Disputations - Page 10

Cand.med. Thea Vigen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Carotid atherosclerosis; Prevalence and relation with blood pressure and intracerebral blood flow velocities” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med Sjur Hansen Tveit at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Cardiac Troponin I and T: Comparison of the Diagnostic and Prognostic Performance in Coronary Artery Disease” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD, MPH Kristina Baker Sole at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Exploring Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Risk factors, Prevalence and Time Trends” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Therese Weider at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases: Traces of Viral Infection” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Mark Züchner at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Experimental models for spinal cord injury: From basic to translational studies” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Elin Tønne at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Craniosynostosis in Norway: Epidemiology and genetic causes” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MPhil Gunhild Falleth Sandvik at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “An ophthalmological study of adults with Marfan syndrome: Ten-year of follow-up and an evaluation of photophobia, glare and pupillary response” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MPhil Martina Jonette Lund at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “The brain functional connectome across the lifespan. Investigating associations of resting-state functional connectivity with age, sex, cognitive abilities and psychopathology” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Ruth Gong Li at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Development and Evaluation of α-emitting CaCO3-based Radiotherapeutics Against Intracavitary Micrometastases” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Ole Henrik Myrdal at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Pulmonary function and cardiorespiratory fitness in young long-term survivors of severe blood disorders treated with or without allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MPhil Cathrine Buaas Tverdal at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Acute management of traumatic brain injury at Oslo University Hospital. Oslo TBI Registry – Neurosurgery; Patient characteristics, injury description, emergency neurosurgery, and pathway to rehabilitation” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Tahreem Ghazal Siddiqui at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Central nervous system depressant medication use among older hospitalised patients: Cognitive function, communication and mortality” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Christopher Storm T. Ligaard at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Clinical interventions of the human gut microbiota” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Ruth Abraham at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Trauma exposure, resilience, religiosity/spirituality and quality of life among Eritrean female refugees living in Norwegian asylum centres” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Julian Eek Mariampillai at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Novel Insight into Exercise Blood Pressure and Long Term Risk of Cardio- and Cerebrovascular Disease” for the degree of Dr.Philos. (Doctor Philosophiae).

Cand.med Elin Aamdal at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Treating metastatic melanoma with ipilimumab – Clinical activity, health-related quality of life and combination with a telomerase peptide vaccine” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Meetali Kakad at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Municipal acute units in Norway. Using operational research methods to model patient flows” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Julia Brox Skranes at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Impact of tobacco on circulating troponin concentrations and cardiovascular risk” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Msc Abhilash Pandya at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Nanoparticles in Targeted Cancer Therapy” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Anne Berit Bech at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Mortality during opioid agonist treatment in Norway: a comprehensive study of the years 2014-2015” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Michael Durheim at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Clinical outcomes and their determinants in fibrotic interstitial lung disease” for the degree of Dr.Philos. (Doctor Philosophiae).

Cand.med Johanna Elin Gehin at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Therapeutic drug monitoring of tumour necrosis factor alpha inhibitors in inflammatory joint diseases” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Torleiv Svendsen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Real-world experience of four new antiseizure medications in difficult-to-treat epilepsy: Efficacy, tolerability, and the importance of pharmacokinetic variability” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Silje Kristin Bjerknes at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Subthalamic deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease – studies on effects and complications” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).