Sahlgrenska akademins nyheter
The Sahlgrenska Academy’s researchers offer both hearing health and answers about Corona in the program for everyone during the Gothenburg Science Festival. The festival is mostly held in Swedish, amd takes place 4-8 May 2022, in Nordstan or at Humanisten. Read more about the points where researchers from our faculty participate: https://www.gu.se/evenemang/kom-och-lyssna-pa-sahlgrenska-akademins-forskare-pa-vetenskapsfestivalen
Ida Northfell is appointed Communications Director and head of the communications unit at the University of Gothenburg. She has been head of communications in the Västra Götaland region since 2016, first at Kultur i Väst and after that at the Administration for Cultural Development, and before that she worked at the City of Gothenburg. She has also been information director at the Swedish Forest Agency. Education-wise Ida Northfell has a degree in journalism from the University of Gothenburg. She has also studied media and communication science and several leadership courses. Ida Northfell will take up the position as Head of Communications on June 15, 2022.
The University of Gothenburg makes a special provision for guest researchers from Ukraine. A total of SEK five million will be allocated to the faculties, which will be able to decide for themselves how they will use the funds. The Vice-Chancellor’s decision means that the faculties will receive SEK 600,000. The funds will be settled at the end of 2022 in connection with the faculties reporting how they have been used. Eva Wiberg is clear that even researchers in Russia and Belarus who are critical of the invasion of Ukraine may need academic sanctuaries. However, they are not covered by the special provision. Read further on the Staff Portal (in Swedish).
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA PF) is a Horizon Europe postdoc program aimed to support international young researchers to develop into independent researchers. The application is written jointly by the supervisor at GU and the incoming fellow.
The Grants and Innovation Office offers a lunch seminar to inform about the call and aspects that are crucial for a competitive proposal. During the seminar, one supervisor and one post-doc who has previously been successful in applying for this fellowship will share their experiences.
The seminar is given in English via Zoom.
Are you involved in Sahlgrenska Academy’s medical program and can you imagine contributing to the work of a new journal with a focus on internationalization of medical education? Professor Kasuya at the Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan, is now starting the journal International Medical Education, which applies peer review and publishes open access. The journal wishes to contact two or three Swedish researchers with experience of internationalizing the medical program to be part of the editorial board, which is described as a very low workload. The journal publishes original theoretical and empirical works in the interdisciplinary field for all aspects of international medical education. Contact: branko@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Starting April 22nd, the loan bicycles Styr & Ställ will be available on Medicinareberget. The bicycles will be parked outside Medicinaregatan 13 (Läkemedels- och nutritionscentrum, LNC).
Thanks to Akademiska Hus och the Traffic Office, City of Gothenburg, who made this possible!
Do you have a project that can be suitable for a degree project in health and technology, or any other area that bridges the gap between the University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital and Chalmers? Register your project no later than April 25. On May 4, the next Master Thesis Fair in Health and Technology will take place in Gothenburg at the Wallenberg Conference Center, with the aim of creating conditions for interdisciplinary projects. The fair is primarily aimed at students at master’s level, but at Sahlgrenska Academy projects at bachelor’s level are also included. Potential supervisors are given the opportunity to present their projects to a common group of students. After that, the students will have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss the projects directly with the supervisor.
The film (in Swedish) from the latest seminar on register research (EuroHeart – a European collaborative project with SWEDEHEART as a model) has now been published and the page has been updated with links for viewing: https://www.gu.se/medicin/seminarieserie-om-registerforskning. The film is available to everyone in GU Play until April 26, after which login with x-id is required. Direct link to the movie in GU Play https://play.gu.se/media/t/0_n65kpn2c.
Anders Jeppsson, professor of thoracic surgery at the Institute of Medicine and chief physician at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, receives this year’s award in memory of Ulf Stenestrand from the Swedish Heart Association and SWEDEHEART. He receives the award for his research on heart surgery patients. The prize is SEK 100,000. The Swedish Heart Association gathers specialist associations in cardiovascular care (cardiology, clinical physiology, thoracic radiology, thoracic anesthesia and intensive care, and thoracic surgery) and interest associations for, for example, hypertension, diabetes and angiology. SWEDEHEART is the Swedish quality register for cardiac care. Ulf Stenestrand was one of the initiators of SWEDEHEART and its first chairman. He passed away in 2010.
The Course Catalog for courses at postgraduate level the autumn semester 2022 is open for application until April 21st, 2022. (direct link to the course catalog: https://fubasdoc.gu.se/fubasextern/index)
NEW BOOK. During his career as a physician specializing in internal medicine, Björn Fagerberg has been involved in many end-of-life situations,
STUDENT. Doing a “residency” in orthopedics in the United States is an unattainable dream for many newly qualified American doctors. Now Janina Ka
COLUMN. The recent gathering of the Scandinavian Society of Neuro-oncology (SNOG) in Gothenburg has concluded. Professor Asgeir Jakola hosted and
GLOBAL HEALTH. In the bustling Tygerberg University Hospital in Cape Town, a dedicated research team led by Lina Bergman, is on a mission to
AWARD. The Assar Gabrielsson Foundation has named Anna Wenger as the winner in the basic science research category and Sara Bjursten as the
PHD STUDENTS. For the sixth time, PhD students at Sahlgrenska Academy were invited to PhD Day, organized by the Doctoral Student Council. The day
AWARD. In this year's edition of the researcher ranking from Research.com in the field of neuroscience, Kaj Blennow is ranked 17th
ALF FUNDING. Biomedical Scientist Linda Wass has just settled in Stanford, California, where she will spend two years as a postdoc. She is the
AWARD. Karin Nilsson, currently a postdoc at the Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, receives the faculty-wide Thesis of the
FACULTY ELECTIONS. The eight proposed members of the next Faculty Board hereby give some brief answers on how they want to contribute to the work