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Tuesday series: Let's talk about microbiomes – Dag Berild.
Cand.med Fjola D?gg Hugberg Sigurdardottir at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Common sleep disorders and cardiovascular biomarkers in the general population” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Harvard Professor David Ludwig will talk about the Carbohydrate-Insulin Model of Obesity. In the panel: Professor J?ran Hjelmes?th and Associate professor Frode A. Norheim.
Mphil, MBBS, MSc Mai Mahgoub Ziyada at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Access to female genital cutting specialized services in Norway” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Henrik Holvin Jacobsen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Extravascular Molecular Transport in the Human Visual Pathway” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
The environment is having a massive impact on music, changing what music is and how it comes to be, not just what it is about or how it sounds. In this lecture, Dr. Kyle Devine, professor of musicology at UiO, presents the nuances in this Great Recomposition, and the importance of overriding our defaults.
Master of Public Health Misra Abdulahi Ahmed at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Effectiveness of a Community-Based Breastfeeding Intervention in Ethiopia: a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MSc Kangxuan Jin at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “N6-methyladenosine (m6A) regulates signaling pathways during early embryo development” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Master of Nursing Kari S?rensen at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Just a little needle stick. Pain and fear related to long-term needle injections in children with rheumatic diseases: An exploratory study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Master Jo Inge Johansen Fr?ytlog at the Department of Education will defend the dissertation "Participation in classroom dialogues mediated by microblogging technology: Multidimensional investigations" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).
Master Hanne Hennig Havdal at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Social inequalities and the neighbourhood’s role in shaping adolescents’ dietary and physical activity behaviours” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med St?le Bergman Myhrvold at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Outcomes, physical performance, and complications following treatment of acute Achilles? tendon ruptures” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
How can academic discoveries be advanced to a commercial setting more efficiently? How can the university – industry bridge be strengthened and how can investors engage to advance the growing portfolio of investment opportunities emerging from the Nordic SPARK initiative?
Desmond McNeill, political economist, is Professor emeritus and the former director of Senter for Utvikling og Milj? (SUM) at UiO. His main academic interests are governance, sustainable development, research and policy, and interdisciplinarity.
Cand.Psychol. Tor Gunnar V?rnes at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Anomalous self-experiences in subjects with increased risk of developing psychosis” for the degree of Dr. Philos. (Doctor Philosophiae).
Tuesday series: Let's talk about microbiomes – Nicola Segata. Video from World of Microbiome Conference 2022.
Welcome to this seminar on China's role in Africa and Latin America.
Master Sandre Lirhus at Institute for Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Inflammatory bowel disease and health registry data - Estimates of incidence, prevalence and regional treatment variation” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MD Alessia Quattrone at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Risk stratification in adults operated for tetralogy of Fallot” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MD, MPH Fei-Chih Liu at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Ultraviolet exposure and night shift work in relation to risk of skin, breast and prostate cancer in offshore petroleum workers” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med Felix Haidl at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Labor epidural analgesia: the role of adrenaline” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MA Selma ?verland Lie at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “History of bullying, abuse, and other stressful life events in individuals with eating disorders” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Thea Vigen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Carotid atherosclerosis; Prevalence and relation with blood pressure and intracerebral blood flow velocities” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
SPARK Norway Educational Forum are monthly open meetings organized by UiO:Life Science and SPARK Norway partners.
?ystein Linnebo is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oslo. His main research interests are in the philosophies of logic and mathematics, metaphysics and the philosophy of science. He is particularly interested in questions concerning ontology, individuation, essence, reference (especially to abstract objects), necessity and of necessary truths. He has recently published two books, Philosophy of Mathematics (Princeton University Press, 2017) and Thin Objects: An Abstractionist Account (Oxford University Press, 2018).