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News in our group (16.05.2013)
Mercy Njeru
CIH publication one of 10 best resources on mixed methods research (12.04.2013)
Mercy Njeru’s paper on HIV testing has been selected as one of the top ten resources on mixed methods research in health systems.
Tone Bjørge is professor at Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care
Metabolic risk factors and cancer (05.04.2013)
High serum levels of cholesterol reduce the risk of cancer overall, especially among women.
Upgrade of the preclinical MRI system (05.04.2013)
MIC is happy to report that the upgrade of the preclinical MRI system is now complete and the system has passed all the acceptance tests.
Uptake of social security benefits is higher among childhood cancer survivors (02.04.2013)
A new study from IGS shows that survivors of cancer in young ages (<25 years) receive social security benefits four times more often than the cancer-free population.
Research seminars spring 2013 (22.03.2013)
The seminars are an opportunity for students to present their research project.
Social Pharmacy in International Innovation (14.03.2013)
Social Pharmacy research from Bergen is presented in the March edition of International Innovation, a publication which disseminate international research work to government bodies and potential sponsors, as well as other research institutions.
PhD Comics: Jorge Cham (07.03.2013)
Professor Alderborn received thanks from Professor Haavik, Head of Centre for...
Knowledge of pharmaceutics makes pharmacists unique (08.02.2013)
In his lecture «Compaction of granular solids and implications for the formulation and manufacturing of tablets” Professor Göran Alderborn elaborated how knowledge of particle properties and technical processes in production of pharmaceuticals is important for how the medicines work therapeutically. Knowledge which is crucial in the education of pharmacists and make them an important and... Read more
Live Imaging and Super-resolution Microscopy Course (03.01.2013)
The NorMIC Oslo node consisting of the IMBV (IBV) Imaging facility and OUS Confocal Core Facility will arrange a two-day practical user course in live cell imaging and super-resolution microscopy. The course is primarily for participants that already have started to use imaging and need live cell imaging in their work. There will be given theoretical lectures on confocal, super-resolution and... Read more
Dr. Tove Ragna Reksten with mascot Lars Vegard, happy with her recently...
Dissertation - Tove Ragna Reksten (23.12.2012)
We are proud to announce that Tove Ragna Reksten is the first pharmacist with a degree from the University of Bergen to become a philosophiae doctor (PhD). This historic event occured on 21st of December, less than ten years after the first students enrolled at Centre for Pharmacy.
New Book: Computational and Statistical Methods for Protein Quantification by Mass Spectrometry (15.12.2012)
A new text book about quantitative proteomics by researches at the University of Bergen and Ghent University, Belgium.
Prepregnancy maternal overweight increases the risk of both early and late preterm delivery. (04.12.2012)
In an article in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, co-authored by Dr. Morken, it is shown that pre-pregnancy body mass index is an important determinant of preterm delivery risk, independent of sociodemographic, health, and lifestyle variables.
One child mothers with pre-eclampsia at higher risk of heart problems (28.11.2012)
In a article published in British Medical Journal Professor Skjærven and his team shows that one child mothers with pre-eclampsia are at higher risk of developing heart problems.
Norwegian Proteomics Society meeting March 4-5 (14.11.2012)
8th National Proteomics Meeting in Oslo.
National Pharmacy Conference 2012 (12.11.2012)
Quite a few of us travelled to Oslo to take part in the National Pharmacy Conference, which is the largest conference in Norway for the pharmaceutical profession. Our students impressed several of the 600 participants visiting the conference.
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NOK 2 billion to new Centres of Excellence (12.11.2012)
The Research Council of Norway has granted 13 research groups status as Norwegian Centres of Excellence (SFF centres), among them the CIH based Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Child health.
Research presentations from 2012 (25.10.2012)
Researchers from all three clinical departments (Clinical Medicine, Medicine and Surgical sciences) and The Gade institute are hereby invited to present their work to fellow researchers and the general audience. If you have presented a poster or had an oral presentation at a scientific meeting or a conference in 2012, or will be having one later in 2012, you are welcome to submit your work. It is... Read more

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