Ceremony on December 3rd Oslo University Hospital has awarded 6 excellent articles for the first half-year of 2025
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.
- This half-year's outstanding articles show how research at Oslo University Hospital combines a societal perspective, clinical studies and basic biology. We see new knowledge about social differences in child mortality, a Norwegian-developed combination treatment for myeloma that is already influencing European guidelines, and a previously unknown mechanism that drives autoimmunity. In addition, bacteria's defense against antibiotics is revealed, factors that promote long-term recovery in psychosis, and genetic findings that provide deeper insight into bipolar disorders. These works illustrate how research can provide better treatment, prevent disease and strengthen health literacy, says Marit Lieng, Director of Research and Education, who distributed the awards.
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.
The winning articles must have achieved international impact or have distinguished themselves in other ways. It is also required that the articles are of particularly high quality and communicate important discoveries.
Front row from left: Pål Andre Holme, Gina Åsbø, Krister Vikedal and Rasmus Iversen
Back row: Ketil Størdal, Kevin O’Connell and Julie Heggelund.
(photo: Lillian Kramer Johansen)
News article in Norwegian including popular science summaries of the findings and the committee's statements:
Priser til fremragende forskningsartikler publisert våren 2025 (oslo-universitetssykehus.no)
Equal winners - outstanding original articles published in the first half of 2025:
Award ceremony December 3rd at 3:30-4:00 PM, Red Auditorium, Rikshospitalet
Ketil Størdal et al.
Article: Child and adolescent deaths by socioeconomic status in a high-income country: a cohort study
Authors: Ketil Størdal, Aurora Christensen, Lars C. Stene, Marianne Sørlie Strøm
Journal: BMJ Open, 2025; 15 (6): e099603
Link/DOI: doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-099603 PMID: 40527559
Frida Bugge Askeland et al.
Article: Isatuximab, bortezomib, lenalidomide, and limited dexamethasone in patients with transplant-ineligible multiple myeloma (REST): a multicentre, single-arm, phase 2 trial
Authors: Frida Bugge Askeland, Einar Haukås, Tobias S.S. Slørdahl, Anja Klostergaard Tatjana Alexandersen, Liv Olsnes, Anna Lysén, Pegah Abdollahi, Lene K. Nielsen, Emil Hermansen, Fredrik Schjesvold
Journal: The Lancet Haematology, 2025; 12 (2): e120-e127
Link/DOI: doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3026(24)00347-8 PMID: 39909655
Rasmus Iversen og Julie E. Heggelund et al.
Article: Enzyme-activating B-cell receptors boost antigen presentation to pathogenic T cells in glutensensitive autoimmunity
Authors: Rasmus Iversen, Julie E. Heggelund, Saykat Das, Lene S. Høydahl, Ludvig M. Sollid
Journal: Nature Communications, 2025;16: 2387
Link/DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57564-5 PMID: 40064932
Krister Vikedal et al.
Article: RecN and RecA orchestrate an ordered DNA supercompaction response following ciprofloxacin-induced DNA damage in Escherichia coli
Authors: Krister Vikedal, Synnøve B. Ræder, Ida M.M. Riisnæs, Magnar Bjørås, James A. Booth, Kirsten Skarstad, Emily Helgesen
Journal: Nucleic Acids Research, 2025; 53 (10): gkaf437
Link/DOI: doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaf437 PMID: 40433982
Gina Åsbø et al.
Article: “Why shouldn’t I expect a lot from life?” – a qualitative study of what facilitates longterm recovery in firstepisode psychosis
Authors: Gina Åsbø, Hanne Haavind, Sindre H. Kruse, Kristin Fjelnseth Wold, Wenche ten Velden Hegelstad, Kristin Lie Romm, Mike Slade, Torill Ueland, Ingrid Melle, Carmen Simonsen
Journal: BMC Psychiatry, 2025; 25:423
Link/DOI: doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-06681-y PMID: 40295990
Kevin S. O’Connell et al.
Article: Genomics yields biological and phenotypic insights into bipolar disorder
Authors fra OUS: Kevin S. O’Connell, Elise Koch, Nadine Parker, Sigrid Børte, Srdjan Djurovic, Oleksandr Frei, Alexey Shadrin, Olav B. Smeland, Markos Tesfaye, Martin Tesli, Bendik S. Winsvold, Ingrid Melle, John-Anker Zwart, Ole A. Andreassen, Bipolar Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, et al.
Journal: Nature, 2025; 639: 968–974
Link/DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08468-9 PMID: 39843750