News archive for Faculty of Medicine

IGS General Assembly 20 January 2021 – 2020: what a year (21.01.2021)

The year of the pandemic! The year of the MOVE! 20.1.2021 Guri Rørtveit, Head of the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (IGS) held a General Assembly where she wrapped up the highlights of 2020.

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Sunbathing after menopause may be harmful (21.01.2021)

UV-radiation can affect hormone levels of postmenopausal women negatively and this may contribute to several health issues.

A historical moment: the first UiB – Hawassa University joint PhD degree defended (20.01.2021)

Hawassa University in Ethiopia and the Centre for International Health (CIH) at the University of Bergen (UiB) have had a long-lasting, productive scientific co-operation in Global Health. In 2015, the two universities developed a joint PhD degree programme.

BCEPS professor Kjell Arne Johansson receives NOK 12 million in new funding (20.01.2021)

The Research Council of Norway has awarded NOK 12 million to a 5-year project on "Equity and financial household impact in randomised controlled trials, implementation research and cohort studies in India" (EQUIFINANCE).

BCEPS student researchers secure funding for a Net Zero Healthcare Coalition (15.01.2021)

Congratulations to BCEPS PhD fellow Anand Bhopal and research track students Emily McLean and Sara Soraya Eriksen on receiving project funding from the Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation (CET).

Riboswitches as drug targets for antibiotics (05.01.2021)

Researchers at the Department of Biomedicine focus on large RNA structures in bacteria as a target for new antibiotics. Read the latest review article on riboswitches.

The Nordic universities have launched new monthly global health webinar series (05.01.2021)

The various Nordic universities involved in Global Health will take turns hosting and talking - check out the programme!