Winners of The Annual Research Presentations 2021

The week of the 15th Annual Research Presentations arranged by the Research School in Clinical Medicine has finished with great success. The event was held from 27th to the 29th of January, 2021.

PhD Candidates and Postdoctoral Fellows/Scientists affiliated to the UiB/Department of Clinical Medicine (K1) & Clinical Science (K2) at Faculty of Medicine and Helse-Vest participated with projects presented in national or international conferences during 2020. 

Members of the Evaluation Committee were Stian Knappskog (K2), Line Bjørge (K2), Karianne Fjeld (K1), and Ola Myklebost (K2). 

On the first day of the event, 23 projects were presented as a Poster Presentation in three sessions: Diabetes/Obesity/Nutrition, Cardiovascular/Pulmonology/GE, and QoL/Neurologic/Genetic/Basic Science. The second day of the event was held with 13 projects presented as an Oral Presentation in three sessions:  Basic Science/Cellular, Epidemiology/Clinical Trials, and Cancer/Autoimmunity.  

All projects were awarded a Certificate for Successful Participation.

Three projects presented by PhD candidates were awarded "The Best Poster Presentation Award"

• First place winner:  10 000 NOK

Philipp Strauss: "Transcriptomic Characterization of Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients with Progressive Disease Despite Low Initial Risk of Progression"

• Second place winner: 5000 NOK

Martha Haugstøyl: "Pro-inflammatory adipose tissue macrophages are associated with insulin resistance in morbidly obese subjects"

• Third place winner: 3000 NOK

Tonje Bårdsen: "Lung function in extremely preterm born adults over three decades"

Three projects presented by PhD candidates were awarded "The Best Oral Presentation Award"

• First place winner:  10 000 NOK

Karine Eid: "Perinatal Depression and Anxiety in Women with MS: A Population-Based Cohort Study"

• Second place winner: 5000 NOK

Elvira García de Jalón: "Repurposing 18F-FMISO for clinical PET/CT imaging of nitroreductase gene-directed enzyme prodrug therapy"

• Third place winner: 3000 NOK

Vibeke Fosse: "CD24-targeted intraoperative fluorescence image-guided surgery leads to improved cytoreduction of ovarian cancer in a preclinical orthotopic surgical model"

Projects presented by Postdoctoral Researchers/Scientists were nominated for the "Open Class Award"

• Open Class Award: 10 000 NOK

Helga Midtbø: "Fitness is associated with lower inflammatory markers in obesity: The FATCOR study"

Project received the most votes from the audience was awarded "The People’s Choice Award"

• "The People’s Choice Award":

Aishwarya Pavithram: "Functional characterization of HNF1B variants enhance precision medicine in diabetes"

More details about the Award Ceremony are available at the attachment link here.

A list of all participants at the event can be found here.

We are looking forward to seeing all of you and your projects in the 16th Annual Research Presentations by the Research School in Clinical Medicine in January 2022

By Nigar Sofiyeva (PhD Candidate, K2)