Disputations - Page 6

MSc Arne Olav Melleby at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Cardiac remodeling responses to increased afterload: Roles and regulation of cell surface proteoglycans and integrins” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Bjørn Helge Østerås at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Automatic volumetric breast density in mammography screening using digital mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Tove Tveitan Borgen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Trabecular bone score and vertebral fracture assessment in patients with fragility fractures for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Anders Heiervang Tennøe at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Cardiac Risk Profiling in Systemic Sclerosis for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Kim Vidar Ånonsen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis CYSTIC PANCREATIC LESIONS. An observational study of patient selection and outcome after surgery for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc Hakan Köksal at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Novel designs and approaches in CAR T cells” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Charlotte Gibbs at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Prevalence of congenital long QT syndrome and acquired QT prolongation in a hospital cohort” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Geir Aasmund Hjorthaug at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Effects of inhibition of bone resorption and cyclooxygenase on bone and tendon-to-bone healing - Experimental studies of fracture and tendon-to-bone healing in the rat” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Lara Hvidsten at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Quality of life in young-onset dementia - the untimely diagnosis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Mazdak Tavoly at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Persistent dyspnea, exercise limitation and impaired health-related quality of life in patients surviving pulmonary embolism for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Christina Johnson at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Introducing context to complement ex vivo studies – optimized experimental models to investigate complement activation and effector functions in whole blood and plasma” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Cathrin Lytomt Salvador at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Estimation and measurement of glomerular filtration rate in children” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med Christine Holm Moseid at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Injury and illness in youth elite athletes” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master Ibrahim Akkouh at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Transcriptional Modeling of Severe Mental Illnesses” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Sabrina Bech Mathiesen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Exploring intracellular connections of syndecan-2 and -4 in the heart” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Leif Bjarte Rolfsjord at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Quality of life, stress and acute bronchiolitis in infancy and early development of atopic disease” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc Pinelopi Kroustallaki at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Functions of SMUG1 and NEIL3 in telomere homeostasis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Jørgen Smeby at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Molecular subtype-dependent impact of driver mutations in colorectal cancer for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Karine Flem Karlsen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Investigating therapeutic candidates and the use of preclinical models to predict treatment response in melanoma” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Lars Andreas Dejgaard at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Cardiac diseases with risk of severe ventricular arrhythmias; risk stratification and impact of exercise" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Jonas Skogestad at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “A search for novel treatments against ventricular arrhythmias” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med Maria Krystina Parker at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Medication appropriateness, complexity and adherence in older adults with chronic kidney disease” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Sigurd Aarrestad at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Monitoring long-term nocturnal non-invasive ventilation for chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure: What are the basic tools?" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc Berit Mortensen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Making Midwifery Matter -The introduction of a Midwife-led Continuity Model of care in occupied Palestine” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).