Fotograf: Mikael Risedal RQ20 (Research Quality Evaluation 2020), the major research quality evaluation at Lund University, is part of a cycle of assessments done in the last two decades. RQ20 differs from the former evaluations in that it assesses the preconditions for research quality and the potential areas of elevation in all parts of the University, rather than being an evaluation of research

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/rq20-lund-universitys-research-quality-evaluation-2020 - 2025-08-23

Information regarding this year's call for proposals will be given at meetings in Lund (April 24) and Malmö (May 3). Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/alf-application-deadline-may-28 - 2025-08-23

Information on cancer recurrence is rarely available outside clinical trials. Wide exclusion criteria used in clinical trials tend to limit the generalizability of findings to the entire population of people living beyond a cancer disease. Therefore, population-level evidence is needed. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a register-based algorithm to identify patients diagnosed with

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/validated-register-based-algorithm-identify-patients-diagnosed-recurrence-malignant-melanoma-denmark - 2025-08-23

Pixabay / Alexandra Koch Get online with LUPOP Tuesdays at 10am and ask your population research questions! During the Spring semester 2021 (January-May), we will do our drop-ins online. If you have questions regarding population research, join us on Zoom Tuesdays between 10 and 12 am!

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/zoom-us - 2025-08-23

New call 2021 - application period is 14 April–17 May (at 14.00). Programme begins end of November 2021 The Swedish Interdisciplinary Graduate School in Register-Based Research (SINGS) has a truly interdisciplinary profile and is of relevance to all quantitative research fields that use registers in research, such as epidemiology, public health, sociology, demography, psychology, statistics, healt

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/swedish-interdisciplinary-graduate-school-register-based-research-sings - 2025-08-23

Välkommen till CASE webbdagar som arrangeras tre dagar i maj – 3, 10 och 17 maj. Tv-profilen Johan Wester guidar deltagarna genom webbdagarna på temat sociala rättigheter och boende för den åldrande befolkningen. Läs mer på https://www.case.lu.se/case-webbdagar.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/case-webbdagar-sociala-rattigheter-och-boende-den-aldrande-befolkningen - 2025-08-23

En sammanfattning av SND:s webbinarium om hur regeringens mål om öppen tillgång till forskningsdata ska kunna nås senast 2026. Läs sammanfattningen på https://snd.gu.se/sv/nyheter/samordning-och-aktiva-forskare-viktigt-opp…

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/samordning-och-aktiva-forskare-viktigt-oppen-tillgang-till-data - 2025-08-23

Göteborgs universitet söker statistiker till projektet SCIFI-PEARL (Swedish Covid-19 Investigation for Future Insights – a Population Epidemiology Approach using Register Linkage). Läs mer här.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/sokes-programmeringsinriktad-statistiker - 2025-08-23

Formas Forskarråd kommer att ta beslut om nya satsningar i mitten av maj med korta ledtider. Totalt handlar det om 110 miljoner kronor och kommer innebära nya möjligheter för forskningen. Läs mer här.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/upcoming-formas-call - 2025-08-23

Pixabay / ColossusCloud This validation of the Swedish part of the international ERAS database suggests high patient coverage in EIAS and high agreement and limited missingness in clinically relevant variables. This validation approach or a modified version can be used for continued validation of the International ERAS database. Read the paper at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00268-02

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/validity-routinely-collected-swedish-data-international-enhanced-recovery-after-surgery-eras - 2025-08-23

From Wikimedia Commons Substantial data gaps remain for birthweight data in household surveys, even amongst facility births. Improving the accuracy and recording of birthweights, and better communication with women, for example using health cards, could improve survey birthweight data availability and quality. Read the paper at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-020-00229-w

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/birthweight-data-completeness-and-quality-population-based-surveys-en-indepth-study - 2025-08-23

Fotograf: Håkan Röjder The PhD position is linked to the research project ‘Pathogens, Pandemics and the Development of Nordic Societies’. The PhD student will work in this project in collaboration with other project members. Read more and apply here

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/phd-position-economic-history-life-course-approach-epidemics - 2025-08-23

Nu kan du se presentationerna från seminariet "Öppen tillgång till forskningsdata - utmaningar och möjligheter" arrangerat av Sveriges universitets- och högskoleförbund (SUHF), Sveriges universitetslärare och forskare (SULF) och Vetenskapsrådet (VR). Se presentationerna på https://suhf.se/aktiviteter/oppen-tillgang-till-forskningsdata-utmaning…

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/oppen-tillgang-till-forskningsdata-presentationer-fran-seminariet - 2025-08-23

Photo from Manchester Metropolitan University The Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) at Manchester Metropolitan University leads international project to help policy makers improve child and youth wellbeing Read more at https://www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/story/13895/

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/researchers-develop-first-ever-europe-wide-survey-track-childrens-wellbeing-they-grow - 2025-08-23

The Strategic Research Areas, in collaboration with Sustainability Forum, is arranging a series of workshops with focus on the Sustainable Development Goals, during 2021. The goal is to increase capacity for sustainability related research and co-creation, exchange experiences and strengthen the collaboration between different research areas. All researchers, PhD students and research coordinators

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/workshop-series-sdgs - 2025-08-23

A population-level pediatric asthma registry captures more children and adolescents with asthma in DC then a BRFSS-derived estimate, and provides city-wide measures of asthma-related utilization. The registry allows for stratification by primary care practice locations and asthma characteristics, supporting the design, implementation, and evaluation of QI projects at the practice, health system, a

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/creation-and-validation-citywide-pediatric-asthma-registry-district-columbia - 2025-08-23

Data management plans (DMPs) have increasingly been encouraged as a key component of institutional and funding body policy. Although DMPs necessarily place administrative burden on researchers, proponents claim that DMPs have myriad benefits, including enhanced research data quality, increased rates of data sharing, and institutional planning and compliance benefits. Read the paper at https://doi.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/review-history-advocacy-and-efficacy-data-management-plans - 2025-08-23

Så här i slutet av april 2018 har det blivande dataskyddsombudet Bo-Göran Andersson arbetat för Lunds universitet i drygt två månader. Med en månad kvar till den 25 maj frågar vi: Hur kommer vi inom universitet att märka att dataskyddsförordningen träder i kraft? Läs mer här.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/tre-fragor-till-blivande-dataskyddsombudet - 2025-08-23

Pixabay / TesaPhotography The SDR is a large-scale, comprehensive, and representative diabetes registry that incorporates EMR data across the primary and hospital-based care continuum, in a major AMC in Singapore. The SDR has identified areas of improvement in diabetes processes and outcomes. It will support future quality assessment and improvements in diabetes care. Read the paper at https://doi

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/establishment-singhealth-diabetes-registry - 2025-08-23

This registry is a comprehensive database of economic evaluations, including costs, clinical probabilities and health-state utility estimates. The collated data captured from published information in this registry can be used to identify trends in the literature, conduct systematic reviews and meta-analysis and develop novel pharmacoeconomic models. Read the paper at https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/development-pharmacoeconomic-registry-example-using-hormonal-contraceptives - 2025-08-23