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MED-nytt, no 1 – 2023

Happy New Year from Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo. Introducing the new Office of the Dean. Semester kick-off for the entire Faculty is on 18 January. 

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Editorial: Happy New Year 2023

The new Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo welcomes you to a new year with new challenges and opportunities. You can read a little about her background and how she will approach her new role as Dean.
The new Dean invites us all to attend the semester kick-off on Wednesday 18 January in the large auditorium at Oslo University Hospital.
Read the full Editorial.

The new Deans of Research Visedekan Grete Dyb, dekan Hanne Flinstad Harbo og prodekan Jan Bj?lie

Vice-Dean of Research and Innovation Jan Bj?lie and Vice-Dean of Research and Organised Research Training Grete Dyb share their thoughts on the start to their four-year term in the Office of the Dean.

Read the full story in the management column
 

The new Deans of StudiesProdekan Magnus L?berg, dekan Hanne Flinstad Harbo og visedekan Eli Feiring

Pro-Dean Magnus L?berg and Vice-Dean Eli Fering present some of their thoughts on the work ahead.

Read the full story in the management column

 

 

Semester kick-off for the Faculty of Medicine

The new Dean welcomes all Faculty staff and students to the kick-off for the spring semester 2023: Wednesday 18 January Semester kick-off for the Faculty of Medicine. 
14:30–16:00 in the Store Auditorium RH and from kl 16:00–18:00 at the student canteen, Domus Medica

There are two parts to this event: Talks will take place in the large auditorium at Oslo University Hospital first, followed by mingling, food and entertainment by the Oslo Medical Girls’ Choir in Domus Medica afterwards. 

Call for applications, K.G. Jebsen Medical Centres 2023

The K.G. Jebsen Foundation has published a call for applications for new centres, which will be awarded for a period of five years from 2024. The centres will be allocated NOK 4.5 million per year for a period of five years. The Faculty collaborates with Oslo University Hospital on the prequalification of research communities. The centres will consist of research groups with complementary expertise and major potential for development in translational medical research. At least one of the research groups at each centre must have a clinical focus. Applications for K.G. Jebsen centres include significant requirements for self-funding. Read more about applying for prequalification and the application criteria for departments.
Contacts at the Faculty of Medicine: Rune Larsen.
Deadline: The draft application deadline for prequalification is 24 February at 12:00.

International praise for endocrinological researchIvar F?lling hedret

A study on phaeochromocytomas, led by Ivar F?lling, has been named the best article in 2022 by the research community. Vice-Dean of Research Jan G. Bj?lie congratulates Ivar F?lling and his colleagues. “This is well deserved recognition for F?lling, who has been an instrumental researcher in his field at Ahus.”
Read the full story on the institute webside (in Norwegian).

Studies

Lene conradiLocal authorities invest in public health to create a sustainable society

With a master’s degree in public health science and epidemiology, you will work to balance social inequalities and promote social well-being. Read the interview with Mayor Lene Conradi on how she believes our master’s degree programme can provide key expertise that is sorely needed by the local authority.
Read the full story on the study programme website (in Norwegian).

Alessandro CataliottiSchool of Health Innovation promotes a culture of innovation

In Professor Alessandro Cataliotti’s (ClinMed) research group, the School of Health Innovation plays a key role in the organised training of young researchers. Both the Professor and his doctoral student Reza Parvan consider the innovation course to be highly relevant when it comes to expanding the career opportunities for young researchers.

Read the full story on the UiO: Growth House webside.

The School of Health Innovation – sign up!illuatrasjonsbilde kurs

The School of Health Innovation offers courses to PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, group leaders and professors. The school is a collaboration between the University of Oslo, NTNU, the Karolinska Institute and the University of Copenhagen. The courses are free to attend thanks to funding from the Novo Nordisk Foundation.

Course 1: Health innovation and entrepeneurship is now accepting applications. Deadline 3 February.

Information for employees

  • Dagens medisin: It would be wise to strengthen educational capacity at the University of Oslo – and quickly  (in Norwegian)
    Post byBildet kan inneholde: briller, h?r, briller, hake, organ. Dekan Hanne Flinstad Harbo and Rector Svein st?len. Based on population data, the educational capacity in medicine is lowest in the area covered by the University of Oslo and the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority. Educational capacity should therefore be increased at the University of Oslo and we are taking steps to train more doctors in South-Eastern Norway. This is a wise move.

