Jireh Tang is an M.D./Ph.D. Student at the ProCardio Center for Innovation, Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, and Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo. He is also affiliated with the K.G. Jebsen Center for Brain Fluid Research, Department of Neurosurgery, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, where he writes his project thesis in medical school. At the Department of Cardiology, his main research focus is to investigate the prognostic value of valvular regurgitation in patients with recent myocardial infarction. This project is part of Improved Prediction of Clinical Outcome with the Use of Myocardial Strain in Patients with Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure (The IMPROVE Study), which is a large prospective, multicenter and observational study. At the Department of Neurosurgery, Tang is working on a project about mechanosensitive signaling in the central nervous system, where he seeks to obtain a deeper understanding of the consequences and adaptations to an increased intracranial pressure on a cellular and molecular level.

Tang was born in 2002, and grew up at Nordberg in Oslo, Norway. As a young boy, he had a strong academic record and was a dedicated athlete. He played Tennis for several years at Nordberg Tennis Club (NTK), and later Soccer at Lyn Football’s Youth Team. During his time at Lyn Football, the team won several cups and became the Division Champions in 2017. After graduating from high school in June 2021, he enrolled in the M.D. Program at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Oslo in August 2021. As a motivated and ambitious medical student, he quickly developed a strong interest and fascination for both cardiac and neurosurgical research. Consequently, he was admitted to the M.D./Ph.D. Program, also known as the Medical Student Research Program (MSRP), later in August 2023 and thereby joining the ProCardio Center for Innovation as a Clinical Research Fellow. In January 2026, he also joined the K.G. Jebsen Center for Brain Fluid Research to further pursue his interest in the heart-brain axis and write his project thesis in medical school. Under the supervision of world-renowned Professors of Cardiology and Neurosurgery, he aims to conduct groundbreaking research that contributes to optimize treatment strategies for coronary artery disease, cardiac arrhythmias and neurosurgical conditions.