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Cand.med Mohammad Osman Pervez at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Novel biomarkers in patients with acute dyspnea” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Steinar Traae Bjørkhaug at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Alcohol-related alterations of the gut microbial flora” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD, Mphil Socheat Cheng at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Medication misuse and dependence among hospitalized older patients: Cross-sectional studies focusing on prescribed central nervous system depressants" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Merete Aarsland Fosdahl at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Hamstring muscle length in ambulant children with spastic bilateral cerebral palsy - Development and physiotherapy treatment” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Åste Renolen at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Integration of evidence-based practice in hospital nursing practice - A grounded theory study of clinical nurses’ and their ward leaders’ challenges and patterns of behaviour” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Madleen Orumaa at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Time trends of selected HPV-related diseases in  Norway and the impact of HPV multi-cohort vaccination using real-world data from population-based registries" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Aurélie Nguéa P. at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Nutrient stress responses in the budding yeast. Saccharomyces cerevisiae" for the degree of Dr.Philos (Doctor Philosophiae).

Cand.med. Benjamin Lassen Lykkedrang at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Complications after craniotomy for brain tumors" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MPH Asresash Demissie Abathun at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis "Abandoning a culture: Attitudes and Perspectives toward Female Genital Cutting in Somali and Harari Regional States, Eastern Ethiopia" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med Tayyaba Qureshi at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Elements of glutamate and GABA recycling at the synapse” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Dagim Shiferaw Tadele at Institue of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Development of novel approaches for treatment of leukemia” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Øystein Kalsnes Jørstad at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “A study of structure-function relationships in wet age-related macular degeneration and chiasmal compression. Promises and pitfalls of implementing optical coherence tomography in the management of a disease primarily affecting either the outer or the inner retina” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med Nils Eide at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Micrometastasis in uveal melanoma-relevance for dormancy” for the degree of Dr.Philos (Doctor Philosophiae).

MSc Xiangfu Zhong at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Improving the understanding of mammalian microRNAs: from annotation, isomiR and function” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Tine Norman Alver at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Investigating the role of Microphthalmia-Associated transcription Factor M in melanoma development and drug resistance for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Christian Arstad at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis Use of somatic mitochondrial mutations as biomarkers in human cancer for the degree of Dr.Philos. (Doctor Philosophiae). 

MSc Elisabeth Øya at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Characterization and pro-inflammatory potential of indoor mold particles. An in vitro study in lung cell models” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Jonas Skogestad at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “A search for novel treatments against ventricular arrhythmias” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med Jon Brynildsen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Biomarkers for risk prediction in cardiac surgical patients” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master of Clinical Medicine Yuchuan Li at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Perilipins: Protectors of lipid reservoirs - Regulation of lipid droplets and lipid flux by Plin2 and Plin5” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor). 

MD Gry Dahle at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “The Introduction of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) - Clinical, patient experience, economical and occupational hazard issues” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med Endre Søreide at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “On Aspects of Intra-Articular Ligament Reconstruction” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Marianne Müller Indrebø at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Fluid accumulation and transcapillary fluid balance in children with congenital heart defect. Evaluation of colloid osmotic pressures assessed by the wick method.” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Ida Lindeman at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Transcriptional profiling and clonal inference of B-lineage cells in autoimmune diseases - One cell at a time” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).