RANKING. In this year’s edition of the Shanghai ranking, the University of Gothenburg climbs three spots to 138th in the world. The University retains its leading position in Sweden in human biological sciences (ranked 22nd internationally) and in dentistry (26th internationally). The Shanghai Ranking, or its official name the Academic Ranking of World Universities, published its 2021 rankings on August 15. As a whole, the University of Gothenburg ranks fourth…
Workshop: Diagnostics, imaging, and AI for solving challenges in healthcare
AI-NYTT. Welcome to register to this workshop, held in in English! Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sahlgrenska Academy and Chalmers, via CHAIR and Health Engineering Area of Advance, are arranging a workshop to spark collaborations for research into diagnostics, imaging, and AI. The aim is to create new constellations that will drive important and necessary development for solving challenges in healthcare. The workshop will be a mix of short presentations from PI:s…
Agneta Holmäng: Welcome back!
COLUMN. In her first column for the semester, Dean Agneta Holmäng notes that we have an exciting, if challenging, autumn ahead of us. I’d like to start by welcoming everyone back. I hope you have had the opportunity to enjoy the wonderful summer and recharge your batteries. I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome all our students, both new and returning, back, and send a special greeting…
Delayed care for juvenile new-onset type 1 diabetes
NEW STUDY. Four out of ten children and adolescents who were admitted with new-onset type 1 diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis did not receive hospital treatment the same day as contacts were taken with primary care. This is shown in a study from the University of Gothenburg. In severe cases, a delay before hospital care begins can lead to life-threatening conditions. The study, published in the journal Pediatric Diabetes, comprises 237…
European research collaboration leads to faster vaccines
RESEARCH PROJECT. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg are part of a large, new research collaboration that will speed up the process of developing new vaccines. The European pharmaceutical industries and associations (EFPIA) and the European Union (EU) will jointly invest EUR 33 million in the collaboration, which includes experts from 11 countries. Vaccine development is both time-consuming and expensive. On average, it takes 10 years to develop a new…
Construction information Medicinareberget – auditorium Waldemar Sjölander soon available for lectures
CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION. Akademiliv provides information on the construction of Natrium on Medicinareberget for the period weeks 33– 36 (August 16 – September 10). The periodic information about constructions on Medicinareberget is distributed with special mailings and in Akademiliv every four weeks. This autumn’s information will be distributed out on September 13, October 11, November 8 and December 6. If you have questions about the construction activities, feel free to email…
Nine of ten patients with high blood pressure need more treatment
DOCTORAL THESIS. Of patients with hypertension, nine-tenths do not receive enough treatment and are thereby at elevated risk of cardiovascular disease and early death, a University of Gothenburg thesis shows. Hypertension (high blood pressure) is the leading treatable cause of illness and death worldwide. More than a billion people are hypertensive, defined as having blood pressure (BP) with a systolic level (the higher number) of at least 140 millimeters of…
Internet CBT for depression reviewed and analyzed
NEW STUDY. Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for depression is often just as effective as traditional CBT. This is clear from an international study involving scientists at the University of Gothenburg. However, some online treatments have components that can be harmful. Internet CBT (iCBT) as a method of delivering treatment is on the increase. Nevertheless, it has been unclear to date which parts of the treatment are most helpful against…
No signs of brain injury post-acute COVID-19
NEW STUDY. In a recent study from University of Gothenburg, it has been shown that all participants achieve normalization of CNS injury biomarkers, regardless of previous disease severity or persistent neurological symptoms. Indicating that post-COVID-19 neurological sequalae are not due to active brain injury. Central nervous system involvement and signs of brain injury have been described since the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. A previous study from the same group…
Knowledge and support improve menopausal health
DOCTORAL THESIS. More knowledge and individual support from primary care services can alleviate women’s menopausal problems, a University of Gothenburg thesis shows. Not feeling well or like one’s normal self, but without any distinct sense of being ill, is experienced by numerous women during menopause, according to Lena Rindner, district nurse with a Ph.D. in community medicine and public health from Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. Rindner’s doctoral thesis describes…
