Disputations - Page 47

Master Bezawit Temesgen Sima at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Tuberculosis control challenges and opportunities in the pastoralist communities: the case of Kereyu of Ethiopia” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Nils Bolstad at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Heterophilic Antibody Interference in Immunometric Assays” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Else Quist-Paulsen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Acute Encephalitis and Aseptic Meningitis; Clinical characteristics, immune activation and outcome for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor). 

Cand.med. Åsmund Avdem Fretland at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Minor surgery for major disease - a randomized controlled trial of laparoscopic and open liver surgery” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Lars Christian Bråten at Institute of Clinical medicine will be defending the thesis Chronic low back pain with Modic changes -Antibiotic treatment and clinical characteristics for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor)

Cand.med. Ingvild Holdø at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Use of Alimemazine and Other Hypnotics in Infants and Toddlers. A pharmacoepidemiological study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc. RN Marianne Fjose at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Family challenges in the palliative phase of an elderly family member suffering from cancer.” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Federica Grazia Centonze at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Elucidation of the receptor tyrosine kinase LTK as a regulator of Proteostasis in response to folded proteins” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor)

M.Sc Thomas Olsen at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Lipids, Homocysteine and Vitamin A. Perspectives and new hypotheses from patients with cardiovascular disease” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Patji Haakon Alnæs-Katjavivi at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Decidual acute atherosis: immunohistochemical definition, immune cell involvement, and tissue heterogeneity” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Ellen Wikenius at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Prenatal maternal stress and infant DNA methylation” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Espen Nordheim at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Pancreas transplantation and normoglycaemia" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Lars Gunnar Klæboe at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Strain imaging in aortic stenosis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Else Marie Opsahl at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma in Norway. Clinical, molecular-biological and follow up studies” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Y.G. Thilini Hansamali Gamage at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Characterization of the effect of Stim1 mutations using knock-in mouse models” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc May-Kristin Skaug Torp at Institute of Basic Medical Science will be defending the thesis "Targeting innate immunity in ischemia-reperfusion of the heart" for the degree of Philosophiae doctor.

MD Ingrid Elise Hoff at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Heart-lung interactions: Implications for non-invasive evaluation of changes in blood volume” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Ole Elvebakk at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Hypoglycaemia detection with non-invasive sensors” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Marit Elizabeth von Düring at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Associations between visceral fat, post transplant diabetes and arterial stiffness in kidney transplant recipients” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Alina Tomescu-Baciu at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “G1m allotypes and oligoclonal persistence in multiple sclerosis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master Tamar Kalandadze at the Department of Special Needs Education defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Making Sense of the Word and the World: Figurative Language Comprehension in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

MD Siri Marie Solbakken at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Hip fracture incidence and mortality: The impact of season, health status and urbanization” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Kaja Christine Graue Berg at Institute of Clinical medicine will be defending the thesis "Integrated genomics of colorectal cancers: Identification of biological and clinical subgroups" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor)

MD Soheir Hassan Ahmed at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among Somalis living in Norway and Somaliland” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).