Conferment of Doctors on October 22, 2010

On Friday 22 October it is once again time for the conferment of doctoral degrees at the University of Gothenburg. The ceremony takes place at Svenska mässan in Gothenburg, Sweden. 

157 doctorates for those who have been examined and 13 honorary doctorates will be conferred.

Honorary doctorates

Richard W Price, HC The Sahlgrenska Academy
John R Riordan, HC The Sahlgrenska Academy
Herbert Hochberg, HC The Faculty of Arts
Inger Wikström-Haugen, HC The Faculty of Arts
Kerala Johnson Snyder, HC The Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts
Alexei Shulgin, HC The Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts
Petros C. Mavroidis, HC The School of Business, Economics and Law
Kjell Grönhaug, HC The School of Business, Economics and Law
Bengt Fritzell, HC The Faculty of Science
Karen Heywood, HC The Faculty of Science
John Siraj-Blatchford, HC The Faculty of Education
Alan Dyson, HC The Faculty of Education
Jan Aart Scholte, HC The Faculty of Social Sciences

Doctors at the University of Gothenburg

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V X Y Z
 

Åberg, Malin Born 1980. Thesis: Machine learning for identification of brain activity patterns with applications in gentle touch processing. Department of Physiology at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Ahlberg Helgee, Ernst Born 1981. Thesis: Improving Drug Discovery Decision Making using Machine Learning and Graph Theory in QSAR Modeling. Department of Chemistry at the Faculty of Science.

Ahlerup, Pelle Born 1977. Thesis: Essays on Conflict, Institutions, and Ethnic Diversity. Department of Economics at the School of Business, Economics and Law.

Åkesson, Maria Born 1963. Thesis: Digital Innovation in the Value Networks of Newspaper. Department of Applied Information Technology at the IT Faculty.

Alnebratt, Kerstin Born 1964. Thesis: How Gender Studies is written about in Swedish research policy documents 1970-2000. Department of of Cultural Sciences at the Faculty of Arts.

Andersson, Lena Born 1980. Thesis: Urinary Clara cell protein and alpha 1-microglobulin-biomarkers of changes in kidney and airway function. Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Andersson, Louise Born 1979. Thesis: Embryonic origin and development of thyroid progenitor cells. An experimental study focused on endoderm, EphA4 and Foxa2. Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Andersson, Maria Born 1977. Thesis: Social influence in stock markets. Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Andersson, My Born 1980. Thesis: Astrocyte-mediated short-term synaptic depression. Department of Physiology at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Andersson, Stina Born 1977. Thesis: Gastric electrical stimulation. Studies in patients with intractable nausea and vomiting. Department of Internal Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Andersson, Ulrika Born 1977. Thesis: Journalists and their audience. Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Andersson-Roswall, Lena Born 1965. Thesis: Longitudinal cognitive changes in medically and surgically treated patients with drug resistant partial epilepsy. Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Anthin, David Born 1972. Thesis: Evert Taube on stage: From Cabaret Läderlappen to Gröna Lund. Department of Literature at the Faculty of Arts.

Asplund, Annika Born 1979. Thesis: The effect of hypoxia on macrophage proteoglycans: potential role in atherosclerosis. Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Åström-Olsson, Karin Born 1959. Thesis: Myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury, clinical and experimental studies. Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Augustsson Ryman, Sofia Born 1975. Thesis: Strength training for physical performance and injury prevention in sports. Individualised and supervised training for female athletes. Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Axelsson, Hans Born 1972. Thesis: Prostaglandins and angiogenesis in experimental cancer. Department of Surgery at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Bärtås, Magnus Born 1962. Thesis: You Told Me - work stories and video essays. Valand School of Fine Art at the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts.

Belu, Constantin (absent) Born 1977. Thesis: Essays on Efficiency Measurement and Corporate Social Responsibility. Department of Economics at the School of Business, Economics and Law.

