When the Swedish Research Council presented the grant decisions in clinical treatment research, it was clear that three large research environments in Gothenburg will receive funding. Helena Filipsson Nyström receives just over SEK 12 million for her research environment, which studies the impact of mild nutritional deficiencies in the mother on the fetal brain (the SWIDDICH study). Anna Gordh receives just over SEK 7 million for her research environment GOT-TO-GO,…
Open seminar on work within the profile areas at University of Gothenburg
Everyone with an interest in this work is welcome to participate, registration needed. The seminar will be in English.
Vice-Chancellor Malin Broberg has formally appointed Magnus Simrén as the next Pro-Dean of the Sahlgrenska Academy
The Vice-Chancellor’s decision is based on the results of the faculty election held in early November, where 77.9 percent of the voters (with a voter turnout of 43.13 percent) supported Magnus Simrén’s candidacy. Magnus Simrén will assume the role of Pro-Dean on January 1, 2024, and the term extends for a maximum of six years (until the end of 2029). Magnus Simrén is a professor of medical gastroenterology at the…
Podden Akademiliv – about fibromyalgia and other long-term generalized pain (in Swedish)
RESEARCH COMMUNICATION. In the latest episode of the Akademiliv podcast (in Swedish), you will hear Anna Grimby Ekman, professor of health science statistics, whose research is based on large amounts of data with the goal of improving the rehabilitation of people with pain. The conversation is about how researchers measure pain, why it is so important that people with pain are partners in research and how research can help care…
Doctoral thesis on predicting and preventing preterm delivery
DOCTORAL THESIS. Preterm delivery is the leading cause of death in children under the age of five. Tove Wikström’s research focuses on methods to identify women with an increased risk of preterm delivery, in order to find ways to prevent it in the future. When delivery occurs before 37 weeks of gestation, it is defined as preterm. This is the single most important cause of death in children under the…