From the turn of the year, there will be a change in conditions in the university’s insurance. The change applies to how lithium-ion batteries for, for example, bicycles and electric scooters must be stored for the insurance to apply. If an investigation reveals that lithium-ion batteries have caused damage to property and that the condition is not complied with, it will affect the possibility of financial compensation for the university. GU therefore inventories existing lithium-ion batteries that are larger than 10 Ah. The condition applies to all lithium-ion batteries, not just batteries for bicycles. The business must also draw up local rules/bans for students and staff to bring means of transport powered by lithium-ion batteries into the university’s premises/properties. Read further on the Staff Portal.

Now the film from the seminar on December 1 “Register-based studies of the COVID pandemic – some lessons from rheumatology” is posted on the web. Can be viewed on GU Play until December 16, then with login. The seminar is held in Swedish.

See links to all seminars here: https://www.gu.se/medicin/seminarieserie-om-registerforskning

Eva M Andersson, docent inom Arbets- och miljömedicin får 3,7 miljoner kronor från Forte för att studera socioekonomisk ojämlikhet för miljöhälsorisker i Sverige, baserat på SCAPIS,  Att socioekonomiska faktorer hänger ihop med risken för förtida död, cancer och hjärt-kärlsjukdom är känt, men sambandet mellan socioekonomi och miljöexponering (luftföroreningar, trafikbuller) har sällan studerats. Dessa miljöexponeringar är riskfaktorer för många sjukdomar. Med utgångspunkt i SCAPIS-kohorten med drygt 30 000 personer från sex svenska städer, ska forskargruppen undersöka om det finns ojämlikhet i den fysiska miljön, där exempelvis ”fattiga” områden exponeras för högre halter av luftföroreningar och mer trafikbuller, och uppskatta hur stor andel av den sociala gradienten i hälsa som kan tillskrivas exponering från omgivningsmiljön.

How can you work in partnership with the patient? What is a co-created health plan? What is person-centred care and why is it important? In a new animated short film (in Swedish with English subtitles), these questions are answered and a patient, a physician, a relative/carer, a nurse and a physiotherapist, describe person-centred care from their perspective. Please watch and use this new short film about person-centered care that has been developed by a cross-disciplinary working group at the University of Gothenburg Center for Person-centred Care GPCC and the Institute of Health and Care Sciences at Sahlgrenska Academy.

Link to the video. 

 

The DDLS steering group openly invites partner organizations and the Swedish scientific community at large, to nominate additional candidates to be considered to the Data-driven Cell and Molecular Biology research area specific expert group and the Data-driven Epidemiology and Biology of Infection research area specific expert group.

We are looking for senior experts that would like to:

• Advise on research area specific strategies and research profiles
• Suggest and co-organize activities and community events around the research area topics
• Take part in evaluations by providing advice on the design of calls and the evaluation process.
• Advise and support DDLS fellows, post docs and PhD students
• Act as research area specific national reference group for data services and support, training and research school.
• Engage the national DDLS community within the research area

Deadline for nominations is December 11th 2022. Nominate by follow this link. More information about the nomination process is available here, and here

Here you can read about the SciLifeLab and Wallenberg National Program on Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS). Read more about the DDLS strategic research areas here.

From January 1, 2023, Högskolerestauranger (‘University Restaurants’, HÖRS), which is part of Nordrest, will take over Café Anatomen in Medicinarelängan. HÖRS has been running the restaurant Salt & Syra in Medicinarlängan since August this year. Café Anatomen’s selection will focus on the students and serve breakfast, lunch and coffee.

Thursday, December 15 between 11:00 and 14:00 Restaurant Salt & Syra offers a Christmas atmosphere in connection with lunch. Everyone who buys lunch also gets mulled wine, gingerbread and fluff saffron buns, and in addition, a live band will play in the restaurant.

As of the fall semester 2023, classes at Sahlgrenska Academy will start 15 minutes past the full hour, in accordance with a new dean’s decision. The reason is that teaching needs to be synchronized with the rest of the university, which is necessary since Sahlgrenska Academy may start sharing education premises with the Faculty of Science from next autumn. The decision only covers teaching in the university’s premises, and does not include clinical training in premises belonging to the region, as an example.

If you are between 18 and 35 years old and has been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes within the last three months has the opportunity to participate in a clinical study that is now starting at several hospitals in Sweden, under the direction of Marcus Lind, professor of diabetology at the Institute of Medicine. In type 1 diabetes, the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas are destroyed. The study investigates whether it is possible to preserve remaining beta cells with a drug. Read more about the study on the university’s website: https://www.gu.se/medicin/delta-i-klinisk-studie-om-typ-1-diabetes
Here you can see an advertisement where researchers are wanted: https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2022-11/04%20Annons%20I-DIT_v2.pdf

Within medicine and health, the VR call for consolidation grant has previously been issued every two years, but from 2023 this call will be open every year. The career support is aimed at researchers who were awarded a doctoral degree seven to twelve years ago.  The aim is to give outstanding younger researchers the opportunity to strengthen their research and broaden their activities.
Upcoming call: 22 February – 28 March 2023