SAFER researcher awarded for VINNOVA career boost for future leaders
Helen Fagerlind, researcher connected to SAFER, has been awarded a research grant to enhance her qualification in research and management. The Mobility for Growth Programme enhances the opportunities for postgraduate qualifications through the financing of international mobility. The program is aimed at researchers in the Swedish industry and international academia and industry.
- It is about strengthening the availability of talented individuals with international experience who can become future leaders in business, research institutes, universities and research centres. It is important for Sweden's future development, says Erik Litborn, which is responsible for the programme at VINNOVA.
Helen will collaborate with public health researchers at two prominent Australian medical institutes in analysing the long-term health effects of road traffic injuries. The research include to understand how immediate injuries in road crashes is connected with physical or mental complaints a period after the crash. Furthermore, it will be investigated if long-term injury outcomes has any links to the course of the event before the crash.
Helen is a senior researcher in the Vehicle Safety Division at Chalmers and she has been closely involved with SAFER since its start in 2006. The VINNOVA grant was awarded in June and Helen will start the collaboration in the beginning of October 2015.
-This is a great opportunity for my future career and gives me the possibility to immerse myself into the field of public health. It is very exciting to be working full time in international organisations and hope my research will provide new insights for safer road traffic in the future, says Helen.
-This award to Helen will be of great value to SAFER. We need researchers with leadership skills, international experience and networks. The research area which Helen will focus is emerging and will enrich our research environment, says Anna Nilsson-Ehle, director at SAFER.
Neuroscience Research Australia, NeuRA, is a world leader in brain and nervous system research, with a goal of preventing, treating and curing brain and nervous system diseases, disorders and injuries through medical research.
The George Institute for Global Health have frontline research with focus on the understanding of injury risks leading to death and disabilities, including those sustained in road crashes.
