GPCC's organisation
Information about how GPCC is organised.
Host Department
The host department for GPCC is The Institute of Health and Care Sciences at Sahlgrenska Academy, the faculty of health sciences at The University of Gothenburg.
Research domains
GPCC's research is structured in research domains. Each research domain has one or two senior leads. Read more about the research domains here.
Research projects
Research is ongoing in a number of projects within GPCC. These projects all fit under one or more of the above mentioned research domains. Click here for a list of these projects.
Steering committee
The GPCC Steering Committee has a strategic leadership for the development of the Centre and the use of its resources. The Committee meets around 10 times per year, and is supported by scientific and public advisors.
Centre Director Axel Wolf is the Steering Committee Chairperson and has the overarching responsibility for the Centre.
A Drafting Committee prepares matters for the Steering Committee and works operationally within the Centre, and a Project Progress Team focuses on the follow-up of research projects with the aim of offering support and advice.
The Committee members are listed in alphabetical order. Their names are linked to their corresponding personal university web page or similar.
The following persons are members of GPCC’s Steering Committee:
Karin Ahlberg, Professor, Head of Department, Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. Representative of the host department.
Jana Bergholtz, PhD in Geosciences, EUPATI fellow, patient representative and researcher, GPCC. Leader of Strategic Focus Area Development of partnerships between patient representatives, the general public and healthcare organizations and decision-making systems.
Ida Björkman, Registered Nurse, PhD in Nursing, University Lecturer, Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. Representative for younger researchers.
Eric Carlström, PhD in Public Administration, Professor of Health Care Sciences specialized in Management, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. Member of the Drafting Committee.
Inger Gjertsson, Chief Physician, Professor of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology at the Department of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg.
Hanna Gyllensten, Registered Pharmacist, PhD in Medical Science, Associate Professor, Institute for Health and Care Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg; member of the Drafting Committee. Leader of the Strategic Focus Area Development, adaptation and evaluation of person-centred care.
Håkan Hedman, Chair, Swedish Kidney Association, Honorary Doctor and Member of the Advisory Council for Research Ethic, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. Chairperson of the GPCC Person Council for Patients and Relatives. Patient representative.
Thomas Lindroth, University Lecturer and Head of Section, Department of Applied Information Technology, University of Gothenburg. Leader of the Strategic Focus Area Development, adaptation and evaluation of person-centred care.
Mari Lundberg, Physiotherapist, Professor, Head of the Institute of Health Promoting Sciences at Sophiahemmet University. Visiting Professor, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. Leader of the Strategic Focus Area Enabling transitioning to person-centred health care and care.
Ulf Petrusson, Professor of Law, Department of Law, University of Gothenburg. Affiliated Professor, Chalmers University of Technology. Director, Institute for Innovation and Social Change, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg. Leader of the Strategic Focus Area Enabling transitioning to person-centred health care and care.
Axel Wolf, Professor and Senior Consultant Nurse Anaesthetist, Sahlgrenska University Hospital and Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. Chairperson of the Steering Committee and the Drafting Committee. Member of the Project Progress Team. Leader of Strategic Focus Area Development of partnerships between patient representatives, the general public and healthcare organizations and decision-making systems.
Joakim Öhlén, Professor Nursing, PhD in Health Care Pedagogics, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. Centre Director GPCC.
Administration
Birgit Reizer, Administrative Support to the GPCC Drafting committee and Steering committee.
Jeanette Tenggren Durkan, Co-ordinator of Administration, Communication, Events and Collaboration.
Helén Wärnsäter, Finance Officer GPCC.
Person council
The GPCC Person council consists of a group of persons with long personal experience of Swedish health care, either as patients or relatives/carers.
The aim of this council is to validate GPCC's activities and research from a patient and relative/carer perspective, as well as receive the council members input, and also to co-create ideas and activities related to person-centred care.
Read more about the person council here.
Scientific Advisors
David Edvardsson, Professor of Nursing, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Expert in person-centred care and development and testing of interventions. Advisor for the Strategic Focus Area Enabling transitioning to person-centred health care and care.
Anneka Knutsson, Midwife, Nursing teacher, Ph.D. in Health Education, Researcher at the Department of Health Sciences and Health, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. Expert in policy issues related to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) especially midwifery development, as well as youth participation and leadership. Advisor with a focus on global health and care.
Bengt Kristensson Uggla, Amos Anderson Professor of Philosophy, Culture and Management, Åbo Akademy University, GPCC/The Institute for Health and Care Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. Expert in Philosophy of the person and ethics.
Philip Moons, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Academic Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, KU Leuven, Belgium. Researcher, Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Sahlgrenska academy. Advisor for the Strategic Focus Area Development, adaptation and evaluation of person-centred care.
Maria Santana, Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Calgary, Canada. Expert in patient participation in research and quality of care regarding person-centred care. Advisor for the Strategic Focus Area Development of partnerships between patient representatives, the general public and healthcare organizations and decision-making systems.
Richard Sawatzky, Professor of Nursing and Canada Research Chair in Person-centred Outcomes at Trinty Western University in British Columbia, Canada and affiliated with the Institute of Health and Care Sciences, GU. Expert in measuring person-centred care. Advisor for the Strategic Focus Area Development, adaptation and evaluation of person-centred care.
Senior Advisors
Håkan Billig, Professor, section of physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. Broad experience of strategic development regarding research, utilization and collaboration nationally (such as VR and SBU) and internationally.
Inger Ekman, Senior Professor of Care Sciences, GPCC/Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. Former Centre Director of the GPCC and internationally recognized expert in person-centred care.
Karl Swedberg, Senior Professor of Cardiology and Care Science, GPCC/Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Chief Physician, Medicine Clinic, Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Östra. Expert in research design for evaluation of clinical interventions.
Lars Wallin, Professor of Nursing, University of Dalarna. Expert in implementation research in health care. Advisor for the Strategic Focus Area Enabling transitioning to person-centred health care and care.