Disputaser - Side 27

MD, MPH Kristina Baker Sole at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Exploring Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Risk factors, Prevalence and Time Trends” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Therese Weider at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases: Traces of Viral Infection” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Mark Züchner at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Experimental models for spinal cord injury: From basic to translational studies” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Elin Tønne at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Craniosynostosis in Norway: Epidemiology and genetic causes” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Ana Sofia da Silva Lapão at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Role of lipid-binding proteins in intracellular membrane trafficking” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MPhil Gunhild Falleth Sandvik at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “An ophthalmological study of adults with Marfan syndrome: Ten-year of follow-up and an evaluation of photophobia, glare and pupillary response” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MPhil Martina Jonette Lund at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “The brain functional connectome across the lifespan. Investigating associations of resting-state functional connectivity with age, sex, cognitive abilities and psychopathology” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Ruth Gong Li at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Development and Evaluation of α-emitting CaCO3-based Radiotherapeutics Against Intracavitary Micrometastases” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Ole Henrik Myrdal at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Pulmonary function and cardiorespiratory fitness in young long-term survivors of severe blood disorders treated with or without allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MPhil Cathrine Buaas Tverdal at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Acute management of traumatic brain injury at Oslo University Hospital. Oslo TBI Registry – Neurosurgery; Patient characteristics, injury description, emergency neurosurgery, and pathway to rehabilitation” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Tahreem Ghazal Siddiqui at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Central nervous system depressant medication use among older hospitalised patients: Cognitive function, communication and mortality” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Christopher Storm T. Ligaard at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Clinical interventions of the human gut microbiota” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Ruth Abraham at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Trauma exposure, resilience, religiosity/spirituality and quality of life among Eritrean female refugees living in Norwegian asylum centres” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Didrik Bakke Dukefoss at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Roles of Astroglia in Cortical Spreading Depression” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).