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Cand.med. Andraž Nendl at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “The gut-heart axis in the heart failure continuum. Studies on gut microbiota signatures, gut-related inflammation, and circulating metabolites” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Sandy Joaquina at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Novel strategies for Chimeric Antigen Receptor therapies” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Rebecca Rootwelt Winther at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Surgery for Brain Metastases. Survival, clinical, and patient reported outcomes” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Silke Lauren Sommen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Immunological underpinnings of long-lasting symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection in adolescents and young adults” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.psychol. Ketil Berge Lunde at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Deliberate Self-Harm (DSH) in Young Adults: Patient Characteristics, Follow-Up Psychiatric Care, and Repetition Risk in Norwegian Public Healthcare” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Ingvild Beathe Myrhaugen Tjelmeland at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “The Power of Registries. What medical quality registries reveal about cardiac arrest and the insights registry data can provide” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Einar Sjaastad Nordén at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Neprilysin inhibition in the therapy of heart failure” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Anne Berg Breen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Epiphysiodesis for Leg Length Discrepancy - keep it safe and simple” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Gulim Murzakanova at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Adverse Perinatal Outcomes: Exploring Term and Postterm Pregnancies in Norway” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Marte Heide at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Is radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy (rESWT), sham-rESWT or a standardised exercise programme in combination with advice plus customised foot orthoses more effective than advice plus customised foot orthoses alone in the treatment of plantar fasciopathy? A double-blind, randomised, sham-controlled trial” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Tomás Alejandro Schmauck-Medina at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “ATG-18/WIPI2, NAD⁺, and fasting converge through autophagy in healthy ageing and Alzheimer’s disease” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Mari Kathrine Sand at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Cataract surgery and primary intraocular lens implantation in infants before 12 weeks of age” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Panagiotis Salvanos at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “The use of ultra-widefield fundus autofluorescence in the diagnosis and evaluation of retinal detachment and intraocular tumors” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Arne Mide Solbakken at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Improving outcomes in rectal cancer patients requiring surgery beyond total mesorectal excision” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Johanne Uthus Hermansen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Development and application of functional precision medicine approaches for B cell malignancies” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Atle Bråthen Pentz at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Investigations on psychosis pathophysiology using mismatch negativity, genetics, imaging and cortical spheroids” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Maryamalsadat Mahootiha at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Development of a Multimodal Artificial Intelligence Framework for Cancer Prognosis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Lisa Bjarkø at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Cardiac morphology, function and circulation during postnatal transition in fetal growth restricted neonates” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Kristina Flor Galtung at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “A Prospective Trial for Examining Hematuria using Computed Tomography (PROTEHCT)” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master of Clinical Embryology Shabana Sayed at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Time-lapse imaging of human pre-implantation embryos: a predictive tool in the IVF laboratory and IVF clinical practice?” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. in Biology Christopher Tarik Forcados at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Development of novel Chimeric Antigen Receptors against alternative targets” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Edvard Liljedahl Sandberg at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Screening for atrial fibrillation: insights from the Norwegian Atrial Fibrillation Self-Screening Pilot Study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Pernille Kristina Bjerre Trent at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Implementation of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Intermediate- and High-Risk Endometrial Carcinoma in South-Eastern Norway. Implications for health-related quality of life, cost-effectiveness and detection of metastatic lymph nodes” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Naz Karadag at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Mapping the shared genetic architecture of common epilepsies and related traits” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).