APPOINTMENT. Ingmar Skoog, a professor of psychiatry specializing in social psychiatry and epidemiology, has now been appointed to the board of the Asian Society Against Dementia (ASAD). He is the second non-Asian board member of society, which is an important network for Asia’s leading dementia researchers. ASAD is an organization of researchers and practitioners dealing with dementia in Asia. The society has annual conferences where researchers from Asia present their…
SEK 91 million from the Swedish Research Council in medicine and health
GRANTS. Twenty-four researchers at the University of Gothenburg have been awarded a total of SEK 91 million from the Swedish Research Council’s call for applications in medicine and health. Gothenburg-based researchers are receiving nine percent of the total pot from the Swedish Research Council and only one of the establishment grants, which means three percent of the total investment in young researchers is going to Gothenburg. This year’s awards are…
Salhgrenska Academy starts visiting professor program
INTERNATIONALIZATION. Sahlgrenska Academy is now launching its Sahlgrenska Visiting Professorship program. This program is aimed at internationally highly regarded researchers and is intended to attract them as visiting professors to our faculty. The Academy’s faculty board has decided to make a strategic investment in the visiting professor program, which will run for five years. During this time a number of positions will be advertised depending on the extent of the…
Increased occurrence of serious mental illness among factory workers producing viscose
HONORARY DOCTOR 2016. Paul Blanc, a newly appointed honorary doctor at Sahlgrenska Academy, is not only a leading researcher in occupational medicine, but also in the history of the field. In his lecture at the Arvid Carlsson Lecture Hall, he described how, for 150 years, the rayon industry clearly prioritized profit over people in the production of viscose. In a few weeks, Paul Blanc’s new book will be published on…
Ulrika Islander receives a one million kronor grant for continued research qualification from the Hasselblad Foundation
GRANTS. Ulrika Islander, researcher at the Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, has received the Hasselblad Foundation’s grant for continued research qualification for female scientists in natural sciences. The grant is one million kronor, and gives her the opportunity to work for one year at a Swiss research laboratory. “It means, of course, a lot to me that the Foundation finds my research interesting and wants to invest in my…
University of Gothenburg Ranked Second in Sweden in Medicine
RANKING. Medical research at the University of Gothenburg ranks second in Sweden and 50th in the world in the Shanghai Ranking of the most prestigious universities. The Shanghai Ranking is a subject-based ranking consisting of five broad subject rankings, each listing 200 universities. The list has been designed to identify the top universities in the world, with a focus on the natural sciences, medicine, and technical fields. In 2016 the…
Jonas Hugosson receives this year’s Nordic Medical Prize
AWARD. Jonas Hugosson, Professor of Urology, is one of four recipients of the 2016 Nordic Medical Prize. This year’s prize is awarded for research on breast cancer and prostate cancer. Jonas Hugosson will receive the award for his fundamental and internationally publicized prostate cancer screening studies. According to the statement for the award, Jonas Hugosson’s research has been significant for understanding the course of prostate cancer and has paved the way…
Register for GU Online, November 17, 2016
EDUCATION. GU Online is an annual mini-conference on internet-based tools in higher education. The target group is university staff. GU Online 2016 will take place on 17 November. The theme: Flip, stream and develop – with focus on the student. GU Online 2016 will take place at Pedagogen, Västra Hamngatan 25. The conference language is Swedish, but these two presentations will be held in English: The Case Study Approach as…
See the film from the doctoral conferment
CONFERMENT. This year conferment ceremony at the Swedish Exhibition and Congress Center resulted in 149 new doctors, 11 honorary doctors and 12 jubilee doctors. During the ceremony individuals who have made valuable contributions to the University received their awards, and entertainment was conducted by the School of Music and Drama. The University made a film about this event (the film is only available in Swedish). Among others Andrea de Bejczy is interviewed…
Re-establishment grants to change – renamed the Sahlgrenska Academy International Starting Grant
GRANTS. The amount awarded is being increased significantly, but fewer researchers will receive the grant. Additionally, the requirement of having a doctoral degree from a Swedish university is being eliminated. These are the changes occuring in connection with the re-establishment grant being renamed to the Sahlgrenska Academy International Starting Grant. Sahlgrenska Academy introduced re-establishment grants in 2013. This was a strategic move to make it easier for researchers having just…
Marie Berg writes about her longstanding collaboration with Denis Mukwege
