2016

M.Sc. Zaidoon AL-Jaderi ved Institutt for medisinske basalfag vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Natural killer cells and dendritic cells in multiple sclerosis - effects of drugs in vitro and in an experimental mouse model.

M.Sc. Cecilie Anne Dahl Hem ved Institutt for medisinske basalfag vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Novel interaction partners for T Cell Specific adaptor protein (TSAd).

M.Sc. Reza Ghiasvand ved Institutt for medisinske basalfag vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Sunscreen use, indoor tanning and risk of melanoma among Norwegian women.

Cand.san. Live Korsvold ved Institutt for medisinske basalfag vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Communication about Emotional Concerns in Real-Time Medical Consultations with Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients at the Time of Cancer Diagnosis.

M.Sc. Kristina Ivanauskiené ved Institutt for medisinske basalfag vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Control of histone variant H3.3 loading on chromatin.

M.Sc. Qiong Fan ved Institutt for medisinske basalfag vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Nutritional regulation of glucose and lipid metabolism in liver LXRs and O-GlcNAc.

Cand.med. Liv Jorunn Mundal ved Institutt for medisinske basalfag vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Mortality and cardiovascular morbidity in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia.

Cand.med. Astrid Nylander Almaas ved Institutt for medisinske basalfag vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Brain development, cognition and growth in 8- year old children born prematurely - Follow-up of a randomized controlled trial with docosahexaenoic acid and arachidonic acid.

M.Sc. Yngvar Nilssen ved Institutt for medisinske basalfag vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): A population‐based study of lung cancer in Norway – the importance of resection rate and factors associated with treatment and survival.

M.Sc. Marianne Skov Markussen ved Institutt for medisinske basalfag vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Dietary patterns in Norwegian woman aged 50-69 years.

M.Sc. Amanda Robin Sudworth ved Institutt for medisinske basalfag vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Development and function of NK subsets in the rat.

M.Sc. Pedro Mateos-Aparicio Moreno ved Institutt for medisinske basalfag vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Cell-type specific functions of calcium- and voltagedependent potassium channels in the entorhinalhippocampal memory system.

Cand.med. Johannes Rolin ved Institutt for medisinske basalfag vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Regulation of Human Innate Immune Cells by Inflammatory Lipids.

M.Sc. Peter Milton Rukundo ved Institutt for medisinske basalfag vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): The Human Right to Adequate Food in the Context of Disaster: The Case of the Major 2010 Landslide in Eastern Uganda.

M.Sc. Ida Henriette Caspersen ved Institutt for medisinske basalfag vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Determinants of early life exposure to dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls and associations with child neurodevelopment.

Cand.med. Martine Eilert-Olsen ved Institutt for medisinske basalfag vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Brain volume regulation: roles of aquaporin-4.

M.Sc. Jannicke Borch Myhre ved Institutt for medisinske basalfag vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Meal types as sources of foods and nutrients in an adult Norwegian population.

M.Sc. Susanne Strohmaier ved Institutt for medisinske basalfag vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Causal aspects in time-to-event analysis involving longitudinal measurments.

Cand.med. Rune Enger ved Institute of Basic Medical Sciences vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): The Neuroimaging Revolution: Shedding Light on Neuron-Glia Interactions in Health and Disease.

Cand.med. Ingvild Maria Tøllefsen ved Institutt for medisinske basalfag vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Suicide Statistics: National Procedures and re-evaluation of 1800 deaths in Scandinavia.

M.Sc. Petter Holland ved Institutt for medisinske basalfag vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Novel proteins involved in lysosomal trafficking and degradation through autophagy.

M.Sc. Humphrey Esmott Misiri ved Institutt for medisinske basalfag vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Estimation of incidence from cross sectional data, risk factors for early sexual debut and cancer trends in a population where HIV is prevalent: the case of Malawi.

M.Sc. Christoph Hönigsperger ved Institutt for medisinske basalfag vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Functions of voltage- and calcium-activated potassium channels in the hippocampus and medial entorhinal cortex.

M.Sc. Richard Siller ved Institutt for medisinske basalfag vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Investigation into in vitro hepatocyte models: Method development and applications.