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PhD students Shanshan Xu and Robin Mzati Sinsamala, from the Life-GAP project presented their research at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress in Vienna, Austria, in September 2024.
Research groups from across Europe met in Vienna, Austria, to enhance collaboration on key respiratory health projects.
The Aarhus RHINE study centre in Denmark hosted this year's Annual Respiratory Health in Northern Europe (RHINE) meeting on 15-16 April 2024.
In September 2023, the Greenness, Air Pollution and health (GAP) research group presented their latest research at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress in Milan, Italy, focusing on the environmental exposure to air pollution and greenness on health outcomes.
PhD students Shanshan Xu and Robin Mzati Sinsamala, from the Life-GAP project, have participated in the 35th annual European Education Programme in Epidemiology (EEPE), held from 19 June to 14 July, 2023.
"This will have a huge impact on the health and quality of life of millions of people living in low-resource settings", says Prof. Mustafa about the new grant she has received from RCN.
Long-term exposure to air pollution and a lack of access to green spaces increases the risk of hospitalisation for respiratory conditions, according to a study conducted by UiB-researchers.
The Norhed II project “Safeworkers” presents the first course in the Virtual School of Occupational Health, “Chemical Hazards in the Work Environment”, offered through the online learning platform at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Tanzania.
Sexual or gender minorities in Nepal experience mental health issues due to widespread violence and stigmatization. A group of researchers from the University of Bergen (UiB) and Nepal will investigate whether peer counseling can improve mental health and reduce exposure to violence for this group.
Professor in Medicine, Cecilie Svanes, was recently appointed to Honorary doctor at the Faculty of medicine, Uppsala University.
The TREAT CONSORTIUM presented five oral abstracts at the Bold Ideas for Brighter Futures Conference in Stockholm 15-16 May 2024
Congratulations to Lisa Aaslestad at SEFAS and IGS with her completed Master degree - and with the best assessment (A)! Her thesis is called "Bridging Gaps: Wearable sensing-driven assessment of REM sleep behavior disorder in Parkinson’s Disease. Results from the DIGI.PARK study", and in her project, Lisa has looked at sleep behaviour disorders in Parkinson's disease and how the use of wearable... Read more
On May 22nd, the Food4HealthyLife team organised a workshop at Alrek helseklynge in Bergen to learn more about what end users might expect from a healthy eating tool in a mobile phone app.
Kari Klungsøyr received the award for publication of the year on the institute's day on 8 May 2024
On 15/04/2024 Prativa Basnet defends her PhD dissertation titled “Twin Pregnancies: Long-term Maternal Mortality, Birthweight in Subsequent Pregnancy and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Next Generation” at the University of Bergen.
UiB-research sheds light on how CVD is associated with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy – but not for everyone.
Researchers from University of Bergen have investigated the relation between 40-year-old women’s pregnancy history and later risk of dying of cardiovascular diseases.
Yeneabeba Tilahun Sima defends her PhD on February 22nd, 2024, at the University of Bergen with the thesis: "Caesarean Delivery and Women’s Health: Population-Based Studies: Trends, Offspring Birthweight, Fecundability and Maternal Cardiovascular Disease Mortality".
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