

Article published in Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Mon, 20 Aug 2018 14:50:00 GMT

Hallym Symposium at Uppsala University

Mon, 20 Aug 2018 14:30:00 GMT

Article published in Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences

Mon, 20 Aug 2018 07:17:00 GMT

Article accepted in Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Mon, 13 Aug 2018 07:10:00 GMT

Vacant PhD position within the field of Psychology and Gender Studies

Mon, 09 Jul 2018 06:54:00 GMT

Article accepted in JMIR

Fri, 06 Jul 2018 11:01:00 GMT

Participating on ISIR Conference in Edinburgh

Thu, 05 Jul 2018 13:56:00 GMT

Article published in European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Fri, 29 Jun 2018 13:40:00 GMT

Article accepted in Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences

Fri, 29 Jun 2018 13:35:00 GMT

Welcome Josefin

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 07:28:00 GMT

Article published in BMJ Open

Fri, 15 Jun 2018 07:19:00 GMT

Sophia Humphries PhD student

Fri, 15 Jun 2018 07:13:00 GMT

U-CARE organizes BrainPub

Mon, 11 Jun 2018 08:06:00 GMT

Congratulations to Professor Elisabet Mattsson!!

Thu, 07 Jun 2018 07:02:00 GMT

Article published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Tue, 05 Jun 2018 09:46:00 GMT

U-CARE has been granted financial support

Fri, 01 Jun 2018 07:18:00 GMT

Grant from Ebba Danelius Minnesfond

Fri, 18 May 2018 13:35:00 GMT

Grant from Ebba Danelius Minnesfond

Fri, 18 May 2018 13:20:00 GMT

Students help people living in Uppsala to a healthier lifestyle

Tue, 08 May 2018 08:11:00 GMT

Grant from The Swedish National Association for Social and Mental Health

Thu, 03 May 2018 13:02:00 GMT

Article accepted in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Wed, 02 May 2018 07:25:00 GMT

Article accepted in BMJ Open

Mon, 23 Apr 2018 12:05:00 GMT

Article published in JMIR

Thu, 19 Apr 2018 13:26:00 GMT

Article published in PLOS ONE

Thu, 19 Apr 2018 08:50:00 GMT

Vacant PhD position within clinical psychology and in collaboration with gender studies

Wed, 11 Apr 2018 15:57:00 GMT

Article published in PeerJ

Wed, 11 Apr 2018 15:52:00 GMT

Article published in Gynecologic oncology

Wed, 11 Apr 2018 08:42:00 GMT

Article accepted in PLOS ONE

Wed, 04 Apr 2018 07:14:00 GMT

Welcome Danelle

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 11:54:00 GMT

Article accepted in European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:17:00 GMT

Log on with BANK-ID to the U-CARE-portal

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:10:00 GMT

Article accepted in PeerJ

Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:00:00 GMT

Article published in JMIR

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 15:00:00 GMT

Article published in JMIR

Tue, 13 Mar 2018 08:58:00 GMT

Grant from the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy

Tue, 06 Mar 2018 14:27:00 GMT

Article published in Acta Oncologica

Mon, 05 Mar 2018 14:34:00 GMT

Vacant research assistant position

Fri, 02 Mar 2018 10:42:00 GMT

Article accepted in Acta Oncologica

Wed, 21 Feb 2018 12:52:00 GMT

Welcome Sophia and Henrik

Tue, 20 Feb 2018 13:12:00 GMT

Dissertation defense Fredrika Norlund

Wed, 14 Feb 2018 09:59:00 GMT

Two articles accepted to JMIR

Fri, 09 Feb 2018 09:43:00 GMT

Article accepted to JMIR

Wed, 07 Feb 2018 09:44:00 GMT

Dissertation defense Ruth Lochan

Mon, 22 Jan 2018 07:12:00 GMT

Article published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Fri, 19 Jan 2018 15:04:00 GMT

