The Queen of Sweden presented scholarships from Queen Silvia’s Jubilee Fund for Research on Children and Children’s Disabilities during a ceremony at the Royal Palace of Stockholm on Wednesday, January 28. Two of the six doctoral students who received scholarships were from Sahlgrenska Academy.
The Fund, which was founded in connection with Queen Silvia’s 50th birthday, awards scholarships each year to doctoral students at universities and other institutions of higher learning throughout Sweden.
Elin Thorlacius, a doctoral student at the Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, received a scholarship for her project, “The prophylactic effect of Levosimendan in reducing acute kidney injury postoperatively in pediatric patients undergoing corrective heart surgery.”
Git Lidman, a doctoral student at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, received a scholarship for her project, “Long-term effects of early treatment for botulinum toxin and occupational therapy among children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy.”
The other four recipients were Ylva Fredriksson Kaul, a doctoral student at the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, Carin Dahlberg, a doctoral student at the Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Pernilla Garmy, a doctoral student at the medical faculty, Lund University, and Pernilla Hugoson, a doctoral student in music therapy at the University of Jyväskylä.
