Meet KI's Master's Scholarship Recipients 2026
Each year, Karolinska Institutet and the Swedish Institute award scholarships to outstanding students from around the world. Meet our 2026 scholarship recipients and learn more about their backgrounds, experiences, and life at KI.
KI’s Global Master’s Scholarship recipients
Photo: Fredrik PerssonMunkhtsetseg Byambaa
"During my work in Mongolia, I saw a gap between donor priorities and local health system needs."
Photo: Fredrik PerssonOliver Jianfei Luo
"I was inspired by the belief that fundamental research can benefit countless people and contribute to better human health."
Photo: Fredrik PerssonMatheus Bresser
"My goal is to bridge health economics, governance and digital implementation to contribute to sustainable healthcare."
Photo: Fredrik PerssonBababunmi Michael Okeowo
"I want to strengthen healthcare through data-driven decision-making, digital innovation and improved access to quality care."
Photo: Fredrik PerssonThais Di Stasi Marques dos Santos
“I have chosen to study nutrition due to my interest in eating disorders and nutritional therapy, particularly within children and adolescents."
Photo: Fredrik PerssonIfeoluwa Emmanuel Oladimeji
"I became fascinated by compulsive behaviours and why some actions can feel impossible to stop."
Photo: Fredrik PerssonJavier Josue Flores Mamani
"Growing up in a high-altitude city in Bolivia, I witnessed altitude-related conditions that sparked my interest in physiology and pathophysiology."
Photo: Fredrik PerssonMaria Jose Medrano Amarillo
"I want to help bridge the gap between medical innovation, healthcare systems and patient access, particularly in Colombia."
Photo: Fredrik PerssonJamil Ahmad
"My research in Human Nutrition and my experience with community nutrition made me realize that chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity require prevention beyond individual-level interventions."
Swedish Institute scholarship recipients
Photo: Fredrik PerssonNguyen Thi Bich Hau
"Growing up, I saw how healthcare workforce shortages affected my community, and later, during my medical training, I witnessed the burnout faced by many healthcare professionals."
Photo: Fredrik PerssonMuhammad Nur'Ayunnie Hazim Bin Shafi'i
"As a public health medical officer in Malaysia, I saw how fragmented data systems and administrative work could slow down responses to disease outbreaks."
Photo: Fredrik PerssonKiconco Penenah
"As a midwife in Uganda, I have witnessed how maternal mortality, limited access to healthcare and health inequities affect vulnerable communities."
Photo: Fredrik PerssonJonathan Katandula
"I'd like to launch a biotech startup in Zambia and apply ideas and models from developed economies to improve healthcare service delivery, particularly in vaccine development."
Photo: Fredrik PerssonZelalem Tegegn Fantaw
"I wanted to understand how better policies and resource allocation can improve healthcare on a larger scale."
Photo: Fredrik PerssonTipsuda Tangsriwong
"My goal is to develop low-cost AI tools that can support frontline staff, help save lives and reduce the healthcare gap."
Photo: Fredrik PerssonMd Ebrahim Molla
"Growing up and working as a government doctor in Bangladesh has shown me the gap between what healthcare could be and what it actually is."
Photo: Fredrik PerssonMichael Musonda
"When looking for the right programme, KI stood out as a place where I could learn how to address emerging health challenges and make a meaningful impact."