FACULTY ELECTIONS. In October 2023, advisory elections for Pro-Dean and Dean will be implemented at Sahlgrenska Academy. Next week, a requirements profile is to be issued and employees can also start nominating candidates. Sahlgrenska Academy’s Nomination’s Committee (with a co-opted student representative) has been tasked by the Faculty Board, in consultation with the Vice-Chancellor, to initiate the selection process to appoint the Dean and Pro-Dean at the Academy. The appointees’…
Annika Rosengren included among the world’s top female medical scientists
RANKING. Professor Annika Rosengren is the sole University of Gothenburg researcher included on a list of the thousand top female medical scientists in the world. While ordinary research rankings are dominated by men, Annika Rosengren points to the difference between low-income and high-income countries as an even greater injustice in the research world. Published on Research.com, the list is based on data collected from Microsoft Academic Graph in December 2021.…
Major strides for registry-based research
RESEARCH CONDITIONS. A regional initiative on registry-based research has led to new advances in such areas as research on prostate cancer and COVID-19. The researchers from Sahlgrenska University Hospital and the University of Gothenburg are behind the project. One of these researchers is Ola Bratt, a professor of clinical cancer epidemiology and senior physician at the Prostate Cancer Center at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. He has long been active in prostate…
Though the Early Professional Contact course is coming to an end, it will return in the new medical program
EDUCATION. Course coordinators, supervisors, former students, and others recently gathered to celebrate the Early Professional Contact (EPC) course that has been offered for 20 years. A new version of the course is being launched in the new medical program, where general medicine and primary care are given greater scope in the clinical-based training of the medical students. Much time, love, and commitment went into the Early Professional Contact course, which…
Adults with congenital heart disease living longer
NEW STUDY. Adult patients with congenital heart disease are living longer but have a greater risk of heart failure and other heart complications. This is the finding of a new study by researchers at the University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital. Zacharias Mandalenakis is the last author of the article now being published in the journal Circulation. Zacharias is a chief physician at the ACHD Center at Sahlgrenska University…
Thirty-three researchers receive funding from Jubilee Clinic’s Cancer Fund
GRANTS. This year, the Jubilee Clinic’s Cancer Fund is awarding approximately SEK 16.2 million for cancer research at, or in connection with, the Jubilee Clinic at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. Of this amount, about SEK 1.2 million relates to research months for clinically active researchers. One of the 33 researchers receiving funding is Cecilia Bull, who will receive SEK 400,000 per year for two years. Her team is mapping what happens…
Youth overweight a risk factor for blood clots as adult
NEW STUDY. Being overweight in childhood and in early adulthood are discrete risk factors for blood clots later in life, a University of Gothenburg study shows. The study is based on the early BMI history of more than 37,000 men and information about their thrombi, if any, in adulthood. The association between obesity and blood clots is already established. However, to date it has been unclear how much influence a raised…
Master’s thesis in health and technology: ‘A perfect choice’
HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY. On May 9, students and supervisors will gather for the sixth Master’s Thesis Fair in Health and Technology. Meet former Chalmers University of Technology students Felix Ericsson and Alma Lund, who did their master’s thesis project on how stress affects blood pressure in the brain. “It is almost impossible to find a better project for a master’s thesis than the one we chose,” according to Felix Ericsson.…
Study in Science: Electrodes can grow in living tissue
NEW STUDY. Researchers at the Department of Chemistry & Molecular Biology at University of Gothenburg are partners in a research collaboration that successfully has grown electrodes in living tissue using the body’s molecules as triggers. The result, published in the journal Science, paves the way for the formation of fully integrated electronic circuits in living organisms. Linking electronics to biological tissue is important to understand complex biological functions, combat diseases…
Decades-long suffering from obstetric injuries
NEW STUDY. Bowel leakage, the need for anal incontinence protection and a restricted social life may cause severe, decades-long suffering among women with obstetric injuries to the anal opening, according to a study from the University of Gothenburg. The study, published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, comprises a total of more than 11,000 women who had given birth vaginally in Sweden, twice, in the years 1987–2000. The…
AgeCap well received at high-level meeting of EU member states
