Our organisation
At the Institute of Medicine, nearly 460 teaching, research, and administrative staff members work alongside almost 300 doctoral students. On this page, you can read more about how the Institute is managed, how we work with global environmental and sustainability issues, and what it means to work with us.
Institute Management
Jan Borén, Professor of Molecular Medicine, is the Head of Institute, responsible for the day‑to‑day overall operations, long‑term strategic development, and the Institute’s overall finances. In close collaboration with the Institute’s management team and Heads of Departments, the Head of Institute is also responsible for ensuring that university‑ and faculty‑wide decisions, regulations, and policies are followed.
Jan Borén’s research area is cardiovascular lipid metabolism. He has extensive experience leading major research projects at the Wallenberg Laboratory for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research and has a broad international network. He is a member of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg and has received several awards, including the Göran Gustafsson Prize in Medicine from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Dr. Eric K. Fernström Foundation Research Award, and the Irvine H. Page Atherosclerosis Research Award. He is Vice President of the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) and serves on the editorial board of Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. Jan Borén is also affiliated with Clinical Chemistry at Sahlgrenska University Hospital.
More about Jan Borén's research
Inger Gjertsson, Professor of Rheumatology, is Deputy Head of Institute and Deputy Director of Education. In her role as Vice Head, she is responsible for first- and second-cycle education at the Institute.
Inger Gjertsson has extensive teaching experience. She began as a course assistant in physiology during her fourth semester of medical school and has taught at various levels ever since. In addition to being a professor in the Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, she also works as a senior consultant at Sahlgrenska University Hospital.
As a researcher, Inger Gjertsson primarily focuses on rheumatoid arthritis. She studies how B‑cells and the autoantibodies they produce affect the inflamed joint, and also investigates whether these factors can be used to predict disease severity and guide appropriate treatment.
More about Inger Gjertsson’s research
Departments
The Institute consists of four department, each led by a Head of Department:
- Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition
Head of Department: Claes Ohlsson - Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine
Head of Department: Malin Levin - Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research
Head of Department: Mattias Svensson - School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Head of Department: Maria Åberg
Research Centers
- Wallenberg Laboratory for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research
- Lundberg Laboratory for Diabetes Research
- Krefting Research Centre – allergy and respiratory medicine
- Centre for Lifestyle Intervention – research on lifestyle habits
- COPD Centre – research on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Sahlgrenska Osteoporosis Centre – research on osteoporosis
- UGot‑ReWork – research on return to work (website under development)
Administrative Unit
The Institute’s administrative unit is led by Head of Administration Karin Ryrberg, together with Deputy Heads Maria Sahlin and Göran Liljedahl.
Advisory Bodies
The Institute has several advisory bodies that support the Head of Institute and Institute management. Decisions and the implementation of policies, long‑term strategies, and initiatives are collegially anchored in the Institute Council, the Management Group, the Education Committee, the Doctoral Studies Committee, the Research Council, and the Professors’ Collegium.
Environment and Sustainability
The Institute of Medicine’s environmental work is based on the University’s environmental management system ISO 14001. We strive to be at the forefront of sustainable practices in both research and education.
Each department has an environmental representative who organizes the department's environmental work and participates in meetings convened by the Institute’s environmental coordinator. These meetings shape the Institute’s environmental efforts, translating the University’s sustainability goals into concrete actions. This includes goals related to teaching, research, travel, waste management, substitution of hazardous chemicals, and energy consumption. Progress is reported annually, along with documentation on compliance with environmental legislation.
Internal and external environmental audits are conducted each year to evaluate the departments environmental efforts and identify any deviations to be addressed.
The Institute’s environmental coordinator is Robert Caesar.