Women who commit deadly violence are different in many ways from male perpetrators, both in terms of the most common victims, the way in which the murder is committed, the place where it is carried out and the perpetrator’s background. This is shown by a new study that also investigated homicide trends over time in Sweden. Sweden is in the group of countries with the lowest number of murders per…
The suit that lets you feel what it is to be old
STUDENT. During the spring semester, Sahlgrenska Academy has accuired a so-called Age Simulation Suit – a suit that simulates the symptoms that are common among the elderly and that allows the wearer experience the body’s limitations when you are old. The suit is used within several study programs at Sahlgrenska Academy, by students that later in their professional lives will be working with the elderly. Our reporter Elin Lindström Claessen…
Pharmacy student praised for his Master’s thesis in the United States
STUDENT. Mikael Boberg, who is now graduating from the pharmacy program, was recently praised for his poster presentation at the ASPET annual meeting in San Diego. In addition, he received the ASPET Graduate Travel Award scholarship to present the results of his thesis at the Experimental Biology annual meeting, which is one of the world’s largest in life sciences. The thesis dealt with children’s ability to absorb, distribute, break down…
Distribution of the awards for best thesis – photo reportage from the ceremony
AWARDS. Tuesday, May 17, the festive awarding of the prizes for best thesis was held in Academicum. University photographer Johan Wingborg lets us take part of the ceremony thorugh his photos.
A new professor with the eye in focus
INAUGURATION OF NEW PROFESSORS. As a cataract surgeon she can help blind patients to see again, and as a researcher she tries to understand how cataracts occur. Meet Madeleine Zetterberg, who was one of 16 new professors at the Sahlgrenska Academy during the last year, on the occasion of the University’s installation on May 13. Madeleine Zetterberg has been a new Professor of Ophthalmology for half a year now, with a…