NEWS A professor of gynaecology and obstetrics from Indonesia and a cardiologist from Scotland will be awarded honorary doctorates by the Faculty of Medicine at ͯÑÕÊÓƵ, Sweden, in 2025.
Mohammad Hakimi, medical honorary doctor 2025.ImageWisaksono Adhi, InaHealth, FK-KMK UGM
Mohammad Hakimi is a professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. His work spans a wide range of areas with a focus on maternal and child health, nutrition, and public health equity. He has increased the understanding of obstetric care, micronutrient deficiencies, non-communicable diseases, and the health consequences of domestic violence. His academic output includes over 300 publications, alongside educational materials and books that have informed public health policy and practice.
For over three decades, Professor Hakimi has been a central figure in the longstanding collaboration between Universitas Gadjah Mada and the research and education in epidemiology and global health at Umeå University. He has served as a guest researcher and mentor in Umeå, and many of his former students now hold professorships in both Indonesia and Sweden, strengthening bilateral academic ties. This collaboration has resulted in more than 150 joint publications and 15 completed PhD projects.
"Mohammad Hakimi is a highly respected person in maternal and public health. His research and collaboration with Umeå University has really made a difference both in Southeast Asia and for us," says Patrik Danielson, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Umeå University.
Nicholas Mills, honorary doctor 2025. ImageStewart Attwood
Nicholas Mills is an internationally renowned and well-qualified professor of cardiology at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland with approximately 450 publications of his own. During his time as a doctoral student, he spent several occasions in Umeå, where he introduced venous occlusion plethysmography to study the cardiovascular effects of acute exposure to various air pollutants, primarily diesel exhaust.
Professor Mills has contributed to a well-functioning exchange of doctoral students between Umeå and Edinburgh. He has acted as a mentor for researchers and doctoral students in Umeå, which has resulted in five doctoral dissertations and about thirty scientific articles in prestigious journals. In addition, three doctoral students from Edinburgh have completed parts of their doctoral studies in Umeå.
"Nick Mills' research methodology has been of great importance for studies of the importance of air pollution for cardiovascular disease, research that has become increasingly relevant and where Umeå is now well advanced. It feels very good that we can now tie him more closely to us,” says Patrik Danielson.
The honorary doctors will be conferred at Umeå University's annual ceremony in October.
