Annual Report 2025

Folkhälsan Research Center focuses on biomedical and health science research. Altogether 200 peer-reviewed articles were published during 2025, a significant portion of them in high impact journals. Some highlights of the publications – reflecting the diversity of our research – are summarized in this annual report.
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Our research programs

Research in the Genetics Research Program involves projects on several rare genetic disorders and on genetic and lifestyle risk factors in diabetes and diabetic complications.

The projects within the Public Health Research Program focus upon major public health problems. These include projects focusing upon health and disease from a life course perspective as well as projects on health promotion and in social gerontology. Furthermore, risk factors for overweight and obesity are studied in a cohort of healthy teenagers.

Read more about our activities in 2025

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Director's summary

A summary from the director and key figures from 2025 offer a snapshot of the past year’s highlights and achievements.

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Publications

Altogether 200 peer-reviewed articles were published in 2025.

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Highlight articles

Some highlights of the publications – reflecting the diversity of our research – are summarized here.