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Ingrid Asp has experienced how illness can destroy the life of the person affected and how it affects an entire family. At the time, her son was suffering from severe kidney disease, and several members of her family have also suffered from psoriasis. As a result, Ingrid Asp set up an additional foundation for psoriasis research at LiU. Since then, Ingrid has been involved in the research and development journey at LiU in both these areas.

鈥淚t鈥檚 only through stubborn and ambitious research that we can find cures for increasingly common diseases such as kidney failure and psoriasis,鈥� Ingrid Asp said in connection with her first donation.

In 2011, a professorship in renal medicine was established, with Professor M氓rten Segelmark as the professor, until 2019. In 2020, Professor and physician Annette Bruchfeld was recruited to the professorship to conduct research on inflammatory kidney diseases and vasculitis (inflammation of blood vessels). Since then, Ingrid has been very determined to continue to influence knowledge development in these fields. In total, she has donated SEK 45 million to her two foundations.

Without generous support from the foundation, the establishment of the centre and its development would not have been possible.