There will be no regular newsletters from Akademiliv during the period June 22nd until August 22nd. During the period, the website akademiliv.se is updated sparingly. In extraordinary events, an extra newsletter may be sent out. The semester’s last Akademiliv Student is sent out on June 12th, and then the first for the fall semester comes on September 4th. Email addresses for questions are checked regularly. All types of questions can be referred to: info@sahlgrenska.gu.se. Please contact us in good time if you have any questions where communication support may be needed. During parts of the summer, press questions will be referred to the university’s central communication unit.

SHIFT CARE is the research school that will focus on knowledge development that, through learning and research, supports the transition to Close Care (primary health care) for people of different ages with complex care needs. In other words, care that is proactive, health-promoting and person-centred, that uses digital and hybrid solutions, strives for cost-effective and sustainable care with high quality and creates seamless collaboration throughout the entire care chain. Director is university lecturer Andreas Fors, Associate Professor in care science: andreas.fors@gu.se

• You need to come in with your expression of interest by September 1 at the latest.
• Read more about the announcement on the Institute of Care and Health Sciences’ website: https://www.gu.se/vardvetenskap-halsa/ar-du-redan-doktorand-ansok-till-shift-care
• Read more about the graduate school SHIFT CARE: https://www.gu.se/vardvetenskap-halsa/var-forskarutbildning/shift-care

During West Pride (June 5-11), the Biomedical Library participates with the presentation “Avvägar och onaturliga laster – synen på den samkönade kärleken i medicinska boksamlingar” (held in Swedish – the title in English is ‘Aberrations and unnatural vices – the view of same-sex love in medical book collections’). The presentation will be given on June 11th at 14:15 at Trappscenen (the stair stage), on level 1 in the Gothenburg City Library. It is librarian Karin Emanuelsson who talks and reasons about older medical literature that sometimes points to a derogatory view of people

During this year’s Almedal Week, GPCC is hosting a seminar, a workshop and a round table discussion (in Swedish). Several aspects of person-centred care and the ongoing transition to good and close care will be addressed at these events. On site in Visby at the end of June, GPCC is organizing a seminar on the theme “How can we raise the patient’s position and contribute to the transition towards person-centred care?”, a workshop on “How can we promote/support person-centred conversations in healthcare? “, as well as a round table discussion on “Implementation of person-centred care within the framework of good and close care”. Read more on the GPCC website (Swedish).

Data collection for the project Good Working Environment for Midwives ( Bra ArbetsMiljö Åt barnmorskor, BRAMÅ) has now started. The project investigates why midwives leave their work and what makes them stay. It is a continuation of research on the health and work environment of the midwifery profession that was started in 2020. The Association of Midwives and the Nursing Association help the project spread the survey, and midwives can also use this link to answer: http://enkat.net/b145483. The project is led by Malin Hansson, Institute of Health and Care Sciences, and has been financed by AFA insurance.

Of the total of seven researchers who receive funding from the Gastrointestinal Fund, four are active at the University of Gothenburg. Jonas Varkey receives SEK 250,000 for his project, which is aimed at evaluating new methods for detecting chronic organ rejection after intestinal transplantation. Hanna de la Croix receives SEK 200,000 for the project “Irresponsible CEO strangulating inguinal hernia – risk factors for intestinal ischemia and outcomes during surgery”. Johann P. Hreinsson receives SEK 100,000 for his project “Enhancing vaccination immune response in patients with ulcerative colitis”. Nikolaos Papachrysos also receives SEK 100,000 for the project “Capsule endoscopy for gastrointestinal bleeding – new strategy for improved and streamlined diagnostics”.

Have you never been part of an EU-funded research project, but would need to link important EU actors or groups to your research? COST-Actions could be interesting for you!

• Online information meeting about COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is held on May 24 at 10.00-11.30 (registration required).

COST promotes network activities between academia, industry, the public sector and research institutes. A particular focus is placed on networking with young researchers and research groups in new areas of science and technology. The research is conducted in so-called COST actions with a common goal. By participating in a COST action, researchers have the opportunity to take part in the latest research findings in the field and can create new valuable networks. Researchers can propose COST actions themselves or join already existing COST actions.

• Is there a COST-Action in your area? https://www.cost.eu/cost-actions-event/browse-actions/.
• More information from Vinnova: https://www.vinnova.se/m/cost/
• COST website: https://www.cost.eu/

 

Akademiliv congratulates Lars Ny on the professorship! His research mainly focuses on the development of new diagnostics and treatment for malignant melanoma. Within diagnostics, he evaluates new applications for molecular analyzes   for the detection of disease recurrence and treatment monitoring. In treatment, his research group works experimentally and in clinical trials to develop new types of cell therapy, also for liver and brain metastasis of melanoma starting from both skin and eyes. The treatment involves tumor-infiltrating T cells (TILs) and T cells that have undergone genetic modification (CAR-T).
Lars Ny is deputy head at the Institute of Clinical Sciences and subject representative in oncology. His teaching includes the medical program in oncology.

Four years the Medical History Museum in Gothenburg has been closed for renovation. On May 28, it finally reopens to the public and inaugurates the new base exhibition “Fire and Blood”. The exhibition takes a comprehensive approach to Gothenburg’s history of medicine through 400 years. The museum is located in Oterdahlska huset, Östra Hamngatan 11.
During the closure, the museum has, among other things, worked extensively on digital accessibility and published over 1,000 images from its photo collection on Wikimedia.
Read further in Sahlgrenskaliv (Swedish).

The government has today decided to appoint Malin Broberg as the new vice-chancellor at the University of Gothenburg. She takes office on July 1st, 2023.
“I would like to wish Malin Broberg the best of luck in her work as vice-chancellor at the University of Gothenburg. With her solid academic background in psychology and experience in management assignments, she has good conditions to carry out her upcoming role in an excellent manner”, says Minister of Education Mats Persson in a press release from the government.
The question of who will be pro vice-chancellor will be decided by the university’s board on June 14. The candidates Carina Mallard and Max Petzold are interviewed on May 23 by the hearing assembly.