GRANTS. A research team at the University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital has received SEK 15 million from the Swedish Research Council for follow-up studies of COVID-19 vaccines. “This involves looking at the protective effect in the long term and how good it is in different groups,” says Magnus Gisslén, a professor of infectious diseases at the University of Gothenburg and chief physician in the infection clinic at Sahlgrenska…
National research program on the effects of COVID-19 vaccines – two projects at the University of Gothenburg
COMBATING COVID-19. The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is investing SEK 53 million on a national research program to study the effects of COVID-19 vaccines. Of the 10 projects receiving funding, two are being led by researchers at the University of Gothenburg. Anna Lundgren is coordinating a project on immune response after vaccination among individuals who were previously infected by COVID-19, individuals who were unexposed, and immunosuppressed individuals. Fredrik Nyberg…
The H70 studies to continue thanks to funding from the Kamprad Family Foundation
GRANTS. It has long been uncertain whether the H70 studies could continue with the next cohort from the 1950s. Through a grant of SEK 10 million from the Kamprad Family Foundation, the population study can now begin signing up research subjects born in the 1950s. “It’s wonderful that we have received funding so that the H70 studies can continue. It means a lot to many researchers from nearly all faculties…
Socioeconomics and heart disease among people living near railways
GRANTS. Formas has awarded Natalia Caldeira Loss Vincens, a postdoc in occupational and environmental medicine, SEK 3 million in a project grant for early-career researchers. The project investigates how cardiometabolic health is affected by noise and vibration for people living near railways with a link to social inequality. Environmental health and socioeconomic risks are often studied separately, but some studies suggest individuals in lower socioeconomic positions, for instance with lower…
SEK 13.6 million for childhood cancer research in Gothenburg
GRANTS. In its latest funding round, the Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund awarded a total of SEK 146 million for Swedish research, which is a new record amount for the fight against childhood cancer. SEK 13.6 million of these grants went to research at the University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital. “Research on childhood cancer has made enormous progress; today 85 percent of children survive cancer. But the most difficult…