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Cand.med. Karianne Larsen at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Prehospital Advanced Diagnostics and Treatment of Acute Stroke. The Treat-Norwegian Acute Stroke Prehospital Project” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand. Med. Mari Bogaard at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “On the hunt for improved biomarkers in primary prostate cancer – combining morphological features and molecular changes” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MD Monica Chahal-Kummen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Patient reported abdominal pain, symptoms and quality of life after gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Master Gro Sk?land at the Department of Education will be defending the thesis ""Once upon a time, there was an inventor.." A Cultural Historical study of making in a public library context" for the degree of PhD.
In the aftermath of the Chernobyl explosion, a great divergence appeared between the medical opinions of the East and West on the long-term consequences on public health. In this keynote lecture, Kate Brown, Professor in the History of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, gives us insight on what these conflicting stories can tell us about how Western and Soviet scientists understood humans and the ecologies in which they lived.
Department seminar. Martin Dufwenberg is a Karl & Stevie Eller Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Arizona. He will present the paper: "Threats+" (written with Flora Li and Alec Smith).
Master Francesca Secco at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas will defend her dissertation Agency beyond Intentions. On the intimate connections that relate agents to their actions for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).
The IUROPA network co-organises a conference on empirical and legal studies in EU law together with LSE Law School.
Department seminar. Fatih Guvenen is the Curtis L. Carlson professor of economics at the University of Minnesota. He will present the paper: "Skewed Business Cycles" (written with Sergio Salgado and Nicholas Bloom).
This lecture has unfortunately been cancelled.
What would it mean to tell the stories of trees? How can we represent them in ways that do not rely on problematic forms of ventriloquism, which reinscribe inequalities, and which do not rely on various forms of empathy or sympathy? This talk by Dalia Nassar, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney, aims to outline a theory of representation that aims to respond to these questions in relation to trees.
Helga Refsum obtained her MD and PhD degrees from the University of Bergen, where she also became a Professor of Pharmacology in 1992. Since 2004, she has been a Professor at the Department of Nutrition at the University of Oslo and a Visiting Professor at University of Oxford. She is a world-renowned researcher on homocysteine, B vitamins, cysteine, and their roles in cardiovascular disease, dementia, and obesity.
To celebrate Professor Refsum’s 60th birthday and her outstanding contributions to science, we welcome you to a symposium with presentations on Helga’s current and past research topics.
Cand.med. Jenny Maria Nordfalk at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Clinical communication. Defining, assessing, and improving the sharing of complex treatment information with multiple sclerosis patients” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Master Anne Gry Fadum Carlsen at The Department of Teacher Education and School research will be defending the thesis "Strategisk ledelse i fylkeskommunen. En studie av lederes fortellinger og strategiske handlinger ved gjennomf?ring av strategiske planer" for the degree of PhD.
Stefano Coretta (Edinburgh) will give a guest lecture about why the IPA vowel chart doesn't work
Cand.med. Ane Marie Anderson at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Broad protection against influenza by DNA vaccines that target mixtures of diverse hemagglutinins to APCs” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
M.Sc. Seyed Hossein Moosavi at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Clinical implications of transcriptomic and pharmacological tumor heterogeneity of metastatic colorectal cancers” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Kristin Grotle Nore at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “The Eicosanoid system – effects on pathogenesis and potential as targets for Host Directed Therapy in Tuberculosis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Master Catharina Petronella Johanna van Trijp at the Department of Education will be defending the thesis "Toddlers’ Social-Emotional Well-Being in Early Childhood Education and Care: The Role of Child Temperament and Process Quality" for the degree of PhD.
Department seminar. ?rem Gü?eri is an Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, at the University of Oxford. She will present the paper: "Dynamics of Financing Frictions for R&D."
MD Eivind Westrum Aabel at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Prediction of arrhythmic risk in patients with mitral annular disjunction” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand. med. Alexander Nilsskog Fraser at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty in the operative treatment of displaced proximal humeral fractures” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Dr Bonnie Evans is a Senior Research Fellow at Queen Mary University of London, and author of The Metamorphosis of Autism (Manchester University Press). She has a PhD from the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University, and has held a research fellowship at King’s College, London's Centre for Medical Humanities. She has lectured in the international history of child sciences, psychology and eugenics. In addition to her academic work, she writes for popular publications such as Aeon Magazine, and has appeared on BBC television.
Employees at the University of Oslo (UiO) and Oslo University Hospital (OUS), who will relocate to the Life Sciences Building when it is completed in 2027, are invited to the seminar "How do we live together?"
Open lectures by this year's Abel Prize winner Luis Caffarelli and three other specially invited matematicians.
MD Kristian Berge at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Diagnostic and prognostic assessment in patients with acute heart failure and acute dyspnea” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).