DISTINCTION. Lena Hartelius, Inger Jansson and Helena Wigert – these are the latest to join Sahlgrenska Academy’s honored staff named Excellent Teachers. Our faculty has appointed 14 Excellent Teachers since the program’s inception in 2015. Lena Hartelius, a professor of speech therapy, teaches and supervises treatment of neurologically caused speech and language problems. What she most enjoys about teaching is often being surprised, impressed and happy. “The students and colleagues…
Older adults’ feedback now included in classic H70 study
STUDY. “Seventy is the new 50,” “Culture can protect against Alzheimer’s,” and “Obesity in older people boosts dementia risk.” For almost half a century, headlines like this have abounded in the more than 700 scientific articles and 60 theses published by the H70 study. Now the scientists have also begun to take an interest in how their research subjects perceive these comprehensive investigations of aging and its diseases. “Although the…
New 3R method to estimate lifespans developed by researchers in Gothenburg
STUDY. A new method published by researchers in Gothenburg in the journal Aging now enables a new approach to determine lifespan of mice in studies on aging. In addition to the improvement in research ethics that the method entails, it also provides a better scientific analysis of aging. Researchers often use mice to investigate whether different genes, treatments or lifestyles can result in healthy aging with, for example, retained cognitive…
Nearly SEK 120 million from Swedish Research Council within medicine and health
GRANTS. Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy share nearly SEK 120 million in starting grants and project grants from the Swedish Research Council within the call for medicine and health grant applications. Four young researchers are receiving starting grants providing them with a total of SEK 6 million each. This means that Gothenburg is receiving a quarter of SRC’s investment in young researchers in this call for applications. “I would like…
Sahlgrenska Academy Career Talks helps young researchers find their professional path
YOUNG RESEARCHERS. About once a month, Sahlgrenska Academy Career Talks arranges meetings to discuss the career paths of young researchers, both inside and outside the university. Most recently, concrete advice was given on how to sharpen your LinkedIn profile, by invited speaker Ida Sjöholm, a freelance copywriter. During Wednesday’s two-hour seminar, it became clear to the audience – about fifty young researchers – that LinkedIn can be a valuable tool…