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Association between maternal preeclampsia and congenital heart defect in the offspring. (27.10.2015)
The prevalence of severe congenital heart defects is increased among newborns of mothers who experienced preeclampsia during pregnancy, especially if the preeclampsia was early onset.
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Health Priorities of the Future (27.10.2015)
Perhaps we should issue a time frame on the public health bureaucracy, says CCBIO Director Lars A. Akslen, when considering the time it takes new drugs to be accepted to Norway.
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What are the health effects of migration? (27.10.2015)
Esperanza Diaz was the principal investigator of a research team that evaluated the impact of factors such as length of stay, immigrant group and other sociodemographic variables on immigrant health.
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Sign up for 'Research presentations from 2015' (26.10.2015)
Researchers K1, K2 and Helse-Bergen are hereby invited to present their work to fellow researchers and the general audience
IGSIN course participants at Mount Ulriken
The First Course in the MiND H2020 Research Training Network Completed (26.10.2015)
From September 28-October 9th 2015, KGJN hosted the first research training course in the new H2020-funded project “MiND" on ADHD and autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
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2nd Brigding Nordic Imaging symposium (23.10.2015)
A network seminar series to promote collaboration between Nordic countries in biological and medical imaging. 2nd seminar in Gotheburg, Sweden, 14th-15th of April 2016.
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CANCER – individual studies to a global overview (22.10.2015)
Cancer was the second leading cause of death after cardiovascular disease globally in 2013. Over the past few months, researchers from different research groups at the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (IGS) have been involved in a number of individual studies and one important global review.
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Research Council of Norway visits GLOBVAC in Ethiopia (19.10.2015)
The Research Council of Norway (RCN) visited Ethiopia, one of its prioritized focus countries for Norwegian development cooperation, to see 6 of its Programme for Global Health and Vaccination Research (GLOBVAC) projects first-hand.
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Early Supported Discharge after Stroke in Bergen (19.10.2015)
Håkon Hofstad defended his PhD thesis 2. november 2015 at the University of Bergen. Title of the thesis: “Early Supported Discharge after stroke in Bergen. Effects on functional outcome and outcome predictors studied in a threearmed randomised controlled trial comparing rehabilitation in a day unit and in the patients`homes with treatment as usual”
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Resource scarcity requires difficult choices in Ethiopia (15.10.2015)
Nine out of ten physicians have regretted their choice of profession due to lack of resources and difficult rationing dilemmas.
Review article. Exploring the potential of public proteomics data (14.10.2015)
Researchers associated with KGJ Centre for MS Research have recently published a review article on the potential of public proteomics data, in Proteomics.
Collage of educational session in auditorium and logos of CCBIO, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Kennedy School.
INTPART-support for CCBIO-Harvard project (12.10.2015)
CCBIO applied for 4,5 million NOK over 3 years and has now been granted INTPART-funding from the Norwegian Research Council (RCN) and the Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education (SIU).
Bjørn Tore Gjertsen teaching in the auditorium.
CCBIOs 5th Junior Scientist Symposium (12.10.2015)
At this semester’s first CCBIO Junior Scientist Symposium September 17th, there was again large interest in participating at the seminar. More than 40 registered for the whole seminar and even more participated at selected presentations.
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Neurodevelopment and mental health of children (09.10.2015)
In early October the Research Group for Global Mental Health at CIH attended the 15th Congress of the International Federation for Psychiatric Epidemiology and hosted one of the symposia.
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A Global First (28.09.2015)
The United Nation’s Global Goals for Sustainable Development (SDG) were officially launched Friday 25 September 2015. Never before have so many peoples and countries agreed about something.
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Ole Frithjof Norheim member of new Lancet commission on NCDs (24.09.2015)
Professor and research group leader Ole Frithjof Norheim is one of 22 commissioners contributing to the new Lancet Commission on Refraiming NCDs and and Injuries for the Poorest Billion.
Elisabeth Wik holding a presentation at a pathology conference in 2015.
CCBIO-researcher excelled in oral presentation at the ESP-Congress in Belgrade (23.09.2015)
Dr. Elisabeth Wik was awarded with 2nd best oral presentation at the European Congress of Pathology which took place in Belgrade, Serbia, September 5-9 2015.
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The cancer cell Greedy Frieda thrilled researchers to-be (22.09.2015)
Excited children and adults crowded the Research Fair when researchers at the Center for Cancer Biomarkers (CCBIO) performed a play about the cancer cell Greedy Frieda.

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