It is now decided that Gustav Smith, professor of cardiology at the Institute of Medicine, will be the new director of the Wallenberg Center for Molecular and Translational Medicine (WCMTM), as of April 1. The scope of the assignment is 50 percent of full-time employment. Gustav Smith has experience of participating in the corresponding center at Lund University. He takes over after current acting director Staffan Edén. The research center WCMTM was initiated in 2015 and involves around 26 research groups at Sahlgrenska Academy and the Faculty of Science.
Akademiliv hopes to get back with a longer interview with Gustav Smith.