Inger Ekman#
| Membership Number: | 5433 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&disableRedirect=true&returnUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gu.se%2Fomuniversitetet%2Fpersonal%2F%3FuserId%3Dxekmin&userId=xekmin |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-5559-5203 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2019 - present Senior professor at the Institute of Health and Care Sciences at University of Gothenburg
- 2010 - 2019 Centre Director at the University of Gothenburg Centre for Person-Centred Care (GPCC) https://www.gpcc.gu.se
- 2010 - 2012 Vice dean at the Sahlgrenska Academy (the Medical faculty), University of Gothenburg
- 2006 - 2010 Head of the Institute of Health and Care Sciences at The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
- 2004 - 2006 Research fellow at the National Research Council, Sweden
- 2000 - 2004 Head of the Institute of Nursing, University of Gothenburg
Fields of Scholarship
- Symptoms
- Chronic illness
- Evaluation of person-centred care interventions using controlled designs
- Complex interventions
- Ethics
Honours and Awards
- 2019 The Carl-Axel Palm Research Award for the contributions to research that is based on ethics and people´s equal values
- 2018 Awarded the "Golden paper" by the European journal of Cardiovascular nursing, for the article Person-centered care - Ready for prime time’, the most cited article every year since it´s publication 2011
- 2018 Awarded the European Nursing Recognition award by The European Sigma Award committee
- 2016 Invited to the Eighth Annual Krakoff International Lectureship at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, US
- 2014 Awarded the Bengt Fredlund´s price for outstanding cardiovascular nursing research
- 2013 Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC)
- 2012 Fellow of the American Academy for Nurses (FAAN)
- 2012 Elected member of the Royal society of arts and sciences in Gothenburg
