Disputations - Page 41

M.Sc Anniken Elisabeth Fossland Grønstad at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Organizational change: in sickness (absence) and in health? An empirical investigation of the relationship between unit-level change and the risk of sickness absence in a large Norwegian hospital” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Eva Maria Rehbinder at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Early life predictors for atopic dermatitis in infancy" for the degree of PhD.

Master Christiane Lingås Haukedal at the Department of Special Needs Education will defend her dissertaion "Quality of Life in Children with Hearing Loss" for the degree of PhD.

Cand.med. Marius Svanevik at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Randomized controlled trial of standard versus distal Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in patients with BMI 50-60 kg/m2 - Short and midterm results on weight loss, adverse events, health related quality of life, and bone health" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Gladys Ekone Wang will defend her doctoral dissertation: “Childlessness in Marriage among the Bakossi Community in Cameroon: An African Feminist Contextual Pastoral Theology of Procreation”, for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) at the Faculty of Theology.

MSc Astri Fjelde Maaland at Institute of Clinical medicine will be defending the thesis "Development of next generation radioimmunotherapies of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med Knut Johan Hjelmeland at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Zopiclone impairment. Characterization and measurement in an experimental study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med Mohammad Osman Pervez at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Novel biomarkers in patients with acute dyspnea” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Steinar Traae Bjørkhaug at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Alcohol-related alterations of the gut microbial flora” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD, Mphil Socheat Cheng at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Medication misuse and dependence among hospitalized older patients: Cross-sectional studies focusing on prescribed central nervous system depressants" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Merete Aarsland Fosdahl at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Hamstring muscle length in ambulant children with spastic bilateral cerebral palsy - Development and physiotherapy treatment” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Åste Renolen at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Integration of evidence-based practice in hospital nursing practice - A grounded theory study of clinical nurses’ and their ward leaders’ challenges and patterns of behaviour” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Madleen Orumaa at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Time trends of selected HPV-related diseases in  Norway and the impact of HPV multi-cohort vaccination using real-world data from population-based registries" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Aurélie Nguéa P. at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Nutrient stress responses in the budding yeast. Saccharomyces cerevisiae" for the degree of Dr.Philos (Doctor Philosophiae).

Cand.med. Benjamin Lassen Lykkedrang at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Complications after craniotomy for brain tumors" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master Anita Lopez-Pedersen at the Department of Special Needs Education will defend her dissertation "Understanding, identifying and ameliorating young children’s early numeracy skills: A multimethod approach" for the degree of Philosophiae doctor.

MPH Asresash Demissie Abathun at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis "Abandoning a culture: Attitudes and Perspectives toward Female Genital Cutting in Somali and Harari Regional States, Eastern Ethiopia" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med Tayyaba Qureshi at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Elements of glutamate and GABA recycling at the synapse” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Dagim Shiferaw Tadele at Institue of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Development of novel approaches for treatment of leukemia” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Øystein Kalsnes Jørstad at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “A study of structure-function relationships in wet age-related macular degeneration and chiasmal compression. Promises and pitfalls of implementing optical coherence tomography in the management of a disease primarily affecting either the outer or the inner retina” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med Nils Eide at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Micrometastasis in uveal melanoma-relevance for dormancy” for the degree of Dr.Philos (Doctor Philosophiae).

MSc Xiangfu Zhong at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Improving the understanding of mammalian microRNAs: from annotation, isomiR and function” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Tine Norman Alver at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Investigating the role of Microphthalmia-Associated transcription Factor M in melanoma development and drug resistance for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Christian Arstad at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Use of somatic mitochondrial mutations as biomarkers in human cancer for the degree of Dr.Philos. (Doctor Philosophiae).