Professor emerita Birgit Thilander has died at the age of 92. She was active in research until the very end. Birgit Thilander received her professorship in orthodontics in 1969, and was the first female professor at both the Institute and within dentistry in Sweden. During her research career Birgit Thilander produced more than 200 original articles. Several of these have since been rewarded with prestigious awards. In her resesearch she was mainly driven by her…
Future Faculty: Young researchers, where are you?
YOUNG RESEARCHERS. You have received your PhD but you don’t have a permanent position as a researcher yet – join Future Faculty. It is completely free and there are no requirements for membership, and at the same time Future Faculty can do a lot for you and other young researchers. Future Faculty has been at Sahlgrenska Academy since 2006. Although the organization has approximately 250 members, they know there are…
Celebratory event when Brånemark is inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame
RECOGNITION. Per-Ingvar Brånemark has now been officially inducted into the American National Inventors Hall of Fame. His wife, Barbro Brånemark recently accepted his medal during a festive event in Washington DC, USA. Per-Ingvar Brånemark discovered and developed the modern dental implant. He based this invention on his discovery that the element titanium can be integrated with bone tissue through osseointegration, a term that he also coined. Osseointegration means that when…
Odontology Students gave honorary medal to Frederik Widar
PRIZES. The Honor Medal of Odontology was this year awarded to maxillofacial surgeon and specialist supervisor Fredrik Widar. He receives the prize for improving the training in oral surgery. Every year the students of Odontology have the opportunity to submit a justifikation to the Education Council of Odontology in order to highlight a person – a student, a lecturer or a clinical teacher – that deserves to be honored with…
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.