MED-nytt, no 16 – 2023

Editorial: The strategy is ready

Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo talks about the work behind the new, adopted strategy for the faculty.

Read the full editorial

The Management Column

The faculty management wants to be close to its employees. This autumn they will start with welcome meetings for all new employees. In addition, they will arrange a separate meeting for newly employed associate professors and professors in the professor's residence at UiO in the city centre. The purpose of the meeting is to get to know each other and talk about the research. 

Were you hired after September? You will then receive an invitation to the spring welcome meeting. Starting next year, the welcome meetings will be held permanently in February and September.

Studies

New educational offer at SHE

From autumn 2023, master's and professional students at UiO can strengthen their education with an Honors certificate in sustainable health at SHE. Open to all students at UiO. Read more on the centre's website. See also: Digital information meeting about the offer on 11 October.

Life management for medical students

What can the faculty do for medical students' mental health? In the first instance, we take the concern about the students' mental health seriously. Our medical students are welcomed to a dialogue meeting with pizza and an informal chat about which measures might be appropriate. Read more on the study pages in Norwegian.

Briefings

• Faculty Board elections at MED. During the autumn of 2023, one representative and two deputy representatives from UiO’s temporary academic staff, including temporary professor II positions, will be elected. You can now nominate your candidate! The elected term for this group is one year, i.e. 1.1.2024 - 31.12.2024.

• How can we contribute to the community missions? (Link in Norwegian.) Young outsiders are a growing problem, and it has major consequences for those concerned and for society. UiO wants to contribute to the inclusion of children and young people. Reminder of Pro-Dean for Research and Innovation, Jan Bjaalie's post about how MED can contribute to two new social missions.

• Now all food UiO orders will be sustainable (in Norwegian). UiO's new catering agreement is climate-friendly, health-promoting and ensures good working conditions in production.

• In the revised version of ALLEA (The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity), several new things have been included, such as issues related to diversity, GDPR, Open Science and more. Read the whole case and keep up to date on the guidelines for research integrity.

• Associate Professor Carl Tollef Solberg (Helsam) admitted to the Academy for Younger Researchers.

• Excavation work at Domus Medica. Updates on plans for this autumn’s construction work from the Norwegian Hospital Construction Agency have now been published with new phase plans.

Management meetings

Lederforum (Management Forum): Overview of meeting dates. The next meeting is on 28 November. Cases can be reported and case papers submitted up until 12:00 on the last Thursday before the meeting. Minutes from the previous meeting will be published here. 

Overview of the Faculty Board meetings. You can find the agenda and minutes here. The next meeting is on 7 November. 

University Board meetings in 2023. These meetings are live streamed and are open to anyone who would like to watch. The next meeting is on 5 December.

Muligheter og frister

• Opportunities and deadlines

  • See all important deadlines regarding applications for research funding in Funding opportunities.

    • ERC Synergy Grant. Deadline 8 November.

  • Award announcements: Keep track by visiting the annual cycle for award announcements.

• UiO offers a co-working space for researchers working on topics related to climate, environment or sustainability, environment and sustainability. Areas in the Domus Academica (the original building) will be available for a period of 2-8 weeks. There is room for 5-12 people in the premises, which have an office landscape, a small kitchen and access to meeting rooms.

• Do you have an idea relating to life sciences that could resolve challenges linked to human or animal health? Apply for admission to the University of Oslo: Life Science’s innovation programme, SPARK Norway to further develop your idea into new technology, treatments or services. Deadline: 9 November

• DKNVS Stiftelses Forskningsfond lyser ut midler til forsknings- og formidlingsprosjekt som vanskelig lar seg realisere uten tilskudd fra DKNVS for forskere under 30 år. Søk innen 30. oktober.

• If you are a master’s student and want a career in innovation and entrepreneurship, you can apply for admission to the newly established honours certificate in Life Science Innovation. The application deadline is 15 October. The starting date will be January 2024. 

