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…
Research funding from the Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund – Helena Carén among recipients
GRANTS. Researcher Helena Carén studies cancer stem cells to understand why malignant gliomas are so difficult to treat. The goal is to develop a better treatment with fewer side effects. She is among the researchers in Gothenburg sharing SEK 15 million in research funding from the Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund. A major problem with brain tumors is the risk of relapse, which is often difficult to remedy. Researchers believe the…
The Swedish Research Council’s Scientific Council for Medicine and Health visited Sahlgrenska Academy
Here you can see the presentation Jan-Ingvar Jönsson held at the meeting: https://gubox.box.com/s/t9mjstfoktuqmhbwzmetug9j9f8y26oi SEMINAR. This year the Swedish Research Council’s Scientific Council for Medicine and Health will receive new review panels, and you can now nominate yourself or others to participate in them. This was some of the news Jan-Ingvar Jönsson discussed at the well-attended general academic meeting. He also expressed concern about the current proposal for increasing the basic…
Inger Ekman and Håkan Tinnerberg receive funds from AFA
CONTRIBUTIONS. Two projects at Sahlgrenska Academy have been awarded funding from AFA, in the total sum of SEK 3.2 million. Inger Ekman will investigate how a person-centered approach affects the health care staff’s work environment, while Håkan Tinnerberg’s project is about chimney sweepers’ exposure to soot. Inger Ekman, professor at the Institute of Health and Care Sciences and one of the research leaders at The Gothenburg University Centre for Person-centred…