In the most recent application round, a total of 27 researchers were granted ALF positions, which provide research time on a part-time basis for at least two years. 14 doctoral students receive ALF positions for licensed doctors at doctoral student level, and 10 researchers holding a PhD receive ALF positions for licensed doctors with a doctorate in medicine. New for this year is the investment in strategic ALF positions in registry research for licensed doctors with a doctorate in medicine, which goes to Andreas Martinsson (cardiology) and Cecilie Hveding Blimark (the cancer disease myeloma). Verena Sengpiel, chief physician in obstetrics, receives a higher clinical ALF research position.
Opportunity to meet a French attachée for research at the University of Gothenburg
Attachée for Research and Higher Education at the French Institute at the French Embassy, Valérie Lemarquand, will visit the University of Gothenburg on 29 April as part of the Institute’s Tour de Suède. The aim of the French Institute is to support and promote Franco-Swedish cooperation in research and higher education. Therefore, Valérie would like to meet you as a researcher and/or teacher who has projects, or wishes to develop projects in collaboration with French universities and research institutes.
The Consistory Room in Vasa Park is booked for these French-Swedish meetings.
You can book a meeting with Valérie on 29 April at the times indiciated:
- 10:00-10:30
- 10:30-11:00
- 11:00-11:30
- 11:30-12:00
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- 15:00-15:30
- 15:30-16:00
- 16:00-16:30
- 16:30-17:00
Contact: stockholm@campusfrance.org
Gender equality plan for GU approved by the principal
On 17 March 2022, the Vice-Chancellor has decided to establish a gender equality plan for the University of Gothenburg. This gender equality plan concretizes and specifies the work with gender equality and gender mainstreaming based on the special assignment that the university and college sector has received through regulatory letters and the previous work done within the framework of gender mainstreaming at the University of Gothenburg, JiGU. The plan meets the requirements of a gender equality plan set by the European Commission within the framework of Horizon Europe. It also meets the requirements for a gender mainstreaming integration plan in accordance with the Regulation Letter regarding universities and colleges. The work to be carried out within the framework of this plan is located in the years 2022-2025.
Time to nominate for Wallenberg Academy Fellows 2022/23
Wallenberg Academy Fellows (WAF) is a program for young researchers in, among other areas, medicine, and funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW). It is now time for the Sahlgrenska Academy to nominate candidates for the call 2022/2023.
Who is eligible to be nominated?
The target group is researchers early in their careers with the potential to develop into tomorrow’s prominent researchers and research leaders.
Those nominated for the current call must have received a doctoral degree after 1 January 2014.
At least 50% of nominated candidates must be active outside Sweden at the time of nomination (not have held employment / scholarship funding from a Swedish university during the past four years).
Important dates
The institutes deadline for received names of nominees: 6th May.
Deadline for submitting a preliminary application to Research Support: 10th August.
Are you interested in being nominated?
Contact your head of institute.
Do you have questions about the nomination process?
Contact SA Research Support: research.support@sahlgrenska.gu.se
For more information about the call:
2023: Nominering till Wallenberg Academy Fellows
Do not miss the national online education in research ethics
In a joint initiative the faculties of medicine have developed an online course program to raise awareness of research ethics and emphasize the importance of an ethical approach in research. The program is given in English and comprises 11 video recordings, study material, self-correcting multiple-choice questions, and a certificate that participants receive after completing the program successfully. The course program is aimed at established researchers and international postdocs. Interested doctoral students can undergo the program, in addition to the courses in the doctoral program. Contact Alexandra Hansson, Institute of Clinical Sciences (alexandra.hansson@gu.se) and notify your x-account to receive an invitation from Canvas with access to the training material.
Lancet-SIGHT-Commission condemns Russian aggression against Ukraine
In a commentary in the Lancet, the Lancet-SIGHT-Commission condemns the Russian government’s attacks on civilian and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, including health workers and hospitals. The Commission calls for an immediate ceasefire and the appointment of a mediator to facilitate negotiations on a sustainable peace settlement based on international law. The article calls on the global health community to deliver humanitarian aid to all those affected and to those fleeing the war, to document atrocities, to counter disinformation and to advocate for a peaceful solution. The Commission is headed by Tarja Halonoen and Professor Peter Friberg is one of its co-chairs. Here you can read the whole article.
Dennis Larsson new operations manager for Gothia Forum
Dennis Larsson, former head of the Research Support Office at Gothia Forum, will take over as chief operating officer of Gothia Forum on April 4, becoming Alessio Degl’innocenti’s successor to the position. Gothia Forum has the task of strengthening clinical research in Västra Götaland and contributing to growth in the Life Science area.
Difficult for aid organizations to plan for operations in Ukraine
The planning of humanitarian operations in Ukraine is considerably hampered as such planning is based on reliable calculations of injuries and deaths that exist for traditional wars but is lacking for a hybrid war, as international humanitarian organizations are not welcome. In an editorial in the journal Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, the authors, including associate professor Amir Khorram-Manesh, discuss the situation in Ukraine. According to the authors, a hybrid war, unlike a traditional war, consists of several components that affect both the military and civilians and millions of people around with mass migration, infections, famine, and other diseases.
The spring ALF announcements will open soon
From Friday 15 April, it is possible to apply for research funding in this spring’s ALF calls:
- ALF project funding 2023–2024 (intermediate round)
- Clinical treatment research 2023-2025
- ALF funds for supplementary studies in connection with HTA
The application is made electronically in Researchweb, with the last application date being Wednesday June 1st.
For more information about the announcements with associated guidelines and assessment criteria, see ALF Västra Götaland’s website (Swedish only).
ALF is an acronym for Avtal om Läkarutbildning och Forskning (Agreement on Medical Education and Research). The national ALF agreement is an agreement between the state and certain regions on cooperation in medical education, clinical research and the development of health care.
John Paoli is the new professor of dermatology and venereology
Akademiliv congratulates John Paoli on his professorship in dermatology and venereology! His research group focuses mainly on improved diagnosis and treatment of patients with skin cancer including malignant melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma and Merkel cell carcinoma. In diagnostics, new applications for implemented diagnostic strategies such as dermatoscopy and teledermatoscopy are evaluated, but also new techniques such as hyperspectral imaging. In the treatment of skin cancer, more effective medical, destructive and surgical treatment methods are studied. John Paoli is a subject representative for dermatology and venereology, teaches in the medical program and is a member of the Institute of Clinical Sciences’ educational council.
