RESEARCH COMMUNICATION. Using humor as a tool, researchers hope to find new ways to make knowledge for the development of healthcare easier to act on. Six playful illustrations depicting beliefs about person-centered care have been paired with relevant research to encourage conversation and reflection. Person-centered healthcare is based on the abilities, needs, and conditions of the unique individual. To promote more person-centered health and social care, the University of Gothenburg…
Joakim Larsson awarded newly established prize for research communication
Joakim Larsson awarded newly established prize for research communication PRIZE. Joakim Larsson has been awarded this year’s research communication prize of SEK 100,000 from Örebro University and the Hamrin Foundation. Larsson serves as professor of environmental pharmacology at the University of Gothenburg, heads the Centre for Antibiotic Resistance in Gothenburg, and is in the upper echelon of the list of the world’s most cited researchers produced by the analytics company…
New episode of Akademiliv podcast – Autism overdiagnosed, Christopher Gillberg warns
PODCAST. Stop over diagnosing autism. Start looking at “the whole person”. These are messages from Professor Christopher Gillberg, a leading expert in the field, in a podcast from Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg. Here you can listen to the podcast with Christopher Gillberg (in Swedish, 41 minuter): https://soundcloud.com/sahlgrenskaakademin/christopher-gillberg-om-utvecklingen-for-boktstavsdiagnoser The interview is conducted by Elin Lindström and Margareta Gustafsson Kubista, the Communications Department at Sahlgrenska Academy’s Office.
New chance to speak up on research in Gothenburg
COLLABORATION. After last year’s successful Soapbox Science event during the International Science Festival Gothenburg, another is now coming up in April. Women and non-binary researchers in STEMM here in the city can sign up to give their presentations. Soapbox Science is a British notion inspired by Speakers’ Corner in London. Four at a time for one hour each, standing on wooden “soapboxes”, the researchers present their work. Every prepared, 15-minute…
New launch of national information on animal experimentation
RESEARCH CONDITIONS. A new version of djurforsok.info was recently launched. The site is a collaboration between the Swedish Research Council and eight higher education institutions, including the University of Gothenburg. It is only available in Swedish, and aimed at anyone who wants to gain a basic understanding of how animals are used in research in Sweden. Lars Ewaldsson is a university veterinarian and GU representative on the board for djurforsok.info.…