News archive for Faculty of Medicine

Professor and Director of the Centre for International Health, Bente Elisabeth Moen, and Arvid Hallén, Director General of the Research Council of Norway (RCN), both express deep concerns about the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation’s (NORAD’s) recent recommendation of cuts to the Global Health and Vaccination Research Programme’s funding (GLOBVAC).

The Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg highlighted James Lorens and his company BerGenBio in her New Year's Address as an example of excellent cancer research and source of inspiration

André Sulen defended 09.12.16 his PhD dissertation "Leukocyte p38 and p53 proteins after environmental exposure; variation, associations and applicability" at the University of Bergen.

Close to a billion NOK is distributed through Fripro funding this year, among other to young researchers and as mobility grants. Cancer researcher and CCBIO postdoc Agnete Engelsen at the Department of Biomedicine is one of the supported young talents.

In this study we found that more than 70% of students were satisfied with the introductory week and the opportunity it provided for getting to know other students.

Menopausal women appear to experience a decline in lung function, comparable to smoking 20 cigarettes a day for 10 years.

For the first time the potential of small fish to reach the sustainable development goals was discussed across disciplines, with a case focus on Ghana.