Health science center inaugurated by the Minister of Health
The Health Sciences Center (HVC) brings together employees and students from both the University of Gothenburg and the Västra Götaland region, with a focus on research, development and education in public health and primary care.
"Hold on, the patients will thank you in the future". That's what Health Minister Acko Ankarberg Johansson said at the opening of the new Health Sciences Center in Gothenburg.
The parties within HVC are making themselves at home in the premises, formerly the Geovetarcentrum at Wavrinsky's place in Gothenburg. HVC will be a sub-campus in Campus Medicinareberget. Public health and primary care are the focus of HVC.
Students on the master's programs in global health, public health science and applied biostatistics and parts of the medical program (general medicine and community medicine) will stay in HVC.
Recurring concepts in the opening speeches were collaboration, synergy effects, innovation and implementations in healthcare. The ceremony was led by Maria Åberg, specialist physician and professor of general medicine at Sahlgrenska Academy.
The activities gathered at HVC are from the University of Gothenburg: the Department of Community Medicine and Public Health at the Institute of Medicine at Sahlgrenska Academy and the Swedish National Data Service (SND). From the Västra Götaland region, the General Medicine Centre, R&D Gothenburg and Södra Bohuslän, the Primary Care Education Unit and the Social Medicine Centre.