AWARD. On Friday, September 17, Nicholas Ashton was honored at Drottningholm Palace as one of this year’s two recipients of Queen Silvia’s Prize to a Young Alzheimer Researcher, which the Queen presented herself. Ashton is part of the large and successful research department that works with biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease at the University of Gothenburg. “It is a huge honor to receive such a prestigious award and that the ceremony…
Teachers prepare to be Always READY for digital and hybrid teaching
EDUCATION. The faculty is now launching a creative meeting place where teachers and other staff working with educational questions can provide support and inspiration to each other in our efforts to improve the quality of our digital teaching. The meeting place is created in the form of a Teams channel called ‘Alltid REDO’ [Always READY]. All staff interested in digital education are welcome to join the Teams channel. You can…
Anders Rosengren is this year’s recipient of the Minor Fernström Prize
DISTINCTION. Sahlgrenska Academy’s recipient of the 2021 Minor Fernström Prize is Anders Rosengren, professor at the Department of Neuroscience and Physiology. Anders Rosengren conducts very broad research into type 2 diabetes – from cellular level, via clinical research and to the population level. The official name of the prize is the Eric K. Fernström Prize for young, especially promising and successful researchers, but is simply known as the Lilla [Minor]…
Eric Hamrin Senorski included in Olympic research program
Eric Hamrin Senorski, associate professor of physiotherapy at Sahlgrenska Academy, has been selected by the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC) in its initiative to support six promising sports researchers. Beginning this autumn, the selected researchers will be included in Olympic Offensive, SOC’s new development program. All details about the development program have not yet been disclosed, but the idea behind the initiative is the long-term strengthening of Swedish elite sports by…
Highly fit teenagers coped better with COVID-19 later in life
NEW STUDY. Of the Swedish men in their late teens who performed well in the physical fitness tests for military conscription, a relatively high proportion were able to avoid hospital care when they became infected with COVID-19 during the pandemic up to 50 years later. This has been shown by University of Gothenburg researchers in a register study, with results now published in the BMJ Open. The study is based…