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…
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…
Hlin Kvartsberg authored the doctoral thesis of the year at Sahlgrenska Academy
PRIZE. Hlin Kvartsberg’s dissertation, where she identifies a new biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease, has been named Sahlgrenska Academy’s 2019 PhD Thesis of the Year. “It feels amazing! The dissertation is the result of nearly four years of hard work, which I’m very proud of it, so it feels wonderful that it is recognized in this way,” says Hlin Kvartsberg. What are you most proud of about your dissertation? “That…
Netha Hussain wins the 2020 Women in Open Source Award
PRIZE. Netha Hussain, who will soon publicly defend her doctoral thesis at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, is this year’s academic winner of the international Women in Open Source Award. She has been given the award for actively working for many years to improve Wikipedia’s content related to medicine. “Winning the Women in Open Source Award means a lot to me. I will be even more happy if people,…
The Doctoral Student Council highlights important questions for PhD students
DOCTORAL EDUCATION. The Doctoral Student Council meets a few times a month to discuss relevant questions for doctoral education. The meetings also serve as an open forum for PhD students who would like contact with others. All PhD students at Sahlgrenska Academy are welcome to attend. The Doctoral Student Council (DoR) is an educational council within Sahlgrenska Academy’s student union that works to maintain the quality of doctoral education and…