GRANTS. The amount awarded is being increased significantly, but fewer researchers will receive the grant. Additionally, the requirement of having a doctoral degree from a Swedish university is being eliminated. These are the changes occuring in connection with the re-establishment grant being renamed to the Sahlgrenska Academy International Starting Grant. Sahlgrenska Academy introduced re-establishment grants in 2013. This was a strategic move to make it easier for researchers having just…
Marie Berg writes about her longstanding collaboration with Denis Mukwege
INTERNATIONALIZATION. A person-centered care model has been developed at Panzi Hospital in the Congo based on years of care of women severely traumatized of sexual violence in the wake of the war. Marie Berg, a professor at the Department of Health and Care Sciences, together with Dr. Denis Mukwege, recently wrote a scientific article describing the “One Stop Centre” care model. In this article she describes the story of her…
Holistic healing with the help of person-centred care structured as the One Stop Center Care model – seminar report
GLOBAL HEALTH. Dr Denis Mukwege from DR Congo, visited Gothenburg on 17th October, where he addressed a large audience at The University of Gothenburg’s Global Challenges seminar. Dr Mukwege has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize several times. He has received many awards for his work, such as the Olof Palme Prize, the Right Livelihood Award, the United Nations Human Rights Prize, the EU Sakharov Prize, and, just recently…
Hamza and Manar—two Syrian dentists supplementing their qualifications at the Institute of Odontology
EDUCATION. Almost all the foreign dentists who recently began their supplementary training at Sahlgrenska Academy hail from Syria. Meet Hamza and Manar, two Syrian dentists eager to be allowed to start work in Sweden. Hamza Kayssar and Manar Yousef first met when they recently became classmates at Gothenburg’s Institute of Odontology. Both are dentists educated in Syria, and both left their homeland just over two years ago. Now here in…
Christopher Gillberg appointed Visiting Professor at Institut Pasteur
APPOINTMENT. Professor Christopher Gillberg has been appointed Visiting Professor at Institut Pasteur in Paris. At the installation lecture September 26, 2016, Christopher Gillberg spoke on the topic ”Autism pure versus autism plus. The ESSENCE of child psychiatry”. The Visting professorship is affiliated to the department ”Génetique Humaine et Fonctions Cognitive”, under the leadership of Professor Thomas Bourgeron. As a Visiting Professor Christopher Gillberg will be involved in the project ”Collaboration…