Disputations - Page 4

MSc Maria Stadheim Eggebø at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “TCR-T cell therapy targeting shared mutations in solid tumors” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Truls Vikin at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Occurrence and Seizure Outcomes in Childhood- and Youth-Onset Epilepsy: A Population-Based Study Applying Contemporary Classification Framework” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Birgitte Kordt Sundet at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Placental function and dysfunction - Crosstalk with pregnancy outcomes, neutrophil extracellular traps and fetal sex” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Daniel Alfredo Palacios Orellana at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Deciphering NK cell migration: Chemokine receptor profiling and regulation of NK cell migration and function” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Håvard Ravnestad at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: Prognostic factors and survival” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Farid Juya at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Extended-release naltrexone in individuals with opioid use disorder: pain intensity, genetic variation, and treatment outcomes” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Sigve Karlsen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Diagnostic and therapeutic stratification of patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Kristine Stø at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Microbiota in Ischemic Stroke - MIST” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Lene Brattsti Dypås at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “MicroRNAs as biomarkers of ADHD: Can microRNA profiles at birth predict neurodevelopmental disorders?” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Eleni Skourti at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Tumor adaptive responses in chemoresistant breast cancer” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Randi Breivik Øvstebø at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Countertransference in the treatment of patients with personality disorders” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Alexander Anisimov at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Optimizing transcriptional regulation and cellular homeostasis to slow brain and organismal ageing” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Kristin Andersen Bakke at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Interactions between neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) and somatic conditions The importance of using complementary perspectives to diagnose, understand and provide health care to individuals with NDDs and comorbid somatic conditions Examples from ADHD in diabetes, and epilepsy and inadequate sleep in Angelman syndrome” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Victoria Becker at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Cardiac function in Atlantic salmon: Impacts of cardiac morphology and piscine myocarditis virus” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Tøri Vigeland Lerum at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and its pulmonary aftermath” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Kjersti Lia at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Older patients with Hodgkin lymphoma – insights from a national population-based cohort study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Marte Meyer Walle-Hansen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Blood pressure and Brain Health in the Akershus Cardiac Examination 1950 Study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Omer Ali at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Development of Computational Tools for Understanding Genome Regulation Through Multi-Omics Data Integration” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Krister Vikedal at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “DNA Supercompaction: A Novel Orchestrated Response to Severe DNA Damage in Bacteria” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Jakob Vangen Nordbø at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Physical activity after total hip arthroplasty” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Sigrid Cecilie Tinglum Skøyeneie at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Hospital at Home following Allogeneic Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. A qualitative study of patients’ and family caregivers’ experiences of an innovative health care model within the specialist health care service in Norway” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Nina Faksvåg Caspersen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Exploring Lung Health in Metabolic Disease - the Impact of Obesity on Lung Function, Respiratory Symptoms and Diagnostic Precision in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Stine Rognstad at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Application of serum drug measurement for antihypertensive drugs in patients with uncontrolled hypertension – method development and pharmacokinetic variability” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).The defence will be conducted in Norwegian.

Master José Gerardo Belém Teles Roque dos Reis at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Identifying microenvironmental factors required for tumour growth” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).