COLLABORATION. Professor Jenny Nyström was one of four kidney researchers recently invited to the Royal Palace of Stockholm, where Prince Daniel learned about new findings in renal medicine and transplantation research. The discussion dealt with the importance of both basic research and collaboration. The conversation, which took place at the palace on March 14, followed World Kidney Day, which was a few days earlier. The day is part of a…
AgeCap well received at high-level meeting of EU member states
INTERACTION. On February 13–14, the Swedish presidency invited European Union member states and other stakeholders to a high-level meeting on active and autonomous ageing. Ingmar Skoog, a professor of psychiatry and director of the University of Gothenburg’s Centre for Ageing and Health (AgeCap), presented a highly appreciated opening lecture entitled 70 is the new 50. The high-level meeting aimed to create a discussion on the way forward for Europe’s ageing…
New chance to speak up on research in Gothenburg
COLLABORATION. After last year’s successful Soapbox Science event during the International Science Festival Gothenburg, another is now coming up in April. Women and non-binary researchers in STEMM here in the city can sign up to give their presentations. Soapbox Science is a British notion inspired by Speakers’ Corner in London. Four at a time for one hour each, standing on wooden “soapboxes”, the researchers present their work. Every prepared, 15-minute…
New podcast episode (in Swedish): First midwifery program on university level in the Congo
PODCAST. Throughout her life, Marie Berg, midwife and professor of nursing at the University of Gothenburg, has been deeply committed to women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Hear her story in Akademiliv’s podcast. Together with other colleagues, Marie Berg is now establishing the first midwifery training at university level at the Université Evangélique en Afrique, in Bukavu. The fact that Marie and her husband Urban have had the…
Swedish midwifery research serves as the basis for WHO’s work in Southeast Asia
COLLABORATION. At the Southeast Asia regional meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO), participants recently discussed how the midwifery profession can gain acceptance in the healthcare system and society at large. They agreed on the need to implement recommendations from Swedish researchers about greater efforts for clinical training. Malin Bogren, an associate professor at the Institute of Health and Care Sciences at the University of Gothenburg, was one of the…