GRANTS. Formas has awarded Natalia Caldeira Loss Vincens, a postdoc in occupational and environmental medicine, SEK 3 million in a project grant for early-career researchers. The project investigates how cardiometabolic health is affected by noise and vibration for people living near railways with a link to social inequality. Environmental health and socioeconomic risks are often studied separately, but some studies suggest individuals in lower socioeconomic positions, for instance with lower…
Recipients of the 2020 Bollan Stipend
GRANTS. Ebba Samuelsson, Andrea Persson, Malin Lindén, and Karin Starnberg are the four recipients of the 2020 Bollan Stipend. The four are active at Sahlgrenska Academy and their stipend will be used in different platforms at Core Facilities. In her will, Elisabeth “Bollan” Lindén donated SEK 2.4 million to the University of Gothenburg to establish the stipend. The stipend awards a total of SEK 250,000 annually to up to five…
Louise Adermark awarded consolidator grant from the Swedish Research Council
YOUNG RESEARCHERS. The use of e-cigarettes and other non-tobacco nicotine products is increasing, and researcher Louise Adermark wants to find out more about the mechanisms behind nicotine addiction. She also wants to develop practical strategies to help users quit. She has now received a consolidator grant from the Swedish Research Council of twelve million SEK. Nicotine is not an illegal drug, and normally it does not turn the lives of…
More than 300 participants at the First National Junior Faculty conference
JUNIOR RESEARCHERS. This November, the National Junior Faculty (NJF) held its first nationwide digital conference. The aim was to identify barriers for young researchers early in their academic careers and to start conversations about possible solutions and improvements. “This conference gave us the opportunity to raise issues that are important to junior researchers like ourselves. It also provided insight into what reality really looks like and the opportunity to work…
Carmen Carciulo awarded starting grant for her osteoarthritis research
YOUNG RESEARCHER. The Swedish Research Council awarded starting grants in medicine and health to eight young researchers from the University of Gothenburg, giving them SEK 6 million each in research funding. The Institute of Medicine took the opportunity to ask one a few questions: postdoc Carmen Carciulo, whose research examines why women develop osteoarthritis more often than men. Hi, Carmen, congratulations on your starting grant from the Swedish Research Council.…