STUDENTS. It was supposed to be an ordinary thesis project, but it came to mean much more. After seven weeks in Uganda, the students have developed both personally and in their future professional roles. Now they are encouraging other medical students to choose to specialize in global health and to take advantage of the chance to go abroad. “The other day, I was about to throw away a t-shirt that…
Major consensus on Sahlgrenska Life over Per Dubbsgatan
COLLABORATION. Both hospital director Ann-Marie Wennberg and deputy dean Eric Hanse feel that the pilot study for Sahlgrenska Life is inspiring. They are both in agreement that the environments we are now creating to gather together research, innovation, education and healthcare can give us a nationally leading Life Science campus. This is not the first time that this major idea has been on the table – linking Medicinareberget and Sahlgrenska’s…
Large focus on young researchers when the Swedish Research Council visited Sahlgrenska Academy
GENERAL ACADEMY MEETING. On Wednesday the Swedish Research Council’s area of Medicine and Health visited Sahlgrenska Academy, which was the second last stop on this year’s faculty tour. The meeting was mainly dominated by the situation for young researchers, however there were few junior researchers present in the audience. Participating in the meeting were the Secretary General for medicine and health and Johan Nilsson, area coordinator. One alarming trend that…
New structure in place for quality assurance of the courses and programs
EDUCATION By way of introduction it entails more jobs for program and course directors at Sahlgrenska University Hospital but in the long run a convenient routine that improves the quality of our education. This will be the result of the new routines for the quality management that is now in place for all basic and advanced level courses at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. The Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ), which has…
Increased risk of atrial fibrillation with congenital heart disease
NEW STUDY. Patients with congenital heart disease are up to 85 times more likely to suffer from atrial fibrillation as adults. The researchers behind a study, published in the journal Circulation, are now advocating more frequent screenings of the most vulnerable groups. “We need to identify those who have the most increased risk of complications. Today they are young adults and we are not sure what will happen once they…
Women’s health is the focus of an advanced physiotherapy course
EDUCATION. The autumn of 2017 will mark the first time that Sahlgrenska Academy offers the course “Women’s health and physiotherapy with a specialization in gynecology, obstetrics and urology.” The course is offered at the advanced level and is the only one of its kind in Sweden. The course is intended for qualified and registered physiotherapists, and this autumn’s course has drawn physiotherapists from all over the country to Gothenburg. The…
255 to share SEK 200 million in ALF project funding
GRANTS. The year’s call for proposals for ALF project funding has now been completed, and a total of nearly SEK 200 million has been allocated to the 255 applications ranked highest by the assessment groups. Two of the largest grant recipients are Christopher Gillberg and Ann Hellström, who are each receiving SEK six million over three years. For both Christopher Gillberg and Ann Hellström, the ALF funding is very important…
Great interest in person-centered care at the 2017 Quality Fair
EXHIBITION. A large number of conference and event visitors were interested in learning more about person-centered care when GPCC participated for the third time at the Quality Fair. For three days they could listen to seminars, visit the GPCC booth or participate in other activities outside the fair. The Quality Fair was held November 14-16 in Gothenburg, with a total of 7300 visitors. Many visited the GPCC stand, where they could…
Depicts the cell in atomic detail – Meet this year’s Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Richard Henderson 14 December
NOBEL LECTURE. If you don’t know what it looks like, how are you supposed to understand its mechanisms? Listen to this year’s Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Richard Henderson, who has developed cryo-electron microscopy and thereby made it possible to capture each corner of the cell in atomic detail. The lecture is 14 December, at 15:30. Registration is required – limited seating. – You should really take the opportunity to listen to…
New discoveries can open the way for pauses in certain medication for breast cancer
NEW STUDY. It is possible to have breaks in long-term medication against hormone-sensitive breast cancer – without the effect of the treatment appearing to have been influenced. Women also feel better if they take a three-month break from the hormone treatment each year, according to a medication study reported in The Lancet. “It is not a fantastically big difference, but it is still discernible. Quality of life was a bit…
