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Cand.med. Kjersti Johnsrud at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis 18F-FDG PET imaging of atherosclerotic carotid stenosis for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).

MSc Kuan Yang at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Metabolic Regulation of TLR4 and NLRP3 Activities for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).

MD Sigrid Aune de Rodez Benavent at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “An ophthalmic acumen - On symptoms and signs in early Multiple Sclerosis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc. Myint Myint Wai at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Contraception and Fertility in Myanmar: Trends and Dynamics - A study of married women’s Contraceptive use and Unmet Need for Family Planning in Yangon south and north” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Dr. med Oliver Henning at Institute for Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “The patient's perspective on epilepsy - challenges, sexual problems, provision of information and adherence to treatment” for the degree of Dr. Philos (Doctor Philosophiae).

MD Bishwajit Bhowmik at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Diabetes and its Association with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors – Identification of High-risk Individuals in a Rural Bangladeshi Population” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Andrea Lenartova at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Chronic lymphocytic leukemia in Norway 1953-2012 for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Ana M.T. Quiles-Jiménez at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Molecular mechanisms of atherosclerotic disease. Studies on the role of the DNA glycosylase NEIL3 and the epitranscriptome in the development of atherosclerosis for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Laura Bojarskaite at Deparment of Molecular Medicine will be defending the thesis “Roles of Astrocytes in Sleep and Brain Waste Clearance” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Jorunn Evandt at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Nighttime road traffic noise and associations with insomnia symptoms and use of sleep medication” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Anna Latysheva at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Diffusion and perfusion-weighted imaging in the structural and functional characterization of diffuse gliomas for differential diagnosis and treatment planning for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Tore Buer Christensen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Towards a more valid and useful system for diagnosing personality disorders - Evaluating impairment of personality functioning by the SCID-5-AMPD-I” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Sonja Helena Lagstrøm at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Characterisation of human papillomavirus genomic variation and chromosomal integration in cervical samples” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master Fareeha Shaikh at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Intergenerational association between birth weight and cardiovascular disease; a population-based study of offspring, their parents, aunts and uncles” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc Svein Are Sirirud Vatnehol at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “The potential for MR-relaxometry to evaluate the uptake absorption of oxygen after per oral administration of oxygenated water” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Beate Vestad at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Gut microbiota, extracellular vesicles and comorbidities in HIV infection; Exploring the drivers of metabolic disease risk and microbe-host crosstalk for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Nina Julie Verket at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Quality of life assessment and screening tool development for endometriosis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Christian Fougner at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis On the genetic determinants of cancer phenotypes for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Einar August Høgestøl at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis MRI and Other Biomarkers in Early MS for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Susan Munabi-Babigumira at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis Quality of maternity services in low- and middle-income countries: analysis of health system bottlenecks and strategies for improvement for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand. med. Anupam Chandra at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Fatty acids and cardiovascular risk factors in a Norwegian general population. Data from the Akershus Cardiac Examination (ACE) 1950 Study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Msc Mikkel Elle Lepperød at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Dissecting neuronal circuits for navigation in experiments and models” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.pharm. Karin Drivenes at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Factors affecting shared decision-making in mental health care. A cross-sectional explorative study in specialist mental health care and addiction services” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Raquel Bartolomé Casado at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Longevity of the adaptive immune cell compartment in the human small intestine” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).