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…
She brings research results back to Sierra Leone
COLLABORATION. How can disabled people be helped when there is only one trained occupational therapist in the country? And how do you create good orthotics when you first have to find plastic to melt? Writer Maria Arpe accompanied Lina Magnusson, an associate professor at the Institute of Medicine, when she returned to Sierra Leone, where she wants to improve the lives of those most needing help. “For a long time…
Garment with sensors included in IVA’s 100 List
COLLABORATION. The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) is now publishing for the first time its 100 List highlighting interesting research with potential for the private sector. In one of the projects on the list, researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy are collaborating with RISE and the University of Borås to develop a comfortable shirt with built-in sensors that measure symptoms in individuals with conditions such as epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease.…
AgeCap collaborates with Rich in Years, the traveling exhibition at the Gothenburg City Library
COLLABORATION. Rich in Years (Årsrika), the book and traveling exhibition, is an initiative highlighting the elderly. When the exhibition comes to the Gothenburg City Library, several researchers from AgeCap, the Center for Aging and Health, will participate in various discussions. Sweden’s population is getting older, and research shows that the brain continues to develop if it is healthy. Many elderly people live a good life and have accumulated experiences and…
Research on implants at Gothenburg and other universities
RESEARCH. Akademiliv provides a larger picture of the research on dental implants, due to the attention drawn recently to a project in which dogs are used as experimental animals. Implants are increasingly common. Even if the treatment often works well, it is also common to have inflammation of the jaw, and each year 1400 Swedes have to have their implants removed. This is why research on a broad front, both…