DISTINCTIONS. Gunilla Backman, Carl Bennet, and Denis Mukwege have been appointed honorary doctors at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. The three people awarded honorary doctorates at Sahlgrenska Academy in 2019 have been engaged in important collaborations with the University of Gothenburg for many years. With these honors, the Academy wishes to express both its appreciation of what they have done to date and its desire for further collaboration. “We…
Highlight your infrastructure needs – ahead of the Swedish Research Council’s prioritization of national infrastructure
INFRASTRUCTURE. The Swedish Research Council’s (VR) prioritization of national research infrastructure is done through a recurring, cyclical 2-year process. The first step of the process is a needs inventory with the aim of pointing out areas where the need for new national infrastructure is clear. The outcome of the needs inventory is then used as a basis for VR’s targeted call for support for national infrastructure. The next need inventory…
Jonas Nilsson’s latest guest in Akademiliv the podcast
PODCAST. When Jonas Nilsson, Professor of Experimental Cancer Surgery and Head of the Sahlgrenska Cancer Center (SCC), visits our podcast Akademiliv, the conversation deals with both meloanoma, immunotherapy and cancer research in general. Here you can listen to the section with Jonas Nilsson (in Swedish): https://soundcloud.com/sahlgrenskaakademin/standiga-framsteg-inom-cancerforskningen The Podcast Akademiliv is a series of half-hour-long conversations between communicators and researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy. Most episodes are in Swedish, but there are a…
Henrik Sjövall: What is truth — when reality and media image do not match?
CHRONICLE. The more important an issue is, the cruder the measurement methods often are, thinks Akademiliv’s chronicler Henrik Sjövall. Both observational studies and qualitative literature can, in his opinion, contribute strongly to evidence-based truth. This chronicle originated in the somewhat puzzling results of a degree project. Medical student Lovisa Perman and I studied the associations among the parameters of quality of life, health, and health knowledge in Somali women at…
Information from Akademiska Hus about Naturvetenskap Life
Below is information related to the construction project Naturvetenskap Life. Thursday, July 4, both blasting times will have to be used – ie there will be a blast both at 12:30 and at 15:00. Construction information during summer An additional information email will reach the Institutes for further dissemination in week 27, and will then also be published on Akademiliv’s website. This information email will cover the entire summer’s…
Sara Sjöberg receives Sahlgrenska Academy’s 2019 Distinguished Teaching Award
Caption: On the whiteboard behind her, Sara Sjöberg has drawn a diagram she often uses to illustrate how different healthcare professions, such as doctors, nurses and pharmacists, have certain overlapping fields of knowledge and the importance of being aware of the knowledge base they have in common and the knowledge others in the team can contribute. EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. This year’s recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award at Sahlgrenska Academy…
Karolina Sjöberg Jabbar receives postdoctoral scholarship from KAW
GRANTS. Thanks to a scholarship from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW), Karolina Jabbar will serve for two years as a postdoctoral researcher at the Broad Institute, part of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). “It is a very advantageous and generous scholarship that represents a fantastic opportunity to gain experience in a very special environment at the leading edge of biomedical research,” says Karolina Sjöberg…
Being overweight as a teen may be associated with higher risk of heart muscle disease in adulthood
NEW STUDY. The risk of developing cardiomyopathy, which often leads to heart failure, increased in adult Swedish men who were even mildly overweight around age 18. The risk steadily increased as weight increased, even among those who started out at a normal weight, according to a study published in Circulation. A large study of Swedish men found that those who were even mildly overweight around age 18 were more likely…
New study on the development of atherosclerosis
STUDY. A new study by researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy shows that blocking cleavage of the filamin A protein in white blood cells reduces the development of atherosclerosis in mice. The study also identifies a new principle for how cholesterol is metabolized in blood. Hardening of the arteries, or atherosclerosis, arises when cholesterol is deposited on the inner walls of large and medium-sized arteries, where it can cause cardiovascular diseases and…
Eric Hanse: Practical challenges before we can reap the rewards of our construction projects
COLUMN. Preliminary studies and the building briefs for the projects at Medicinareberget are proceeding, and the vision for Eastern Hospital (Östra Sjukhuset) is beginning to take shape. In his column Vice Dean Eric Hanse provides a status report on construction projects at both Medicinareberget and Eastern Hospital. We have recently completed our preliminary study investigating research and classrooms premises in Östra sjukhuset (Eastern Hospital). This study is based on an…
