GRANTS. Charlotta Saldert, associate professor at the Division of Speech and Language Pathology, has received SEK 3.7 million from the Swedish Research Council for her project on difficulties finding words that is related to diseases such as stroke, Parkinson’s disease and MS. She is the only Sahlgrenska Academy researcher to receive funds via the Swedish Research Council’s call for applications in humanities and social sciences. In this project, Charlotta Saldert…
Ingmar Skoog new board member of the Asian Society Against Dementia
APPOINTMENT. Ingmar Skoog, a professor of psychiatry specializing in social psychiatry and epidemiology, has now been appointed to the board of the Asian Society Against Dementia (ASAD). He is the second non-Asian board member of society, which is an important network for Asia’s leading dementia researchers. ASAD is an organization of researchers and practitioners dealing with dementia in Asia. The society has annual conferences where researchers from Asia present their…
See the film from the doctoral conferment
CONFERMENT. This year conferment ceremony at the Swedish Exhibition and Congress Center resulted in 149 new doctors, 11 honorary doctors and 12 jubilee doctors. During the ceremony individuals who have made valuable contributions to the University received their awards, and entertainment was conducted by the School of Music and Drama. The University made a film about this event (the film is only available in Swedish). Among others Andrea de Bejczy is interviewed…
Over 19 million from the IngaBritt and Arne Lundberg Research Foundation
GRANTS. Eleven researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy have received SEK 19.3 million from the research foundation IngaBritt och Arne Lundberg Forskningsstiftelse. The Foundation primarily funds the purchase of equipment. This year’s largest grant was awarded to Jan Borén, a professor at the Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine. He will receive three million kronor from the foundation for the platform he and his team have developed to analyze lipids and…
Two existing medications also effective for alcohol dependence
THESIS. Two currently available medications used to treat depression and nicotine dependence have good potential for treating alcohol dependence. This is the conclusion of a doctoral thesis from Sahlgrenska Academy, which also shows that a newly developed test to measure alcohol consumption through a blood test is significantly better than currently used tests. As of today, there are four approved pharmacotherapies for alcohol dependence; Antabuse, which in combination with alcohol…