HONORARY DOCTOR. All staff at Sahlgrenska Academy may nominate honorary doctorates. The appointments are evidence of the faculty’s appreciation, and a way to strengthen our national and international network of contacts. The deadline for nominations is March 31, 2023. The Sahlgrenska Academy Board decides on who will be appointed Honorary Doctor in 2023. Many of our honorary doctorates are appointed because of their direct importance to research or education at…
Honorary Doctor Carolina Klüft shared lessons from her sports career
HONORARY DOCTOR. Track and field legend Carolina Klüft has been awarded an honorary doctorate from Sahlgrenska Academy. She held her honorary doctorate lecture before the conferment, in connection with the Sports Research Day and the Swedish National Sports University’s kick-off. She gave an eloquent presentation of her sports career, lessons she has learned, and her professional life. “I have received many awards and prizes during my career. But this award…
Sahlgrenska Academy awards honorary doctorates to Jens Nielsen and Michael Treschow
APPOINTMENTS. Professor Jens Nielsen and Michael Treschow, a prominent businessman, have been appointed as honorary doctors at Sahlgrenska Academy, the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Gothenburg. Both men, in their varying ways, have played decisive parts in strengthening the Academy’s role in life sciences. Professor Agneta Holmäng, Dean and Chair of Sahlgrenska Academy’s Faculty Board, comments on the nominations. “We’re immensely proud and pleased to be able, by…
A great day for the faculty as Bo Håkansson becomes an honorary doctor
ACADEMIC CEREMONY. At the celebration lecture before his conferment of an honorary doctorate, Bo Håkansson described his 45-year journey in the development of bone-anchored hearing aids–from the first patient to receive bone-anchored hearing aids, via mind-controlled prostheses and new diagnostic tools, to the hearing aids now being developed that can be entirely implanted under the skin. Bo Håkansson, born in 1953, is a professor of electrical engineering. His world-class research…
Nominations for Honorary Doctors 2022 is open
HONORARY DOCTOR. All staff at Sahlgrenska Academy may nominate honorary doctorates. These awards are evidence of the faculty’s appreciation, and a way to strengthen our national and international network of contacts. The deadline for nominations is March 31, 2022. The Sahlgrenska Academy Board decides on who will be appointed Honorary Doctor in 2022. Many of our honorary doctorates are awarded because of their direct importance to research or education at…