On Monday May 17th, the election of new members of the Faculty Board began. All eligible voters received an email from the sender GU enkät-survey with a link to the vote. Vote no later than May 30th, at 23.59.

• Here you can read a short presentation about all the proposed members
• Do you have questions about the election? Here you will find answers.

The government is postponing announced reliefs regarding public gatherings and public events until June 1st. Furthermore, the recommendation on working from home within government agencies is extended until September 15th. This was announced by Prime Minister Stefan Löfven at a digital press conference on Wednesday. The reason for the decisions is that the spread of covid-19 is still large in Sweden and that the burden on healthcare is still high. Read a longer article on the Staff Portal.

The award “PhD Thesis of the Year at the Sahlgrenska Academy” has been awarded since 2009 and is funded by a donation from Dr Amt Vestby’s Research Foundation. The award for PhD Thesis of the Year 2020 is given to Kristian Axelsson’s dissertation “Aspects of fracture prevention – The role of fracture liaison services and alendronate”, on osteoporosis and fracture prevention. Akademiliv will return shortly with a longer article. For the institutes, the prize winners are Martina Sansone (biomedicine), Nicklas Oscarsson (clinical sciences), Angela Molainaro (medicine), Ibrahim Kaya (neuroscience and physiology), Lisa Svensson (odontology) and Ramona Schenell (health and care sciences). Congratulations to all the winners!

Hjärt-Lungfonden.

The Research Council is a review body for the Heart-Lung Foundation’s board in matters of research grants and other scientific issues. The Research Council operates in consultation with the Foundation’s Secretary General, the head of research and the Chancellery. The term of office of the chairman of the Research Council is three years (with the possibility of extensions).

Requirements for the applicant:

• Holds professorship with active own research in the field of cardiovascular.
• Licensed doctor (preferably specialist).
• Experience of assessment work (but no requirement that it be made for the Heart-Lung Foundation)
• Opportunity to set aside about 5 hours / week for the work and lead assessment meetings, participate in board meetings, research council meetings and consultation meetings
• Experience and interest in leadership

Characteristics:

• Good communication skills
• Flexible and cooperative
• Interested in conducting advocacy work in research and care
• Enjoys working with good structure

Who can nominate? It is possible to apply for the chairmanship yourself or to nominate others. In the nomination procedure, the intended person must be consulted. Send a short motivation and CV to Hjärt-Lungfonden’s HR consultant Sanna Schönwell at sanna.schonwell@swedenhrgroup.se. Enter “Chairman of the Research Council” in the subject line. Feel free to contact Hjärt-Lungfonden’s research director or general secretary for questions (Mira Ernkvist, mira.ernkvist@hjart-lungfonden.se, 070-5261204 or Kristina Sparreljung, kristina.sparreljung@hjart-lungfonden.se, 070-8544245).

 

The Region Västra Götaland is now entering phase four of vaccination against covid-19, and will start with those who are 50 years or older. If you do not have a Swedish social security number you can also receive a vaccine. In accordance with a statement by the university management, staff can take time off without a salary deduction to carry out their vaccination. The leave must be agreed with the relevant manager before the visit in order to avoid negative effects for the operations. For those who have been vaccinated, the current restrictions continue to apply. All staff must work from home unless the closest manager has agreed that work needs to be done at the workplace. Read more information about GU and covid-19 on the Staff Portal.

The Vice-Chancellor has appointed Björn Brorström, Professor of Business Administration and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Borås, as an external investigator regarding the University Library’s mission and its governance and funding model. His assignment is to submit proposals for a developed and long-term management and financing model for the activities that are based on the university library. This is to develop a qualitative and effective library support that benefits the university’s staff and students. A final report will be submitted to the Vice-Chancellor by mid October, 2021.
Read further on the Staff Portal (Swedish).

Göran Landberg, Professor of Pathology, has since 2017 been Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research which means, among other things, chairing the Research Board. This position has comprised 60 percent of his time, and in parallel with this he leads a research group which develops new cancer drugs and diagnostic methods. He has now decided, after careful consideration, to leave his Deputy Vice-Chancellor position. Göran Landberg will remain Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research until the new appointment. This appointment process has already begun.
Read further in the Staff Portal.

In the fourth seminar in the series on register research, Daniel Olsson, Associate Professor at the Institute of Medicine and specialist in endocirinology at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. The lecture was about register studies on rare diagnoses and small patient groups, and discussed possibilities, design and pitfalls in the area. The seminar was held in Swedish and broadcast on Zoom. It was filmed, and you can watch the film in retrospect until May 18. Here you can see the recording:https://play.gu.se/media/Registerstudier+p%C3%A5+s%C3%A4llsynta+diagnoser/0_c7xgexks