EDUCATION. The Pharmacy Program’s degree prepares students for research and developing pharmaceuticals. The program is now expanding its profile by developing elective courses together with AstraZeneca. While looking for programs focused on chemistry and biology, Alva Jonsson found the Pharmacy Program. “I’ve wanted to be a scientist since I was small. First, I was looking at engineering programs within biochemistry and biology but quickly realized the pharmacy program included a…
Major investment in innovation cluster energizes GoCo House inauguration
COLLABORATION. With applause and gold confetti, GoCo House — the heart of GoCo Health Innovation City — has now been inaugurated. Simultaneously, Vinnova publicly announced a multimillion-krona investment in an innovation cluster for advanced pharmaceuticals based at GoCo Lab, the ultramodern laboratory to be set up locally. The opening event was held on site at GoCo House, adjacent to AstraZeneca’s science center in Gothenburg, in bright sunshine. The nearly 800…
Twenty years of research collaboration in Rwanda has made a difference
COLLABORATION. After the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, hardly any university teachers or students remained in the country. Slowly and systematically, the country’s university has developed a new academia. It was recently the twentieth anniversary of the collaboration between the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and Swedish universities, including the University of Gothenburg. The research collaboration between Swedish universities and the state-run University of Rwanda is part of SIDA’s efforts…
UN mission to the University of Gothenburg – ensure the quality of midwifery education in Bangladesh
INTERACTION. The Institute of Health and Care Sciences is appointed to collaborate with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Government of Bangladesh to strengthen national midwifery education. The mission is to strengthen the national midwifery education in Bangladesh by raising the quality of education and supporting long-term investments in midwifery education. The project will ensure that the standard of all 147 educations in both the public and private…
Joakim Larsson awarded newly established prize for research communication
Joakim Larsson awarded newly established prize for research communication PRIZE. Joakim Larsson has been awarded this year’s research communication prize of SEK 100,000 from Örebro University and the Hamrin Foundation. Larsson serves as professor of environmental pharmacology at the University of Gothenburg, heads the Centre for Antibiotic Resistance in Gothenburg, and is in the upper echelon of the list of the world’s most cited researchers produced by the analytics company…