CONDITIONS OF RESEARCH. In the latest episode of Akademisk Kvart, Cornelia van Diepen describes how she uses data from Twitter in her healthcare research. How can you do research about health care via social media? Considering how many people go out on Twitter and sign off after a doctor’s visit, there is a lot of information that you just have to go out and pick up. Cornelia Van Diepen is…
Sahlgrenska Academy in program overview for Sahlgrenska Life, Buildings 2 and 3
CAMPUS MEDICINAREBERGET. A program review of parts of Sahlgrenska Life, Buildings 2 and 3, in which the University will be a primary tenant, is currently underway. Simultaneously, Region Västra Götaland (VGR, the county council) is continuing work on Building 1, and the City of Gothenburg (the municipality) is taking new steps towards the adoption of the detailed development plan. Work on the program overview for Buildings 2 and 3 is…
Study on African fathers’ involvement during pregnancy and at childbirth
YOUNG RESEARCHER. Samuel Nambile Cumber has been a senior lecturer in the fields of Social Medicine and Epidemiology since 2017. For the coming two years, he will be studying African fathers’ involvement during pregnancy, at childbirth and during infancy. The project is being funding through a post-doctoral scholarship from the Anna Ahrenberg Foundation. We spoke with Samuel Cumber over an unstable video link. He is currently in Cameroon, carrying out…
European conference held to produce new working plan for person-centred care
RESEARCH COLLABORATION. Inger Ekman has led two EU-projects since 2013 with the aim of testing person-centred care in Europe. On the 11th March a conference with participants from 26 countries was held in order to produce a new plan for continued work. ‘Person-centred care 4 sustainable health systems – How to transform health care in the post-pandemic era’ was the title of the consensus conference was held on Thursday March 11th…
Meet our new Excellent Teachers – Mona Ringdal and Angela Bång
DISTINCTION. Mona Ringdal and Angela Bång, both associate professors at the Institute of Health and Care Sciences, recently received the title of “Excellent Teacher” at the University of Gothenburg. This brings the number of teachers at Sahlgrenska Academy receiving this title in recognition of their teaching expertise to 16. A total of 29 people at the University of Gothenburg have now been awarded the title of Excellent Teacher, including the 16…