Grant from EIT Health for Summer School

Fri, 22 Dec 2017 10:11:00 GMT

Anslag från Regionala forskningsrådet

Thu, 21 Dec 2017 15:00:00 GMT

Two grants from the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation

Thu, 21 Dec 2017 09:33:00 GMT

Dissertation defense Malin Ander

Fri, 15 Dec 2017 09:11:00 GMT

Mötesplats U-CARE 2017

Thu, 14 Dec 2017 15:59:00 GMT

Öppen vetenskap för en öppen värld

Vi anställer tre doktorander

Tue, 05 Dec 2017 15:31:00 GMT

Article published in Acta Oncologica

Mon, 04 Dec 2017 14:25:00 GMT

Article accepted to BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth

Thu, 30 Nov 2017 10:10:00 GMT

Erik Olsson appointed associate senior lecturer

Sun, 26 Nov 2017 10:09:00 GMT

Dissertation defense Anna Norén

Thu, 23 Nov 2017 12:41:00 GMT

Grant from the Swedish Cancer Society

Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:15:00 GMT

Received scholarships

Mon, 13 Nov 2017 14:06:00 GMT

Grant from Uppsala University

Thu, 09 Nov 2017 16:24:00 GMT

Article published in PeerJ

Fri, 03 Nov 2017 09:28:00 GMT

Article published in Journal of Internal Medicine

Thu, 02 Nov 2017 15:49:00 GMT

Dissertation defense Tommy Carlsson

Wed, 11 Oct 2017 14:31:00 GMT

Article published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Wed, 11 Oct 2017 08:22:00 GMT

Article published in Acta Oncologica

Tue, 03 Oct 2017 12:11:00 GMT

Article accepted to Journal of Internal Medicine

Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:54:00 GMT

Article published in Cognitive Beaviour Therapy

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 08:20:00 GMT

Dissertation defense Jenny Thorsell Cederberg

Fri, 08 Sep 2017 07:25:00 GMT

Article published in Journal of Pain Research

Thu, 07 Sep 2017 08:05:00 GMT

Article accepted to Interactive Journal of Medical Research

Tue, 05 Sep 2017 14:21:00 GMT

Article accepted to Acta Oncologica

Mon, 28 Aug 2017 14:27:00 GMT

Participating on ESC Congress in Barcelona

Thu, 24 Aug 2017 07:06:00 GMT

Teaching at Innovation Games course

Mon, 21 Aug 2017 08:14:00 GMT

Two vacant PhD positions

Thu, 17 Aug 2017 13:09:00 GMT

U-CARE has new group members

Mon, 14 Aug 2017 09:22:00 GMT

Artikel accepted to Journal of Pain Research

Thu, 10 Aug 2017 08:54:00 GMT

HOPP OM LIVET intervjuar Louise von Essen

Mon, 07 Aug 2017 14:11:00 GMT

Article published in JMIR

Mon, 07 Aug 2017 08:37:00 GMT

Article published in Acta Oncologica

Mon, 07 Aug 2017 08:34:00 GMT

Scientific article featured in media

Fri, 14 Jul 2017 13:48:00 GMT

Article accepted to Acta Oncologica

Mon, 10 Jul 2017 13:08:00 GMT

Article published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Mon, 10 Jul 2017 08:20:00 GMT

Fler hjärtinfarkter kring julhelgerna – färre under sommarsemestern

Fri, 07 Jul 2017 07:26:00 GMT

Article published in Intelligence

Tue, 04 Jul 2017 14:52:00 GMT

Article accepted to BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Thu, 29 Jun 2017 09:26:00 GMT

Article published in American Heart Journal

Wed, 28 Jun 2017 14:05:00 GMT

Intervju med Mattias Öhman

Wed, 28 Jun 2017 13:32:00 GMT

Article accepted to Intelligence

Thu, 15 Jun 2017 12:19:00 GMT

Article accepted to JMIR

Wed, 14 Jun 2017 07:32:00 GMT

Verksamhetsberättelse 2016

Tue, 13 Jun 2017 11:27:00 GMT

Article accepted to American Heart Journal

Mon, 12 Jun 2017 11:35:00 GMT

Dissertation defense Anders Brantnell

Thu, 01 Jun 2017 08:22:00 GMT

Article published in JMIR

Mon, 29 May 2017 15:34:00 GMT

Article published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Thu, 18 May 2017 13:21:00 GMT

