GRANTS. Reserchers in Gothenburg are leading eight of the projects related to COVID-19 that have now received funding through the initiative from SciLifeLab and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Just after the start of the pandemic, SciLifeLab, together with the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW), launched a national challenge for researchers to create a comprehensive research program in nine fields to fight the disease. The call totaled SEK…
New project investigates why some people can remain on the job despite mental illness
GRANTS. Gunnel Hensing, a professor of social medicine, will receive almost SEK 4 million from AFA Insurance to investigate what factors can enable an individual to work, despite mental illness. “Many studies deal with factors that keep people from remaining at work. And by remaining at work, we mean primarily whether they are on sick leave or not,” says Gunnel Hensing, who works at the School of Public Health and…
Karin Granqvist awarded the Florence Nightingale Scholarship
SCHOLARSHIP. Karin Granqvist, an operating room nurse and doctoral student at Sahlgrenska Academy, has been awarded the Swedish Society of Nursing’s Florence Nightingale Scholarship, which is only given once in connection with the 200th birthday of this pioneering nurse. The scholarship is SEK 50,000. It is awarded in the field of hygiene, an area Florence Nightingale and her colleagues were widely recognized for in connection with their lifesaving work caring…
Helena Carén receives Senior Investigator Award from the Swedish Cancer Society
GRANTS. As the recipient of the Senior Investigator Award, Helena Carén, team leader at Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, is receiving funding for six years of salary by the Swedish Cancer Society. She is developing methods based on DNA methylation for use in diagnosing different types of tumors. Helena Carén is thrilled by the grant, which will provide financial stability to focus on her research in the coming years: “The Swedish Cancer…
Report from the meeting at Östra Hospital ahead of this year’s major ALF funding
ALF FUNDING. Recently Pro-Dean Henrik Hagberg and R&D Director Caterina Finizia held the first of three planned meetings at different hospitals within Sahlgrenska University Hospital to provide information in preparation for the major application round for ALF project funding and ALF project funding for younger researchers 2021–2023. Akademiliv reports from the first meeting, which was held at Östra Hospital. The second meeting, planned to be held in at Sahlgrenska Hospital…