In order to stimulate excellent research and draw attention to the hospital's research activity, Oslo University Hospital rewards outstanding publications twice a year. Six research groups were awarded for their excellent papers published the first half-year of 2025 during a ceremony on December 3rd. Each group received NOK 50.000 earmarked for further research, and the prize winners gave short presentations of their findings.

The awards for outstanding research articles are distributed twice a year based on more than 2,400 scientific articles published annually by OUS. The division's research committees nominate the articles and an external committee evaluates and finally selects the six worthy winners.

Dr. Sigrid Skånland from the Department of Cancer Immunology at the Institute for Cancer Research received Dr. Ragnar Mørk´s Prize for Excellent Cancer Research 2025.

She won the prize for her ground-breaking research on haematological cancers, especially for her studies on precision medicine in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, CLL.

The prize ceremony took place on Friday 21st November in the Auditorium of the New Radium Hospital, L1.

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From Oslo University Hospital, in Norwegian:
OUS Innsikt – ny forskning, innovasjon og behandling - channel for science communication
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From centres of excellence (UiO/OUS):
CanCell - Centre for Cancer Cell Reprogramming 
Cresco - Centre for Embryology and Healthy Development 
PRIMA - Precision Immunotherapy Alliance - Norwegian version
Hybrid Technology Hub - Centre for Organ on a Chip-Technology

A total of just under NOK 183 million is now being distributed among 24 researchers, 13 of whom are affiliated to Oslo University Hospital. They were selected after independent international experts had assessed a total of 146 applications.
After the all-time fundraising record in the Pink Ribbon Campaign, more researchers than ever are receiving millions in support for vital work against breast cancer.  "Thanks to all the contributions from private individuals and businesses, from the hundreds of thousands who bought and wore the pink ribbon last year, we can now distribute a total of 47 million kroner to six outstanding breast cancer researchers", says Secretary General of the Norwegian Cancer Society, Ingrid Stenstadvold Ross.

Sigrid S. Skånland, researcher at the Institute for Cancer Research, recently published the photo book “Mennesker med kreft = People with cancer”. The book portrays 50 people with cancer and includes short quotes from each participant, both in Norwegian and English. Skånland got the idea to do the photo project after being awarded the price “Researcher of the year” in 2023. The price money (100,000 NOK) was financed by Radiumhospitalets legater and had to be spent on cancer-related activity.

“I noticed that the stereotype of cancer patients presented to us by the media does not reflect the reality. I wanted to see and show what real people with cancer are like,” Skånland says.

A Norwegian research team led by Professor Johanne Olweus has developed a new and groundbreaking method that offers the possibility of treating several aggressive forms of cancer. In an article published in Nature Immunology they propose that TCR-T cells targeting CTNNB1-S37F can serve as a basis for solid cancer immunotherapy.
The results have attracted international attention, and the research was recently featured in a major article in Norway's largest newspaper VG, entitled "Norwegian cancer study: –⁠ This is definitely a breakthrough".