DISTINCTION. The Swedish Society of Medicine (SLS) is awarding Professor Kristina Malmgren the Ingvar Prize of SEK 35,000 and the SLS 200-year bronze medal.
Kristina Malmgren is being recognized for her major contributions to epilepsy surgery research in Sweden, particularly through the establishment of the Swedish National Epilepsy Surgery Register and extensive research into the long-term effects of epilepsy surgery. She has had prominent roles in international epilepsy organizations. As a professor of neurology at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, for many years she has also assumed major responsibility for undergraduate education in neurology and represented clinical neurosciences at regional and national levels. Malmgren also plays an active role as a chief physician at Sahlgrenska University Hospital (SU) and director of the Center for Highly Specialized Epilepsy Care at the hospital, which was established in 2019.
Unique long-term follow-up
Malmgren heads a clinical research team with a major focus on epilepsy surgery, making Sweden unique in its long-term monitoring up to 25 years after the operation. Many different outcomes are studied, include seizure situations, complications, cognitive effects, vocational outcome, quality of life, and patient satisfaction, using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Malmgren also has wide-ranging interests in clinical epilepsy research, including improved diagnostics and differential diagnosis of epilepsy. In a broad interdisciplinary collaboration, the research team has developed a shirt with several sensors able to register seizures and differentiate among different types of seizures in the home environment. The research team participates in many collaborations, both nationally and internationally.
The award ceremony will take place on November 8, 2022, during the annual celebration of the Swedish Society of Medicine.
About the Ingvar Prize
The annual prize rewards good initiatives in clinical neuroscience. Award winners are proposed by a committee consisting of the four chairs of the Swedish Society for Clinical Neurophysiology, the Swedish Neurological Society, the Swedish Neurosurgical Society, and the Swedish Psychiatric Association.
Read more about the epilepsy research here on the University of Gothenburg’s website.
BY: SWEDISH SOCIETY OF MEDICINE