  • The Rectorate’s Blog: Norway should train more doctors in Norwegian by Svein St?len, Cathrine M. Lofthus and Nina Mevold. The University of Oslo and the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority will support the government if it adopts the Grimstad Committee’s proposal to create 440 new places to study medicine – and we will facilitate new places in South-Eastern Norway.

  • New name for innovation unit: UiO: Growth House
    The Growth House for Life Sciences launched in 2022 as the University of Oslo’s innovation unit for life sciences, health and technology. In 2023, we will change our name to the Growth House for Value Creation to highlight the fact that we cover all departments and centres at the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Maths and Natural Sciences.
    Read the full story on the UiO: Growth House website.

  • illustrasjon treningExercise during working hours: the spring course schedule is ready! All employees can work out for up to 1.5 hours a week. Take advantage of this spring's training offer: floorball, yoga, strength training and neck/shoulder exercises are some of the activities you can choose from.

  • Transferring holiday entitlement carried over from last year
    Employees who have unused holiday days from 2022 can apply to transfer up to 14 days of their holiday entitlement to 2023 via the self-service portal. Read more on the employee websiteDeadline: 31 January

  • UiO: Energy saving at the University of Oslo. Updated information on initiatives.

  • Krigen i UkrainaUkraine - University of Oslo

  • UiO: UiO gathers strategic spearheads. 
    Morten D?hlen, Vebj?rn Bakken, Hilde Nebb, Carl Henrik G?rbitzThe Growth House for Value Creation, dScience – the Centre for Data and Computational Science, UiO:Life Science and UiO:Energy and Environment are now co-located in the Oslo Science Park. “This will give the University of Oslo the opportunity to develop strategic initiatives and strengthen innovation,” says Per Morten Sandset, Vice-Rector at the University of Oslo.

  • Per HolckKhrono: His articles were read 2.7 million times last year (link in Norwegian). Per Holck is by far the most widely read author in Store norske leksikon (SNL). In last year’s summary, the editorial team was able to boast 108 million articles read. During the record month of January, the encyclopedia had 3.5 million unique users. SNL is also one of the largest dissemination channels for academics. It now has 1100 academics and more than 5000 article authors. Most hail from universities and university colleges. There are 172 academics from the University of Oslo alone. The encyclopedia is calling for more contributors and trawled educational institutions last year in a search for authors. Are you interested? Please get in touch with H?vard Ringsevjen(SNL)

  • DIASA 2-studien led by professor K?re Birkeland, is looking for better ways to prevent and treat diabetes in people of South Asian origin in particular and in women who have previously had gestational diabetes in general. They are now looking for healthy control subjects for their diabetes study (link in Norwegian). 

  • Bj?rn HofmannPodcast on modern reproductive technology with Professor Bj?rn Hofmann (Helsam). The episode addresses the possibilities Hofmann believes we all should consider and prepare for: Bj?rn Hofmann on the Designer Children of the Future, Genetic Modification of Children, Synthetic Foetus, Artificial Uterus. Listen (in Norwegian) via Spotify. 

Management meetings

Minutes from the Management forum 20 December. Equipment, class II - Host Agreement - Template for Expert Assessments - Quality System for Organised Research Training - Studies-related Matters - Research Matters - Department News

Minutes from the latest Faculty Board Meeting on 13 January

University Board meetings in 2023. Latest meeting, 6 December. The meetings are live-streamed and open to anyone who would like to attend.

Deadlines

Courses and events

See the UiO's calender for an overview of all available courses. See also courses from USIT.
Updated overview: Upcoming Disputations.

Research news

You can also check out what is happening at the Faculty of Medicine on FacebookTwitterLinkedin and Instagram.

Anne spurkland p? labben

IMB: Spurkland delivers 200 minutes on the body’s eternal struggle for survival in Norwegian by Cecilie Bakken H?stmark. Genetic material is the meaning of life. And what can you do to help your immune system stay healthy? You will have the opportunity to learn about this from Anne Spurkland on 22 January.

Fastlege og pasientMedisinbloggen: : Why are some types of fat healthier than others? in Norwegian by Karoline Henriksen

There is not just one type of fat. But how do they differ? And why is it a good idea to make the right choices?

Harry Torpe p? labbenIMB: Higher risk of Klebsiella in hospitals than from farm animals or water by Cecilie Bakken H?stmark. Each year, many people get sick from the Klebsiella pneumoniae bacterium and some variants resist nearly all antibiotics. Researchers have found out more about how these variants are transmitted. 

 

 

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Published Jan. 16, 2023 12:31 PM - Last modified Jan. 2, 2024 11:17 AM