Disputaser

Cand.med. Cecilie Heramb at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Hereditary breast cancer in South-Eastern Norway. BRCA1/2- testing of breast cancer patients. Mutation spectrum and potential modifiers in Norwegian BRCA1/2 carriers for the degree of PhD.

Cand.med. Peder Aabel at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Exploring the Molecular Phenotype and Specificity of Cultured Human Tympanic Membrane Keratinocytes” for the degree of PhD.

Cand.med. Trine Haug Popperud at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Juvenile myasthenia gravis in Norway - Epidemiological, clinical, genetic and immunological studies for the degree of PhD.

M.Sc. Susanna Elisabeth Hanvold at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Health benefits two years after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery and the effect of lifestyle intervention two to four years after surgery on weight regain and metabolic disturbances for the degree of PhD.

Cand.med. Anders Wensaas at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Slipped capital femoral epiphysis for the degree of Dr.Philos.

MD. Vibeke Nordmo Ritschel at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Markers of inflammation and haemostatis: Associations with myocardial injury, adverse remodelling, and future clinical events in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction for the degree of PhD.

MD. Bernhard Flatøy at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Evaluation of new implants in hip arthroplasty for the degree of PhD.

MD Panagiota Mantaka at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Folliculotropic mycosis fungoides: A clinicopathologic, immunohistochemic and immunogenetic analysis for the degree of PhD.

Cand.med. Maia Blomhoff Holm ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Placental transfer of proteogenic amino acids and taurine in healthy term pregnancies: a human in vivo study.

Cand.med. Silje Bakken Jørgensen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Extended-spectrum β-lactamases – aspects on human carriage and distribution in aquatic environments for the degree of PhD.

Cand.med. Martin Bogale Ystgaard at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Innate immune response in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury" for the degree of PhD.

MD Siv Merete Myra ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Pregnant substance abusers and their therapists in compulsory and voluntary treatment. A qualitative study: Intergenerational learning, attachment processes and the wish for a normal life.

Master Fredrik Hetmann ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Thoracic surgery – from acute to chronic pain. A prospective longitudinal study

MSc Marta Natalia Baranowska-Hustad ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): APC-targeted DNA vaccines that induce broad immune responses and protect against influenza.

Master i verdibasert ledelse Kjersti Lønning ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden Philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): «Health related quality of life and expectations in older patients before and after kidney transplantation».

MD Markus Georg Naumann ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): «Timing, complications, and functional outcome of surgery for closed ankle fractures».

Cand.med. Ivar Hompland ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Toward a more individualised treatment of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumour

Cand.med. Regine Abrahamsen ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Occupational exposure, asthma and respiratory work disability. A general population study in Telemark

MSc Wojciech Pietka ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Interleukin-33 in skin stress and inflammation.

Cand.med.  Simen Sellevold ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): «Photochemical Internalization (PCI) as a treatment modality for leiomyosarcoma. Predictive factors for treatment response».

Cand.med. Anja Wiedswang Horjen ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): High-Sensitivity Troponin I in Atrial Fibrillation - Impact of rate and rhythm control and associations with biomarkers related to atrial fibrillation pathophysiology.

Cand.med. Trine Synnøve Fink Håland ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - Systolic function, differential diagnosis and risk stratification

MD Marina Sokolova ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Pathogenic consequences of NLRP3 inflammasome activation in metabolic disturbances

Cand.scient. Shakila Jabeen ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden Philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): «Non-invasive biomarkers of metabolic and immune profiles: clinical presentation, and treatment response in cancer».

Cand.med. Mette Renate Andersen ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Acute Syndesmotic Injuries - Diagnostic Challenges and Treatment Considerations.

Cand.med. Ellen Sauar Norli ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Disease spectrum, predictors and outcome in very early arthritis Data from the Norwegian Very Early Arthritis Clinic.

MA Erik Skjeggestad ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): «Doctor in an unfamiliar country – a challenge to professional identity? Interactional experiences of newly employed international medical doctors and Norwegian health personnel».

Cand.med. Merete Synnøve Vevelstad ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden Philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): «Para-methoxymethamphetamine (PMMA): A study of risk factors for fatal intoxication with emphasis on metabolite pattern and CYP genetics».

Cand.med. Silje Reiseter ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Mixed Connective Tissue Disease. Results from a Nationwide Norwegian Cohort

Cand.med. Erlend Strand Gardsjord ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Subjective quality of life in first episode psychosis - A 10-year follow-up study.

M.Sc. Ingvild Oma ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Vitamin D and inflammation in the heart and vessels of patients with coronary artery disease and inflammatory rheumatic disease

Cand.med. Geir André Ringstad ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d): Imaging cerebrospinal fluid dynamics in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus.

MD. Stefan Huhnstock ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Radiographic assessment in Perthes disease, Hip development and evaluation of prognostic factors.

Cand.med. Per Kristian Knudsen ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Extensive antibiotic treatment and faecal carriage of resistant enterobacteria in children – Prevalence and mechanisms.

BSc (Hons) Vincent Yi Sheng Oei ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d. (philosophiae doctor): Engineering NK Cells Towards Next Generation NK Cell Immunotherapy

MD. Daysi Duarte Sosa ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): ln vivo Microindentation as a measure of Bone Quality. Assessment of cortical bone material strength in osteoporosis and other conditions.

Cand.med. Karina Birgitta Berg ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration. A Clinical Study on the Effect of Antiangiogenic Therapy

MA Eli Marie Wiig ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Substance dependent women becoming mothers – breaking the intergenerational transference of substance use disorders.

Cand.psychol. Eli Kristine Fiksdal Abel ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Mental distress and ADHD symptoms among individuals in Opioid Maintenance Treatment.

Cand.med. Karen Roksund Hov ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Delirium: aspects of pathophysiology and treatment.

MD Kornelia Katalin Beiske ved Institutt for klinisk medisin vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d (philosophiæ doctor).: «Assessment of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Health Status in Subjects with Obstructive Sleep Apnea or Hypersomnias».