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Dr. Chris Wallace, Senior Research Fellow, MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge University, UK, will present her research on "Conditional false discovery rates in genetic association studies of rare diseases and disease subtypes”.
Thorleif Aas Kristiansen fra Museum for universitets- og vitenskapshistorie ved UiO kommer til Forum for Vitenskapsteori. Han skal holde et foredrag basert p? doktorgradsavhandlingen sin fra Universitetet i Bergen. Den heter "Meteorologi p? reise: Veivalg og impulser i Arnt Eliassen og Ragnar Fj?rtofts forskerkarrierer", og handler alts? om dem og om norsk meteorologisk forskning i etterkrigs?rene.
Foredraget er ?pent for alle!
Heparin and Low Molecular Weight Heparins. A Century of Scientific and Clinical Progress.
Newer Oral Anticoagulant Drugs. Clinical Scope and Limitations.
Ana Delgado is visiting the Science Studies Colloquium Series. She is Associate Professor at Centre for Techonology, Innovation and Culture at UiO. Delgado’s research is concerned with the public dimensions of science and technology. Her research combines resources from Science and Technology Studies (STS), Social Anthropology and Political Science.
The seminar is open for everyone!
Professor Einar Lie og forfatter Espen S?bye kommer til Forum for Vitenskapsteori for ? snakke om SSB-saken. Einar Lie er professor ved Institutt for arkeologi, konservering og historie ved Universitetet i Oslo. Han jobber med nyere ?konomisk og politisk historie. Med et fokus p? norsk ?konomisk politikk, bank og n?ringslivsutvikling p? 1800- og 1900-tallet. Espen S?bye, forfatter, debattant og kritiker, har med noen opphold v?rt ansatt i Statistisk sentralbyr? siden 1985. Han har gitt ut en rekke arbeider om statistikk, blant annet Tallenes fortellinger (2001) og Folkemengdens bevegelse 1735–2014(2014). Senere i ?r kommer Fakta om olje, som handler om hvordan den kvartalsvise investeringsstatistikken ble til.
Foredraget er ?pen for alle!
Professor emeritus Heine Andersen kommer til Forum for Vitenskapstori. Andersen er professor emeritus ved Sociologisk Institut, K?benhavns Universitet. Hans faglige interesser er vitenskapsteori, kunnskapssosiologi, sosiologisk teori og moralfilosofi. Hans siste bok er "亚博娱乐官网_亚博pt手机客户端登录sfrihed. Ideal og virkelighed". Hans Reitzels Forlag, K?benhavn 2017.
Foredraget vil holdes p? dansk og er ?pent for alle!
How does local exposure to organized violence impacts whether women give birth in a health facility? Gudrun ?stby, Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo PRIO, will discuss her latest findings on armed conflicts and mother health in this Global Health Unpacked breakfast seminar.
Open guest lecture presented by professor Murray Krahn, Toronto. This short talk will outline how data from various sources, especially health administrative data, can help us think us think about the cost of cancer. We will serve light refreshments.
NCMM will host a mini-symposium in Systems Medicine and Precision Medicine.
This seminar is a joint event between the Sven Furberg seminars in Bioinformatics and Statistical genomics and the Hans Prydz Guest Lectures.
Professor Anders Malthe-S?renssen from the Department of Physics is visiting the Science Studies Colloquium Series. Malthe-S?renssen is leader of the Centre of excellence in education ?Centre for Computing in Science Education? at the University of Oslo.
The lecture is open for everyone.
Ana Domingos, Principal Investigator of the Obesity Laboratory at the Gulbenkian Science Institute, Portugal, will give a lecture titled, "Sympathetic Neuroimmunity for Obesity".
Lars Jansen, Principal Investigator of the Laboratory for Epigenetic Mechanisms, at the Gulbenkian Science Institute, Portugal, will give a lecture titled, "Chromatin-based epigenetic inheritance".
In this lunch seminar, Morten Jerven, Professor of Development Studies (NMBU) will discuss the increasing role of indicators and statistics in Development and Global Health policies. The seminar is part of the series Global Health Unpacked.
The first GPIU symposium in Norway. Open to all interested health personnel and the general public.
Hans Rausing Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, Hasok Chang, is visiting the Science Studies Colloquium Series. Chang focuses on history and philosophy of chemistry and physics from the 18th century onward; philosophy of scientific practice; other topics in the philosophy of science, including realism, pluralism, pragmatism, measurement, and evidence.
The seminar is open for everyone!
Kimberley Dodge-Kafka, Associate Professor at the Department of Cell Biology at the University of Connecticut, will give a lecture titled, "mAKAP- a master regulator of cardiac hypertrophy"
Ageliki Lefkaditou is visiting the Science Studies Colloquium Series. Lefkaditou is senior curator at The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology (NTM) and a historian of science. She is writing on the history of physical anthropology, human population genetics, race and racism from late 19th century to present with a specific interest in Greece. Her interests include the development of museum theory, methods and practices, public understanding of science and science communication. Lefkaditou is the co-curator of the upcoming exhibit FOLK at NTM.
Howard Young from the Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada will give a lecture titled, 'Correlating Structure and Function of Human Genetic Variants in Calcium Homeostasis and Cardiac Contractility'
Professor i historie, Teemu Ryymin kommer til Forum for Vitenskapsteori for ? innlede under tittelen: Hvilken rolle spiller historikerne og historiefaget i norsk politikkutvikling?
Seminaret er ?pent for alle!
Imre V?strik, Research Coordinator in the Bioinformatics Team at the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) will give a talk titled, "TheDB - a smart integrated IT systemfor managing and analysing precision medicine data"
Monika B?r?e Nerland, Professor of Education and leader for the research group ‘Expert cultures and institutional dynamics: Studies in higher education and work’ at the University of Oslo, Faculty of Education, is visiting the Science Studies Colloquium Series.
The Lecture is open for everyone!
B?r?e Nerland specializes in research on knowledge cultures and epistemic practices in professional education and work, with a particular interest in how ways of generating and sharing knowledge influence educational practices and development of expertise. Together with colleagues she has led and been involved in several projects that investigated these issues in different professions through a comparative approach.
This third seminar of the series Global Health Unpacked will explore the growing relations between health and the military. Should the military intervene in health crises? Can health be used to win "the hearts and minds" during a conflict? How to protect the health sector in civil conflicts?