Emma Aneheim receives Swedish Cancer Society fellowship
GRANTS. With her colleagues, she is working on developing a treatment based on targeted radiation therapy, which may improve the chances of preventing relapses in ovarian cancer. Emma Aneheim, a researcher at the Department of Radiation Physics, has now received a fellowship through the Swedish Cancer Society’s Fellowship in Ovarian Cancer Research. Ovarian cancer is usually treated with surgery, followed by anti-cancer drugs. Because the disease has often spread into…
Good research is a cornerstone of all research – well-attended seminar
RESEARCH ETHICS. Those selling unethical and unscrupulous services targeted at researchers are so numerous and so active that the situation has to be described as widespread industrial cheating. Associate Professor Stefan Eriksson made this point during his seminar on publishing ethics and co-authorship, which drew a large audience in the Birgit Thilander assembly room on Tuesday. Here you can see the slides from the seminar (Swedish only): https://gubox.box.com/s/2pl9wcmjfedie7f8yvov5evl546gs0kn The first seminar…
She brings research results back to Sierra Leone
COLLABORATION. How can disabled people be helped when there is only one trained occupational therapist in the country? And how do you create good orthotics when you first have to find plastic to melt? Writer Maria Arpe accompanied Lina Magnusson, an associate professor at the Institute of Medicine, when she returned to Sierra Leone, where she wants to improve the lives of those most needing help. “For a long time…
Information from Akademiska Hus about Naturvetenskap Life
Below you can find information from Akademiska Hus about the construction project Naturvetenskap Life. New information bi-weekly. On Thursday, May 30, the blast will not be due to the Ascension Day, but Thursday, June 6, blasting will take place as planned, although this is the National Day. CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION WEEK 21 May 20 – 24 Last week’s Safety week event was a constructive activity for the team in order to…
Lack of education important risk factors for cardiovascular disease globally
NEW STUDY. The risk of developing myocardial infarction or stroke among people with little or no education was more than twice that of people with high education, according to a large international study published in The Lancet Global Health. The association was more marked in poorer countries. The Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiologic (PURE) study investigated adults from 20 countries and found that low education was associated with increased risk of…
Agneta Holmäng: STRUT is a very important issue for the faculty
COLUMN. The University of Gothenburg is putting together a response to the Government’s Steering and Resource Distribution of Universities (STRUT) report that is out for comment. Dean Agneta Holmäng writes in her column that the report’s proposal is problematic in several ways and can have negative consequences, especially for medical faculties at universities offering a broader range of programs. By May 15 our faculty will submit to the Vice-Chancellor its…
Sahlgrenska Academy now offers a web-based ELN-system (Biovia – Dassault Systèmes)
DIGITAL LAB DIARY. There are limited number of licenses, and the system is for evaluation for one year. The system costs SEK 1200 per year and user. The registration of interest is now open and closes on 31 May. Note! It is only the research group leader who notifies their interest and the number of group’s members. The group leader will recieve more information after May 31, when the registration…
Post-bypass survival linked to civil status and class
NEW STUDY. Civil status, education, and income are factors shown to be clearly associated with duration of survival after a bypass operation. A postoperative patient aged 60 with a spouse or cohabiting partner, high educational attainment, and high income has a median life expectancy five years longer than a corresponding person with no live-in partner, a low education level, and low income. “Our study shows that your risk of dying…
University of Gothenburg has started work on a new vision
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS. The University of Gothenburg’s Vision 2020 expires at the end of next year. In its final meeting of the previous year, the University Board decided that a new vision is to be drawn up. Work on this has started and you are welcome to participate. The University of Gothenburg’s vision is embodied in an establishment-wide steering document showing where we want to go and the most important issues…
Recognized for global classroom in the nursing program
INTERNATIONALIZATION. Ewa-Lena Bratt, Louise Freytag and Camilla Eide, coordinators for the Nursing Care in Complex Care Situations course in the nursing program at Sahlgrenska Academy, have been named the recipients of the 2019 Prize for Internationalization of first and second-cycle education at the Sweden’s medical faculties. The course, now taught entirely in English, is offered each semester. The Nursing Care in Complex Care Situations course (7.5 credits) is offered in…