2018

The preparation for the new, major international postdoctoral programme – Scientia Fellows II – has started.  The EU grant provides 250 new person years at the faculty. 

The faculty board has elected Ivar Gladhaug as dean at the Faculty of Medicine for 2019–2022.

During the spring of 2018, Nora Lenkey, Kinga Gawel, Eva Cunha and Malte Bieler, our four new individual Marie-Curie fellows, began their work at the MED Faculty.

Johannes Hov has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant of EUR 1,5 million to further develop his research on the importance of intestinal bacteria as a cause of disease.

Researchers at the new K G Jebsen Centre for B Cell Malignancies will study malignant B-cells which are often found in leukaemia, lymphoma and bone marrow cancer.

Professor Harald Stenmark from the University of Oslo (UiO) is to receive an ERC Advanced Grant for his research on cancer. Two other people in Norway have previously received ERC Advanced Grants on two occasions.

With the new Centre for B cell malignancies, the Faculty now hosts six active K.G. Jebsen Centres.

The Faculty of Medicine has received funding for a new, major international postdoctoral programme – Scientia Fellows II – in which both career development for young and promising researchers and innovation are important cornerstones. Major partners from the health industry are collaborating partners.

Karl-Johan Malmberg, Hua Hu and Tor Erik Rusten are the leaders for the three medical projects receiving funding. Malmberg and the University of Oslo received a visit from the new Minister of Research and Higher Education.

The study programmes will educate future health professionals with the necessary skills to meet future needs. The faculty has met employers and listened to what they want.