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1 July 2022
National project within information-driven care is coordinated by Halmstad UniversityVinnova grants funding for the new national project within information-driven care that the Health Data Center at Halmstad University will coordinate. The project brings together several regions, universities, companies and organisations in a joint effort to use data in order to improve healthcare.
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28 June 2022
Halmstad University establishes research programme in information-driven careIn the next few years, Halmstad University will establish a number of multidisciplinary research programmes to strengthen the University’s profile. The second programme to start is Information-Driven Care. The research programme is connected to the University’s focus area Health Innovation.
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23 June 2022
Halmstad University becomes part of European innovation hubHalmstad University is part of the national collaboration Health Data Sweden, which the EU Commission recently appointed as one of Europe's new digital innovation hubs. The focus will be on using data to improve health care. The innovation centre Leap for Life will lead Halmstad University’s part of Health Data Sweden.
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22 June 2022
Lennart Andrén appointed new Honorary DoctorHalmstad University has appointed Lennart Andrén as a new Honorary Doctor in Innovation Sciences. Lennart Andrén has for the last four decades been a driving force in making technical and scientific knowledge from the University commercialised and useful for the society in the form of innovations.
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16 June 2022
Drone is going to measure the quality in the municipal bodies of waterCatFish, the solar-powered water drone which has been developed at Halmstad University, will support decision-making on actions for water conservations. The University has in collaboration with Halmstad Municipality been granted SEK one million from LOVA – local water conservation allocations – for improving and preserving the bodies of water in the municipality. A larger amount of the allocation goes to the development of the drone, in regard of materials and equipment.
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10 June 2022
Better care at a lower cost by using dataWe are faced with numerous healthcare challenges in the coming years that will require an improved quality of care without increasing costs. Part of the solution is to take advantage, in new ways, of all the health-related data that is collected every day. This data can, with the help of AI, give us more detailed information about certain patient groups to predict the care and resources needed. An extensive research collaboration between Region Halland and Halmstad University has resulted in unique prediction models, based on AI. The research is presented in a recently published PhD thesis within the area of information-driven care.
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8 June 2022
Grand graduation ceremony to celebrate the University’s studentsLast week was the final week of the semester at Halmstad University, and, in the best way possible, graduation week was wrapped up last Friday, with festivities and joy during a grand graduation ceremony in the University Hall.
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3 June 2022
Utexpo 40 years: innovation and scholarshipsThe sun, a DJ and an ice cream truck brought that early summer feeling to Halmstad University when Utexpo took place, for the fortieth year in a row. For the first time in three years, campus was once again filled with innovation driven students – eager to display their thesis projects. This year, as tradition has it, the innovative students were showered with scholarships and awards – to a value of SEK 300,000.
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3 June 2022
Alumnus of the Year brings knowledge from the University to the national teamIt is the fifth year in a row that Halmstad University awards Alumna/Alumnus of the Year, and this year to a person who has brought knowledge from their studies at the University all the way into the Swedish men’s national football team. Alumnus of the Year is Daniel Ekvall, advisor in sports psychology for the men’s national team and IFK Norrköping.
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19 May 2022
Artificial intelligence can strengthen and provide new opportunities for local businessesThrough various projects between Halmstad University, the innovation arena HighFive and the innovation centre Leap for Life, researchers, students and other experts want to help companies in Halland to start using and explore the possibilities of artificial intelligence in their work. It gives companies the opportunity to handle challenges in new ways and strengthens their competitiveness. So far, 25 companies have received help and there is still great interest to participate.