Current matters

Read the Office of the Dean’s semester summary. Status of Campus South. The era of core facilities. Awards for Dahl-Jørgensen, Frigessi, Hemming Karlsen, Dietrichs and Burger. H.M. the King's Gold Medal awarded to Barua. Save the dates for events taking place over the summer. The Head of IMB, board representative for temporary academic staff and new Head of MedDocs to be elected this autumn.

The Office of the Dean wishes you all a good summer and recaps on the status of 2024 thus far.  

Participants from Klinmed, IMB and NCMM have joined together in a broad collaboration to establish the new technology platforms in the Life Science Building. Pro-Dean for Research and Innovation Jan Bjålie talks about how far this work has progressed now that the building is clearly starting to take shape.

Pro-Dean of Studies Magnus Løberg talks about the good experiences from students who are now returning from Campus South, and about two new student groups who will be starting there next semester. Module four will be held in Southern Norway for the first time.

Vice-Dean Grete Dyb hopes to see some of our doctoral research fellows at the NorDoc Summer School in Finland. She also talks about the faculty’s skills development initiative for researchers and academic supervisors.

Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo talks about the important collaboration the faculty has with the health deans at the BOTT universities and with other health deans in The Guild. Good collaboration in all forms, both internally and externally, is an important prerequisite for research and education at the faculty.

Head of Institute elections at IMB. Good local, national and international collaboration is important for MED. Read about the faculty’s skills development initiative for researchers and academic supervisors. Welcome to the NorDoc Summer School in Helsinki.

Johanna Henny Wagnerberger has led MedDocs through two periods. In the autumn, a new leader will be elected from among the PhD candidates. Read about her experiences of the post and some of her important work. 

Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo talks about what is happening at the Faculty. A strike is under way, it will soon be summer, and we are working to ensure that UiO is as safe as possible in every way. MED must be a good place to study and work for everyone.

Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo welcomes Hanna Ekeli as the new faculty director over the summer and informs about the last part of the process regarding the study of possible co-organisation with the Faculty of Dentistry.

New faculty director. Update on the study of possible co-organisation with the Faculty of Dentistry. Funding for innovative researchers. Biomarker facility opened at Ahus. Funds for new research infrastructure.

Dean of Research Jan Bjaalie, who sits on Sikt’s portfolio board for research and knowledge resources, explains the transition that is taking place to the new Norwegian knowledge archive, which will go live in June.

Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo explains what is going on at the faculty during another hectic spring. 

Dialogue meetings and much else going on at MED in May. New Norwegian knowledge archive (NVA) replaces Cristin. Medical training at UiO Campus South among the most popular in the country. New course for master’s students in Europe. 

The Pro-Dean for Research and Innovation, Jan Bjålie, provides great advice on how to approach the RCN’s new call for AI centres.

Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo talks about what is happening at the Faculty. Last week’s breakfast seminar on Women’s Health was fully booked and shed light on a number of key issues.

Meeting places that invite dialogue. Application to the Norwegian Research Council for new AI centre. Cardiac Research Award. New e-learning programme. Brain Council Research Award. Researcher Grand Prix.

Guest post: Professor Eivind Engebretsen is head of SUSTAINIT. He says that the unit’s task is to contribute to research and education that promotes sustainable health.

Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo talks about the presentation of the faculty’s Teaching Award and that the HELP and Sustainit units have changed their positions in the organisation. Read also about Research Days, the Research Grand Prix, construction work at Domus Medica and the seminar on women’s health.

Presentation of the new Education Award. Doctoral research fellows can register for the Research Grand Prix. Attend the seminar on women’s health. Read about SUSTAINIT. New management at P1H. Andersen and Omland are new members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Blasting work at Domus Medica. Remember the deadline for FRIPRO on 22 April.

The University of Oslo has conducted a survey among all those who completed a degree at the University in the period from autumn 2018 to spring 2023.  The pro-deans of studies summarise the results for MED.

Guest post: Tony Sandset, chair of the faculty’s LIM Committee, writes about major plans for strengthening the work on equality, inclusion and diversity at the faculty in connection with a major grant from the Research Council of Norway’s Balance+ programme.

Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo talks about what is happening at the faculty. The results are now available from the ARK survey, the Dean will present the first teaching award and, not least, she wishes everyone a well-deserved Easter holiday.