Disputaser - Side 8

MD Lars Johan Marcus Sandberg at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Evidence Based Female Breast Aesthetics - Guidance for the Plastic Surgeon” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Kristina Wendel at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation for prevention of inflammation and chronic lung disease in preterm infants” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Anna Isotta Castrini at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Pregnancy and progression of cardiac disease in genetic cardiomyopathies” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master Silvia Nanjala Walekhwa Hertzberg at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Economic assessments and quantitative modelling of alternative treatments for retinal disorders in Norway” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Helle Kristine Skjerven at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Improved breast cancer surgery in DCIS, is less more than enough?” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Hege Nyhus Skytte at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Exploring metabolic risk profiles related to overweight and obesity in pregnancy: Longitudinal studies of pregnancy complications” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Mille Sofie Stenmarck at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Understanding severity: exploring public views on the meaning of severity of ill health” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Håvard Bjerkeseth Solvin at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Telemedicine in Cardiology - Remote-controlled Robotic and Remote-guided Echocardiography” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Liv Kristin Wikslund at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Assessments of skin microvascular function and oxygen delivery using Computer Assisted Video Microscopy and Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Jørgen Ankill at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Functional effects of epigenetic alterations: towards targeted epigenetic treatment of breast cancer” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Ingrid Jyssum at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Immunogenicity of therapeutics in inflammatory joint-and bowel diseases” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Sondre Heimark at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Cuffless blood pressure measurements: Promises and challenges” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Katarina Hilde at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Intrauterine origins of infant lung function: The role of fetal lung size, fetal growth, and blood circulation” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Irantzu Anzar Martínez de Lagrán at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Optimizing tumor variant detection and HLA typing for neoantigen prediction in cancer immunotherapy” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. in Molecular Biology Susanne Gundersen Kidd at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Prognostic classification of localised prostate cancer - taking intrapatient heterogeneity into account” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Alexander Frantz William Nissen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Mental health, chronic pain and migration-related stress in refugees resettled in Norway and Sweden” for the degree of Dr.Philos. (Doctor Philosophiae).

Cand.med. Maryam Saeed at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Risk of Coronary Heart Disease and End-Stage Renal Disease in Type 1 Diabetes with onset before 15 years of age, 1973 - 2017” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Kari Vatne Monsen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Adverse effects, quality of life and satisfaction after radical treatment for prostate cancer - a Norwegian experience” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Mariann Ulvestad at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Physical fitness and effects of high-intensity training after lung transplantation” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Nur Sourour at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Biomarkers for prediction of ventricular arrhythmias” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Helle Håve Stangeland at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Psychiatric disorders, prescription drugs, and substance misuse in children and young people. An investigation into the role of childhood trauma” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Marthe Kirkesæther Brun at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Infliximab therapy in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: Immunogenicity and proactive therapeutic drug monitoring” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Morena Shkodra at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Clinical assessment of cancer pain patients: focus on neuropathic pain” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Ulf Wike Ljungblad at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Infant Vitamin B12 Deficiency” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Marita Knudsen Pope at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Characteristics, treatment, and outcomes of patients newly diagnosed with atrial fibrillation - Insights from the GARFIELD-AF registry” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Camilla Maria Falch at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “A specialized approach for the management of acromegaly: Normalization of mortality with unsolved treatment challenges” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Berit Seljelid at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Development and evaluation of a digital patient-provider communication intervention to facilitate shared decision-making in chronic health-care settings: InvolveMe” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Natkai Safi at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Early detection of Micro- and Macro-circulation in the ischemic gastrointestinal tract and the diagnosis and treatment of patients with median arcuate ligament syndrome” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master of Physiotherapy Brit Hov at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Mechanical assisted cough in children with neurodisability” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Jolanta H. Lorentzen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Impact of diabetes and bariatric surgery on gastroesophageal reflux disease and patient-reported outcomes.
A cross-sectional study of patients with and without type 2 diabetes, and a randomized study (Oseberg) comparing the short-and medium term effects of gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy on gastroesophageal reflux disease and patient-reported outcomes” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MPhil Rune Bøen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Effects of rare recurrent copy number variations on brain structure” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Øyvind Jervan at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Persistent dyspnoea, perfusion defects, and the effect of exercise training following pulmonary embolism” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Dana Niles at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Development of the Rolling Refresher Training Model to Improve Resuscitation Performance for In-hospital Bedside Providers” for the degree of Dr.Philos. (Doctor Philosophiae).

Cand.med. Roar Fjær at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Exome sequencing in monogenic epilepsies” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Hilde Margrete Dahl at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Pediatric traumatic brain injury: a prospective cohort study investigating incidence, outcomes and unmet treatment need” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Main supervisor of cand.med. Espen A. Ruud (Institute of Clinical Medicine), Haseem Ashraf, will present the works that should have been thesis for defence for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor): "CT guided thoracic biopsy – complications and their prevention". 

Cand. med. Lisa Flem Kalheim at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Imaging white matter in Alzheimer’s disease” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Anne Kari Kvernebo at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Ocular surface microsirculation. Studies using in vivo computer assisted microscopy and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Angelina Sverchkova at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Integrative approaches to study the HLA region in humans: Applications in cancer genomics” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Manuel Villegas Martinez at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Novel methods for evaluating acute response to cardiac resynchronization therapy” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Johanne Kolvik von Ely Iversen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Mechanics of labour and diagnostic methods in modern obstetrics” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Julian Hamfjord at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Colorectal cancer - survival trends and prognostic role of circulating cell-free DNA” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Maria Dehli Vigeland at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Gene expression analyses in subphenotypes of chronic low back pain” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Asgeir Amundsen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Outcomes of Distal Radioulnar Joint Arthroplasty” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Ingvild Andrea Kindem at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Medication adherence and home-monitoring among kidney transplanted adolescents and young adults in Norway” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Jon-Anders Tunold at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Linking Genetics and Neuropathology in Parkinson’s Disease” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Andreas Hagen Røssevold at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Immunotherapy and immunological biomarkers in breast cancer” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Kristine Andreassen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “On exercise training and fibrosis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand. Med. Stefan Bartels at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Functional outcome and complications after surgical treatment of displaced low-energy femoral neck fractures in patients between 55 and 70 years” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).