We congratulate seven researchers at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery who have been awarded grants in the Swedish Heart Lung Foundation’s November 2026 funding round.
Natalie Glaser , Thoracic Surgery, is awarded SEK 405,000 in research months for the project “Patient selection for valve surgery in infective endocarditis: a Swedish nationwide study”, and SEK 600,000 in research months for “Clinical outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation”.
Ljubica Matic , Translational Vascular Medicine, is awarded SEK 570,000 in research months for the project “PLAQUE-CODE: Decoding Smooth Muscle Cell Plasticity to Unlock Precision Therapies for Atherosclerosis”.
Antti Siika , Vascular Surgery, is awarded SEK 608,000 in research months for the project “Infrarenal aortic widening and narrowing -a project utilising large scale health-care registry data to examine risk factors and impact of an abnormal infrarenal aortic diameter”.
Ulf Hedin , Vascular Surgery, is awarded SEK 5,400,000 in a project grant for “Unstable carotid atherosclerosis: from population-based to individualised surgical stroke prevention”.
Ulrik Sartipy , Thoracic Surgery, is awarded SEK 1,200,000 in a project grant for “Registry-based research in cardiac surgery – long-term outcomes, risk factors and optimised treatment”.
Melody Chemaly , Translational Vascular Medicine, is awarded SEK 1,140,000 in research months for the project “MO-VIPH: Molecular signatures underlying neovessels and intra-plaque haemorrhage in carotid atherosclerotic plaques”.
David Marlevi , Translational Cardiovascular Imaging, is awarded SEK 480,000 in research months for the project “Comparing the effect of CABG and PCI on left ventricular mechanics and diastolic function – an echocardiographic imaging study”.
