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MSc Ingvild Elise Bjerke at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis Quantifying cellular parameters across the murine brain: New practices for integrating and analysing neuroscience data using 3D brain atlases for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
In the first lecture of STK's new event series Perspectives on Love, Professor Tove Pettersen will consider Simone de Beauvoir’s philosophy of love.
MSc Tanja Louise Ibsen at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis Farm-based day care for people with dementia. The service, the participants and their experiences, for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Master Kondwani Kajera Mughogho at CEMO will defend the dissertation Subscale Score Estimation Methods in International Large-Scale Assessment. What is the subscale estimation method of Choice? for the degree of Ph.D.
MD Alexandra Hott at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Patellofemoral pain. Treatment, outcome measures and prognostic factors for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand. Med Kirsti Aas at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Prostate Cancer without Distant Metastases Treatment and Mortality in Norway 2001-2016 for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Tone Bruun at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis Rotavirus infection and vaccination in Norway – epidemiological studies of infection and intussusception events before and after vaccine introduction for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MSc Kristine Risum at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Physical activity and physical fitness in juvenile idiopathic arthritis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. ?yvind Senstad Andersen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Left ventricular diastolic function and filling pressure: Mechanistic insights and pressure estimation for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MD Adriani Kanellopoulos at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Late effects and health-related quality of life in very long-term survivors of childhood leukemia and lymphoma - A cross-sectional study for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor
Cand.med. Einar Stensvold at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Paediatric and adolescent medulloblastoma and CNS-PNET in Norway 1974 – 2013: Survival, regional differences, and late effects” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.psych. Emilie Isager Howe at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Return to work after traumatic brain injury: A randomised controlled trial, long-term employment probability and predictors of employment status for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Erik Prestgaard at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Long-term risk factors for stroke in healthy men for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Thomas Pradeu is CNRS Senior Investigator in Philosophy of Science embedded in a biology lab, ImmunoConcept (CNRS & Univ. Bordeaux, France), Co-PI of the Conceptual Biology & Medicine Team, Coordinator of the PhilInBioMed international network, & was PI of the ERC-funded IDEM project (2015-2020). His research is in philosophy of biology, with a focus on biological individuality, immunology, cancer, and the microbiota. His book, The Limits of the Self: Immunology and Biological Identity (OUP, 2012), received the Lakatos Award.
Ma?l Lemoine is Full Professor in Philosophy of Medical Sciences, Univ. of Bordeaux, France, embedded in a biology lab, ImmunoConcept (CNRS & Univ. Bordeaux, France), Co-PI of the Conceptual Biology & Medicine Team. He is a philosopher of medicine, with a focus on the definition of health and disease, ageing, cancer, and precision medicine.
Shenzhen was declared China’s first special economic zone 40 years ago. Which path does the city take? What is its role as a development model today?
MD Marius Dalby at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Reflections from a randomized clinical trial of late in-the-bag intraocular lens dislocation surgery: Long-term clinical outcomes and a health economic evaluation” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MD Ayodeji Awoyemi at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Microbial translocation and cardiovascular disease states. Emphasis on chronic heart failure, diabetes and the metabolic syndrome for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MSc Anita Grongstad at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Sarcoidosis; fatigue and exercise” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Beate Benestad at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Cardiometabolic risk, health related quality of life, and effect of treatment in children and adolescents with severe obesity for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MNSc Marte-Marie Wallander Karlsen at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Communication and interaction between conscious and alert critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation and healthcare providers in intensive care units: An in-depth study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med Bart Maria Gilbert Baekelandt at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Survival and patient reported outcome in surgically managed pancreatic and periampullary tumours” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Anders Wold Bjerring at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “The early development of the Athlete's heart” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Jan Egil Brattgjerd at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Biomechanics of locking plates in femoral neck fixation for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MD Kirsten Brunsvig Jarvis at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Common Genetic Variation and Thromboembolism in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Steven Orzack is visiting the Science Studies Colloquium Series. Orzack has a B.A. in Biology from The University of Rochester and a Ph.D. in Biology from Harvard University. He is President and Senior Research Scientist at Fresh Pond Research Institute, a non-profit scientific research institute researching pure and applied topics relating to the evolution of insects, demography, population dynamics and ecology, population genetics and evolution, the statistics of sampling for Census 2000, the dynamics of atmospheric gases, and human genetics.
The seminar is open for everyone!