Annual Report 2016

Mon, 15 May 2017 15:00:00 GMT

Vacant Researcher position

Fri, 12 May 2017 15:44:00 GMT

The ParentsCan PUZZLE-survey study now online on the Portal

Thu, 11 May 2017 10:46:00 GMT

Presenting at the PanCare meeting

Thu, 04 May 2017 10:38:00 GMT

U-CARE Venue 2017

Wed, 19 Apr 2017 08:52:00 GMT

Vacant Project Leader position

Thu, 13 Apr 2017 11:32:00 GMT

Vacant Research Assistant position

Thu, 13 Apr 2017 11:31:00 GMT

Article accepted to JMIR

Tue, 11 Apr 2017 10:59:00 GMT

Article in Barn&Cancer about the ParentsCan study

Wed, 05 Apr 2017 08:41:00 GMT

Half-time review of doctoral thesis John Wallert

Wed, 22 Mar 2017 11:48:00 GMT

Half-time review of doctoral thesis Teolinda Toft

Thu, 09 Mar 2017 08:14:00 GMT

Article published in Obesity Surgery

Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:15:00 GMT

Article accepted toMidwifery

Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:13:00 GMT

Half-time review of doctoral thesis Hafijur Rahman

Thu, 16 Feb 2017 08:29:00 GMT

Another article published in European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Wed, 15 Feb 2017 16:51:00 GMT

Article published in European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Wed, 15 Feb 2017 16:50:00 GMT

Conference Maxa Livet by the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation

Wed, 15 Feb 2017 10:34:00 GMT

News article in UNT about lack of information on abortions

Thu, 09 Feb 2017 14:08:00 GMT

PhD on a study visit at Sydney Children Hospital

Thu, 09 Feb 2017 09:45:00 GMT

Article published in Journal of Psychiatry and Mental Health

Fri, 03 Feb 2017 09:28:00 GMT

Article published in BMC Psychology

Fri, 03 Feb 2017 08:55:00 GMT

Article published in BMJ Open

Wed, 01 Feb 2017 09:27:00 GMT

Queen Silvia of Sweden’s Jubilee Foundation

Thu, 26 Jan 2017 07:33:00 GMT

Another article accepted to European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 10:20:00 GMT

Article accepted to Acta Oncologica

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 15:17:00 GMT

Artikel accepted to European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Fri, 20 Jan 2017 10:16:00 GMT

Change to Dept. of Women’s and Children’s Health

Tue, 10 Jan 2017 10:24:00 GMT

Article accepted to BMJ Open

Wed, 04 Jan 2017 16:21:00 GMT

Article published in International Journal of Cardiology

Wed, 04 Jan 2017 14:08:00 GMT

Article accepted to International Journal of Cardiology

Thu, 22 Dec 2016 13:04:00 GMT

Three grants from the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation

Thu, 22 Dec 2016 10:26:00 GMT

Dissertation defense Lisa Ljungman

Thu, 15 Dec 2016 16:23:00 GMT

Dissertation defense Mattias Öhman

Wed, 14 Dec 2016 08:23:00 GMT

Article accepted to Research Involvement and Engagement

Tue, 29 Nov 2016 08:11:00 GMT

Article accepted to JMIR

Fri, 25 Nov 2016 10:37:00 GMT

Grant from Uppsala University

Thu, 24 Nov 2016 09:27:00 GMT

Article published in Acta Oncolgocia

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 16:40:00 GMT

Research scholarship awarded to Laura Kukkola

Fri, 11 Nov 2016 14:17:00 GMT

Positive news regarding application on gamified intervention

Wed, 09 Nov 2016 14:03:00 GMT

Grant from the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation

Wed, 02 Nov 2016 09:35:00 GMT

Grant from Forte

Wed, 19 Oct 2016 10:41:00 GMT

Article accepted to Acta Oncolgocia

Tue, 18 Oct 2016 07:15:00 GMT

EIT Health: Bilateral Meetings Scandinavia – Spain

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 09:01:00 GMT

Article published in Supportive Care in Cancer

Fri, 16 Sep 2016 07:26:00 GMT

U-CARE collaborates with BarncancerAppen (the Child Cancer App)

