COLLABORATION The government should place environmental requirements on pharmaceuticals, writes the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter (DN). This is the message from Joakim Larsson, professor of environmental pharmacology at Sahlgrenska Academy and one of the initiators behind the Centre for Antibiotic Resistance Research at the University of Gothenburg (CARe). Ten years ago, Joakim Larsson and his group were able to show extremely high levels of antibiotics in Indian waters, a finding…
New approach to teaching crisis management to authorities goes international
EDUCATION. A new emergency preparedness course developed under the guidance of researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy is now spreading beyond Sweden. The training program is being implemented in Ukraine with support from the EU, and it has also been well received in the United States. Development of the training program has been led by Associate Professor Amir Khorram-Manesh at the Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Centre (PKMC) in Gothenburg, and has involved researchers…
Start for new specialist training focused on diabetes care
EDUCATION. On August 30, University West is starting its new Postgraduate Program in Specialist Nursing within Diabetes Care, 60 HE credits. The program is being offered in collaboration with the University of Gothenburg, University West, and the University Skövde. All of the universities has seen a large number of applicants and ten students per university have been accepted to the program. To meet the demand for diabetes expertise within health and…
University of Gothenburg will be present in Almedalen
INTERACTION. University of Gothenburg attends the political week in Almedalen to show commitment and take responsibility for the development of society. Research that in various ways contribute to new approaches and solutions to national and international problems are presented, and the University raise and discuss education and research issues. All seminars organized by the University of Gothenburg will be live streamed online, making them available to all intrested parties. The…
Five ran half marathon for the universal vaccine
INTERACTION. Five enthusiastic researchers recently ran the Gothenburg Half Marathon to draw attention to efforts to develop a universal flu vaccine. The team’s most senior researcher Stefan Isaksson was also the fastest, with the finish time 1:48:49. The runner team consisted of Stefan Isaksson, Gurdeep Chahal, Stefan Karlsson, Siggeir Fannar Brynólfsson and Inta Gribonika. All had the same T-shirt, with the text “21 km closer to Universal Influenza Vaccine. One…