INTERACTION. On February 13–14, the Swedish presidency invited European Union member states and other stakeholders to a high-level meeting on active and autonomous ageing. Ingmar Skoog, a professor of psychiatry and director of the University of Gothenburg’s Centre for Ageing and Health (AgeCap), presented a highly appreciated opening lecture entitled 70 is the new 50. The high-level meeting aimed to create a discussion on the way forward for Europe’s ageing…
Successful two-day symposium focusing on junior researchers
YOUNG RESEARCHERS. It should come as no surprise if the first Sahlgrenska Academy Junior Researcher Symposium results in several new collaborations among different teams and different fields. The symposium featured a series of interesting presentations and proved very successful. Sahlgrenska Academy’s leadership and Dean Agneta Holmäng have been very supportive of the Future Faculty’s work with the Sahlgrenska Academy Junior Researcher Symposium. Ten external sponsors helped fund the symposium. Although…
Suzanne Dickson is the new chair of the European Brain Council
APPOINTMENT. Suzanne Dickson, a professor at the University of Gothenburg, has been elected as the new chair of the non-profit European Brain Council (EBC). The ultimate goal of the organization is to improve the lives of the estimated 179 million Europeans living with brain conditions. “The brain is the most complex organ in the body, and it is a massive challenge to better understand its function so that the disorders…
AI analyses cell movement under the microscope – method developed at the Faculty of Science
NEW STUDY. The enormous amount of data obtained by filming biological processes using a microscope has previously been an obstacle for analyses. Using artificial intelligence (AI), researchers at the University of Gothenburg can now follow cell movement across time and space. The method could be very helpful for developing more effective cancer medications. Studying the movements and behaviours of cells and biological molecules under a microscope provides fundamental information for…
All staff should immediately protect accounts with multi-factor authentication
SECURITY. Due to an increased risk of cyber attacks, all employees are now advised to activate multi-factor authentication as soon as possible to increase the security of the account and also of the entire university’s IT environment. More information on how to activate your account for MFA is found here in the Staff Portal under Service & support – IT services – User account: Multi-factor authentication, MFA Why are we…
The faculties collaborate for a functioning and pleasant campus
CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT. After the move-in into Natrium in August, the Faculty of Science increases its presence in Medicinarelängan, and the number of students grow. Established since years already, the Campus Council will continue to be an important forum for joint development of the campus environment. When the Campus Council meets, the development of study facilities is a recurring item on the meeting agenda, but equally important are questions about the…
Lower fracture risk for older wheelchair users
NEW STUDY. Being a frail elderly person and using a wheelchair involves a substantially reduced risk of fractures, a University of Gothenburg study shows. More prescriptions for wheelchairs may result. Wheelchair use often means spending many hours in the same, seated position with no load on the legs, which can cause functional deterioration and loss of bone mass. This in turn makes the skeleton more brittle and thus subject to…
AI supports doctors’ hard decisions on cardiac arrest
NEW STUDY. When patients receive care after cardiac arrest, doctors can now — by entering patient data in a web-based app — find out how thousands of similar patients have fared. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have developed three such systems of decision support for cardiac arrest that may, in the future, make a major difference to doctors’ work. One of these decision support tools (SCARS-1), now published, is…
This year’s Research Day focused on Centers of Expertise and Research
COLLABORATION. For the eighth year in a row, Sahlgrenska Academy and Sahlgrenska University Hospital hosted our Research Day. This year’s event highlighted several cross-disciplinary centers of expertise and research. Research Day is a reminder of how closely healthcare and academia collaborate and the importance of working together to develop healthcare in the future. Many cross-disciplinary centers of expertise and research Dean Agneta Holmäng and Hospital Director Ann-Marie Wennberg Larkö started…
New method for diagnosing knee ligament injuries being tested
HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY. A new method of diagnosing knee ligament injuries has been developed by researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy and Chalmers University of Technology. The method combines conventional diagnostics with image processing, and researchers hope it can provide both easier and more accurate diagnostics. It is currently being tested in a clinical environment to investigate its accuracy. When a person seeks treatment for knee pain, the first thing clinicians investigate…