Thu, 15 Sep 2016 14:59:00 GMT

Workshop about Causal Inference and DAGs – Ronnie Pingel

Tue, 13 Sep 2016 08:14:00 GMT

Half-time review of doctoral thesis Tommy Carlsson

Fri, 09 Sep 2016 07:25:00 GMT

Dagens Medicin interviews John Wallert about awarded study

Tue, 30 Aug 2016 08:49:00 GMT

Participating on European Society of Cardiology congress in Rome

Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:24:00 GMT

Health Innovation Summer School

Mon, 22 Aug 2016 07:03:00 GMT

News article in UNT about emerging web therapy

Fri, 19 Aug 2016 08:34:00 GMT

Article accepted to Midwifery

Tue, 02 Aug 2016 08:20:00 GMT

Article published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Mon, 01 Aug 2016 07:03:00 GMT

Article accepted to BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Fri, 22 Jul 2016 06:56:00 GMT

News article in UNT about few people wanting internet therapy despite good results

Fri, 08 Jul 2016 09:34:00 GMT

U-CARE at Almedalsveckan 2016

Fri, 01 Jul 2016 10:32:00 GMT

U-CARE is visiting Almedalsveckan 2016 in Visby to take part of national and international debates.

Grant from the Swedish Society of Medicine

Thu, 30 Jun 2016 12:06:00 GMT

Lena Ring in the committee of ISOQOL

Mon, 20 Jun 2016 16:19:00 GMT

Lena Ring Adjunct Professor

Mon, 20 Jun 2016 15:40:00 GMT

Article accepted for publication in BMC Psychiatry

Wed, 15 Jun 2016 09:00:00 GMT

Article published in JMIR Mental Health

Wed, 15 Jun 2016 07:15:00 GMT

Researchers' Grand Prix 2016

Mon, 13 Jun 2016 12:31:00 GMT

Grant from UU Innovation

Mon, 13 Jun 2016 08:17:00 GMT

Article published in PLOS ONE

Fri, 10 Jun 2016 13:11:00 GMT

Vacant Research Assistant position within Clinical Psychology

Fri, 10 Jun 2016 07:56:00 GMT

EuroPRevent 2016

Mon, 13 Jun 2016 08:48:00 GMT

Article published in BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth

Thu, 09 Jun 2016 08:23:00 GMT

EIT Health workshop in Newcastle June 6-7

Tue, 07 Jun 2016 06:15:00 GMT

Article accepted to JMIR Mental Health

Mon, 30 May 2016 11:23:00 GMT

Article published in Cancer Nursing

Fri, 27 May 2016 10:25:00 GMT

Half-time review of doctoral thesis Malin Ander

Thu, 26 May 2016 08:53:00 GMT

Article accepted to PLOS ONE

Thu, 26 May 2016 08:01:00 GMT

Emma Hovén research associate

Wed, 25 May 2016 14:35:00 GMT

Article accepted to BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth

Tue, 24 May 2016 08:25:00 GMT

Article published in PLOSE ONE

Mon, 23 May 2016 07:10:00 GMT

Helena Grönqvist visits Groningen

Sun, 22 May 2016 18:44:00 GMT

Joint supervisor

Sun, 22 May 2016 18:42:00 GMT

Article published in Acta Oncologica

Wed, 11 May 2016 10:27:00 GMT

Birgitta Johansson intervjuad i UNT

Wed, 11 May 2016 10:07:00 GMT

Fighting Cancer – News directly from the research frontier

Mon, 09 May 2016 21:30:00 GMT

ParentsCan – first meeting with parents

Wed, 04 May 2016 12:29:00 GMT

MOOC – eHealth: Combining Psychology, Technology and Health

Wed, 04 May 2016 12:24:00 GMT

Article accepted to PLOS ONE

Wed, 04 May 2016 11:53:00 GMT

In a project by the Swedish Children Cancer Foundation and Postkodlotteriet

Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:39:00 GMT

Dissertation defense Sven Alfonsson

Mon, 09 May 2016 03:12:00 GMT

Louise von Essen invited to speak in the Riksdag

Fri, 29 Apr 2016 07:13:00 GMT

John Wallert finalist for Young Investigators Award

Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:09:00 GMT

Article accepted to Supportive Care in Cancer

Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:29:00 GMT

