Caption: On the whiteboard behind her, Sara Sjöberg has drawn a diagram she often uses to illustrate how different healthcare professions, such as doctors, nurses and pharmacists, have certain overlapping fields of knowledge and the importance of being aware of the knowledge base they have in common and the knowledge others in the team can contribute. EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. This year’s recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award at Sahlgrenska Academy…
Radiologists teach algorithms to analyze cardiac images
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. The unique research study known as SCAPIS will the starting point for one of the first Life Science projects to be implemented on the AI Innovation of Sweden collaboration platform. Several sub-projects are planned. As a first step, computers will learn to analyze cardiac images captured by computed tomography, or CT scans, and radiologists at Sahlgrenska University Hospital will evaluate the results. AI Innovation of Sweden, recently inaugurated…
Major AI initiative inaugurated in Gothenburg
COLLABORATION. AI Innovation of Sweden, recently opened in Gothenburg, is one of Sweden’s largest investments in artificial intelligence (AI). The initiative is being funded by Vinnova (Sweden’s innovation agency, and Region Västra Götaland along with a large number of partners, including the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology. AI Innovation of Sweden has its headquarters at Lindholmen Science Park, where the official opening took place on February 6.…
GU rises in this year’s Shanghai ranking
RANKING. The University of Gothenburg (GU) has moved up in this year’s Shanghai ranking, which now places it among the top 150 universities in the world. Within the ranking by subject area, GU does best in odontology, where it ranks 21st in the world. In clinical medicine the university rises to 33rd place. In recent years the University of Gothenburg has been situated around the 200 mark, but it has…
Probiotics can protect the skeletons of older women
NEW STUDY. For the first time in the world, researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy have demonstrated that probiotics, dietary supplements with health-promoting bacteria, can be used to affect the human skeleton. Among older women who received probiotics, bone loss was halved compared to women who received only a placebo. The research opens the door to a new way to prevent fractures among the elderly. Brittleness of the bones, or osteoporosis, is…