EVACUATION. A suspicious object found during the afternoon at Medicinareberget was shot down by the Police. It was concluded that the object was not compose a threat and was not dangerous. It was at 15:30 that a suspicious object was discovered at the University premises outside Academicum on Medicinareberget. The police was called to the scene. After analysing the object the Police decided to evacuate the premises around and cordon off a large area.…
Major differences between women and men who commit deadly violence
Women who commit deadly violence are different in many ways from male perpetrators, both in terms of the most common victims, the way in which the murder is committed, the place where it is carried out and the perpetrator’s background. This is shown by a new study that also investigated homicide trends over time in Sweden. Sweden is in the group of countries with the lowest number of murders per…
28 doctors offered ALF positions
ALF POSITIONS. Hälso-sam has decided to offer ALF positions to a total of 28 doctors. These positions provide the opportunity to combine research and clinical service at halftime. ALF positions are offered over two years, with the possibility of a further two-year extension after follow-up. 13 PhD students are offered ALF Medical Positions for medical doctors in third cycle studies: Minna Johansson Vanja Lundberg Nikolaos Papadimitrou Magnus Sabel Eleni Papkokkinou…
Ann-Marie Wennberg becomes the new Hospital Director of SU
COOPERATION. Ann-Marie Wennberg has been appointed as the new director of Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SU. She is currently in the hospital administration and is a professor. “Ann-Marie has extensive experience and has shown modern and visible leadership,” said regional director Ann-Sofi Lodin. After an intensive search process, regional director Ann-Sofi Lodin decided to appoint Ann-Marie Wennberg as the new Hospital Director of Sahlgrenska University Hospital. “This assignment involves great responsibility for…
Carina Sparud Lundin is the new Deputy Head, replacing Kristin Falk
MANAGEMENT ROLE. Kristina Falk has passed the torch to Carina Sparud Lundin who is now the new Deputy Head of the Institute of Health and Care Sciences. They both have a broad commitment to educational issues, which remain the main focus area of the Deputy Head at the institute. Carina Sparud Lundin has a background as a pediatric nurse and is now an associate professor at the Institute of Health…
Gunnar Tobin: Leave internationalization out of it.
SCALED GRADING. Internationalization is being given too much weight in the discussion of whether it is a good idea to introduce scaled grading at Sahlgrenska Academy, according to Gunnar Tobin, Professor and International Director. In his column, he analyzes how universities in other countries use scaled grading, and concludes that the discussion should instead focus more on the conclusions from educational research regarding scaled grading in higher education. Whether all…
The Academy to elect both Dean and Pro Dean in the election this autumn
FACULTY ELECTION. According to the University Board’s Rules of Procedure the term of the Pro Dean follows the term of the Dean. Subsequently, the Nomination Committee is assigned to provide suggestions for both new Dean and Pro Dean. Later Akademiliv will come back to its readers with more information on the work in the Nomination Committee and on the process of the election of new Dean and Vice Dean. Current Dean Olle…
The suit that lets you feel what it is to be old
STUDENT. During the spring semester, Sahlgrenska Academy has accuired a so-called Age Simulation Suit – a suit that simulates the symptoms that are common among the elderly and that allows the wearer experience the body’s limitations when you are old. The suit is used within several study programs at Sahlgrenska Academy, by students that later in their professional lives will be working with the elderly. Our reporter Elin Lindström Claessen…
Online course: What are the implications of being a public employee?
TRAINING. The universities in Gothenburg, Lund and Uppsala have jointly produced a short online course on what it means to be a public employee. Vårt uppdrag introduces staff members to the Swedish government sector’s basic values, the principle of people’s free access to public records, regulations concerning conflict of interest and side jobs/parallel assignments and more. All staff at the three state-funded universities need to understand the implications of working…
Five ran half marathon for the universal vaccine
INTERACTION. Five enthusiastic researchers recently ran the Gothenburg Half Marathon to draw attention to efforts to develop a universal flu vaccine. The team’s most senior researcher Stefan Isaksson was also the fastest, with the finish time 1:48:49. The runner team consisted of Stefan Isaksson, Gurdeep Chahal, Stefan Karlsson, Siggeir Fannar Brynólfsson and Inta Gribonika. All had the same T-shirt, with the text “21 km closer to Universal Influenza Vaccine. One…
Admir Ramadanovic is the next president of SAKS
STUDENT. [Video in Swedish only] Admir Ramadanovic now takes over as chair of the Academy’s student union SAKS. The union represents all students at the Sahlgrenska Academy, and Admir himself has background as a student in Biomedical Laboratory Science. SAKS works for higher education quality, community between courses and a more enjoyable study period for all of our 18 study programs and postgraduate studies.