Anna Wikman appointed Associate Professor

Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:03:00 GMT

Health Innovation Summer School

Wed, 27 Apr 2016 08:55:00 GMT

Article published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research

Mon, 11 Apr 2016 08:20:00 GMT

Article accepted by Prenetal Diagnosis

Wed, 23 Mar 2016 11:35:00 GMT

Article accepted to PLOS ONE

Tue, 22 Mar 2016 09:23:00 GMT

Föräldrar sökes till ParentsCan

Mon, 21 Mar 2016 15:00:00 GMT

U-CARE brings psychology into the technology age

Thu, 17 Mar 2016 15:03:00 GMT

Article accepted to Acta Oncologica

Thu, 10 Mar 2016 14:12:00 GMT

Participating on American Psychosomatic Society’s conference in Denver

Tue, 08 Mar 2016 15:52:00 GMT

Guests from the Netherlands

Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:38:00 GMT

News article in UNT about CBT as a new way reduce childbirth related fear

Mon, 11 Jan 2016 14:48:00 GMT

Louise von Essen and Maria Andér Gottvall are visiting Tanzania

Tue, 05 Jan 2016 09:34:00 GMT

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 07:36:00 GMT

Invited to UMCG

Wed, 16 Dec 2015 09:23:00 GMT

Admission seminar

Mon, 14 Dec 2015 08:12:00 GMT

Louise von Essen elected to the Scientific Council for Medicine and Health

Thu, 10 Dec 2015 09:11:00 GMT

Erik Olsson and Helena Grönqvist are visitng Halmstad University

Mon, 30 Nov 2015 15:03:00 GMT

Half-time review of doctoral thesis

Fri, 27 Nov 2015 09:13:00 GMT

Article published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research

Thu, 26 Nov 2015 13:18:00 GMT

Erik Olsson appointed Docent

Wed, 25 Nov 2015 08:18:00 GMT

Martin Cernvall has been appointed a Post-Doc position

Wed, 25 Nov 2015 07:50:00 GMT

News article in UNT about a study showing that anti-social people risk dying prematurely

Wed, 28 Oct 2015 13:04:00 GMT

A video about negative effects of psychotherapy

Thu, 22 Oct 2015 14:12:00 GMT

Vacant Post-Doc position

Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:27:00 GMT

Half-time review of doctoral thesis

Tue, 20 Oct 2015 06:51:00 GMT

Article accepted to the Journal of Medical Internet Research

Wed, 14 Oct 2015 10:42:00 GMT

Participating on conference in Exeter

Mon, 12 Oct 2015 14:29:00 GMT

Elisabet Mattsson was appointed Docent

Fri, 09 Oct 2015 14:15:00 GMT

Article accepted to the Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Setting

Wed, 30 Sep 2015 08:50:00 GMT

Study featured in P4 Extra radio show

Thu, 24 Sep 2015 11:37:00 GMT

Study showing that cancer diagnosis during adolescence has long-term affects has been featured in TV4 News

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 07:59:00 GMT

News article about the study showing that cancer during adolescence can cause anxiety later in life has received attention in METRO and GP

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 07:06:00 GMT

News article in SvD and Aftonbladet about a study showing that cancer during adolescence can cause anxiety later in life

Thu, 17 Sep 2015 07:16:00 GMT

Article published in Psycho-Oncology

Mon, 14 Sep 2015 13:11:00 GMT

News article in UNT about a study showing that depression increases the risk of heart attack

Mon, 07 Sep 2015 13:13:00 GMT

Interviewed for the magazine Barn&Cancer and Aftonbladet

Tue, 08 Sep 2015 10:47:00 GMT

Annual meeting with the U-CARE Scientific Advisory Board, 2015

Wed, 26 Aug 2015 14:34:00 GMT

During two days, August 27-28, the annual meeting with the Scientific Advisory Board will take place. Presentations will be held regarding U-CARE’s activities and reached goals.

