This year’s recipients of the Sahlgrenska Academy International Starting Grant are Caroline Miranda Larsen (Neuroscience and Physiology) and Aron Onerup (Clinical Sciences), a grant that awards them SEK one million each from the faculty. Caroline Miranda Larsen has completed a postdoc at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism. Her project at Sahlgrenska Academy explores a new role for delta cells in the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas,…
Carin Algemark Berndt is honored as the General Practitioner West 2023
Carin Algemark Berndt has been honored as the General Practitioner of the Year West for 2023 by the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the Institute of Medicine. She is a specialist in general medicine and district doctor at Medpro Clinic Noltorp Vårdcentral, Alingsås. She embodies outstanding medical expertise, emphasizing accessibility and continuity in her practice. Among the dedicated physicians in Västra Götaland, she stands out for her…
Sneak peek of the new Student Portal on October 24 or 27
At the beginning of November, a completely new Student Portal will be launched. The new concept for the Student Portal includes a simplified menu and information pages with tailored content based on students’ course participation. “My Page,” which the student accesses after logging into the Student Portal, will also contain customized materials based on course participation. You now have the opportunity to participate in a preview, which will also provide…
New episode of Akademiliv’s podcast – doctoral student Lena Havstam Johansson on glaucoma
RESEARCH COMMUNICATION. The podcast Akademiliv is back, this time focusing on the vision of the elderly. The podcast is only available in Swedish. The guest is Lena Havstam Johansson, a specialist nurse and doctoral student. The interviewer is Communications Officer Elin Lindström. You can listen to the podcast here: Akademiliv Podcast on Glaucoma (Soundcloud) Among seventy-year-olds, about one in twenty has glaucoma. In Sweden, it is estimated that around 200,000…
Josefin Larsson was awarded for the best poster in Budapest
AWARD. Five questions with doctoral student Josefin Larsson, who won an award for the best poster in the pain syndromes category at the Pain in Europe congress. See the award winning poster further down! Among 956 posters, yours was one of the four awarded at the European Pain Federation’s yearly congress in Budapest. How did it feel? “Incredibly fun, of course! It’s a great acknowledgment of the relevance of the…