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CIH PhD November 2015: Peter Hangoma (30.11.2015)
November 2015: Peter Hangoma
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Hip fractures are disasters of ageing! (28.11.2015)
Mid-term evaluation of Ole Martin Steihaug
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Can Predict the Effect of Lithium In Bipolar Patients (27.11.2015)
By looking at brain cells of patient with bipolar disorder, it is possible to predict if lithium treatment will be effective. This finding were recently published in Nature.
Centre for International Health (CIH) Research School
Getting the Message Across (26.11.2015)
Ten PhD candidates and three professors from the Centre for International Health (CIH) Research School are attending a seminar on how to make a good scientific poster.
New article: Body mass index influence interferon-beta treatment response in multiple sclerosis. (24.11.2015)
Silje Kvistad and co-authors associated with Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Centre for MS Research and The Norwegian Multiple Sclerosis Competence Centre have recently published an article on obseity and interferon-beta treatment in MS in Journal of Neuroimmunology.
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International Epilepsy congress in Istanbul (17.11.2015)
Several scientists from Bergen Epilepsy Research Group (BERG) presented their research projects at the 31st International Epilepsy Congress in Istanbul.
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Paternity change does not increase abruption risk (13.11.2015)
A Registry-based research group at the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (IGS) has published results from a large, population-based prospective cohort study on placental abruption.
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Ethical judgement in research - new book pubslihed (12.11.2015)
How, and in what specific ways, can research institutions provide opportunities for their scientific employees to exercise well-qualified, ethical judgement in their research? Kristine Bærøe discusses this question in a recently published anthology on ethical judgment in research.
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Reablement in community-dwelling older adults: A randomised controlled trial (08.11.2015)
In this first randomised controlled trial on reablement conducted in Europe, reablement was shown to be a superior intervention than usual care.
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George Ruhago successfully defended his PhD (06.11.2015)
Research group member George Ruhago successfully defended his PhD thesis "Economic evaluation and equity impact analysis of interventions or maternal and child health in Tanzania" on Friday 6yh of November.
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Cerebral palsy runs in families (03.11.2015)
People born into families in which someone already has cerebral palsy are themselves at elevated risk, depending on their degree of relatedness.
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Trial lecture- Kristoffer Evebø Sand, 06.11.2015 (02.11.2015)
From left: Herlof Nilssen, Managing Director at Helse Vest, James Lorens, Helga Salvesen og Baard-Christian Schem, Senior Advisor at Helse Vest.
Helse Vest awards to CCBIO researchers (30.10.2015)
Helse Vest's Research Prize was this year awarded to the Gynaecologic Research Group led by CCBIO PI Helga B. Salvesen. The Innovation Award went to James Lorens at BerGenBio and UiB, also CCBIO PI.
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New Horizon 2020 “European Training Network” at the Department of Biomedicine (30.10.2015)
How is visual information processed in the retina? Over the next three years, this questions will define the projects for 15 PhD candidates in the EU network SwitchBoard.
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How to scale-up neuropsychiatric interventions in Ethiopia (28.10.2015)
A contextualized cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) of neuropsychiatric interventions in Ethiopia could advise authorities to prioritize between treatments. Epilepsy treatment is most cost-effective, while treatment for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder avert fewer DALYs.
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How to deal with hip osteoarthritis? (28.10.2015)
Research and course collaboration between Physiotherapy Research Group at IGS and Orthopedic Department at Haukeland University Hospital (HUH).
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Parental age and risk of cleft lip (28.10.2015)
When both parents are old, the risk of cleft palate in the offspring is increased, but not if only one parent is older than 31 years (mothers) or 34 years (fathers).
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IGS partner in new national research school (27.10.2015)
The research school for health and care in the municipal health services will be coordinated by the University of Oslo, and IGS will be a collaborating partner represented by Berit Rokne and Eva Gjengedal.

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