Table 1.

Contributions and scientific position of the participating universities.

Participating university/institute	Subject areas	Theme contributionsa	Research specializations	Research initiatives and centers	Innovations centersb
Blekinge Institute of Technology	Applied health technology	Technologies	Gerontechnology	SNACc	Health Technology Research Lab
Halmstad University	Information technology, innovation science, health, and lifestyle	Technologies, implementation, and innovation	Health innovation and information-driven care	RFId, CAISR Healthe, and IDCf	Leap for life
Jönköping University	Health and care science, welfare and social science, disability research	Implementation	Quality improvement, innovation, and leadership in health and welfare	Jönköping Academy for Improvement in Health and Welfare	—g
Mid Sweden university	Health science, quality management	Implementation	Rehabilitation science and quality technology and management	—	—
Mälardalen University	Health and welfare, embedded systems, innovation, and product realization	Implementation and innovation	Medical and health technology for diagnosis and prevention	Embedded sensor systems for health plus	—
University of Skövde	Health science, information technology	Technologies and implementation	Health in the digital society	INFINITh and DHEARi	—
University West	Work-integrated and workplace learning, production technology	Implementation and innovation	Work-integrated learning	LINAj and LOVk	Health Academy West

^aTechnologies (Developing valuable digital health technologies), implementation (Supporting real-world implementation), innovation (Coordinating and optimizing the innovation process).

^bThe 7 universities have a history of research and education in complementary areas relating to health innovation. A distinguishing feature of this research and education is a high degree of collaboration and coproduction with industries and public sectors and strategic ambitions that combine goal setting for achieving both scientific excellence and value creation in society. Each university has specific research areas and specializations that position them nationally and internationally, and that contribute in different ways with relevant and specialized input to the 3 research themes of the research school (Table 2). The intention of the research school is to benefit from each of the specializations, positions, and expertise, and thereby create a multidisciplinary learning environment with added value for the doctoral students, the involved researchers, and partners.

^cSNAC: Swedish National Study on Ageing and Care.

^dRFI: research for innovation.

^eCAISR Health: Center for Applied Intelligent Systems Research Health.

^fIDC: information-driven care.

^gData not available.

^hINFINIT: Research directed towards the generation, quality assurance, analysis and visualization of data using information technology systems and models.

ⁱDHEAR: Digital Health Research.

^jLINA: learning in and for the new working life.

^kLOV: learning and caring for sustainable health.