Disputaser - Side 5

Cand.med. Konstantin Hrisimirov Kostov at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Tailoring Vagus Nerve Stimulation: The Role of Patient Selection and Parameter Optimization in a Long-Term Nationwide Norwegian Cohort Study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Christin Julia Meltzer-Gunnes at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Trends in vulvar squamous cell carcinoma in Norway: Epidemiological shifts, HPV association, and survivorship challenges” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor). Note that this defence takes place at UiO Campus South.

MSc Herman Krogstad Netskar at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Single-Cell Mapping of Natural Killer Cell Diversity Informing Strategies for Cancer Immunotherapy” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Phoi Phoi Diep at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Outcome and cost-utility of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Norwegian children, adolescents, and young adults 1974–2009” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Martin Alavi Treider at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Congenital Duodenal Obstruction Trends in treatment and patient-reported outcomes” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Vegard Testad Svendsen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Psychiatric disorders, recidivism, and mortality among women with a history of incarceration in Norway: A registry-based national cohort study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master Ine Tracey Cockerell at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Evaluation of renal manifestations and treatment with mTOR-inhibitor everolimus for three indications in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Line Hustad Widing at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Psychotic disorder not otherwise specified – clinical characteristics and long-term outcomes” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Ingvild Kristin Elisabeth Finckenhagen Farnes at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Optimizing the Diagnostic Work-Up and Treatment for Borderline Resectable - and Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: Insights from the NORPACT-2 Trial” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Eivind Heggernes Ask at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Integrative immune profiling and computational tools for prognostic biomarker discovery in lymphoma” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Lars Aastebøl Frøjd at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Insomnia in patients with coronary heart disease: A cross-sectional and prospective observational study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Jorun Tangen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Disease manifestations and prognostication by imaging and echocardiography in covid-19 patients and in patients with myocardial infarction” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Erin Beate Bjørkeli at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Enhancing Glioma Diagnosis with Deep Learning and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Matthias Lippert at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Towards anatomic digital twins in structural heart disease” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Mirjam Podgorica at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Precision medicine in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with subtype classification for biomarker and therapeutic target discovery” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Marie Sørenstua at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks within the thoracolumbar fascia for postoperative analgesia” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Karl Mikkel Veum Eielsen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Chronic Depression and ISTDP” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Helene Melsom Tungesvik at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “The effects of anabolic-androgenic steroids on vascular function and morphology” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Caroline Shiqi Zhang at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Fine-tuning the NAD⁺ -UPR^mt and the NAD⁺ - circadian axes to slow down Alzheimer's Disease” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Nigel Allan Callender at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Mechanisms underpinning the haemodynamic responses to intermittent and sustained negative pressure in the lower limb” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Torbjørn Fossum Heldal at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Inflammation following kidney transplantation as risk factor for post-transplant diabetes, graft loss, and mortality” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Yngvil Solheim Husum at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Anti-angiogenic treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration: The role of bevacizumab, aflibercept, and zoledronic acid” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Jakob Nordberg Nørgaard at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “First line treatment and PET/CT in multiple myeloma” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Erik Melin at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Magnetic resonance imaging of cerebrospinal fluid tracer distribution and its efflux routes in humans” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand. Psychol Iselin Solerød Dibaj at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Long-term change in adolescents treated for deliberate self-harm and borderline features: Exploring the role of emotion dysregulation” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

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).