Activities

November 1, 2022

Welcome to NEAR Maria Wahlberg

Porträttbild Maria Wahlberg

Photo: Maria Youhang

From the 1st of November we are happy to welcome Maria Wahlberg as a Database Coordinator in the NEAR team.

Maria has a Master of Science degree in Statistics from Linköpings Universtitet. She has worked as Data manager for the Kungsholmen Project since 1997 when she began her carrier at Karolinska Institutet. Since the start in 2001 Maria has also worked as Data manager for SNAC-K. The last 10 years she has been part of the SNAC-K executive group as well as the national SNAC coordination group.

– Maria is a strong addition to the NEAR team. With her long experience, large networks both at ARC but above all within SNAC, we are sure that Maria will contribute a lot of value to NEAR and be a natural link between all our database managers, says Debora Rizzuto, Scientific Coordinator NEAR.

We are very happy to welcome Maria to the NEAR Central Operational Group!

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NEAR Scientific Workshop at European Public Health Conference in Lisbon

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NEAR Workshop 2024: High Impact Aging Research ─ Dialogue Among International Infrastructures

On a beautiful fall day on 15 October, NEAR held its sixth workshop in the majestic facilities of the Swedish Society of Medicine. After the initial welcome from NEAR’s Director, Laura Fratiglioni, the workshop continued with various presentations led by the Chair, Björn Halleröd. During these, leading experts of extensive longitudinal and epidemiological studies presented […]

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NEAR Workshop 2024: High Impact Aging Research ─ Dialogue Among International Infrastructures

Don’t miss the opportunity to join us for the upcoming NEAR workshop: “Aging Research with High Clinical and Public Health Impact – Dialogue Among International Infrastructures” on 15 October from 8.30 AM to 5.00 PM. This year’s workshop aims to foster an environment where leading experts in large longitudinal and epidemiological studies or infrastructures will […]