Health sciences

An aging population challenges the health and welfare sector to rethink how good quality care can be provided in a sustainable way. The interdisciplinary research group ALOVE is concerned with regional, national and international issues related to ageing, care, welfare and innovation.

Child/Adolescent Psychology Lab (CAPLab) brings together psychologists studying the psychology of children and adolescents, both from a developmental and a clinical perspective. CAPLab members are both researchers and practitioners (certified clinical psychologists, psychotherapists) basing their work on the idea of evidence-based assessment / treatment. Researches in the CAPLab focus on:

Members of our division conduct a broad range of neuropsychology research that aims at investigating the brain-behavior relationship. In particular, we run projects that look into emotional and cognitive changes in individuals with neurodegenerative diseases (e.g. Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia, Parkinson's disease), chronic somatic conditions (e.g., end-stage renal disease, hypertension) and stroke. Also, by using both classic psychological measures, behavioral experiments as well as neuroimaging, we investigate both cognitive and emotional changes associated with aging.

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Biotransformations of industrial interest using Escherichia coli
Research on human auto-antigens as markers of autoimmune disseases
Research on proteases as anti tumor targets.