Diabetes and endocrinology
Why is diabetes increasing? How do under-and overproduction of hormones affect the brain? At the Institute of Medicine, award-winning research on diabetes and endocrinology, ranging from basic, clinical and epidemiological studies to world-class register research, is in progress.
Our diabetes and endocrinology research is aimed at understanding the causes and finding means of prevention and treatment. Our scientists conduct basic research, clinical investigations and population studies. Our understanding of diabetes is also growing thanks to our register research. Moreover, we cooperate closely with the pharmaceutical industry to produce new and improved drugs. The goal is to understand what causes diabetes, identify risk factors, find ways of preventing the disease, and develop new treatments and technical aids that make life easier for people living with diabetes today. Another aim is to be able to restore insulin production for people with type 1 diabetes.
Endocrinology
At the Department of Medicine, an outstanding research is conducted on endocrine disorders. Through the Sahlgrenska University hospital, researchers have the opportunity to meet patients and carry out patient-oriented clinical research. The research has a high international status and is considered unique.
Our research areas includes:
- Improved diagnosis and treatment of pituitary diseases
- The link between overfunction of the thyroid gland, the immune system and cognitive functions
- The effects of hormones on the immune system and cardiovascular disease
- Hormonal regulation of the brain and recovery after ischemic injury
- The influence of hormones on the development of dementia
- The influence of hormones on the development of osteoporosis
- Improved diagnosis and treatment of adrenal gland diseases, and secondary hypertension due to overproduction of hormones
- New treatments for pituitary tumors
Diabetes - Our research areas
- risk factors for sequelae of diabetes
- blood-sugar-lowering treatments for type 1 and 2 diabetes
- the role of genetics in type 2 diabetes
- ageing and obesity, and how they affect the development of type 2 diabetes
- diabetes in relation to cardiac, vascular and metabolic diseases and disorders
- intestinal bacteria as a cure for type 2 diabetes
Close connection between research and education
There is close cooperation between the Institute’s research and our education and training, in which many of our researchers too are involved. They supervise doctoral students and teach on our regular programmes, freestanding courses and vocational care programmes within Sahlgrenska Academy.
