ALF POSITIONS. Hälso-sam has decided to offer ALF positions to a total of 28 doctors. These positions provide the opportunity to combine research and clinical service at halftime. ALF positions are offered over two years, with the possibility of a further two-year extension after follow-up. 13 PhD students are offered ALF Medical Positions for medical doctors in third cycle studies: Minna Johansson Vanja Lundberg Nikolaos Papadimitrou Magnus Sabel Eleni Papkokkinou…
Ann-Marie Wennberg becomes the new Hospital Director of SU
COOPERATION. Ann-Marie Wennberg has been appointed as the new director of Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SU. She is currently in the hospital administration and is a professor. “Ann-Marie has extensive experience and has shown modern and visible leadership,” said regional director Ann-Sofi Lodin. After an intensive search process, regional director Ann-Sofi Lodin decided to appoint Ann-Marie Wennberg as the new Hospital Director of Sahlgrenska University Hospital. “This assignment involves great responsibility for…
A new professor with the eye in focus
INAUGURATION OF NEW PROFESSORS. As a cataract surgeon she can help blind patients to see again, and as a researcher she tries to understand how cataracts occur. Meet Madeleine Zetterberg, who was one of 16 new professors at the Sahlgrenska Academy during the last year, on the occasion of the University’s installation on May 13. Madeleine Zetterberg has been a new Professor of Ophthalmology for half a year now, with a…
Many want to be a part of the new hub for life sciences
GENERAL ACADEMY MEETING. Within the Faculty of Science, there are clear desires to be a part of the life sciences environment that is going to be developed at Medicinareberget. That was what Staffan Edén said at the general academy meeting on the future of Medicinareberget. About a hundred colleagues came to the general academic meeting, at which Vice Chancellor Staffan Edén gave a presentation on the project’s current status. “In…
Architects ready for Sahlgrenska Life
CONSTRUCTION PLANS. The architectural firm to design Sahlgrenska Life has now been chosen. The Swedish-Danish partnership, Sweco and Arkitema Architects, is behind the proposal the jury agreed upon. Some of the Nordic’s largest architectural firms participated in the competition to design Sahlgrenska Life. Until now, secrecy surrounding the competition has been rigorous – not even the jury knew, until the last minute, which architectural firms had participated. The jury spent…