Bergman, Åsa Born 1972. Thesis: Growing up with music. Young people's use of music in school and during leisure time. Department of Cultural Sciences at the Faculty of Arts

Bergström, Annika Born 1972. Thesis: Temperature in language and mind. A comparative semantic study of temperature adjectives in Swedish. Department of Swedish at the Faculty of Arts.

Bigdeli, Narmin Born 1974. Thesis: Derivation and differentiation of feeder free human embryonic stem cells. Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Carlén, Urban Born 1969. Thesis: A professional community goes online - a study of an online learning community in general medicine. Department of Applied Information Technology at the IT Faculty.

Carlsson, Åsa Born 1978. Thesis: Susceptibility effects in MRI and 1H-MRS. Department of Physics at the Faculty of Science.

Cavallini, Nicola Born 1978. Thesis: Acute and chronic peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis: neurogenic inflammation and citrate treatment. Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Concaro, Sebastian Born 1971. Thesis: Cartilage Tissue Engineering. A study on how to improve cartilage repair. Department of Orthopaedics at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Dimitrievski, Nick Born 1975. Thesis: Public benefit as a Norm in Swedish tax law. Income tax exemption for Not-for-proft associations. Department of Law at the School of Business, Economics and Law.

Egels-Zandén, Niklas Born 1978. Thesis: Managing responsibilities. The formation of Swedish MNC's firm-society policies and practices. Department of Business Administration at the School of Business, Economics and Law.

Ekholm, Josefine Born 1970. Thesis: The interactome of the Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 5 suggests novel roles in RNA and protein metabolism. Department of of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Eriksson, Bo G Born 1944. Thesis: Studying ageing: Experiences, description, variation, prediction and explanation. Department of Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Eriksson, Emma Born 1980. Thesis: Towards quantitative single cell analysis using optical tweezers and microfluidics. Department of Physics at the Faculty of Science.

Eriksson, Martin Born 1970. Thesis: Impact of Antifouling Compounds on Photosynthesis, Community Tolerance and psbA Genes in Marine Periphyton. Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at the Faculty of Science.

Fagerberg, Anneli Born 1964. Thesis: Pulmonary ventilation and perfusion assessed by electrical impedance tomography. Experimental studies in pigs. Department of of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Fatahi, Nabi (absent) Born 1961. Thesis: Cross-Cultural encounters through interpreter - Expericences of patients, interpreters and healthcare rofessionals. Department of Diagnostisk radiologi at the Sahlgrenska Academy

Fink, Helen Born 1978. Thesis: Artificial blood vessels-Studies on endothelial cell and blood interactions with bacterial cellulose. Department of of Surgery at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Forsberg Ahlcrona, Mirella Born 1954. Thesis: The puppet's communicative potential as a meditating tool in pre-school. Department of Education at the Faculty of Education.

Forsman, Alma Born 1979. Thesis: The Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigens 1 and 5; Study of virus-host cell protein interactions and their influence on cellular functions. Department of of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Fransson, Christer Born 1956. Thesis: Prevalence, extent and severity of peri-implantitis. Department of of Periodontology at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Gillberg, Gunnar Born 1958. Thesis: The Conditions of Individualization. Conceptions of Work and Self-realizations among young adults. Department of Work Science at the Faculty of Education.

