GRANTS. On behalf of the labor market parties, AFA Insurance allocates SEK 50 million to six new research projects within an R & D program with focus on research on working life without cardiovascular disease. Professor Fredrik Bäckhed and Professor Annika Rosengren lead two of the projects. Gut microbiota as treatment strategy in cardiovascular disease Obesity, high blood lipids and diabetes increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. While modern drugs…
Next step: process to appoint new Dean and Pro-Dean for Sahlgrenska Academy
Earlier this summer, former Vice-Chancellor Pam Fredman tasked the Sahlgrenska Academy Board to “commence the preparation process to appoint new Dean and Pro-Dean”. The task then went to the Sahlgrenska Academy Nomination Committee. The final decision lies with our new Vice-Chancellor, Eva Wiberg, who took office on 1 July. Next step is the Vice-Chancellor’s consultation with the Nomination Committee when everyone is back in office after the holidays. Eric Hanse…
Decreasing prevalence of dementia among the oldest-old
Better treatment of stroke and higher education in later-born generations are the two main explanations for the decreasing prevalence of dementia among the oldest old, according to a new report from Swedish researchers – Between 1986 and 2008, the prevalence of dementia among 85-year-olds decreased from 30% to 22%, says Professor Ingmar Skoog, one of the researchers behind the study. The decrease was most accentuated for vascular dementia, a disorder…
Almedalen Week 2017 – Great interest in health care and health issues
This year’s Almedalen Week is over. With more official program items than ever: 4 100 over seven days. Visitors chose between anything from “Nordic initiative for supplier responsibility in Thailand” to “More vegan options at work – how I can veganize working hours”. And of course the traditional party leader speeches. But in spite of the incredible scope, two areas stood out: health and medical care, and sustainability. Researchers from…
Post-doctoral fellowship in the Medical Humanities (South Africa)
Re-considering lung disease in South Africa : the politics of data and materiality in a century of mine silicosis. Post-doctoral fellowship WITS INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH (WiSER) UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA In the present, and through our modern history, lung disease has been one of the key sites of politics in modern South Africa. This political importance is reflected in the richness of the science,…