Courses and events

See the University of Oslo’s course calendar for an overview of all available courses. See also updated overviews of courses from UiO:IT and the Medical and Science Library. 
Updated overview: Upcoming public defences.

• Postdoctoral programme: Open registration for career-enhancing courses
  The courses are part of a career development programme tailored to provide support to the faculty’s postdocs and other researchers in the start-up phase. Spaces still available!
  • 6, 7 og 10 November: Supervision 
  • 22 - 24 November: Writing grant applications
• The Brain in the Centre: An event series at Domus Bibliotheca, the University of Oslo’s arena for dialogue and dissemination.
  • 8 November,18:00 – 19:30 Language
  • 9 November, 08:00 – 09:30 Breakfast meeting on brainwashing
  • 29 November, 18:00 – 19:30 Personality
• 18-19 October Minisymposium on CryoEM and CryoET: From knowledge to cures 
• 31 October 12-13, Forum, Forskningsparken: NCMM International Seminar: Sakari Vanharanta.
• 9 November: Anders Jahre’s Awards for Medical Research 2023 
  • The Jahre Lectures, 11:00-14:00 in the Domus Bibliotheca by main award winner Professor Maiken Nedergaard, UiK and winner of the award for young researchers, Assistant Professor Marcus Buggert, Karolinska Institutet.
  • Award ceremony in the Aula, 18:00-19:30. Everyone is welcome! Requires registration.
• 14. november: Want to understand Norwegian Working Culture? The working environment is full of social norms and unwritten rules. The aim of this very popular workshop is to provide participants with interesting and fun, but also important and useful insights into such norms and rules. The workshop is highly recommended for both international and Norwegian staff at UiO.

• Spring 2024: Course in research integrity for academic staff at UiO. The course deals with legislation, guidelines and sets of norms, with an emphasis on the sets of norms. The course has a preparation module with submission of a short assignment (max. 2 A4 pages) and a physical course day. Employees at MED can sign up. Do you want to participate in a course? Send e-mail to katrine.ore@medisin.uio.no 

Research News

You can also follow what is happening at the Faculty of Medicine via facebook, twitter, Linkedin and Instagram.

Medisinbloggen: Can artificial intelligence help young people with depression? In Norwegian by Ole Rikard Haavet. Depression is one of the most common psychological challenges among young people. Can smart use of artificial intelligence (AI) help prevent mental illness and improve mental health in young p

Helsam: Twice as many undocumented pregnant women are severely ill when they seek help at the emergency room. A new UiO-study shows that pregnant, undocumented women are more often severely ill and must be admitted to the hospital, when they seek help at the emergency room in Oslo.

IMB: New study may pave the way for effective treatment of E. coli infection. (Link in Norwegian) Targeted attacks on the E. coli bacterium's protective capsule can help prevent and treat serious infections in the blood, a new study shows.

Klinmed: First study testing personalized medicine for IBD. (Article in Norwegian.) Professor Marte Lie Høivik leads UiO's contribution in a ground-breaking study on personalized medicine for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
 

Klinmed:Possible new treatment for leukaemia. Researchers have identified a novel immunotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Immune cells are programmed to recognize a mutation found in leukemia patients. The results provide hope for new and effective treatment for the most common form of leukemia in adults.

Klinmed: Antiviral drugs could preserve insulin in children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
Norwegian researchers have previously demonstrated an association between diabetes and virus infection. New research shows that, among children with type 1 diabetes, treatment with antiviral drugs could help preserve insulin levels. 

OD: Capsaicin Drops - A New Strategy for Treating Burning Mouth Syndrome (engelsk). En kronisk tilstand preget av en brennende smerte i munnen. Et forskningsprosjekt ved OD kan bidra til etablering av en ny behandlingsmetode. Med medisinstudent Simon Vivian Singh.

OD: Global Collaboration: Uniting Against Antimicrobial Resistance. A diverse gathering of scientists, diplomats and health authorities gathered at the Domus Bibliotheca for a decisive meeting to solve a common task: Combating antimicrobial resistance. With Ernst Kristian Rødland.

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