News archive for Faculty of Medicine

Fair priority setting is compatible with the right to health (27.04.2017)

GHP Professor Ole Frithjof Norheim is co-author on a new Lancet article discussing fair priority setting and the human right to health in relation to universal health coverage.

Award to CCBIO PhD candidate Emilia Hugdahl (26.04.2017)

Congratulations to Emilia Hugdahl for the YDF-award from the Norwegian Society of Dermatology and Venereology!

Collage of photos from the CCBIO Annual Symposium 2017, lots of people in different settings.

CCBIO's 5th Annual Symposium (2017) (26.04.2017)

The Centre for Cancer Biomarkers CCBIO met for the 5th time at their Annual Symposium at Solstrand 19-20 April. "We wish to motivate, especially the younger researchers, to perform excellent cancer research," says Center Director Lars A. Akslen.

Does prolonged malaria treatment save lives? (24.04.2017)

A new GLOBVAC project will examine whether it is safe and effective to routinely provide antimalarial drugs during the first three months after discharge from hospital.

Trial lecture: Pugazendhi Murugan Erusappan (21.04.2017)

Disputation: Pugazendhi Murugan Erusappan (21.04.2017)

PhD-candidate Pugazendhi Murugan Erusappan will defend his thesis: “Molecular Aspects of Integrin α11 Function”

COSMOS implementation (20.04.2017)

COSMOS provides new opportunities to improve nursing home patients' quality of life.

Ultradian Hormone Diagnostics

Ultradian film (19.04.2017)

We propose to transform current endocrine diagnostics from time-consuming single-analyte and complex function tests to dynamic endocrine diagnostics which can be performed at a “one stop clinic” appointment.

SEFAS annual report 2016 (18.04.2017)

Read about our research, education and dissemination.

Award to PhD Candidate Melanie Ostermann (04.04.2017)

Melanie Ostermann has received an award for her presentation at the International Conference of Nanoparticles.

New MOOC in Medical Peace Work (03.04.2017)

CIH, IGS and UiB are launching a new interactive Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in Medical Peace Work.

GLOBVAC 2017 Poster Prizes (03.04.2017)

There were around 80 poster contributions at the 2017 GLOBVAC Conference held 13-15 March.

Ensuring Healthy Lives for All (03.04.2017)

Over 300 participants from more than 30 countries attended the 10th GLOBVAC conference held this year in Trondheim.