Editorial: Happy Easter from the Office of the Dean 
The Office of the Dean will provide a recap of the semester so far, the ongoing activities at MED and external collaborations. Save the date for a big meeting on Global Health at Domus Medica on 20 June, and a meeting on Ukraine in the Aula in Oslo city centre on 14 September. – Thank you all for the hard work and dedication to achieving our common goal. We wish you all some very well-deserved days off over Easter. Happy Easter!
The management collumn: The country with a perpetual shortage of doctors 
Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo and Pro-Dean of Studies Magnus Løberg are involved in the debate on the shortage of doctors in Norway. “We have plans to increase the number of medical students, but this alone is not enough”, they say.
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Guest post: Travel letter from Nepal
Head of the Center for Global Health, Jeanette H. Magnus, has written a guest post for the management's column. Dean Hanne F. Harbo was invited on his first official visit to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) at Tribhuvan University. She brought with her, among others, the head of the Center for Global Health and the head of Women in Global Health Norway. Read the entire post and see the great photos from the visit.
Read the entire post (in Norwegian) and see the great photos from the visit..
Studies
Alcohol and drug abuse is a public health problem
Measures at individual and population level are important to reduce substance abuse. With our new master's degree in Public Health Science and Epidemiology, you learn to implement and evaluate measures to improve public health.
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Get the skills society needs
"The field of study in public health work and sustainable health services is ideal for those who want to work overall and strategically with the major public health challenges in society", says program leader and associate professor Randi Opheim. Les more in Norwegian.
Information for employees
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UiO has entered into a new agreement for car sharing (article in Norwegian). The new electric cars will be in place from 20 April 2023. Between 1 and 19 April, UiO's electric car pool is unfortunately unavailable. -
Working hours during Easter: Government employees are off from 12.00 on the Wednesday before Maundy Thursday, to the extent that working conditions permit. In addition, the holidays during Easter are: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Eve, 1st and 2nd Easter Sunday.
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Mailbox for feedback to the management at MED: Do you have a great idea? Or feedback that could be useful for the faculty management? Use the online form to submit your feedback and ideas. The mailbox is a trial project that will run until summer 2023. All feedback will be read but individual responses will not be sent. We collect contact details in case we want to invite you to tell us more about your idea. Keep an eye on MED-nytt for updates about feedback to management.
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Helsam: Three new professors at HELSAM: Jonas Minet Kinge, Heidi Fjeld and Ruth Prince were promoted to professor at the Department of Health and Society during 2021/2022. We congratulate!
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UiO: Guidelines for the use of TikTok and Telegram at UiO (in Norwegian). UiO follows the recommendations from the Ministry of Justice and Emergency Preparedness and the National Security Authority, and asks employees not to install and use the apps TikTok and Telegram on their mobile phones and other digital devices owned by UiO.
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UiO: Energy saving at UiO. Updated information on initiatives.
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War in Ukraine: Ukraine – University of Oslo
Research news
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Klinmed: Ping Qin leads UiO's contribution to new EU project on suicide prevention by Elin Martine Doeland. In the EU project PERMANENS, the aim is to develop software that will help clinicians to prevent suicide when working with patients.
IMB:Pulsating blood vessels wash your brain while you sleep by Cecilie Bakken Høstmark. The word “brainwashing” usually triggers negative associations. But our brain health for sure depends on it. Scientists at the University of Oslo have recently made new and important discoveries about how and why this happens when we are sleeping.
Helsam: Does an increased non-attendance fee motivate more patients to attend appointments in the healthcare services? by Mathilde Coraline Aarvold Bakke. Joar Røkke Fystro, PhD-student at the University of Oslo, mapped out arguments for and against the non-attendance fee in public documents.
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