MISSION. After having been responsible for the faculty’s internationalization for ten years, our current International Director is making a fond farewell: “It’s been enormously stimulating to meet representatives from various university cultures and to receive new and different impulses the whole time. But now that internationalization is to continue, I feel that it will benefit from new ideas,” says Gunnar Tobin, whose replacement is now being sought by the preparatory committee.…
The role of culture in health – experiences from a Nordic and Russian collaboration
COLLABORATION. For two years, the Nordic countries and Russia had a development collaboration in relation to healthcare. The collaborative program “Culture for Health” recently concluded with a conference in St. Petersburg. Annica Sjölander, research coordinator for the Centre for Culture and Health at the University of Gothenburg, summarizes the event and important experiences from the initiative. The Culture for Health program, run by the Nordic Council of Ministers, has opened up…
Henrik Sjövall: What is truth?
CHRONICLE. Henrik Sjövall takes us along to Cochrane’s most recent conference in Seoul, South Korea. Cochrane is a non-profit grassroots organization that assures the quality of the global knowledge flow. In his column, he draws a comparison to the HTA Center, which is the Region Västra Götaland ‘s local version of Cochrane. “And then Pilate asked: What is truth?” and the echo responded – the prophet remained silent. With the riddle’s…
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…
Salhgrenska Academy starts visiting professor program
INTERNATIONALIZATION. Sahlgrenska Academy is now launching its Sahlgrenska Visiting Professorship program. This program is aimed at internationally highly regarded researchers and is intended to attract them as visiting professors to our faculty. The Academy’s faculty board has decided to make a strategic investment in the visiting professor program, which will run for five years. During this time a number of positions will be advertised depending on the extent of the…