The advisory Dean election – just over 60 percent voted for Agneta Holmäng
FACULTY ELECTION. A majority, more than 60 percent, of those who voted in the advisory Dean election voted in favor of the Nominating Committee’s majority proposal, Agneta Holmäng. The voter turnout was just over 60 percent, which is unusually high. The number of the election is thus 60. That is the percentage that exercised their right to vote, and of those just over 60 percent chose to vote for the proposed…
Marcus Lindh accepts Jubilee Prize in Stockholm
AWARD. The diabetes researcher Marcus Lindh, Associate Professor at the Institute of Medicine, was recently awarded the Swedish Society of Medicine’s Jubilee Prize of SEK 150,000. He was awarded the prize for his pioneering clinical tests relating to type 1 and type 2 diabetes with the aim of improving treatments for these diseases. The award was made at the Swedish Society of Medicine’s Annual Ceremony on 14 November. “It is a great…
New method maps chemicals in the skin
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION. A new method of examining the skin can reduce the number of animal experiments while providing new opportunities to develop pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. Chemical imaging allows all layers of the skin to be seen and the presence of virtually any substance in any part of the skin to be measured with a very high degree of precision. More and more chemicals are being released into our environment. For example,…
Akademiliv the podcast (in Swedish): new episode with Elisabet Wentz
RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. The latest episode of Akademiliv the podcast has been released. This time our guest is Elisabet Wentz, who recently was appointed professor of general psychiatry with a special focus on anorexia nervosa. She is a member of the Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology. Among other things, she is currently working on a follow-up of a group of individuals who had anorexia in their…
Göran Landberg to conduct the research orchestra of GU
UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT. Five years ago, he was recruited by the Sahlgrenska Cancer Center. In 2015, he became the director of the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine (WCMTM). At the start of 2018, Göran Landberg takes up office as the new Deputy Vice-Chancellor for research. A symphony orchestra is the perfect model of collaboration. That is the opinion of Göran Landberg, professor of pathology, new deputy vice-chancellor at the University…
#SAjul17– compete with your photos of xmas at Sahlgrenska Academy
COMPETITION. Show your best photos of Christmas at Sahlgrenska Academy here in Akademiliv and Instagram, and get the chance to win movie tickets! The competition is aimed at both all categories of staff and students at Sahlgrenska Academy. Just before Christmas we will select four winners who get two movie tickets each. Compete by tagging your photo #SAjul17 on Instagram. If you are not a user of Instagram you may send your photos to akademiliv@gu.se and we will…
Prior to the advisory dean election – answers to some common questions
ELECTION OF NEW DEAN. Who is eligible to vote? What does a blank vote mean? When will we know the election results? Akademiliv answers these questions and other common concerns, prior to the advisory election for the new dean. If you have more questions about the election, please contact the Nominating Committee by emailing dekanval@sahlgrenska.gu.se. For a list of members of the Nominating Committee, please scroll down. What is the…
Agneta Holmäng feels ready to become dean
ELECTION OF THE NEW DEAN. In just a few days, on November 16, the advisory board of Sahlgrenska Academy will elect a new dean. The candidate put forward for election is Agneta Holmäng, who was also one of the final candidates in the elections that were held last spring. Freelance journalist Lotta Engelbrektson interviewed Agneta Holmäng for Akademiliv. Should Agneta Holmäng be trusted with the responsibility of becoming the next…
The Election Year 2017 at the Faculty
ELECTION OF NEW DEAN. This year’s second advisory election for a new dean at Sahlgrenska Academy is set to take place shortly. The process has been long and drawn out, and many staff are wondering why. Read on for Akademiliv’s summary of 2017, the election year at the faculty. Our previous dean, Olle Larkö, left his post at the end of last year. In his final column, he pointed out,…
Karin Schön broke Swedish marathon record
SPORT. At work, Karin Schön is a research laboratory analyst at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, but privately she is a strong long-distance runner. She recently made a new Swedish marathon record in the class K55 at the Gothenburg Marathon. This year’s edition of the Gothenburg Marathon was run in early October with just over 300 finishers. The course takes in two laps, starting from Slottsskogsvallen, down along Säröleden, south bound. Karin Schön impressed with his…