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Cand.med. Asgeir Lande at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Human leukocyte antigen associations in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and immune modulating treatment for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Craig Callender is Professor of Philosophy and Founding Faculty and Co-Director of the Institute for Practical Ethics at the University of California, San Diego. He also sits on the Freedom and Responsibility in Science Committee of the International Science Council, Paris and the Faculty of The John Bell Institute, Hvar, Croatia. Before moving to San Diego, he worked in the Department of Philosophy, Logic & Scientific Method at the London School of Economics. He works in many areas of philosophy of science. His book What Makes Time Special? (Oxford University Press, 2017) won the 2018 Lakatos Award.

Master of Philosophy Wills Kalisha at the Department of Education will defend the dissertation “'You have to wait.' A hermeneutic phenomenological exploration of unaccompanied minors waiting for asylum response in Norway" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Cand.med. Vesna Bryn at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Immunological aspects of autism spectrum disorders in children for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Kiarash Tazmini at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Electrolyte imbalances with special focus on hypokalemia: cellular pathophysiology and clinical manifestations. From basic science to clinical and epidemiological studies for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master in Nursing Science Monica Strand at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis The role of Internet-based interventions for  recovery-oriented mental health care. Experiences of use from the perspectives of service users and health providers for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Anja Valen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Psychoactive substance use and other driver-related risk factors of road traffic injury: An epidemiological study of associations, trends, and crash characteristics for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Kirsten Wedervang-Resell at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Immune and metabolic markers in early-onset psychosis for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Mphil Ge Ge at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis Essays in experimental health economics for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc Heidi Annett Eilertsen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis The Ability of Hematology Analyzers to Detect Pathological Cells in Blood – with Special Focus on Blasts and Immature Granulocytes for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

China both sends and hosts high numbers of international students. Is education a means to become cosmopolitan? How is China's place in the global educational landscape changing after Covid?     

The NCMM Network Meeting 2021 is open to NCMM Associate Investigators and NCMM group leaders. The meeting will take place online. 

MD Sasha Dushanov at Institute of Clincal Medicine will be defending the thesis Metabolic syndrome, gastrointestinal hormones and persistent organic pollutants in morbid obesity and effects of diet on persistent organic pollutants for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Linn Margrethe Eggesbø at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis On the γδ and CD8⁺ αβ T-cell receptor repertoires in coeliac disease for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

NCMM Associate Investigators, Emmet McCormack (Professor Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen) & Eivind Valen (Ass. Professor Computational Biology Unit, Department of Informatics, University of Bergen), will present their research as part of NCMM's Tuesday Seminar series

MD Ulf Sundin at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis Magnetic resonance imaging in early rheumatoid arthritis – Evaluation of treatment response and prediction of future disease course for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MPhil Gloria Traina at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis The relevance of personal health responsibility for priority setting in Norwegian healthcare - Three empirical studies for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Meshack Edward Njinga will defend his doctoral dissertation: “The Kingdom of God and the Poor: The Bible Reading of the Economically Underprivileged Christians in Tanzania”, for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) at the Faculty of Theology.

MD Janne Rueness at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Child abuse and physical health complaints in adolescence and young adulthood for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Anne Holmberg at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Plexus brachialis anaesthesia: Optimising clinical aspects for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Stephanie Zühlke at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Gluten challenge in coeliac disease. Analysis of gluten-specific T cells in blood for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).