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Mental disorders are recognized as leading causes of disability and morbidity globally, and are among the costliest disorders to affect humans. The causal underpinnings of these disorders is a complex web of genetic, biological and psychosocial mechanisms. Recent advances in technology and computational techniques can help disentangle this complexity, leading to a further understanding of the conditions and subsequently better strategies for treatment and prevention.
We look at the climate crisis in a Hamlet perspective.
In the last decade, artificial intelligence has surpassed humans in among others the games of Go and Starcraft. Many researchers believe it's only a matter of time before we make an artificial intelligence that is smarter than humans in all areas. Most famous of these is Ray Kurzweil who predicts this will happen before the year 2050. But will this intelligence be conscious? What are the implications if it is or not? We invite to a panel discussion where these and other questions will be discussed.
The coronavirus caused the whole of Norway to shut down in the spring of 2020. What consequences has it had for the everyday life, leisure and household of most people? Has it had any effect on the climate and the economy? And what are the long-term consequences? When will life be like before the closure, or will it be?
At this digital seminar PhD students, postdocs and Master´s students in life sciences at UiO and NMBU have the opportunity to create networks outside academia.
The concert can unfortunately not be performed due to current corona measures and has therefore been canceled. "The Lapse of time" oratorio of excerpts from Charles Darwin On the Origin of Species composed by Bjørn Morten Christophersen was to take place in Frogner kirke.
While philosophers have investigated the topic of consciousness for thousands of years, empirical research has only been a focus for the last decades. But in this time, what have we really learned about our internal experience of the world? We invite to a series of lectures focusing on how we investigate consciousness empirically, what we have discovered, and where the road goes next.
Using COVID-19 as an example, we focus on the role of life sciences in understanding and solving global societal challenges. What experiences have we gained one year after the pandemic started? Which research projects are implemented within the life sciences to prevent new pandemics in the future? What measures can we take to be prepared for a new global pandemic? And what efforts are taken to stop the COVID-19 pandemic globally?
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.
MSc Kristine Risum at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Physical activity and physical fitness in juvenile idiopathic arthritis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Øyvind Senstad Andersen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Left ventricular diastolic function and filling pressure: Mechanistic insights and pressure estimation for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MD Adriani Kanellopoulos at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Late effects and health-related quality of life in very long-term survivors of childhood leukemia and lymphoma - A cross-sectional study for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor
This year's Darwin Day event covers the topic of evolution and medicine. Speakers: Charles Swanton, Felicia Keesing, and Bruce Levin.
Cand.med. Einar Stensvold at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Paediatric and adolescent medulloblastoma and CNS-PNET in Norway 1974 – 2013: Survival, regional differences, and late effects” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.psych. Emilie Isager Howe at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Return to work after traumatic brain injury: A randomised controlled trial, long-term employment probability and predictors of employment status for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Erik Prestgaard at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Long-term risk factors for stroke in healthy men for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Thomas Pradeu is CNRS Senior Investigator in Philosophy of Science embedded in a biology lab, ImmunoConcept (CNRS & Univ. Bordeaux, France), Co-PI of the Conceptual Biology & Medicine Team, Coordinator of the PhilInBioMed international network, & was PI of the ERC-funded IDEM project (2015-2020). His research is in philosophy of biology, with a focus on biological individuality, immunology, cancer, and the microbiota. His book, The Limits of the Self: Immunology and Biological Identity (OUP, 2012), received the Lakatos Award.
Maël Lemoine is Full Professor in Philosophy of Medical Sciences, Univ. of Bordeaux, France, embedded in a biology lab, ImmunoConcept (CNRS & Univ. Bordeaux, France), Co-PI of the Conceptual Biology & Medicine Team. He is a philosopher of medicine, with a focus on the definition of health and disease, ageing, cancer, and precision medicine.
Shenzhen was declared China’s first special economic zone 40 years ago. Which path does the city take? What is its role as a development model today?
MD Marius Dalby at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Reflections from a randomized clinical trial of late in-the-bag intraocular lens dislocation surgery: Long-term clinical outcomes and a health economic evaluation” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MD Ayodeji Awoyemi at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Microbial translocation and cardiovascular disease states. Emphasis on chronic heart failure, diabetes and the metabolic syndrome for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MSc Anita Grongstad at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Sarcoidosis; fatigue and exercise” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Beate Benestad at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Cardiometabolic risk, health related quality of life, and effect of treatment in children and adolescents with severe obesity for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Preet Bano Singh will be presenting her trial lecture for the academic position of Associated Professor/Professor in Cariology and Gerodontology - "Dental considerations in patients with complicated medical history".