EDUCATION. The autumn semester has gotten started and the students are back at Sahlgrenska Academy. Akademiliv was on hand this Thursday when new students were welcomed to the Public Health Science Program with Health Economics and the two international master’s programs, the Master’s Program in Global Health and the Master’s Program in Public Health Science with Health Economics. [See more pictures from this welcome mixer further down] Muwada Bashir, Ginika Uwakwe…
A global doctoral candidate represents GU in Stockholm
PEOPLE. Meet Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, a doctoral candidate in global public health, who will soon represent the University of Gothenburg at this year’s awards ceremony for Global Swede in Stockholm. Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb will soon be finished with his postgraduate studies. On the same day that I met him in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, he had just been notified of when he will defend his dissertation: in mid-March of next year. Now…
Henrik is selling his old car to raise money for young Kenyan football players
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. Having already organized the successful collection of shoes, socks and shin guards for a youth football club in Nairobi, Henrik Zetterberg is stepping things up. He is desperately trying to sell his old Volvo V40 to the highest bidder, in the hopes of raising the funds necessary to allow these talented young football players to attend the Gothia Cup this summer. In order to help the Kenyan football…
New National Institute for Global Health Funded by the Gates Foundation
COLLABORATION. Peter Friberg’s many years of dedication to global health issues are now paying dividends, in the form of a new national research institute, the Swedish Institute for Global Health Transformation (SIGHT). The Institute has been made possible thanks to a substantial donation from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and will be based at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA) in Stockholm. “We live in a global world…
Twice as many international students wish to pursue a master’s degree in Public Health Science
EDUCATION. Among this year’s round of international applicants, the University of Gothenburg’s master’s program in Global Health was the most popular field of study. 757 presumptive international students applied to the program, doubling last year’s numbers. The master’s program in Public Health Science with Health Economics also had twice as many applicants. The master’s program in Global Health is being offered through a collaboration between four different faculties, with Salgrenska…