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Because of the coronavirus outbreak, we had to postpone the May 2020 conference celebrating what we have learned from Formation and Competence Building of University Academic Developers project. Instead, we are convening an online conference on 29 April 2021, and we look forward to seeing you on Zoom then.
MSc Birgitte Lawaetz Myhrvold at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis Prognostic models for neck pain for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Msc Rua Nader Al-Modawi at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis The Role of MicroRNA-140 and its IsomiRs in an In Vitro model of Osteoarthritis for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Marlin Comelon at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Opioids in postoperative pain treatment. Studies on analgesic efficacy and reduction of opioid- induced side effects for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Martine Enger at Institute of Cinical Medicine will be defending the thesis The epidemiology of shoulder injuries in the general population. Clinical diagnosis of acute rotator cuff tears for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
On April 26, Kjersti Fjørtoft (UiT) will give a presentation titled "Martha Nussbaum: Is Justice a Matter of Love?". This is the fifth event in our digital lecture series Perspectives on Love, in which we explore different understandings of the concept of love.
MSc Maxi-Lu Böschen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Towards new T cell receptor-based cancer immunotherapy for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Mphil Maren Olene Kloster at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis Navigating a contested field. Reproductive health and NGO practices in Malawi for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MSc Ingrid Skaaret at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis Children with Cerebral Palsy: The impact of Ankle-Foot Orthoses on Gait Function after Lower Limb Surgery for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MSc Eline Birkeland at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis The Fiberdia study: Effects of inulin-type fructans on gut microbiota and regulation of blood glucose and appetite in type 2 diabetes: A randomised, placebo-controlled crossover trial for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Dr. Marcel Schulz, Professor for Computational Biology, Institute of Cardiovascular Regeneration, Uniklinikum and Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, will present the talk "Understanding gene expression regulation by integration of epigenome and RNA data."
MSc Natalia Justyna Kunst at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis Evidence and uncertainty in an iterative decision-making framework in health and medicine for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MD Gun Lisbet Opheim at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Fetal blood flow adjustments related to maternal nutritional status and food intake for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
SPARK Norway Educational Forum are monthly open meetings organized by UiO:Life Science and SPARK Norway partners.
Cand.med. Sarita Joshi at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of keratoacanthoma and possible distinguishing features from cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand. polit. Turid Kristin Bigum Sundar at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis Young & Overweight - adolescents' experiences from an internet-based intervention to promote physical activity and quality of life. for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
NCMM Associate Investigators, Yvonne Böttcher (Professor Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Akershus University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine, UiO) & Cinzia Progida (Professor Section for Physiology and Cell Biology, Department of Biosciences, UiO), will present their research as part of NCMM's Tuesday Seminar series.
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On April 19, Monica Roland (OsloMet) will give a presentation titled "Love as Seeing: Iris Murdoch and David Velleman on the Nature of Love and Loving". This is the fourth event in our digital lecture series Perspectives on Love, in which we explore different understandings of the concept of love.
MA Ingrid Miriam Rodrick Beiler at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research will defend the dissertation Multilingualism as a Resource in English Writing Instruction - Opportunities and Obstacles in Five Linguistically Diverse Classrooms in Norway for the degree of Philosophiae doctor.
Master of Philosophy Jennifer Maria Luoto at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research will publicly defend the dissertation Exploring, understanding, and problematizing patterns of instructional quality: A study of instructional quality in Finnish–Swedish and Norwegian lower secondary mathematics classrooms for the degree of Philosophiae doctor.
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On April 12, guest researcher at STK Kaja Jenssen Rathe will give a presentation titled "Between Erotic Perception and Lived Openness: Merleau-Ponty’s Perspective". This is the third event in our digital lecture series Perspectives on Love, in which we explore different understandings of the concept of love.
Plants have been used for 1000s of years in the treatment of human diseases, though this historical knowledge is often lost. Our interdisciplinary research group uses Nordic historic texts and archaeological remains as inspiration to ‘rediscover’ what plants have historically been used to treat disease.
As part of our innovation lunch series, Professor James Wilsdon (The University of Sheffield) presents "Meta-science and meta-research: old wine in new bottles, or a cocktail for change?"
The growth of the Greater Bay Area in South China is still heavily reliant on the access to cheap labor. This seminar examines the role of labor brokers in shaping rural-urban labor migration in China.
In Performing Indigenous Health Research in a Multiethnic Landscape: The Population-based Study on Health and Living in Regions with Sami and Norwegian Populations - the SAMINOR Study Ann Ragnhild Broderstad, head of SAMINOR, will be discussing the upcoming third SAMINOR survey, in the broader context of how the modern history of indigenous groups has created both distinct needs for focused health-research and distinct considerations in such research. Prof. Broderstad is academic director of the Centre for Sami Health Research at UiT the Arctic University of Norway, in addition to her role with the Department of Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway.