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Cand.med. Filip C. Dolatowski at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Outcomes and complications of nondisplaced femoral neck fracture treated by screw fixation or hip hemiarthroplasty in elderly patients" for the degree of PhD (philosophiae doctor).

Cand.med. Jon Magnus Tangen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Antitumor and immunomodulating effects of the mushroom product AndosanTM, based on the Basidiomycetes mushroom Agaricus blazei Murill, with special focus on multiple myeloma” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Xiaoran Lai at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Modelling, inference and simulation of personalized breast cancer therapy” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Linn Elisabeth Lillerud Fosshaug at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Adipose Tissue and Fatty Acids in Cardiovascular Disease" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Birgitte Stiksrud at Instiute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Chronic immune activation and inflammation in HIV-infected immunological non-responders: A study of innate and adaptive immunity and effect of probiotic intervention” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Hashini Nilushika Galappaththi-Arachchige at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Reproductive health in young women in a rural area in South Africa endemic of Schistosoma haematobium: Diagnostics and risk factors” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Paz Lopez-Doriga Ruiz at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Influenza, Immunization and Diabetes - the DiaFlu study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Lydia Celine Tansem Buer at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “New biological therapies and treatment strategies in inflammatory bowel disease - studies from real world clinical practice” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Hilde Therese Juvodden at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Pathogenesis of Narcolepsy after H1N1-vaccination - a neuroimaging and immunogenetic study" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Flora Nicol Balieva at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Psychological burden and life quality in patients with skin diseases. A European study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Tonje Bjørnetrø at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Extracellular Vesicles in Colorectal Cancer - Mediators of tumor aggressiveness" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Javed Iqbal Mahmood at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Hazardous drinking and life satisfaction in Norwegian medical doctors: individual and work-related predicators. A 15 year longitudinal and nationwide study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Christine Olbjørn at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Prognosis of IBD in children and adolescents: Assessment of outcome, based on clinical, serological and microbial markers at diagnosis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Rune Horneland at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Benefits and Challenges with Exocrine Drainage Through Native Duodenum in Whole Organ Pancreas Transpolantation” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Rikke Christine Nørgaard at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Nutritional regulation of LXRs and ChREBPs in liver Transcriptional. Effects on glucose and lipid metabolism” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Simen W. Schive at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Islet allotransplantation in Norway and the potential of adipose tissue-derived stromal cells to improve islet survival” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Trygve Johannes Lereim Sævareid at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Advance care planning in nursing homes – A mixed methods study of a complex intervention using a whole-ward approach” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Anders Lunde at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Transcription factor expression patterns in developing vestibulospinal neurons” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Benedicte Margrethe Falkenberg-Jensen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “CT imaging of the cartilaginous Eustachian tube” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Olaf Johan Hartmann-Johnsen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Breast-conserving therapy is better than mastectomy Evidence based on registry data from Norway” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Giovanni Romeo at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Measurement error in regression; model-based bootstrap and penalized regressions” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Afiong Oku at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Childhood Vaccination Communication in Nigeria: A qualitative study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Francesco di Ruscio at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Modelling the transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Norway” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Natalia Berges Jimenez at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Assessment of mammalian Endonuclease V properties and function” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).