Gren, Nina Born 1972. Thesis: Each Day Another Disaster: Politics and Everyday Life in a Palestinian Refugee Camp in the West Bank. School of Global Studies, Social Anthropology, at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Grindebacke, Hanna Born 1977. Thesis: Phenotype and function of CD25 regulatory T cells in infants and adults. Department of of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Gripeteg, Lena Born 1970. Thesis: Weight loss studies in obese patients. Aspects of very-low-energy diet treatment and effects of obesity surgery on disability pension. Department of of Molecular and Clinical Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Groth, Klaus Born 1968. Thesis: Rejection and Immunosuppression at uterus transplantation: an experimental study in rodents. Department of of Oncology at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Gustafsson, Annika Born 1966. Thesis: Dental behaviour management problems among children and adolescents-a matter of understanding? Studies on dental fear, personal characteristics and psychosocial concomitants. Department of of Pedodontics at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Gustavsson, Mathias Born 1969. Thesis: Solar Energi for a Brighter Life. A Case Study of Rural Electrification through Solar Photovoltaic Technology in the Eastern Province, Zambia. School of Global Studies, Human Ecology Section, at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Håkansson, Carina Born 1961. Thesis: In search of Dionysos. Reassessing a Dionysian context in early Rome. Department of Historical Studies at the Faculty of Arts.

Hansén, Anna Born 1978. Thesis: GH/IGF-I axis regulation of cardiovascular and neuronal gene expression and function. Department of Internal Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Hansson, Malin Born 1967. Thesis: Trafficking of Human Dendritic Cells and B cells in Helicobacter pylori-induced Gastritis. Department of of MEdical Microbiology and Immunology at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Harlitz, Erika Born 1976. Thesis: Urban Systems and State Formation in Scandinavia: A Study of the Rise and Fall of the Town of Lödöse, c. 1050-1646. Department of Historical Studies at the Faculty of Arts.

Hasselberg, Annemarie Born 1973. Thesis: The role of cholera toxin induced ADP-ribosylation in mucosal tolerance and IgA immunity. Department of Immunology at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Hjalmarsson, Lars Born 1958. Thesis: On cobalt-chrome frameworks in implant dentistry. Department of Prosthetic Dentistry/Dental Material Science at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Hjalmarsson, Sofia Born 1980. Thesis: Carbon Dynamics in Northern Marginal Seas. Department of Chemistry at the Faculty of Science.

Hogmalm, Anna Born 1981. Thesis: Mechanisms of Lung Injury in a Mouse Model of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Department of Pediatrics at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Hogmalm, Johan Born 1979. Thesis: Crystallization and Differentiation Processes in the Thin Layered Alkali Gabbroic Intrusions of the Ulvö Gabbro Complex, Central Sweden. Department of Earth Sciences at the Faculty of Science.

Hultenheim Klintberg, Ingrid Born 1959. Thesis: Physiotherapy after surgery in patients with subacromial pain - an evaluation of functional outcome and health-related quality of life in the mid- and long-term perspective. Department of Audiology, Logopedics, Occupational Therapy & Physiotherapy at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Ingelsten, Madeleine Born 1978. Thesis: Molecular mechanisms behind liver-induced acceptance of renal grafts in highly sensitized patients. Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Iresjö, Britt-Marie Born 1963. Thesis: Initiation of protein biosynthesis in skeletal muscles at feeding. Department of Surgery at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Jansson, Bertil (absent) Born 1949. Thesis: The Librarian: about the early content and development of the profession. Department of Library and Information Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Jansson, Inger Born 1964. Thesis: Planned process-oriented nursing care - benefits and implementation. Institute of Health and Care Sciences at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Janzon, Anders Born 1978. Thesis: Studies on bacterial transmission pathways in a high endemic area, with a focus on Helicobacter pylori. Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Johansson Mali'n, Tove Born 1980. Thesis: Electrochemical and Enzymatic In Vitro Studies on Reactive Drug Metabolites-Synthesis, Characterization and Avoidance. Department of Chemistry at the Faculty of Science.

Johansson, Birgitta Born 1960. Thesis: Aspects of intraoperative ablation for atrial fibrillation. Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Johansson, Monica Born 1962. Thesis: Adaption and resistance. An ethnographic investigation of the development of institutional identities amongst upper secondary school pupils. Department of Education at the Faculty of Education.

Jonäll, Kristina Born 1964. Thesis: A picture of the Good Company - Text and Numbers in Letter to Shareholders. Department of Business Administration at the School of Business, Economics and Law.

