News archive for Faculty of Medicine

Portrait of Robert Langer with a background of a nanotechnology illustration.

Falch Lecture by world-leading medical innovation expert Robert S. Langer (29.10.2021)

November 9, Professor Robert S. Langer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will present the Falch Lecture at a live streaming from MIT in Store Auditorium entitled "Creating and implementing breakthrough technologies in biotechnology and nanotechnology". Dr. Langer has been called "The Edison of Medicine", and he has an exceptional track record in science and innovation.

Bjørn Tore Gjertsen – a true translationist (26.10.2021)

On October 20, CCBIO hosted a Celebration Seminar to celebrate the awarding of the King Olav V’s Prize for Cancer Research 2021 to Professor Bjørn Tore Gjertsen. Leaders from the university and the hospital as well as close colleagues gave highly praising speeches and scientific talks.

Center for research on heart disease in women on twitter (26.10.2021)

Mother’s occupational exposure to cleaning products and disinfectants could cause asthma in future children (25.10.2021)

Mother’s exposure to cleaning agents and disinfectants in her job may have negative consequences for her future children, a study from the University of Bergen (UiB) shows.

New centre on brain-research to open in Bergen (08.10.2021)

The University of Bergen and NTNU have joined forces to establish a new research-centre on the brain. On Wednesday October 13th, the centre will officially open in Bergen.

Global mental health at the 12th European Congress On Tropical Medicine and International Health (07.10.2021)

This year’s ECTMIH congress acknowledged the reality of the slogan “No health without mental health” by having a separate track on global mental health. We do encourage coming congresses to take this further and integrate more critical views and perspectives from users and civil society.

GMHRG are contributing to the 12th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH2021) (06.10.2021)

A joint GMHRG initiative has led to the 7th track on Mental health and health promotion – the first of its kind in the ECTMIH history.

GMHRG are contributing to the Alrek-days 2021 (06.10.2021)

Alrek-days 2021: "Forskning for folk, med folk, til folk»

This is for you if you have epilepsy (03.10.2021)

Request to take part in a needs-based epilepsy follow-up with Haukeland University Hospital, Neurological outpatient clinic and inclusion in the EpiReg epilepsy register

Webinar, Center for research on cardiac disease in women. Contributing to an evidence-based dialogue on women’s careers in academia: Evidence from the life sciences. Monday 25.10.21 at 12:00-13:00 (01.10.2021)

Speaker: Marc Lerchenmueller, Assistant Professor for Technological Innovation and Management Science at the University of Mannheim, Germany, and Research Fellow at the Yale School of Management, USA.

Climate Crisis: The Health Service must take Responsibility (01.10.2021)

In an Editorial in the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association, Anand Bhopal (BCEPS PhD candidate) and Sofie Haugan Shrivastava (Medical Student, University of Bergen) call for a green transformation of the health service.