DOCTORAL THESIS OF THE YEAR. Jesper Sundell’s thesis concerns ways of improving treatment for tuberculosis, especially for the vulnerable group of patients who also have the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The thesis has now been named Sahlgrenska Academy’s 2021 Doctoral Thesis of the Year. Dr. Arnt Vestby’s Research Foundation funds the Doctoral Thesis of the Year award. Seven theses publicly defended last year have received awards, one for each department…
Podcast in Swedish on plagiarism review of doctoral thesis at Sahlgrenska Academy
DOCTORAL THESIS. A new episode of the podcast Akademiliv (in Swedish), which is especially aimed at doctoral students and supervisors at Sahlgrenska Academy. It’s about plagiarism reviews of dissertations – why it is done, how it is done and what should you as a doctoral student or supervisor think about. Guests are Khalil Helou, Academic Joint Director of Studies at Sahlgrenska Academy, Kjersti Sunnergren, pediatrician in Jönköping who will soon…
Digital PhD day on crisis and research
DOCTORAL STUDENTS. This year’s PhD Day concerned how a global crisis affects health and research. During the lunch break, doctoral students had an opportunity to share their experiences of the pandemic with Vice Dean Martin Lagging, who is responsible for PhD studies at Sahlgrenska Academy. PhD Day had been scheduled for this spring but had to be postponed due to the pandemic. Hosts for the completely online event were Salma…
Doctoral Student Council: “The pandemic is impacting doctoral students”
DOCTORAL STUDENTS. Restrictions make it more difficult to carry out planned research, which can impact doctoral students particularly hard. Sahlgrenska Academy’s Doctoral Student Council is a forum for networking, discussions and support. The Doctoral Student Council appoints doctoral student representatives to councils and committees. It is also an arena for networking and social interaction for researching students from the entire faculty and provides an opportunity to discuss research with others…
AFA finances study on the spread of COVID-19 in geriatric care
GRANTS. Johan Ringlander, doctoral student in virology, has been awarded just over SEK 1 million from AFA Försäkring for a study on COVID-19 in geriatric care in Gothenburg. Together with his fellow researchers, he will examine virus and antibody samples from staff who feel healthy and from those who stay home from work with symptoms. Many people infected with SARS-CoV-2 hardly have any symptoms or very mild ones. Since staff…