Jonsson, Annikki Born 1949. Thesis: Prostate Cancer and Its Influence on Men’s Daily Lives. Department of Urology at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Kalm, Marie Born 1981. Thesis: Inflammation and behaviour following irradiation-induced injury in the developing brain. Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Kaminski, Ignacy-Marek Born 1947. Thesis: The state of ambiguity: Studies of gypsy refugees. Department of Social Anthropology at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Karlsson, Martin Born 1978. Thesis: Fibrinogen and bleeding in cardiac surgery: Clinical studies in coronary artery bypass patients. Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Karlsson, Rauni Born 1959. Thesis: Democratic Values in the Everyday Life of the Preschool Child. Department of Education at the Faculty of Education.

Keen, Christina Born 1965. Thesis: Exhaled NO and small airway function in asthma and cystic fibrosis. Department of Pediatrics at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Khosravani, Nina Born 1981. Thesis: On the innervation of salivary glands and treatment of dry mouth - an experimental and clinical study. Institute of Odontology at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Kjellberg, Ulla Born 1947. Thesis: Factor V Leiden Mutation and Pregnancy. Hemostasis during pregnancy in non-carriers and carriers of factor V Leiden mutation with specialemphasis on placenta-mediated and venous thromboembolic complications and on blood coagulation and fibrinolysis markers for predication of complications. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Kjellmer Tunhall, Viveka Born 1964. Thesis: The Image of Scent. On Image Communication in the World of Perfume Advertising. Department of Cultural Sciences at the Faculty of Arts.

Kristersson, Sven Born 1954. Thesis: The Singer in the Empty Space - a Poetics. Performing the Gilgamesh Epic and Songs of John Dowland and Evert Taube. Academy of Music and Drama at the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts.

Kuschel, Anna Born 1975. Thesis: Transitorische Identitäten. Zur Identitätsproblematik in Barbara Honigmanns Prosa. Department of German and Dutch at the Faculty of Arts.

Kuschel, Jonas Born 1979. Thesis: Vehicle Services. Department of Applied Information Technology at the IT Faculty.

Lagerlöf Nilsson, Ulrika Born 1971. Thesis: Thy Will Be Done. The Path to the Office of Bishop in the Church of Sweden during the 20th Century. Department of Historical Studies at the Faculty of Arts.

Lagerstedt, Kristina Born 1976. Thesis: Genetic Analyses of Tumor Progression in Colorectal Cancer. Department of Surgery at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Landgren, Sara Born 1980. Thesis: Reward-related genes and alcohol dependence. Department of Pharmacology at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Lennartsson, Anders (absent) Born 1980. Thesis: Absolute Asymmetric Synthesis. Department of Chemistry at the Faculty of Science.

Lennquist, Anna Born 1978. Thesis: Studies of fish responses to the antifoulant medetomidine. Department of Zoology at the Faculty of Science.

Lindgren, Susanne Born 1977. Thesis: On the regulation of immune responses to dietary and self antigens. Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Löken, Line Born 1977. Thesis: A pathway for pleasant touch: linking peripheral receptors to central processing and hedonic experience. Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Lönnermark, Elisabet Born 1965. Thesis: Lactobacilli in the normal microbiota and probiotic effects of Lactobacillus plantarum. Department of Infectious Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Lundborg, Christopher Born 1965. Thesis: Central nervous modulation of pain - a clinical and experimental study. Department of Anesthesiology & Intensive Care Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Lundin, Fredrik (absent) Born 1966. Thesis: Case Studies in Omniparametric Simulation. Department of Mathematical Sciences at the Faculty of Science.

Lundqvist, Annika Born 1969. Thesis: Lipooligosaccharide and Cytolethal distending toxin of Haemophilus ducreyi and antibody responses. Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Lydell, Marie Born 1961. Thesis: To return or not return? Predictive factors for return to work in persons with musculoskeletal disorders - prospective studies over a 10-year period. Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Lygnerud, Kristina Born 1976. Thesis: Risk Management in Swedish District Heating Companies. Department of Business Administration at the School of Business, Economics and Law.

