It's Wednesday night and we're drinking wine. What are we celebrating? Well, today I have been accepted as a PhD student at Karolinska Institutet (where I also work). It's been a long road to get here, so it's worth celebrating!
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If anyone is wondering what I am researching, the topic is public health, and my project concerns a health promotion programme in group homes. People with disabilities have poorer health than others in Sweden, and I'm trying to develop and evaluate a method to promote good health among adults living in group homes and sheltered housing.
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Anders and Birgitta says:
Congratulations on being accepted as a PhD student! Seems like an important topic to research.
25 May 2011 - 19:58
Maggan and Ingemar says:
Congratulations .... it is indeed something to celebrate and an interesting topic to research. Good luck to you.
25 May 2011 - 20:52
Mimmi says:
Hello!
Why don't you write about the evaluation afterwards?
25 May 2011 - 21:10
Lena & Jan says:
Congratulations, really worth celebrating when ambitions are achieved, good luck!
25 May 2011 - 22:29
the camper van says:
Congratulations and good luck. / Monica
25 May 2011 - 22:48
Leena says:
Congratulations, sounds like an exciting research, will be interesting to read. I work in psychiatry and see that side of disabilities.
25 May 2011 - 22:58
Johanna in Skåne says:
Fun! Will there be a big difference for you? Broadening or specialisation compared to before? Wine in the middle of the week seems good!
25 May 2011 - 23:59
admin says:
Thank you so much for all the congratulations!
Leena, I have also worked in psychiatry actually. I see many parallels in the health of both people with mental and intellectual disabilities. Both groups have poorer health, are often not even included in population studies, etc.
Johanna, I don't think the difference will be that big (since I've already been working according to the research plan), but it's hard to know. I have been registered at a different institution than where I work, so the plan is to be employed there at 80 per cent.
26 May 2011 - 6:52
Catherine in Asia says:
BIG CONGRATULATIONS! Very funny! A hard work behind and it paid off! Great for the next step,...
Good luck!
26 May 2011 - 7:17
Helga says:
Wohoo! Congratulations!
26 May 2011 - 8:32
Jelly says:
CONGRATULATIONS!!! That's phenomenal!
26 May 2011 - 8:34
Ulrika says:
FREE, FREE!!!!
26 May 2011 - 11:42
Bobo says:
Congratulations Helena! You are needed!
26 May 2011 - 23:31
Millan says:
Congratulations! That's great!
27 May 2011 - 13:31
Ingela says:
Congratulations! Very funny.
27 May 2011 - 21:21
admin says:
THANK YOU all for the congratulations! It feels great and I hope to make something good out of this.
28 May 2011 - 12:44
Pumita says:
A big congratulations! So happy for you. 🙂 Quite right for you to promote public health with a bottle of good wine.
30 May 2011 - 22:40