EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. We now know who has been awarded educational ALF grants for the 2023–2024 medical program and educational ALF grants for health professions in 2023. One of the funded projects will be part of Torben Nordahl Amorøe’s upcoming dissertation, with Paulin Andréll as his main supervisor. The project will receive SEK 500,000 of the announced educational ALF grants. ALF refers to the agreement concerning medical education and research. Amorøe’s…
Vulvovaginal symptoms common in women taking penicillin
NEW DOCTORAL THESIS. Markedly often, women who take penicillin for strep throat suffer from vulvovaginal symptoms, and in both sexes, diarrhea is also common. On a relatively short course of penicillin, fewer people incur these side effects and there is no reduction in the intended result, a University of Gothenburg thesis shows. Penicillin V, phenoxymethylpenicillin, is Sweden’s best-selling antibiotic, under such brand names as Kåvepenin and Tikacillin. The most common…
Araz Rawshani improves cardiac arrest care
CLINICAL RESEARCH. Araz Rawshani is driven by a desire to translate research results into significant improvements in the medical care system, preferably the day after they are published. Using artificial intelligence, his team is creating powerful assessment support for the entire chain of care for cardiac arrest and coronary artery disease. Araz Rawshani combines his work as a resident physician at Sahlgrenska University Hospital’s cardiology clinic with research at the…
Investigating unknown asthma in adults
RESEARCH. One Swede in ten has asthma but, despite medication, many fail to gain control of their disease. Now, new research shows that people with “T2-low asthma” get insufficient help from current treatment and that half of all asthma patients may belong to this group. Professor Hannu Kankaanranta of the Institute of Medicine is intent on finding out more. Allergic asthma is the category studied most to date. The type…
Twenty years of research collaboration in Rwanda has made a difference
COLLABORATION. After the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, hardly any university teachers or students remained in the country. Slowly and systematically, the country’s university has developed a new academia. It was recently the twentieth anniversary of the collaboration between the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and Swedish universities, including the University of Gothenburg. The research collaboration between Swedish universities and the state-run University of Rwanda is part of SIDA’s efforts…