Magnusson, Ann-Sofie Born1962. Thesis: The image of the psychiatric field. News items in Rapport 1980-2006. Department of Journalism, Media and Communication at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Mannerås Holm, Louise Born 1980. Thesis: Polycystic ovary syndrome - Studies of metabolic and ovarian disturbances and effects of physical exercise and electro-acupuncture. Department of Physiology at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Melander, Charlotte Born 1973. Thesis: Within Transnational and Local Social Worlds - Social support exchange and strategies for earning a living among Swedish-Somalias. Department of Social Work at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Mjölnevik, Ann-Christine Born 1953. Thesis: Audit Committee - A study of trust, justice and responsibility. Department of Business Administration at the School of Business, Economics and Law.

Nalumaga, Ruth Born 1969. Thesis: Crossing to the Mainstream: Information challenges and possibilities for female legislators in the Ugandan Parliament. Department of Library and Information Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Nässén, Kristina Born 1962. Thesis: Our land is like our childern. Gendered livelihood strategies in South Wollo, Ethiopia. School of Global Studies, Social Anthropology, at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Nicklasson, Matilda Born 1978. Thesis: Studies on the Expression and Regulation of Enterotoxins and Colonization Factors in Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC). Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Niemi, Mariella Born 1965. Thesis: Natural-Based Activities as a Daily Activity Center and Upper Secondary Special School. Department of Social Work at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Nilsson, Martin Born 1966. Thesis: The role of physical activity on bone density and bone geometry in men. Department of Internal Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Nurkkala Karlsson, Merja Born 1966. Thesis: Therapeutic dendritic cell vaccination against human papillomavirus. Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Nutu, Magdalena Born 1967. Thesis: The role of progesterone in the regulation of ciliary activity in the fallopian tube. Department of Physiology at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Odenbring, Ylva Born 1974. Thesis: Hugs, Categorisations and Sub-Teachers. Gender Constructions in Interaction in Preschool, Preschool Class and the First Grade. Department of Education at the Faculty of Education.

Odenstedt, Jacob Born 1968. Thesis: Porcine myocardial ischemia-reperfusion studies on cardioprotection, ventricular arrhythmia and electrophysiology. Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Olegård, Cecilia Born 1967. Thesis: Functional Residual Capacity - Development of new monitoring techniques for critically ill patients. Department of Anesthesiology & Intensive Care Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Olin, Anette Born 1967. Thesis: The meeting practice of schools - a study of school development through professionals' understanding. Department of Education at the Faculty of Education.

Olivius, Catharina Born 1977. Thesis: Cumulative Live Birth Rates after In Vitro Fertilization. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Olsson, Magnus Born 1971. Thesis: Firmly rooted security built on savings - An analysis of the Savings banks' value creation in the deregularised bank sector in Sweden. Department of Business Administration at the School of Business, Economics and Law.

Olsson, Maja Born 1975. Thesis: Tenomodulin, serum amyloid A and the serum amyloid A receptor selenoprotein S - implications for metabolic disease. Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Oltean, Mihai Born 1976. Thesis: Intestinal transplantation. Experimental and clinical studies. Department of Surgery at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Omar, Omar Born 1977. Thesis: Mechanisms of Osseointegration: Experimental Studies on Early Cellular and Molecular Events in vivo. Department of Biomaterials at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Pennbrant, Sandra Born 1967. Thesis: How elderly patients, relatives and doctors experience their meeting - A sociocultural study in a hospital setting. Institute of Health and Care Sciences at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Petersson, Stina Born 1981. Thesis: Functional genetic studies of Psoriasin: a potential biomarker for breast cancer with a poor prognosis. Department of Medical Genetics at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Pettersson, Monica Born 1963. Thesis: Quality of life and health - Patients' Experiences of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. Institute of Health and Care Sciences at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Philpot, Elizabeth Born 1943. Thesis: Old testament apocryphal images in European Art. Department of Cultural Sciences at the Faculty of Arts.

