The Center for Person-Centered Care at the University of Gothenburg (GPCC) has for over a decade conducted research that has contributed to the societal transition to person-centered care. GPCC’s mandate has now been extended for another six years. In connection with this, GPCC invites proposals for new projects in three priority research areas, with a deadline of April 4th. Projects that want to become part of the research center are also invited to apply for affiliation, with a deadline of May 2nd.

• Priority research areas – here you can download word file with information and instructions
• Affiliate projects – here you can download word file with more information and instructions

Until May 15, it is possible to report ‘Best Practices’ to the European Commission. The Commission calls for “best practices that will contribute to the five strands of the ‘Healthier together’ – EU Non-Communicable Diseases Initiative: cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, mental health and neurological disorders, and health determinants.”

The film from the latest seminar on registry research (Mortality in special housing after vaccination of covid-19) 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 February 24, after which login with x-id is required. NOTE – the language is Swedish

Sahlgrenska Academy has developed an operational strategy for the years 2021-2024, which you can now read on the Staff Portal (available in Swedish only). The operational strategy has been developed through discussions in the faculty management, the faculty board and the council for heads of institute before it was approved by the faculty board on 20 October 2021. On the Staff Portal, you will also find the university-wide strategy for Life Science (available in Swedish only) developed by our faculty in collaboration with the Faculty of Science.

Hälsovetarbacken’s library is open daily between 06: 00–23: 00. Staff are on site between 10: 00–16: 00 on weekdays. The library has plenty of study places and group rooms (13) as well as a quiet reading room (8 places) and a reading studio.
The library has course literature in caring science, medicine, dentistry and other health sciences, as well as another collection of books. All literature is reference literature and can not be borrowed at home. At Hälsovetarbacken’s library, you can return books that you have borrowed from other libraries.

The University of Gothenburg and the Region Västra Götaland have together received a grant from Vinnova for individual mobility, which will strengthen the collaboration between healthcare and academia. The grant makes it possible for Ann Lindgård, innovation advisor at the Research and Innovation Office (FIK), to work on the Innovation Platform in the Region Västra Götaland for a year part-time (20 percent). The current project will strengthen the utilization of research results for healthcare through increased knowledge and understanding. In the project, perceived problems and opportunities associated with the utilization of medical research results and the healthcare’s innovation work will be identified and verified.

The Faculty’s Nomination Committee proposes that the current Vice Dean Henrik Hagberg will continue on this assignment until 31 December 2023. A consultative election will be conducted among the Faculty’s employees. Previous pension rules meant that the term of office for Henrik Hagberg did not run as long as for Dean Agneta Holmäng, but changes in the rules now make it possible for him to have a new term of office.
Employees are encouraged to use their vote in the election, which will take place electronically during the period 21 February to 4 March. More information before the election will come.

By law, films published on the university’s websites must have subtitles. As an employee you already have been able to perform a machine transcription of video and audio files in GU Play. The service is now supplemented with the option to purchase professional manual transcription. If you choose the manual, your film will be subtitled by a professional transcriber. In the mechanical, it is an AI that listens to the sound in the film and tries to determine what is being said, which requires some post-processing. Manual transcription costs SEK 40 per minute film / sound. To order the service, a special authorization is required.
Read more on the Staff Portal.

15 out of 31 applicants have been granted research months within the ALF initiative Try-on-research, and thus receive a three-month funded research period. The call is aimed at doctors interested in research and other health professions who are employed in Region Västra Götaland and who have no previous research experience. Prior to the application, contact must have been established between the person interested in the research and the supervisor, both of whom must have agreed on a project.
Here you can read the list of those who have been granted a 3 months period of try-on-research (in Swedish).