The film (in Swedish) from the registry research seminar on October 25 “Gravel in the machinery: mixed experiences of things that should be easy, but which turn out to be difficult, in large registry mergers” is now available, posted on the web. The film can be seen via GU Play for two weeks until November 9. After that, the film can be viewed with a login of x-id.
https://www.gu.se/medicin/seminarieserie-om-registerforskning

The University of Gothenburg received approximately three percent fewer applications for the spring courses and programs compared to the spring semester 2022. Although the application rate has decreased, the number of applications is still higher than before the pandemic. Nationally, the number of applications decreased by five percent during the same period. The most sought-after program at the university is the medical program, followed by the study programs to become psychologist and sociologist. The nursing program is Gothenburg University’s fourth most sought after program.

Akademiliv congratulates Monika Fagevik Olsén on the professorship in physiotherapy. She has previously been assigned as adjunct, both as lecturer and professor, and has also worked as a teacher part-time. Monika Fagevik Olsén has long been employed as a physiotherapist at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. After she defended her doctoral thesis in surgery in 1998, she has continued to combine research with clinical practice. Monika Fagevik Olsén is a dual specialist and has also researched pulmonary medicine and gynaecology, obstetrics and urology. In pulmonary medicine, she has mainly focused on the effects of different treatment methods and the physiological background to these effects. In the field of gynaecology, obstetrics and urology, Monika has, among other things, developed tests for pregnancy-related pelvic pain.

The theme of the Science Festival 2023 is “limits”. It is now possible for researchers and teachers to register their interest in participating in both the school program and the public program. Most program items is held in Swedish, but there is room for items in English as well. Dates for the school program are April 17–28 and the public program April 18–23. If you have an idea of what you want to do around the theme of border and want to get input, you can contact one of the producers at the Science Festival. The deadline for the school program is November 1, and for the public program December 1. Read more on the website of the science festival.

During the autumn of 2022, the disturbances from construction on Medicinareberget is minor. Natrium is in a phase where the interior is completed. The other major construction project, Sahlgrenska Life, has not really started on Medicinareberget, although some preparations have started on the hospital grounds. Therefore, the newsletters will be sent less frequently. During the rest of 2022, two newsletters will be sent out. During the next year, the needs for newsletters will be evaluated. The goal continues to be that all operations on Medicinareberget that are close to construction activities must be kept well informed about what is happening and what consequences the activities are expected to have. Keep an eye on Akademiliv for more information.

If you have questions about the construction projects, please email here.

In the new government, Education Minister Mats Persson will be responsible for research and higher education. There is thus no minister with research in the title, which the Karolinska Institute’s vice-chancellor Ole Petter Ottersen is critical of. “That Sweden now lacks a minister who clearly has responsibility for research sends unfortunate signals, not least to other countries,” he says to Vetenskapsradion (radio feature in Swedish).

Researchers at the Center for Person-Centered Care (GPCC) and the Institute of Health and Care Sciences have conducted a three-day training in person-centered care in the Democratic Republic of Congo, at the Université Evangelique en Afrique (UEA) in Bukavu. Approximately 35 people with key functions at the university and selected regional hospitals participated. From the UN Population Fund in Congo, two responsible midwives, who work in other regions of the country, participated. The reception was very positive and the commitment among the participants great, the researchers report. The project of translating and carrying out the training is led by docent Malin Bogren. The training “Med Människa” is in French called “Formation en soins centrés sur la personne”. Read a longer article at www.gu.se.

Future Faculty and Sahlgrenska Academy Research Support Office are now inviting younger researchers to a writing course that will provide the knowledge required to write a first application for research funding. During the course you will participate in seminars and discussions on how to write a successful research application. You also get tips that can be useful for a successful research career. Finally, you will be assigned a mentor who will provide feedback on the application you are working on.
You who participate must actively work on an application for research funding. Application: email the SA Research Support Office no later than Friday 11 November.

Akademiliv congratulates Asgeir S. Jakola on the professorship in neurosurgery! His research group mainly focuses on brain tumors, but also includes other clinical questions in neurosurgery. The research includes, among other things, epidemiological aspects, new diagnostic methods, clinical trials and studies of quality of life and cognitive functions, with a focus on slow-growing brain tumors. The group works with long-term follow-ups, where studies of patients’ quality of life, cognition and the brain’s functional network are included. In addition to supervising doctoral students, Asgeir S. Jakola is subject representative for neurosurgery, teaches at the physiotherapist and medical program, sits on the faculty Research Council (FOR) and has several assignments in national and international networks and organizations.

Tomas Bergström, senior professor in clinical microbiology, is one of two researchers at GU who now receive funding from ‘Forska utan djurförsök’ (Research without animal testing). His project involves the development of drugs against respiratory viruses, using cultured human respiratory cells to replace mice and other animals usually used in similar research. The group has previously identified several promising substances, which are to be evaluated in cultured human airway epithelium in a multilayer model. If this study shows efficacy and low toxicity, the group can try to move on to Phase-1 clinical trials without animal testing at all. Malin Celander, NatFak, also receives funds for a project on toxicity tests based on fish cell lines.