Poçi, Dritan Born 1969. Thesis: Atrial fibrillation - on its trigger mechanisms, risks and consequences. Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Ranagården, Lisbeth Born 1947. Thesis: Teachers learning on students. A sociological study of practitioner in service learning. Department of Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Redfors, Bengt Born 1969. Thesis: Prevention and treatment of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery. Department of Anesthesiology & Intensive Care Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Rejnö-Habte Selassie, Gunilla Born 1947. Thesis: Speech and language dysfunction in childhood epilepsy and epileptiform EEG activity. Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Rönnborg, Petter Born 1970. Thesis: THE MARKET WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT… Real Investment Practices on the Deregulated Electricity Market. Department of Business Administration at the School of Business, Economics and Law.

Roos af Hjelmsäter, Emma Born 1976. Thesis: Children's memory reports: The effect of co-witness influence. Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Rosendal, Tove Born 1957. Thesis: Linguistic Landshapes. A comparison of official and non-official language management in Rwanda and Uganda, focusing on the position of African languages. Department of Languages and Literatures at the Faculty of Arts.

Rylander, Karin Born 1977. Thesis: Thin-fibre signalling in humans: Cortical processing of sensory afference and autonomic efference. Department of Clinical Neuroscience and rehabilitation at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Samuelsson, Gunnar Born 1966.Thesis: Crucifixion in Antiquity: An Inquiry into the Background of the New Testament Terminology of Crucifixion. Department of Literature, History of Ideas and Religion at the Faculty of Arts.

Sandberg Jurström, Ragnhild Born 1954. Thesis: Shaping musical performances. A social semiotic study of choir conductors' multimodal communication in choir. Academy of Music and Drama at the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts.

Sandberg, Carin Born 1969.Thesis: Aspects of fluorescence diagnostics and photodynamic therapy in non-melanoma skin cancer. Department of Dermatology and Venereology at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Sandstig, Gabriella Born 1969. Thesis: Urban Landscapes of Fear and Insecurity. The Mapping of Fear and Insecurity in Urban Public Spaces and the Analysis of Underlaying Causes, with Focus on the Role of the Media. Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Sardella, Ferdinando Born 1960. Thesis: Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati: The Context and Significance of a Modern Hindu Personalist. Department of Literature, History of Ideas and Religion at the Faculty of Arts.

Schön-Ohlsson, Christina (absent) Born 1946. Thesis: BACK TO ONESELF - Sensory Motor Learning - applied in patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain. Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Siljeholm, Olof Born 1935. Thesis: Die Funktion der Bibel in Brechts Parabelstück Der gute Mensch von Sezuan und in zwei seiner Vorlagen. Department of Languages and Literatures at the Faculty of Arts.

