HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY. When the research school for SciLifeLab and Wallenberg’s national program for data-driven life science (DDLS) starts this fall, one of the PhD students will be enrolled at Sahlgrenska Academy. Christina Jern and her co-applicants will recruit a PhD student for a project on precision medicine for ischemic stroke. “We will use machine learning algorithms to find blood-based molecular and radiomic biomarkers that will allow us to better…
VR funds national postgraduate school in compulsory psychiatric care and forensic psychiatry
POSTGRADUATE STUDIES. A new national postgraduate school in compulsory psychiatric care and forensic psychiatry is now being established by the University of Gothenburg in cooperation with Lund University. The graduate school is funded with SEK 30 million from the Swedish Research Council. The primary applicant for the funding of the new postgraduate school is Peter Andiné, professor of forensic psychiatry at the University of Gothenburg and senior physician at Sahlgrenska…
New regional graduate school in Close Care field
GRANT. The Swedish Research Council is awarding a grant for a graduate school on the topic of Close Care, which involves collaboration among the universities in the region: the University of Borås, University West, the University of Skövde, and the University of Gothenburg. The graduate school will provide training on the transition to Close Care for at least 40 doctoral students, which will contribute important skills for both the universities…
Researchers in engineering sciences and medicine learn from each other to develop future health care technology
RESEARCH SCHOOL. Research in the borderland between technology and health is becoming increasingly important. Now Chalmers University of Technology and Sahlgrenska Academy have together started a new collaboration, where pairs of researchers receive training in ways to solve health care challenges. The health care system is facing major challenges as our population increases and grows older. New technology can provide support and solutions, and technology focusing on health is also…