The prize is given to outstanding medical researchers with strong future potential, and Englund is highlighted as an internationally influential figure in osteoarthritis research.
In recent years, Martin Englund has built a world‑leading research unit at the Department of Orthopaedics in Lund, where his group focuses on the causes and consequences of osteoarthritis – one of our major public health diseases. His work has gained substantial attention both in scientific journals and through international awards, and he is today regarded as a key figure in global osteoarthritis research.
The prize committee, chaired by Professor Emeritus Ingemar Petersson, emphasizes that Englund’s research is at the very forefront and continues to push the field forward. The award was presented at a ceremony in Lund on January 22, in the presence of representatives from Lund University, Region Skåne, and the Kock Foundations.
With this prize, Englund’s research group gains additional opportunities to deepen the understanding of osteoarthritis – a disease affecting hundreds of thousands of people in Sweden and posing major challenges for both individuals and society.
It is a great honor, and with humility I accept this generous award, which I see as recognition not only of the field of osteoarthritis – one of our major public health challenges – but above all of my fantastic colleagues.
We are investing both in generating new knowledge about molecular mechanisms to enable the development of new treatments, and in research on the outcomes and consequences of established therapies, so that the right treatment is offered at the right time to the right patient.