INTERNATIONALIZATION. A person-centered care model has been developed at Panzi Hospital in the Congo based on years of care of women severely traumatized of sexual violence in the wake of the war. Marie Berg, a professor at the Department of Health and Care Sciences, together with Dr. Denis Mukwege, recently wrote a scientific article describing the “One Stop Centre” care model. In this article she describes the story of her…
Medical Students Engineer Vaccine in Virtual Lab Experiment
EDUCATION. Thanks to a modern addition to the curriculum, fifth-semester medical students now learn about immunology by performing a virtual experiment on imaginary mice. The aim is to develop a new flu vaccine. The lab work is a new educational exercise developed by Susannah Leach during her time as a graduate student working within the university’s Basic Medicine Program. A soft murmuring fills the computer lab as students work in…
niversity commissioned to start supplementary education for people with foreign exams
EDUCATION. The University of Gothenburg has been commissioned by the government to start supplementary education for people with foreign exams in three areas: pharmacology, medical laboratory science and social work. The government has commissioned several universities to start supplementary education for people with foreign exams. The University of Gothenburg has received three of these commissions: pharmacology, medical laboratory science and social work. “The University of Gothenburg already has thorough knowledge…
Sahlgrenska Academy’s teaching award 2016 – see photos from the ceremony
PRICE. The team of teachers who receive this year’s Sahlgrenska Academy’s teaching award has officially received their prize. The ceremony was at Ågrenska villan, in connection with a meeting for Faculty course leaders on Wednesday, October 19. See the photos from the ceremony here! The awareded teaching team consists of Levent Akyürek, Anne Uv, Henrik Svensson, Eva Jennische, Ruth Palmer, Per Lindahl and Mats Sandberg. All teachers work at the…
Christer Dahlin appointed Ramfjord Visiting Professor at UMSD
APPOINTMENT. Professor Christer Dahlin, Department of Biomaterials, Institute of Clinical Sciences, The Sahlgrenska Academy, has been appointed as Ramfjord Visiting Professor at University of Michigan School of Dentistry (UMSD), Ann Arbor, USA. Christer Dahlin will spend time at the Giannobile Lab who focuses on developing techniques which will help clinicians to repair, reconstruct and regenerate craniofacial anomalies in patients. The lab has also been selected by the NIDCR to establish…
Holistic healing with the help of person-centred care structured as the One Stop Center Care model – seminar report
GLOBAL HEALTH. Dr Denis Mukwege from DR Congo, visited Gothenburg on 17th October, where he addressed a large audience at The University of Gothenburg’s Global Challenges seminar. Dr Mukwege has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize several times. He has received many awards for his work, such as the Olof Palme Prize, the Right Livelihood Award, the United Nations Human Rights Prize, the EU Sakharov Prize, and, just recently…
Over 19 million from the IngaBritt and Arne Lundberg Research Foundation
GRANTS. Eleven researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy have received SEK 19.3 million from the research foundation IngaBritt och Arne Lundberg Forskningsstiftelse. The Foundation primarily funds the purchase of equipment. This year’s largest grant was awarded to Jan Borén, a professor at the Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine. He will receive three million kronor from the foundation for the platform he and his team have developed to analyze lipids and…
Employee photos to be taken at Medicinareberget and Östra Hospital
COMMUNICATION. Sahlgrenska Academy is now organizing several opportunities for employees to have their photos taken by a professional photographer. Everyone employed at Sahlgrenska Academy and in need of these types of photographs as part of their work is welcomed to have their picture taken at no cost. Reserve a time for taking your picture online. “It has been several years since we last took photographs, and now it’s time for…
Two existing medications also effective for alcohol dependence
THESIS. Two currently available medications used to treat depression and nicotine dependence have good potential for treating alcohol dependence. This is the conclusion of a doctoral thesis from Sahlgrenska Academy, which also shows that a newly developed test to measure alcohol consumption through a blood test is significantly better than currently used tests. As of today, there are four approved pharmacotherapies for alcohol dependence; Antabuse, which in combination with alcohol…
Large majority voted to approve the policy group’s proposal
SELECTION OF VICE-CHANCELLOR. An overwhelming majority of voters accepted the policy group’s proposal regarding Sahlgrenska Academy’s representation in the consultative assembly. As such, the 14 people who will represent the Academy in the process of appointing a new vice-chancellor have been selected. Voter turnout was 27 percent among teachers and just over 22 percent among other staff categories. Of the 173 teachers who voted, 160 voted for the policy group’s…