Highly fit teenagers coped better with COVID-19 later in life
NEW STUDY. Of the Swedish men in their late teens who performed well in the physical fitness tests for military conscription, a relatively high proportion were able to avoid hospital care when they became infected with COVID-19 during the pandemic up to 50 years later. This has been shown by University of Gothenburg researchers in a register study, with results now published in the BMJ Open. The study is based…
Basic research saves lives in children with high-risk neuroblastoma
NEW STUDY. Thanks to many years of basic research into the rare cancer neuroblastoma, some very seriously ill children can now be returned to health. The treatment is simple, has significantly fewer side effects, and has a surprisingly fast effect. A major European collaboration, which includes researchers at the University of Gothenburg and Karolinska Institutet, has now published its results in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. It will have a…
Nominate Electoral Assembly electors that will appoint teacher representatives to the University Board – by September 1st
ELECTION. New teacher representatives are to be appointed to the University Board at the University of Gothenburg. They are appointed by an electoral assembly consisting of electors from the University’s faculties. Sahlgrenska Academy will appoint 7 electors through an academy-wide election. The Academy’s teachers are encouraged to nominate elector candidates. The nominations must be received by the nominating committee no later than September 1st. During the next term of office, the…
Platzer buys buildings on Medicinareberget
PREMISES. The municipal real estate company Higab has now sold Odontologen, Hälsovetarbacken and the Biotech Center where the University of Gothenburg rents premises. The buyer is Platzer. For the University of Gothenburg, the sale does not mean any major changes. The background to the sale is that the City of Gothenburg has decided that the municipal real estate company Higab aims to streamline its property portfolio and mainly meet the…
Swedish Research Council awards SEK 15 million for follow-up of COVID-19 vaccines
GRANTS. A research team at the University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital has received SEK 15 million from the Swedish Research Council for follow-up studies of COVID-19 vaccines. “This involves looking at the protective effect in the long term and how good it is in different groups,” says Magnus Gisslén, a professor of infectious diseases at the University of Gothenburg and chief physician in the infection clinic at Sahlgrenska…
Remembering Lars Hamberger, a pioneer in IVF
IN MEMORIAM. Professor Emeritus Lars Hamberger, a pioneer in the development of IVF to treat involuntary childlessness, has died at the age of 82. He is described as creative, enthusiastic and feisty. Here, his colleagues Charles Hansson, Christina Bergh, Henrik Hagberg and Kersti Lundin share reminiscences to mark his passing. Lars Hamberger was born in Stockholm in 1939. Early in life, he considered becoming an artist. However, influence from his…
Major risk of eye injuries from padel, research ophthalmologists say
Several eye clinics around Sweden are seeing a rise in eye damage related to the racket sport padel. In an article in the Journal of the Swedish Medical Association (Läkartidningen), eye researchers affiliated with the University of Gothenburg state that padel is a potential high-risk sport for eye injuries, and that wearing protective goggles is a good idea. Ball sports are often associated with an increased risk of eye injuries,…
Preparations are underway for the herbarium, one of Natrium’s many special features
NATRIUM. Due to the current remote work, few of us have actually seen Natrium’s superstructure grow level by level. In this phase of a construction project, a few weeks’ work can show a clear result. The interior work, on the other hand, is a lengthy process. On the lower floors it has already started. Preparations are being made in the cellar for the new herbarium, an infrastructure for students and…
Agneta Holmäng: We can leverage the positive lessons from remote working
COLUMN. The protracted pandemic seems to finally be abating, and the University is preparing for a gradual return to campus in the autumn. But even though remote working and online teaching have been hard in many ways, there are positive aspects we will try to incorporate in our future work, Dean Agneta Holmäng writes in her summer greetings. I want to wish all of you a really lovely summer. I…
AI.se wants to know your Challenges!
AI Sweden is setting up a matchmaking initiative to help apply AI to real-world problems – the AI Challenge Platform! What is this? AI.se is the starting point for all AI-related research and development in Sweden! This is an opportunity for you that have a research Challenge that you suspect AI can solve, but lack the expertise, network, or time to take the next step… or maybe you’re already using…