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MED-nytt, no 15 – 2023

Fabulous research dissemination at MED. 5 years of the Medicine Blog! Read about the opportunities NorDoc gives researchers at MED. Run as a candidate for the Faculty Board! 

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Dekan Hanne Flinstad Harbo

Editorial: Fabulous research dissemination this autumn at MED

Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo talks about the informative ‘Health for Ukraine’ meeting last week.

“There is really impressive scope, quality and involvement regarding the dissemination of knowledge at our faculty. This really complements our vision of ‘Outstanding knowledge for future health’.

Read about the Medicine Blog that has now been running for five years. Maybe you will be the next blogger?

Read the full editorial

Visedekan for forskning og forskerutdanning Grete Anita DybThe Management Column

Learn from your colleagues in the Nordic region

NorDoc gives you a unique opportunity to tailor your PhD education, writes Vice-Dean for Research and Researcher Education Grete Anita Dyb.

Plan your participation at NorDoc’s summer school 2024 in Finland now!

Make a smart career move by running for temporary employee representative in the Faculty Board election.

Read the full story in the Management Column.

Current MED news

The Medicine Blog turns five years oldMedisinbloggen 5 ?r!

This September, it will be five years since the very first post was published on 'Medisinbloggen' – the Medicine Blog. Since then, more than a hundred of the faculty’s researchers have informed a wide audience about their research. Maybe you will be next? Read the full story.

Innovation

MEKANISK MEDISINSK TRIO: Jarle Graff, Knut Rekdahl og Mads Peter Granberg The mechanical workshop at IMB solves your problem

Did you know that we have our own medical workshop in the basement of Domus Medica? See this article in the Sykepleien journal (article in Norwegian) that shows some of the challenges our colleagues are solving there. Their inventions improve both patient life and patents commissioned by doctors, nurses and our researchers.

Briefings

Management meetings

Lederforum (Management Forum): Overview of meeting dates. The next meeting is on 3 October. Cases can be reported and case papers submitted up until 12:00 on the last Thursday before the meeting. Minutes from the previous meeting on 5 September will be published here.

Overview of the Faculty Board meetings. You can find the agenda and minutes here. The next meeting is on 26 September.

University Board meetings in 2023. These meetings are live streamed and are open to anyone who would like to watch. The next meeting is on 17 October.

Opportunities and deadlines

Courses and events

See the University of Oslo’s course calendar for an overview of all available courses. See also updated overviews of courses from UiO:IT and the Medical and Science Library
Updated overview: Upcoming public defences.

Research News

You can also follow what is happening at the Faculty of Medicine via facebook, twitter, Linkedin and Instagram.

Apollon: Developing a method to ensure optimal iodine intake in the world. Adding iodine to salt is probably the world’s most cost-effective way of ensuring the mental development of the population. But it is all about getting the right amount. Getting too little and too much can both cause serious illness.

 

Professor Mette Kalager og professor Michael Bretthauer tar opp problemstillingen ved dagens screeningprogrammet, i januarutgaven av Science.

Helsam: Which screening tests save lives? Michael Bretthauer led the study which concludes that none of the established cancer screening programmes help prolong life, with the exception of one; sigmoidoscopy against bowel cancer. 

 

 

illustrasjon helseapp p? telefonMedisinbloggen: What is a health app? by Marianne Therese Smogeli Holter. Digital health services can relieve the burden on traditional services, and should be an important part of the health services in the future. But where do we stand now?

 

 

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By Silje M. Kile Rosseland
Published Sep. 28, 2023 3:56 PM - Last modified Oct. 18, 2023 12:07 PM