Rickard Brånemark, Kerstin Hagberg and Max J. Ortiz Catalán recently received the Henry Wallman Award, which is an annual innovation award in medical technology for the successful transfer of new knowledge from the academy to practical medical care.
The team has developed a new type of prosthesis for patients with amputations, which is linked to the bone tissue. The prosthesis controlled by the mind, in that it perceives the signals from the nervous system that show the patient’s intentions. Because the team includes rehabilitation, its real use is ensured. The Biomedical Engineering Foundation at Chalmers is hosting the award.

Please note, that as of this year, everyone applying for a grant from the Swedish Research Council are asked to report on whether any gender perspectives are relevant in the research, and if so, in what way such perspectives will be used, or not used. It includes both social and biological aspects of gender and gender identity in research methods, analyzes and results – when relevant. This applies to most of the Swedish Research Council’s calls. Full instructions can be found in the advertisement texts.

Akademiliv congratulate Louise Bennet, new professor of general medicine. She is a specialist in general medicine and internal medicine, focusing on public health, prevention of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. She most recently comes from Lund University, where for a long time has taught general medicine on the medical program. Since 2008, she has led the MEDIM research project, which studies contributing risk factors to the development of type 2 diabetes and its complications in immigrant Swedes, which is a high-risk group. The research includes epidemiological studies but also patient-related research, randomized studies and clinical trials. The aim is to help improve the possibilities of preventing and treating type 2 diabetes, and also reduce the risk of complications.

A so-called “exercise run” of the reserve power for Medicinareberget takes place every first Monday of each month. The reserve power is mainly used to secure the activity of various operations. The maintenance may cause a smell of diesel, which can sometimes be felt indoors if the wind blows towards a house facade. If you should feel odors at other times, it should primarily be reported in accordance with normal routines, according to Akademiska Hus.

Malin Olsson Malm, PhD student at the Department of Prosthetics and Odontological Material Science, recently was awarded for an article by the journal Journal of Prosthodontics. The journal selected a total of three of this year’s most high-quality articles at the forefront of research, where Malin Olsson Malm received the award in the Clinical Science Reserach category for the article Early Implant Failures in Edentulous Patients: A Multivariable Regression Analysis of 4615 Consecutively Treated Jaws – A Retrospective Study. The study includes 4615 patients treated at the Brånemarks clinic in 1986-2013. The study shows, among other things, that most of the implant losses occur within the first year after installation, often before the implant is stressed from attachement of a dental veneer or other protesting construction.

The Academic Language Unit (ASK) offers resources of various kinds for university staff. Writing and language development guidance is given in both Swedish and English, partly with the aim of strengthening the staff’s own competence to speak and write in academic contexts, and partly with the aim of strengthening this competence of the students through education-specific collaborations in different courses or through teacher competence development. This spring, among other things, ASK offers pedagogical full-day seminars for teachers on student essay writing. Individual supervision, workshops, writing groups, conversation groups and beginner’s lessons in Swedish for international staff – read more about ASK’s activities and what they can offer at https://medarbetarportalen.gu.se/ask

The Board for Review of Dishonesty in Research is a new national committee that, starting 1 January 2020, takes over the responsibility to investigate suspicion of dishonesty in research from institutions in higher education. The new Board will deal with matters relating to fabrication, forgery and plagiarism, while other serious deviations from good research practice will be handled by the institutes themselves. The new committee consists of a chairman, who is a judge, as well as ten members appointed on the basis of proposals from universities and colleges. Member from University of Gothenburg is Eva Forsell-Aronsson, a professor of radiophysics. Unlike previous management, it is possible to appeal decisions made by the Board.

Akademiliv congratulates Ronny Gunnarsson who, after several years in Australia, now has been appointed Professor of General Medicine at the Institute of Medicine. Ronny has a long-standing passion for helping primary care employees to begin research and, he has as part of his efforts, developed two web-based textbooks in research methodology (http://www.infovoice.se/ and https://science-network.tv/). He has also developed a number of courses in the field. Overall, including current PhD students, Ronny has supervised 19 PhD projects (7 as principal supervisor). Ronny Gunnarsson’s own research interest is the treatment of infectious diseases in primary care.

Ann-Marie Wennberg Larkö, Professor of Dermatology at Sahlgrenska Academy and Hospital Director for Sahlgrenska University Hospital, will become chair of the national health care competence council that the government has decided to set up. The Council shall, in the long term, coordinate, map and work to increase the efficiency of the provision of competence for healthcare personnel.
“We are in great need of more doctors, nurses and midwives across the country to ensure welfare. The provision of expertise in health care places demands on good collaboration between universities, research and regions. The national health care competence council is an important step in the continued work”, says Matilda Ernkrans, Minister of Higher Education and Research.
More info in the pressrelease from the government (In Swedish).

 

 

Life science has long been a priority area for the government, which has now resulted in a national strategy. The strategy becomes an important tool in the government’s work to meet the health challenges we face and at the same time strengthen the competitiveness of companies. The strategy is designed as a long-term framework to which efforts can be continuously linked during the term of office. The framework’s priorities and objectives are based on the needs and challenges identified by the sector’s actors. In the strategy, the government sets 30 targets that are deemed to be particularly important to achieve. In order for the strategy to be successful, all the players in the sector must participate and contribute. Read the strategy here (in Swedish): https://www.regeringen.se/informationsmaterial/2019/12/en-nationell-strategi-for-life-science/