GRANTS. A research team at the University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital has received SEK 15 million from the Swedish Research Council for follow-up studies of COVID-19 vaccines. “This involves looking at the protective effect in the long term and how good it is in different groups,” says Magnus Gisslén, a professor of infectious diseases at the University of Gothenburg and chief physician in the infection clinic at Sahlgrenska…
New capacity for tracking COVID-19
CONDITIONS OF RESEARCH. To simplify the surveillance of COVID-19 in society and monitor the spread of mutations of the virus, the University of Gothenburg is now establishing a unique database. It will coordinate large amounts of data about the virus and share this information among hospitals and universities throughout Sweden and with the Swedish Public Health Agency. “We will be able to follow trends nationally and in the near future…
“A huge opportunity to reach students at the Faculty of Science and Chalmers”
TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH. May 11 is the date for the master thesis project fair, which brings together supervisors and students from Sahlgrenska Academy, the Faculty of Science and Chalmers University of Technology. The purpose of the fair is to create new interdisciplinary projects. Supervisors can propose projects for the fair until May 5 (extended deadline). “This is a huge opportunity to reach students in the natural sciences and technology who…
Engineering Health – a digital smorgasbord of new technologies for health
CONFERENCE. Diet and intestinal health, antibiotic resistance, hand transplantation, smart textiles, 3D printing, digital health and VR for treatment of psychosis. For two days, the Engineering Health conference offers a digital smorgasbord of technical solutions for medical care and health. The next Engineering Health conference will be held April 13–14. This year’s conference is being organized by Chalmers, in collaboration with Sahlgrenska Academy, the Faculty of Science at the University…
AI can discover secondary stroke after subarachnoid hemorrhage
AI NEWS. In the future, perhaps complications following subarachnoid hemorrhage can be reduced or the threat of an ensuing stroke can be avoided. A new monitoring system is being developed which will create an alarm and alert the physician if a patient develop signs of oxygen deficiency in the brain. In a joint project between medicine and engineering at the University of Gothenburg, researchers are using machine learning and AI…