Fund against prostate cancer is investing in three at the Institute of Clinical Sciences
GRANTS. Fund against prostate cancer distributes in total SEK 2.6 million to four prominent Swedish researchers in prostate cancer research. Three of these researchers are linked to the Sahlgrenska Academy’s Institute of Clinical Sciences. Jonas Hugosson receives SEK 640 000 for research on weather mpMRT and targeted biopsies can provide more accurate diagnosis and treatment decisions, Andreas Josefsson receives SEK 703 000 for research to identify biomarkers for optimized screening.…
Malin Hansson guest in Akademiliv the podcast
The podcast is in Swedish. RESEARCH COMMUNICATION. Malin Hansson, midwife, sexologist and PhD student at the Institute of Health and Care Sciences is our guest in the latest episode of Akademiliv the podcast. The podcast section provides eight robust and scientifically based advice on how to build a strong relationship during the toddler years.
Tobias Hofving won access to Core Facilities
RESEARCH RESOURCE. Tobias Hofving is one of the first doctoral students to receive a Core Facilities’ Student Voucher. Hence, he will receive SEK 5000 to use within the advanced platforms. The Core Facilities’ Student Voucher investment is a kind of gift card for doctoral students that provides free access to the facilities, for a number of hours. During the fall, a number of new doctoral students submitted their project proposals…
Most cited article – for the third year in a row
RESEARCH. The article in which the Centre for Person-centred Care, GPCC, summarizes its definition of person-centered care continues to attract great interest. The article has been the most cited in the journal European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing for three years in a row. The article “Person-centered care – ready for prime time” was published in 2011, but hit a new record for the number of citations last year. In 2015…
Henrik Sjövall: Should we be teachers or police?
DEBATE. Henrik Sjövall, Professor and Deputy Head of the Institute of Medicine, chronicles his picture of the consequences of scaled grading in the medical program. A covert introduction of scaled grading in medical education is underway, in opposition to the largely unanimous, expressed wishes of the teacher and student unions. The argument for grades is, essentially, that “everybody else has scaled grading”, that “the excellent students must be able to…
Eric Hanse: Scaled grading raised to the national level
COLUMN. Recently, management for all Swedish medical faculties gathered for an Academic Conference of Deans in Örebro. There, the issue of introducing scaled grading for health science first-cycle programs, in Sweden, was raised to a national discussion, writes Pro-Dean Eric Hanse in his column. Last year, a decision was reached by the Academy Board at Sahlgrenska Academy to introduce scaled grading for all of our first-cycle programs. The decision only…
Pharmacy student praised for his Master’s thesis in the United States
STUDENT. Mikael Boberg, who is now graduating from the pharmacy program, was recently praised for his poster presentation at the ASPET annual meeting in San Diego. In addition, he received the ASPET Graduate Travel Award scholarship to present the results of his thesis at the Experimental Biology annual meeting, which is one of the world’s largest in life sciences. The thesis dealt with children’s ability to absorb, distribute, break down…
Celebratory event when Brånemark is inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame
RECOGNITION. Per-Ingvar Brånemark has now been officially inducted into the American National Inventors Hall of Fame. His wife, Barbro Brånemark recently accepted his medal during a festive event in Washington DC, USA. Per-Ingvar Brånemark discovered and developed the modern dental implant. He based this invention on his discovery that the element titanium can be integrated with bone tissue through osseointegration, a term that he also coined. Osseointegration means that when…
Odontology Students gave honorary medal to Frederik Widar
PRIZES. The Honor Medal of Odontology was this year awarded to maxillofacial surgeon and specialist supervisor Fredrik Widar. He receives the prize for improving the training in oral surgery. Every year the students of Odontology have the opportunity to submit a justifikation to the Education Council of Odontology in order to highlight a person – a student, a lecturer or a clinical teacher – that deserves to be honored with…