Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare recently distributed close to SEK 300 million for research in the employment field and within social and public health sciences. Six researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy are among the recipients.
Kristina Holmgren, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology.
Junior Researcher Project.
Amount: SEK 3 680 000.
Project: Early identification of individuals at risk of sickness absence due to work-related stress. A randomized controlled study of individuals seeking help for physical and mental disorders in primary care
Monica Hunsberger, University Lecturer, Institute of Medicine.
Amount: SEK 2 380 000.
Project: Effect of diet, sleep, and mental health in obesity from infancy to adolescence: IDEFICS and I.Family
Joel Jakobsson, Post Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology.
Amount: SEK 2 330 000.
Project: Can neurobiological markers make the treatment of patients with bipolar disorder more efficient and thus contribute to improved health and work ability in this group of patients?
Gunnar Steineck, Professor, Institute of Clinical Sciences.
Amount: SEK 2 380 000.
Project: Increasing the degree of related parties preparedness the spouse’s death from cancer – a randomized trial with 450 close ones.
Gerd Sällsten, Adjunct Professor, Institute of Medicine.
Amount: SEK 2 880 000.
Project: Cadmium, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease -en cross-sectional and longitudinal study of 5200 women and men
Agnes Wold, Professor, Institute of Biomedicine.
Amount: SEK 2 990 000.
Project: The early environment on the development of allergy – diet, microflora and immunological maturation