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Peta Sjölander will lead MedTechLabs

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Published Nov 20, 2019

The associate professor at KTH's School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, now enters the position as director for the competence centre MedTechLabs.

Peta Sjölander, who is also a board member of EIT Health Scandinavia, is enthusiastic about her now position.

– It's exciting to join MedTechLabs at the same time as the centre expands with two new research programmes, one within the field of AI and one within bioelectronic medicine, says Peta Sjölander.

MedTechLabs is an interdisciplinary centre for medical technology research, that creates new health conditions to provide patients with faster diagnosis and better treatment. The competence centre is a strategic collaboration between KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Karolinska Institute and Region Stockholm. The goal is to contribute to the development of medical technology of importance for solving great challenges within healthcare. MedTechLabs already has a research program within Spectral CT-imaging and Endovascular Techniques.

MedTechLabs operates mainly from Bioclinicum, the new research facility at Karolinska University Hospital.

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