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MED-nytt, no 7 – 2024

Presentation of the new Education Award. Doctoral research fellows can register for the Research Grand Prix. Attend the seminar on women’s health. Read about SUSTAINIT. New management at P1H. Andersen and Omland are new members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Blasting work at Domus Medica. Remember the deadline for FRIPRO on 22 April.

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Dekan Hanne Flinstad HarboEditorial: Spring and new opportunities

Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo talks about the presentation of the faculty’s Teaching Award and that the HELP and Sustainit units have changed their positions in the organisation. Read also about Research Days, the Research Grand Prix, construction work at Domus Medica and the seminar on women’s health on 12 April:

Women’s Health (event in Norwegian) at the House of Literature. How is the perspective of women represented in medical education and research? Is women’s health a low priority in resource allocation? 

Read the Dean’s full editorial

The Management Column

Eivind Engebretsen. Foto: Horgmo UiOGuest post: SUSTAINIT – research and education for sustainable health

Professor Eivind Engebretsen is the head of SUSTAINIT, which has now been operational for just over a year. He says that the unit’s task is to contribute to research and education that promote sustainable health. The three centres at the unit - the Centre for Pandemic and One-Health Research, the Centre for Global Health and the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Education each contribute in their own way to the testing of new models for sustainable health through their areas of focus.

Read the full post in the Management Column

Studies

utdeling av undervisningsprisenTeaching award for programmes of professional study 2024 

On 2 April, Professor Marit Inngjerdingen received the first Teaching Award in the professional study programme in medicine – voted for by the students. Read the full article on the Studies website.
Rising to the top through commitment and clarity.

News from MED

New management at the Centre for Pandemic and One-Health Research (P1H)

Berg og Gr?delandJens Petter Berg led P1H through the start-up phase as interim manager. Gunnveig Gr?deland is now taking over as the new manager. Berg will continue to support P1H, as well as the Centre for Global Health and the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Education (SHE), in his new role as Research and Development Manager for SUSTAINIT. Read more on the centre’s website.

Andersen and Omland are new members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and LettersAndersen og omland

Jan Terje Andersen and Torbj?rn Omland have been elected as new members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. The membership is recognition of their scientific work. Read the full article on the institute website in Norwegian.

Casado receives the Professor Kreyberg Awardpris til casado

Raquel Bartolomé Casado received the Professor Kreyberg Award for her research on the adaptive immune system of the intestine. This is the second award she has received for her doctoral work.

Read the full story on the institute website in Norwegian.

Briefings

Management meetings

Opportunities and deadlines

Courses and events

See the University of Oslo’s calendar for an overview of all available courses. See also updated overviews of courses from UiO IT and the Library of Medicine and Science.

Overview: Upcoming public defences.

  • Course in research data management Learn how research data can be managed in a legal, structured and secure manner, and how it can be stored, reused and understood in the future by yourself and others. Some courses in Norwegian and some in English.
    • 16. april: Plan your research data management
    • 17. april: Share, archive, and reuse research data
    • 22. mai: Planlegging av forskningdatah?ndtering
    • 24. mai: Del, arkiver og gjenbruk forskningsdata
  • A crucial time for Europe: The liberal democracies in Europe are being threatened both from within and without. Can Europe and democracy withstand authoritarian forces and a changing USA? Join three events this spring when the University of Oslo takes a closer look at various threats to Europe and democracy today:
  • illustrasjon kvinner12 April. Women’s Health in Norwegian at Litteraturhuset. How is the perspective of women represented in medical education and research? Is women’s health a low priority in resource allocation? What should a women’s health strategy include?
  • 30 May: UiO:Life Science invites you to mark the end of the funding period for  its second generation convergence environment. The leaders of the interdisciplinary research groups will present what they have achieved and exchange experiences about what it is like to be part of a convergence environment. Everyone is welcome! Those people who are considering applying for the convergence environment are especially encouraged to attend. Mingling and tapas. NB: Requires registration.
  • 24 June – 28 June: Course in Machine Learning for Epidemiologic and Health Policy Analysis. Adapting machine learning to Norwegian health data to enhance causal analyses of patient pathways and patients’outcome. Register by April 15.

About research

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illustrasjon tuberkulosepasienMedisinbloggen: Tuberculosis is still a threat to global health in Norwegian by Tahira Riaz. Tuberculosis, which many see as a disease of the past, still takes many lives. In 2022, over a million people died from the disease. Increasing antibiotic resistance complicates treatment.

 

illustrasjon fra sakenHelsam/ P1H: The centre’s first internal research project, “A Digital Twin for Vaccination Strategies at Geographic Scales", starts this spring. The aim is to develop a digital twin model to improve our ability to predict infection patterns at different levels of vaccine efficacy against current and future viruses.
 

 

Bjerke og LeergaardIMB: Advanced infrastructure will revolutionise brain research. The European research infrastructure EBRAINS enables brain scientists to share, find and use data in new ways, and much more efficiently than before.
 

 

illustrasjon av ettertanke og savnKlinmed/ NSSF: – Who they have lost can affect a person’s emotions afterwards. While many parents struggle with self-reproach, partners may more often experience anger towards the person who has committed suicide, according to the experiences of grief therapist Hege Sandanger and her colleagues. 

 

 

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By Silje M. Kile Rosseland
Published Apr. 9, 2024 2:00 PM - Last modified Apr. 11, 2024 11:20 AM