Disputations

Master of Criminology Øystein Bruun Ericson at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Overdose prevention with take-home-naloxone: Exploring outcomes from a national harm reduction program” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Hanne Ochieng Lichtwarck at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Pre-exposure prophylaxis use among female sex workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A mixed methods-study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Henriette Solberg Jæger at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “The Use of Biomarkers to Differentiate Acute Hemorrhagic and Ischemic Stroke” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Antonia Villagrán at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Functional / dissociative seizures: Epidemiological and clinical aspects” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Elisabeth Margrete Stokke Lindland at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Multiparametric brain MRI for diagnosis and outcome prediction in neuroborreliosis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Hans Christian August Bordado Henriksen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Exploring treatment aspects of men with long-term anabolic-androgenic steroid use: A dual perspective on health service engagement and the safety and feasibility of endocrine therapy for anabolic-androgenic steroid induced hypogonadism” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Cathrine Helene Mohn at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Occurance and treatment patterns in children with atopic dermatitis og subsequent comorbidity in form of severe acne - a nationwide prescription registry study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Huynh Phoung Thao Nguyen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Effects of antirheumatic treatment on complement activation and levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T in patients with inflammatory arthritis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Usman Saeed at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Body Mass Index and Cancer Epidemiology: Unveiling the Links in Colon, Rectum, Pancreas, Liver, Bile Ducts and Gallbladder Malignancies” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Carina Madelen Saunders at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Diet and gut microbiome in early life a potential pathway for atopic disease development?” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Loreta Skrebelyte-Strøm at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Prediction and detection of occult atrial fibrillation in patients after acute cryptogenic stroke and transient ischemick attack. The PROACTIA study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Joel Touma at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “The potential role of HCMV infection in breast cancer initiation and progression” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.psychol. Anne Trana Brager-Larsen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Self-harm behaviour among adolescents in outpatient mental health services” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Henriette Didriksen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Biomarkers associated with severe Systemic Sclerosis organ complications” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Hasan Banitalebi at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “MRI findings in lumbar spinal stenosis: reliability and association to clinical features” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Emilie Eliseussen Ødegaard at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Rank-based Bayesian methods for high-dimensional data in transcriptomic analyses” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Helge Eiding at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Interhospital transport of critically ill patients in Norway” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master of Medical Science Beatrice Linnea Christina Fageräng at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Understanding of the inflammatory response in normal and immunocompromised human whole blood challenged with opportunistic microbes” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master Per Sverre Persett at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Suicide attempts with violent methods in Norway, A one-year follow-up after hospitalization” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Håvard Ringsevjen at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Pre- and postsynaptic organization of synaptic regulatory proteins” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Didrik Lilja at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Detection of thrombosis in left ventricular assist devices by accelerometer” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Synne Brune-Ingebretsen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Radiological and blood biomarkers in multiple sclerosis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Sagun Ballav Pant at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Psychiatric comorbidities and internalized stigma among clients on opioid agonist treatment: A cross-sectional study in Kathmandu, Nepal” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc. Ragnhild Elisabeth Monsen at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Oral Health in Advanced Cancer - Assessment and management of oral symptoms and fungal infection in adult patients with advanced cancer” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).