Elected Vice-Chancellor Malin Broberg has presented the new management for the University of Gothenburg. Carina Mallard is assigned as Pro-Vice-Chancellor, and the assignments as Deputy Vice-Chancellors go to Pauli Kortteinen, Mette Sandoff and Max Petzold. With the current Vice-Chancellor’s decision this week to appoint Johan Johansson as university director, the management is now fully engaged. Max Petzold is thus appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor for digitization and utilization. His assignmenets include overall responsibility for digitization, open science, ethics, information security, sustainability and internationalization in relation to research, as well as for development in relation to societal challenges locally, nationally and internationally as well as chairmanship of the library board and the committee for ethics in research and vice chairmanship of the research committee.
Helena Carén is now a professor in histology with a focus on cell biology
Akademiliv congratulates Helena Carén on the professorship! Helena focuses on improving diagnostics and treatment of patients with central nervous system tumors. The research group develops and validates new diagnostic methods that use epigenetic information and has shown that these add valuable information. The analysis method has therefore been implemented in the diagnostics of brain tumors in children. To improve today’s treatment, the group establishes patient-derived cancer stem cell cultures that are used to understand why the tumors arise and how they can be best treated. Helena is active in the development of teaching and teaches above all in the medical program within several courses where she is also course section leader.
No trams can pass through by the Sahlgrenska main entrance this summer
During the period 19 July to 6 August, track work will take place at the Sahlgrenska main entrance stop. This means that the tram stop will be closed. On Västtrafik’s page for upcoming track works (in Swedish), you can read more about how you can get to and from work while the work is in progress.
https://www.vasttrafik.se/reseplanering/trafikinformation/sommarens-spararbeten/
Martin Nilsson Jacobi to become Chalmers’ new president
The Board of Chalmers University of Technology has appointed Martin Nilsson Jacobi, currently CEO of the Chalmers Foundation, as the new president and CEO of the university. He succeeds Stefan Bengtsson, who has been president for eight years. Based in Gothenburg, he is a professor of complex systems with a background in theoretical physics. He is 50 years old and publicly defended his doctoral thesis at Chalmers in 2000. Jacobi has held several leading positions in academia during his career. These include having been chairman of the Faculty Senate and Head of Department at Chalmers. He also has international research experience. Martin Nilsson Jacobi will begin as new President at Chalmers on 1 September.
Nomination for the Hasselblad Foundation’s grant for young researchers in 2023
The Hasselblad Foundation is announcing research grants for further qualification of young researchers. The grant applies to basic research in the natural sciences at Chalmers and University of Gothenburg. NOTE! The call does not include research in technology or medicine. The grant of 1 million can be applied for 3 – 5 years after thesis defense, and may be used for a maximum of three years. Note that the grant may not be used for overhead costs or own salary. The grant is applied for via the vice-chancellor’s nomination and Head of Institute must send names of candidates to the SA Research Support Office by 12 noon June 19 at the latest. Contact your head of department if you wish to be nominated.
- More information about the call (in Swedish): Anslag unga forskare 2023 – Hasselbladstiftelsen
- Contact the Department for Research Support if you have questions about this call: research.support@sahlgrenska.gu.se
SciLifeLab and the Swedish Research Council are inventorying the need for research infrastructure
Two important needs inventories are underway: first, the SciLifeLab Technology Survey, concerning proposals for technologies, which are currently missing within SciLifeLab, and second, the Swedish Research Council’s needs inventory for research infrastructure of national interest. Proposals for the VR’s needs inventory will be submitted centrally from the University of Gothenburg, and the Institutes have now been invited to submit proposals on behalf of Sahlgrenska Academy.
Contact Elisabet Carlsohn (elisabet.carlsohn@gu.se), head of Core Facilities and Site Director for SciLifeLab in Gothenburg, if you have questions or proposals regarding both of these needs inventories.
Minna Johansson named “Lion of the Year”
Minna Johansson, specialist in general medicine and researcher at the University of Gothenburg, has received the “Lion of the Year” award from the Swedish Association for General Medicine (Sfam). According to the justification, Minna combines clinical patient work in Western Sweden with scientific work at the highest international level and contributes through her sharp analytical ability, her creativity, her professionalism and her winning way to better and more sustainable healthcare for both patients and employees. Recently, together with colleagues, she has introduced the concept “Time needed to treat”, as a complement to already established methods for critical evaluation of displacement effects and opportunity costs for various interventions in healthcare, a concept that has already attracted a lot of attention.
How you can report irregularities within the authority (whistleblower function)
By law, all Swedish authorities must have a whistleblowing function. At the University of Gothenburg, you can report irregularities or misconduct via an internal reporting channel. Through this notification function, it is possible to report suspicions of misconduct that has been noticed in a work-related context and that has a public interest in, for example, corruption, environmental protection legislation or the rules on public procurement. The idea is to increase protection for those who report misconduct. You who are employed at the University of Gothenburg can report suspicions of misconduct in the workplace here. Incoming matters are handled by Internal Audit and an internal group.
Stefan Nilsson is now a professor of nursing
Akademiliv congratulates Stefan Nilsson on his professorship in nursing! His research focuses on children and young people based on a person-centred child rights perspective. The research group is cross-professional and the research takes place in collaboration with a number of universities nationally and internationally, including in Brazil, Denmark, South Africa and the USA. The research develops and evaluates new methods for symptom relief, for such as pain and fear. Another focus of the research is to facilitate communication with people with disabilities through the support of universal design. Stefan also has a combination position at the children’s cancer center where he collaborates with the Regional Cancer Center to facilitate knowledge transfer between families and the healthcare staff.
Björn Redfors is now professor of cardiology
Akademiliv congratulates Björn Redfors on his professorship in cardiology! He primarily researches acute onset cardiac dysfunction in heart attacks and other acute cardiac conditions. The research group is translational and works with both experimental models and clinical studies. Among other things, a total of almost 300 patients with ST-elevation infarction treated at the cardiology clinic have been studied in detail regarding changes in cardiac function and biomarkers over time during the acute and subacute course of the disease. Björn Redfors is also involved in several large international research collaborations, and coordinates, among other things, the multi-national STICH-3 project, where coronary surgery is compared with percutaneous coronary intervention as a revascularization method for patients with coronary artery disease and contemporary heart failure.