Article accepted to Psycho-Oncology

Mon, 17 Aug 2015 09:33:00 GMT

Half-time review of doctoral thesis

Tue, 04 Aug 2015 11:28:00 GMT

Article accepted to Internet Interventions

Thu, 30 Jul 2015 07:56:00 GMT

Article published in Implementation Science

Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:22:00 GMT

Participating on IPOS-APOS congress in Washington

Mon, 27 Jul 2015 12:25:00 GMT

Article accepted to Implementation Science

Wed, 08 Jul 2015 07:02:00 GMT

Participating in the 2015 EEPE

Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:38:00 GMT

Article featured in The Lancet: Oncology

Wed, 10 Jun 2015 07:47:00 GMT

News article in UNT about a study showing that posttraumatic stress symptoms remain

Wed, 10 Jun 2015 07:40:00 GMT

Article published in Psycho-Oncology

Mon, 08 Jun 2015 07:31:00 GMT

Article published in the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Mon, 08 Jun 2015 07:26:00 GMT

Invited to Stanford University

Fri, 05 Jun 2015 09:02:00 GMT

Fellowship from the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation

Wed, 03 Jun 2015 15:10:00 GMT

ParentsCan – starts a research project involving patient and public

Mon, 01 Jun 2015 14:12:00 GMT

Louise von Essen profile of the week

Mon, 01 Jun 2015 10:53:00 GMT

A seminar about mobile media

Fri, 29 May 2015 12:03:00 GMT

PhD student visiting from Spain

Fri, 22 May 2015 11:50:00 GMT

PhD course on “Implementation of complex interventions in healthcare”

Fri, 22 May 2015 08:25:00 GMT

On Commission for the Swedish Research Council

Thu, 21 May 2015 14:21:00 GMT

On Commission for Karolinska Institutet

Thu, 21 May 2015 14:20:00 GMT

Article accepted to International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Tue, 19 May 2015 14:26:00 GMT

Representatives from eBUP visits U-CARE

Tue, 19 May 2015 12:23:00 GMT

Lecture and workshop with guest lecturers from Exeter

Fri, 08 May 2015 09:40:00 GMT

Open lecture on patient and public involvement in medical research, May 8

Thu, 07 May 2015 08:20:00 GMT

Positive evaluation of U-CARE

Tue, 05 May 2015 14:44:00 GMT

In the evaluation of Sweden's 43 strategic research environments U-CARE receives high ratings. The assessment is conducted by an international panel of researchers.

Article accepted to Psycho-Oncology

Mon, 04 May 2015 11:00:00 GMT

Interview about psychological aspects connected with a child suffering from cancer is now published in a book

Thu, 30 Apr 2015 11:44:00 GMT

Louise von Essen a member of the Swedish Cancer Society’s research group

Mon, 27 Apr 2015 14:17:00 GMT

On commission for the Committee on Health and Welfare

Mon, 27 Apr 2015 14:16:00 GMT

The Swedish Cardiovascular Spring Meeting 2015

Thu, 23 Apr 2015 09:48:00 GMT

Article published in Trials

Thu, 23 Apr 2015 08:25:00 GMT

U-CARE participates on a course for management development in agile organisations

Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:20:00 GMT

U-CARE has recruited a PhD student

Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:07:00 GMT

U-CARE participates in EIT Health education workshop

Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:37:00 GMT

U-CARE has recruited a research assistant

Mon, 13 Apr 2015 07:54:00 GMT

U-CARE participates in EIT Health workshop

Thu, 09 Apr 2015 08:33:00 GMT

Representative of the patient organization Ung Cancer visits U-CARE

Tue, 07 Apr 2015 09:18:00 GMT

Article accepted to Trials

Tue, 31 Mar 2015 09:10:00 GMT

Artikel accepterad till tidskriften Trials

Tue, 31 Mar 2015 09:08:00 GMT

Article accepted to European Journal of Pain

Fri, 27 Mar 2015 09:59:00 GMT

News article in UNT about internet-based therapy decreasing stress in parents

Wed, 11 Mar 2015 08:21:00 GMT

Thesis project in development of Web Application

Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:40:00 GMT

Vacant Project Assistant position

Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:31:00 GMT

Vacant PhD position

Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:03:00 GMT

Article accepted to Psycho-Oncology

Tue, 03 Feb 2015 12:46:00 GMT

Vacant PhD position

Thu, 22 Jan 2015 08:37:00 GMT

Vacant Research Assistant position

Thu, 22 Jan 2015 08:34:00 GMT

Martin Cernvall defended his dissertation

Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:38:00 GMT

Grant from The Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation

Tue, 16 Dec 2014 09:15:00 GMT

Grant from The Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation

Tue, 16 Dec 2014 09:12:00 GMT

Article in JMIR now online

Tue, 09 Dec 2014 11:59:00 GMT

Dissertation defense for Martin Cernvall

Fri, 28 Nov 2014 15:14:00 GMT

Midterm Seminar: Lisa Ljungman

Fri, 28 Nov 2014 15:13:00 GMT

Midterm Seminar: Sven Alfonsson

Fri, 28 Nov 2014 14:57:00 GMT

Grant from FORTE

Tue, 18 Nov 2014 09:03:00 GMT

Grant from FORTE

Tue, 18 Nov 2014 09:01:00 GMT

Grant from FORTE

Tue, 18 Nov 2014 08:59:00 GMT

Grant from the Swedish Cancer Society

Wed, 05 Nov 2014 13:30:00 GMT

Grant from the Swedish Research Council

Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:55:00 GMT

Grant from the Swedish Research Council

Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:54:00 GMT

Fundings received

Mon, 13 Oct 2014 14:35:00 GMT

Grant from Födelsefonden

Wed, 08 Oct 2014 09:28:00 GMT

The national follow-up study of children born with extremely low birth weight during 1990-1992 has received a grant from Födelsefonden/Josefin Neiman’s research scholarship.

Grant by Vårdalstiftelsen

Wed, 17 Sep 2014 11:51:00 GMT

The U-CARE: Heart study has received grants from the Swedish foundation Vårdalstiftelsen for the next three years.

Eminent researcher within pediatric psychosocial oncology is visiting U-CARE

Wed, 10 Sep 2014 09:39:00 GMT

Sean Phipps, psychologists and professor, from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (USA) is coming to visit U-CARE on September 12.

Annual meeting with the U-CARE Scientific Advisory Board, 2014

Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:51:00 GMT

During two days, September 4-5, the annual meeting with the Scientific Advisory Board will take place. Presentations will be held regarding U-CARE’s activities and reached goals, and also matters as recruitment, participant activity and retention regarding patients will be discussed.

Postgraduate course in e-health and m-health, autumn 2014

Thu, 28 Aug 2014 11:04:00 GMT

Healthcare, self-care and psychological treatment through internet and mobile media.

U-CARE at a scientific conference

Fri, 22 Aug 2014 14:10:00 GMT

Fredrika Norlund, PhD student at U-CARE, is in the Netherlands to meet a research group at Frije University and to attend the International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, 2014.

Aricle published in PLOS ONE

Fri, 15 Aug 2014 13:53:00 GMT

The article ”Long-term Positive and Negative Psychological Late Effects for Parents of Childhood Cancer Survivors: A systematic Review” by Lisa Ljungman, Martin Cernvall, Helena Grönqvist, Brjánn Ljótsson, Gustaf Ljungman and Louise von Essen has been accepted and published in PLOS ONE.

U-CARE at Almedalsveckan 2014

Mon, 30 Jun 2014 09:24:00 GMT

U-CARE is visiting Almedalsveckan 2014 in Visby, Gotland, to take part of national and international debates.

Article accepted in the journal JMIR Research Protocols

Thu, 05 Jun 2014 11:58:00 GMT

Jonas Sjöström’s, Louise von Essen’s and Helena Grönqvist’s research paper “The Origin and Impact of Ideals in eHealth Research: Experiences From the U-CARE Research Environment” has been published in the journal JMIR Research Protocols.

