Category Archives: 2019

Yesterday we visited the Karolinska Institute for a lecture on Women, Work, and Stress. The study was interesting because it looked at women ages 50+ which tends to be a under represented age in many studies. The findings showed that … Continue reading →

Today we went to the Karolinska Institute and were able to sit in on a lecture given by Dr. Aila Collins. She told about the studies that she has conducted and the information she has gathered from them. We then … Continue reading →

Today marks a very special day. We are visiting yet another excellent company native to Sweden. Today’s company is Husqvarna, who specializes in creation of chainsaws, zero turn lawnmowers, trimmers, leaf blowers, and my personal favorite, robotic lawn mowers. Throughout … Continue reading →

Its our last full day in Sweden! We are so sad to leave this beautiful country,  but so happy with all we were able to experience in these last 10 days. With the full day to ourselves to explore Stockholm, … Continue reading →

We spent our morning at the Karolinska Institute discussing predominately stress of women in the work place with Dr. Aila Collins. Her presentation while geared more towards HPA was interesting  from an LER perspective as well. Therefore both of us … Continue reading →

Being the last full day of the trip, it was a very bitter sweet feeling waking up and deciding what the final day would consist of. Bitter due to only having limited time left with a very fun and tight-knit … Continue reading →

Today, we had the opportunity to visit Karolinska Insistute and receive a brief lecture from a wonderful woman. Her presentation focused on women, work and stress. And the re,ationship between them. It was interesting for her to explain her study … Continue reading →

We began the day bright and early so that we could head to Husqvarna for a factory tour and presentations from some members of the HR staff. We were able to see their assembly line process and the amount of … Continue reading →

Today was our last day in Jönköping, Sweden.  Bright and early this morning, at 7:05am, we had to meet in the hotel lobby to catch a bus to Husqvarna Group.  Once there were given a tour by our wonderful tour … Continue reading →

Today we started out our day at Jonkoping University. We learned about the Twin Studies from Deborah Finkel. She has been studying twins for about 25 years. The studies were first to test for the importance of the environment instead … Continue reading →