INTER-ACTION. A recent letter of intent signed between the University of Gothenburg and the City of Gothenburg opens up greater opportunities to work together on skills supply, education and research. The common aim is to be better equipped to meet the challenges of the future, including those of an ageing population and a shrinking workforce. Babbs Edberg, Director of the Elderly and health and social care administration at the City…
Axel Wolf new Director of the Centre for Person-centred Care
ASSIGNMENT. Axel Wolf, Professor at the Institute of Health and Care Sciences, has now become the new Centre Director of the University of Gothenburg Centre for Person-centred Care (GPCC). The Centre has recently had funding granted for a third period and is continuing to expand its international collaboration. Gathering more than 200 Swedish and international researchers and patient co-researchers, the GPCC is a national interdisciplinary research centre which was established…
Now you can propose new members of The Swedish Heart Lung Foundation’s research council
The Swedish Heart Lung Foundation is looking for a lung expert and three cardiovascular experts for the research council. The Foundation is looking for established researchers with high scientific competence from all university locations. In the pulmonary field, they are interested in researchers with broad competence and clinical translational experience. In the cardiovascular area, we particularly ask for proposals for researchers with broad competence in clinical and translational research as…
Helena Filipsson Nyström visited the Swedish Parliament – to draw attention to a neglected women’s disease
INTER-ACTION. Almost half a million Swedes have hypothyroidism, an underactive thyroid gland. Four out of five affected are women and the number of cases among young women is increasing. Despite this, there are no national guidelines, no national healthcare program, and no national quality registry. On June 15, Helena Filipsson Nyström participated in a parliamentary seminar to urge politicians to act. All political parties were invited to the parliamentary seminar,…
2nd Nordic Seminar on Infection Control
The seminar is by support from the Nordic Council of Minsters free to attend for the participants. The aim of the seminar is to support Nordic cooperation in research on infection control.