Uppsala Pelvic Pain Study (UPPS) has started

Fri, 23 May 2014 12:11:00 GMT

Uppsala Pelvic Pain Study (UPPS): An observational study recently started on the U-CARE-portal

A Canadian visitor at U-CARE

Wed, 28 May 2014 12:07:00 GMT

Professor Sylvie Jutras, Département de psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada visited U-CARE on 26-27 of May.

Collaboration with researchers in Tanzania started

Tue, 29 Apr 2014 06:44:00 GMT

Article in Psycho-Oncology now online

Fri, 25 Apr 2014 06:09:00 GMT

Article accepted to Psycho-Oncology

Mon, 31 Mar 2014 06:22:00 GMT

U-CARE has recruited a new developer to the team

Mon, 31 Mar 2014 06:19:00 GMT

Girls with emotional disorders have increased respiratory rate

Fri, 28 Feb 2014 14:40:00 GMT

New article: Adolescent girls with emotional disorders have a lower end-tidal CO₂ and increased respiratory rate compared with healthy controls

U-CARE hires software engineer

Thu, 06 Feb 2014 17:41:00 GMT

U-CARE is recruiting a project administrator

Thu, 06 Feb 2014 17:36:00 GMT

U-CARE hires software engineers

Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:42:00 GMT

Recruiting process in final stages

Recieving grants

Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:36:00 GMT

Grants to U-CARE associates

Research grants to U-CARE

Thu, 19 Dec 2013 09:03:00 GMT

The Child cancer foundation will support projects associated with U-CARE

Secure and good health care at universities

Wed, 04 Dec 2013 18:14:00 GMT

Annika Lindahl Norberg and Louise von Essen have made a debate contribution in Läkartidningen on secure and good health care at universities.

U-CARE is recruiting

Wed, 06 Nov 2013 13:45:00 GMT

U-CARE is recruiting a developer

U-CARE: Heart starts pilot study

Wed, 06 Nov 2013 07:40:00 GMT

U-CARE: Heart has started a pilot study

U-CARE Vuxna med cancer genomför preliminär utvärdering

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 09:03:00 GMT

U-CARE Adults with cancer has now finished an initial evaluation of the project

Uppsalas cancerforskning uppmärksammas

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:45:00 GMT

Den 28 oktober anordnas en temakväll om cancer på Museum Gustavianum där man får lära sig mer om cancer och ta del av vad som görs inom cancerforskningen i Uppsala.

Meeting with U-CARE Scientific Advisory Board starts today

Thu, 29 Aug 2013 07:51:00 GMT

Meeting with U-CARE Scientific Advisory Board starts today

Wed, 28 Aug 2013 20:37:00 GMT

Lars Leijonborg participates in Almedalen

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:25:00 GMT

U-CARE seeks a system developer

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:06:00 GMT

U-CARE: Heart starts pilot phase

Thu, 30 May 2013 06:54:00 GMT

U-CARE to Almedalen - Lived experience in clinical research?

Wed, 29 May 2013 13:33:00 GMT

July 4 2013 at 9-10 U-CARE is holding a seminar in Almedalen. It will take place at Studiecentrum, Campus Gotland.

Welcome!

Dear public, may we have this dance? Opportunities and challenges in involving persons with lived experience in clinical research

The study AdultCan has started to include participants

Wed, 29 May 2013 13:09:00 GMT

U-CARE introduces an elective course on the use of internet, technology and media in psychological treatment

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:42:00 GMT

U-CARE has hired four employees

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:28:00 GMT

For those who are interested in using U-CARE-portal in research, it is possible to apply for association to the U-CARE

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:04:00 GMT

U-CARE has recruited a Teenage Panel including teenagers with and without personal experience of cancer

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:36:00 GMT

U-CARE visits Exeter University

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:48:00 GMT

Half-time for Martin Cernvall and Sven Alfonsson

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:48:00 GMT

WP1 has recently started a usability study using the U-CARE-portal

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:34:00 GMT

Course in implementation is ongoing

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:08:00 GMT