Martin Magnusson currently heads a research group of 7 people, two PhD students, two post docs and three research nurses. He has been main tutor for one completed PhD project ”Metabolic actions of atrial natriuretic peptide”. Martin Magnusson is the head (PI) of three major on-going prospective major research projects 1) Competence Centre Heart and Diabetes (CCHD), 2) SCAPIS sub-echocardiographic examination trail in Malmö and 3) Heart and Brain Failure Investigation study (HARVEST) and also part of the steering committee of the clinical project “Metabolic Health” Skåne University Hospital.

In 2017 Martin Magnusson was granted the prestigious “Research Space for young clinical scientists in Wallenberg Center for Molecular Medical Research at Lund University (WCMM LU) ​​years 2017-2021 – regeneration and reparation in diabetes”.

Martin Magnusson is a highly innovative and productive clinical scientists, with the majority of his publications in the US and European top journals, and represents one of Skåne University Hospitals future core group of young researchers, i.e. those who develop strong clinical activities relating to research of both direct clinical and but also of complex molecular, genetic and biological nature.