Faculty of Medicine, UiO
Disputations
Upcoming and previous disputations at the Faculty of Medicine. The disputations and trial lecture will be published approximately two weeks before the disputations. Disputations from the Faculty of Medicine on Twitter
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M.Sc. Kristine Røren Nordén at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Cardiorespiratory fitness in patients with inflammatory joint disease: Associations, validity of assessment and effects of an exercise intervention” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
M.Sc. in Molecular Biology Chiara Fantinato at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Implications of background and environmental DNA on activity level evaluation of DNA traces collected at the crime scene” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Jostein Gleditsch at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Short- and long-term consequences of acute pulmonary embolism: The role of imaging” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
M.Sc Mona Marie Guterud at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Assessment of paramedics’ competence and standardized communication in suspected stroke” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Kim Kristoffer Dysthe at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Clinical and technological early intervention strategies for symptoms of depression in adolescents” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Kjersti Benedicte Blom at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Viral infections in Norwegian kidney transplant recipients: Impact of COVID-19 and CMV” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
M.Sc. in Clinical Nutrition Siri Kaldenbach at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Energy drink consumption in Norwegian adolescents between 2015 and 2022” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
M.Sc. in Immunology Thea Parsberg Støle at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Understanding the molecular network downstream of syndecan-4 in the heart” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
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MBBS (MD), M.Sc. in Clinical Genetics Lokuliyanage Dona Samudita Senaratne at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Genetic and molecular characterization of novel ciliopathies” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Sara Sofie Viksmoen Watle at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Protecting teenagers in Norway against invasive meningococcal disease - Evaluating the need for implementing meningococcal ACWY vaccine in the national immunisation programme” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MD Heidi Elisabeth Storebø Fjeldstad at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Predelivery circulating fetal microchimerism: Placental function and fetal-maternal crosstalk” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Brit Solvor Lyse Riska at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Hip fracture risk and mortality: The impact of anti-osteoporosis drug use and comorbidity” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Thuy-Tien Maria Huynh at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Associations between biomarkers, late effects in head and neck cancer survivors and radiation dose distribution” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
M.Sc. Nicholas James Hagger-Vaughan at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Mechanisms and modulation of plateau potentials in the neocortex and hippocampus” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
M.Sc. Dena Treider Alavi at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Body composition in colorectal cancer patients - Validation of methods, new approaches using artificial intelligence, and the effect of a one-year dietary intervention” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Ronald Ssenyonga, M.Sc., at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Improving the ability of Ugandan adolescents to think critically about health: A digital educational intervention to equip Ugandan adolescents with skills to assess claims about benefits and harms of health interventions and make informed health choices” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Doctoral candidate Ping-Han Hsieh at the Department of Informatics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Developing Computational Methods to Improve Gene Regulatory Network Inference for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.
MSc Anna Christina Garvert at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Space, time and objects in the retrosplenial cortex” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
PhD candidate Ieva Rauluševičiūtė at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'Computational Approaches to Exploring Transcription Factor-DNA Interactions: From Resource Development to Co-binding Prediction' for the degree of PhD.
Cand.med. Kristin Stensland Torgersen at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Personality, depression and cardiovascular risk - shared genetic susceptibility and prognosis of coronary heart disease” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Anine Nordstrøm at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Injuries in junior and senior ice hockey: burden and potential risk factors” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Mphil Christine Holst at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Digitally enabled health education to increase health knowledge in rural Tanzania - development and implementation, user perspectives and knowledge retention” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Master i klinisk sykepleie Camilla R. Tøvik Jørgensen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Short- and long-term outcomes after distal deep vein thrombosis and superficial vein thrombosis in the lower extremities - findings from the TROLL registry” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
M.Sc. Brian Christopher Gilmour at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “β2, or not β2: that is the question. Expanding the SH2D2A-interactome to adhesion & β-integrins using a combined bioinformatic & wet-lab approach” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Umair Majid at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Macrophage Dynamics in the Human Colon: Implications in Health and Cancer” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).