Silverpil, Elin Born 1978. Thesis: Modulatory role of IL-17 in airway inflammation. Department of Internal Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Silverplats, Katarina Born 1969. Thesis: Long-term outcome of lumbar disc herniation surgery. Studies on different influencing factors. Department of Orthopaedics at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Sjögren, Anna-Karin Born 1980. Thesis: The Importance of Isoprenylation and Nf1 Deficiency in K-RAS-induced Cancer. Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Sjöström, Sofia Born 1968. Thesis: Longitudinal study of infants with high-grade vesicoureteral reflux. Department of Pediatrics at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Skagert, Katrin Born 1970. Thesis: Leadership in human service organisations: Conceptions, strategies and preconditions to promote and maintain health at work. Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Skovbjerg, Susann Born 1973. Thesis: Inflammatory mediator response to Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria in vitro and in middle ear infections. Department of Infectious Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Skyvell Nilsson, Maria Born 1961. Thesis: You are the doctor now, you are in charge - Studies on the development and manifestation of professional knowledge among students and doctors. Institute of Health and Care Sciences at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Söderpalm, Ann-Charlott Born 1961. Thesis: Bone Mineral Density in Children - Evaluation of a Novel Method and Application to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Department of Orthopaedics and Pediatrics at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Solberg, Anna Born 1961. Thesis: Extracellular matrix remodelling proteases in acute appendicitis and their impact on appendiceal perforation. Department of Surgery at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Solevid, Maria Born 1976. Thesis: Voices from the Welfare State. Dissatisfaction and Political Action in Sweden. Department of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Sörbo, Ann Born 1955. Thesis: Outcome after modern neurosurgical care and formalised rehabilitation following severe brain injury. Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Strandberg, Joakim Born 1978. Thesis: Developmental plasticity of the glutamate synapse: Roles of low frequency stimulation, hebbian induction and the NMDA receptor. Department of Physiology at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Strandberg, Louise Born 1981. Thesis: Interactions between Nutrition, Obesity and the Immune System. Department of Physiology at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Strinnholm Lagergren, Karin Born 1971. Thesis: The Word Became Song - Liturgical Song in Catholic Monasteries 2005-2007. Department of Cultural Sciences at the Faculty of Arts.

Sundberg, Rosita Born 1944. Thesis: Quality of life, school performance, treatment adherence and gender differences in asthma. Department of Internal Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Svärd, Ulf C G Born 1948. Thesis: Long term results after partial knee arthroplasty with the Oxford Knee. Department of Orthopaedics at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Svedberg, Lena Born 1958. Thesis: Cold feet in children with neurological disorders. Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Swärd, Christina Born 1967. Thesis: Aspects on Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumours. Department of Surgery at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Torsein, Ellinor Born 1974. Thesis: International Business Negotiations-Cultural Distance and Adaptation. Department of Business Administration at the School of Business, Economics and Law.

Vigmo, Sylvi Born 1958. Thesis: New Spaces for Language Learning. A study of student interaction in media production in English. Department of Education, Communication and Learning at the Faculty of Education.

Vukas Radulovic, Nina Born 1971. Thesis: Clinical, biochemical and morphological aspects of cervical ripening in the first trimester. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Wallerstedt, Emelie Born 1981. Thesis: Regulation of IL-6-signaling and inflammatory response – Role of insulin, FOXO1 and PKCδ. Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Weissmann, Mikael Born 1977. Thesis: Understanding the East Asian Peace: Informal and formal conflict prevention and peacebuilding in the Taiwan Strait, the Korean Peninsula, and the South China Sea 1990-2008. School of Global Studies, Peace and Development Research at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Wendt, Eva Born 1958. Thesis: Improving the dialogue on sexual health with focus on young women - an opportunity associated with the gynaecological encounter. Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Westergren, Rickard Born 1974. Thesis: Foxf2 and Foxc2, two transcription factors that regulate adipocyte metabolism. Department of Medical Genetics at the Sahlgrenska Academy.

Widén, Per Born 1976. Thesis: From royal art gallery to national museum: Actors, Practices and Argument within Swedish Art Museum Discourse ca 1814-1845. Department of Literature, History of Ideas and Religion at the Faculty of Arts.

Wilhelmsson, Kenneth Born 1976. Thesis: Heuristic Analysis with Diderichsen's Sentence Schema - Applications for Swedish Text. Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Sciences at the Faculty of Arts.

Zandén, Olle Born 1956. Thesis: Discourses on music-making: Conceptions of quality in music teachers' dialogues on upper secondary school ensemble playing. Academy of Music and Drama at the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts.

Zou, Ding Born 1970. Thesis: Assessment of peripheral arterial tone - clinical applications in sleep medicine. Department of Internal Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.