INAUGURATION. The Centre for Health Governance is a joint venture between the School of Business, Economics and Law and the Sahlgrenska Academy to create new knowledge and new solutions for the healthcare of the future. The centre has already received large grants, starting research projects and gathering interested parties for a series of seminars, and on 14 March the centre was formally inaugurated. Per Cramér, Dean of the School of…
Successful day for research in primary and close care
COLLABORATION. For the first time, the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of Gothenburg and Regional Health’s Research, Development, Education, and Innovation organization have held a joint day for researchers in primary care and close care. The event was organized in the Earth Science Centre, which probably will become a new shared premises for both the University and the region next year. The day started with…
Annika Rosengren included among the world’s top female medical scientists
RANKING. Professor Annika Rosengren is the sole University of Gothenburg researcher included on a list of the thousand top female medical scientists in the world. While ordinary research rankings are dominated by men, Annika Rosengren points to the difference between low-income and high-income countries as an even greater injustice in the research world. Published on Research.com, the list is based on data collected from Microsoft Academic Graph in December 2021.…
Joining forces for research on asthma, allergy, and airways
RESEARCH CONDITIONS. “Breathe Sweden”, a digital platform for researchers who collect studies on diseases and disorders of the respiratory tract, has now been launched. The initiative enhances scope for Nordic collaboration in large population studies. The Andas Sverige platform was launched in 2022 to enable the Swedish-speaking public to find nonspecialist information about current research on respiratory disorders and diseases. “Breathe Sweden” is now to be an English-language sister platform…
Overcrowded housing a key factor during pandemic
NEW STUDY. Residential overcrowding, low educational attainment and low income had a crucial impact on how hard the pandemic hit various groups in the community, a study from the University of Gothenburg shows. The research is based on national register data covering Sweden’s entire population. For the present study, Statistics Sweden (SCB) and the Public Health Agency of Sweden provided the register-derived data on which the researchers based their analyses.…