Leading edge research at the Sahlgrenska Academy

The Sahlgrenska Academy conducts an impressive range of research, from fundamental studies of the structure of molecules and the function of cells, through experimental studies of the principles of disease, to public health sciences and epidemiology.

Much of the research at Sahlgrenska Academy is of the highest international class, and this has resulted in strategic collaboration with other research groups in Sweden and other parts of the world.

Strong clinical and pharmaceutical research

The pharmaceutical research in Gothenburg is of a distinctly clinical nature, and collaboration with Sahlgrenska University Hospital is crucially important. The Sahlgrenska Academy and the University Hospital are conducting nearly 300 joint research projects. Examples of strong research fields are obesity with cardiovascular research and diabetes, biomaterials, pharmacology, neurosciences, pediatrics, epidemiology, rheumatology and microbiology.

World class odontological research in Gothenburg

The odontological research is at the cutting edge internationally, and is conducted in close collaboration with the public dental service in Gothenburg and the Västra Götaland region. Important fields are dental biomaterials, implantology, odontological psychology, hard tissue biology, oral medicine, parodontology and cariology.

Advances in health and care sciences research

Research in the health and care sciences is relatively new in the Sahlgrenska Academy, and is growing very strongly. In contrast to other research at the Academy, health and care science aims more at finding methods to quantify people’s subjective experiences, and how they experience, for example, pain and worry. Fields of particular interest are symptoms in different types of illness, intensive care, and care training. In the latter, the communication between care staff and patient is an important subject of study.