HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY. Hello there, Martin Fagerström, Associate Professor and Deputy Area Leader for the Health and Technology area at Chalmers, as well as one of the organizers of this year’s interdisciplinary conference, Engineering Health. What is Engineering Health really about? Why is it so special? “Engineering Health is an important meeting place for researchers from various disciplines within the health field, where we can find new ways to meet…
Full house for GPCC’s Founding Partner Session on person-centered care at GoCo
COLLABORATION. It was a fully booked event when GPCC recently presented current research in person-centered care during the Sahlgrenska Academy’s GoCo Founding Partner Session. The seminar delved into the future of efficient, sustainable, and equitable healthcare systems. The program was put together by the Center for Person-Centered Care at the University of Gothenburg GPCC. It included testbeds for home care and person-centered health and healthcare governance in a digital age.…
Research Day 2024 featured inspiring presentations
COOPERATION. The presentations during the Research Day featured inspiration and laughter. The day provided insight into life-saving research on breast cancer, prostate cancer, stroke, thyroid disease and bipolar disorder. Sahlgrenska Academy Dean Jenny Nyström began by thanking the working group that organized the Research Day for their efforts: “Today’s program is great, about broad diseases affecting many patients and also society at large,” noted Jenny Nyström. This year’s Research Day…
Rwandan ambassador visited Sahlgrenska Academy
INTERNATIONALIZATION. The University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska Academy were recently visited by the Rwandan ambassador to the Nordic countries, Diane Gashumba. Among other things, she expressed a desire for increased exchange, with teachers from Sahlgrenska Academy teaching at the University of Rwanda. Since 2007, Sahlgrenska Academy has been part of a Sida-funded development program in Rwanda. The program supports development of the society, which was torn apart after the extensive…
The central theme for this year’s Research Day: common diseases (conference in Swedish)
INTERACTION. Research that saves lives – from screening to rehabilitation. That is the theme for the upcoming edition of Research Day, held in Swedish on February 1, 2024. “We have chosen broad and common diseases that can be of interest to many,” says Peter Gjertsson, chair of the program committee. Current research in breast cancer, prostate cancer, stroke, and thyroid disease are some of the topics that will be highlighted…