HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY. Hello there, Martin Fagerström, Associate Professor and Deputy Area Leader for the Health and Technology area at Chalmers, as well as one of the organizers of this year’s interdisciplinary conference, Engineering Health. What is Engineering Health really about? Why is it so special? “Engineering Health is an important meeting place for researchers from various disciplines within the health field, where we can find new ways to meet…
More lives could be saved if ambulance staff receive AI assistance
NEW STUDY. More lives could be saved if ambulance staff were to receive AI assistance with assessing how seriously injured people are, and where they should be taken. These are the findings of a study that examined several different mathematical models as potential decision-making tools. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, the University of Gothenburg, and the University of Borås are responsible for the study, which was published in BMC Medical…
Summer message from Agneta Holmäng
COLUMN. Dean Agneta Holmäng sums up the semester and looks ahead to what awaits the Faculty in the fall. Let me begin by thanking you all for your excellent work this semester. Time is flying by, and I hope you are getting a chance to enjoy this wonderful build-up to the summer. Spring has brought a whole host of good news. I would particularly like to highlight the results of…
Basking in Soapbox Science’s success
POPULAR SCIENCE. This year’s Soapbox Science event during the International Science Festival Gothenburg can only be described as a splendid success. An estimated total of 300 people or so stopped to watch and listen during the sessions in Nordstan, where brief presentations were being given by women researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg. Soapbox Science is a British notion, inspired by Speakers’ Corner in London.…
Mapping outdoor environments for older adults
RESEARCH WITH IMPACT. There are no rules governing access to the outdoors and nature experiences for older adults at residential care facilities in Sweden. The University of Gothenburg, Chalmers University of Technology, and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences are conducting a joint research project that includes surveying the availability of outdoor environments for all residential care facilities in Sweden. The research project is part of the Gothenburg Research School of…