MED-nytt, no 7 ¨C 2025

Editorial: Educational development is a core responsibility

Vice-Dean Eli Feiring and Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo discuss the excellent development opportunities the faculty offers you as an educator through HELP ¨C the Section for Health Profession Pedagogy.

Read the full Editorial.

Management Column

The significance of local and international research infrastructures for our research environments

Research Dean Jan Bjaalie takes a broader view and explains the importance of well-designed research infrastructure, both nationally and internationally. He emphasises the importance of effective sharing and collaboration with commercial partners, which is crucial for society to apply research.

Read the full article in the Management Column.

News about MED

The Heart Research Prize was awarded to Sigrun Halvorsen

Halvorsen receives the prize for her many years of contribution to better treatments, new guidelines, her ability to convert her own research results into clinical patient care, and her dissemination of research in cardiology. 'There are so many exciting things,' she says. 
Read the full article on the institute's website in Norwegian.

The Dementia Research Prize was awarded to Jens Pahnke

Pahnke is awarded the prize for important research on causal relationships in dementia, the discovery of new risk genes, and the development of new methods for diagnosis. Pahnke is also honored for fostering collaboration and innovation in the field across borders and research groups.
Read the full article on the institute's website in Norwegian. 

Briefings to our staff

• UiO: Rector Election 2025: Use your right to vote! The election closes on April 4 at 8 AM! The winner of the election will be announced on Scene Humsam ( The university library) and will be streamed live from 4:15 PM on Friday, April 4.

• Uniforum: Nominating two candidate pairs in the rector election gives the UiO voters more power. Remember to nominate two candidates. If no one receives more than 50% in the first round, the candidate with the fewest votes will be eliminated. If the candidate who is eliminated is the only one you nominated, you will end up not having voted in the second round.

• UiO: Nominate your candidate for the University Board. New representatives for the University Board will be elected in May. Propose others or yourself as a candidate. The deadline is 22 April.

• Studies at MED: Internship gives our students a relevant work practice. With a master degree in Health Economics, Policy and Managment you have the opportunity to shape the future of healthcare.
  Read the interview: Internship at a global company on our webpage.

• The Growth House for value creation: The annual report for 2024 is ready. Many of our researchers have received support from the Growth House. Read and be inspired by the innovation examples from last year, and apply for funding and participate in courses and seminars organized by the Growth House this year

• IMB: The study that placed Norway on the cardiology world map is being commemorated: On April 8, a jubilee symposium will be held for Terje R. Pedersen, who 30 years ago presented the first findings from the 4S study, the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study. Professor Kjetil Retterst?l will lead the first part of the event and will give a lecture in the second part on the prevention of cardiovascular disease

• IMB: Excavation work at Domus Medica: Delayed demolition of the hospital hotel and closed walkway.
• UiO: The deadline of May 1 for applying for your main vacation is approaching. Check your vacation quota in the portal or on the DF? mobile app, and apply for your vacation as soon as possible.
• UiO: System message: A strengthening of international cooperation:  The government reverses its position on two controversial issues.. It will remove the requirement for Norwegian courses for foreign researchers and is considering more flexible regulations regarding tuition fees for students outside the EU/EEA. 
• UiO: Donate blood during working hours. 

Management meetings

• Department meeting: The next meeting is on 15 April. The meetings are held every other Tuesday from 13:30 to 15:30. Agenda papers should be sent by 12:00 on the preceding Thursday.
• The Faculty Director's section meeting every Monday at 12:00.
• Overview of Faculty Board meetings and IDF meetings in 2025 with deadlines for submitting items. The next Faculty Board meeting is on 8 April 2025. The agenda and minutes for the Faculty Board are updated here.
• Meetings of the University Board in 2025, with agendas and minutes. The meetings are streamed and open for anyone who wishes to follow along. The next meeting is on 6 May.

Opportunities and deadlines

See all deadlines for applications for research funding under Funding opportunities.

• Keep an eye on the annual awards calendar. There are several active calls for applications out now!

• UiO: Life Sience: 

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  • Academic staff, postdoctoral researchers, PhD students, and student associations at UiO can apply to UiO: Life Sciences for co-funding of open events that align with the initiative's strategy. The next application deadline is 1st June 2025..

  • Student unions and academic staff at the University of Oslo can now apply to UiO:Life Science for funding to co-finance open events. The maximum amount is NOK 100,000 or up to 50% of the total costs.Deadline is 1st June 2025..   

  • Researchers in life sciences at UiO can apply for incentive funds for FRIPRO applications submitted from now until the end of 2025.

Courses and events

See the University of Oslo¡¯s calendar for an overview of all available courses. See also updated overviews of courses from UiO IT (in Norwegian) and the Updated course overview from the University Library.

Overview: Upcoming public defences.

• April 8: Food in Focus: Alcohol. An increasing number of young people are choosing not to drink alcohol, while pensioners drink more often than the rest of the population. Join in on a conversation about our drinking habits and the consequences of alcohol consumption.

• April 8: Welcome breakfast for new international researchers. The UiO takes pleasure in inviting all international employees, researchers and Ph.D. candidates who have joined our institution recently to an orientation meeting and common breakfast. At the end of the event, guests may take part in a guided tour of the University Library. Deadlin for registration: April 4

• April 23: Collaboration between UV, SV, and MED: Mini-series on class and inequality: Inequality and Education. Domus Bibliotheca, 18:00-19:30
   

• April 29: Understanding Pandemic Risk: A One-Health Perspective. Join us at the Centre for Pandemics and One-Health Research for 2 days filled with insights from esteemed scientists into research relevant to pandemics and One-Health topics.

• May 6: Food in Focus: When Food Becomes Illness and Obsession.. We are concerned about food and meals in our society. What happens when the focus on food shifts to illness? Join in on a conversation about eating disorders and what we can do about it.

• May 7: Networking for newly appointed associate professors and professors.. As a newly appointed professor or associate professor, you are invited to a pleasant gathering with mingling and academic presentations at the Professor's Residence. Get to know the faculty leadership and receive assistance in building your network. Invitations have been sent out via email.  

• May 14: Collaboration between UV, SV, and MED: Mini-series on class and inequality: Inequality and Politics. Domus Bibliotheca, 18:00-19:30.

• May 19: What is the value of diversity? Welcome to the spring's major inspirational meeting on the value of diversity in the workplace - for all employees at the Faculty of Medicine. 

• The Postdoctoral Program¡¯s courses for the spring 2025 - A golden opportunity for postdocs and other researchers at the beginning of their career. We recommend that all postdoctoral fellows at MED complete these courses to assist in their future career.

  • May 8-9: Career Development. Gain greater awareness of your own skills and various career paths.

  • May 19-20: Supervision:  How to become a better supervisor? Gain understanding and tools for the supervisory role.

About our research

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Klinmed: Why do many early embryos get lost? Researchers at the Center for Embryology (CRESCO) are trying to find out. New findings on how DNA from the mother and father is copied in the early stages of pregnancy provide a piece of the puzzle.

Helsam: Uncertain effect of AI in colorectal cancer screening. A team of Norwegian researchers discovered through international collaboration that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in colonoscopy increased the detection of polyps by approximately 8%, but that the risk of cancer is only minimally affected.

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