Disputaser - Side 73

M.Sc. Gunn-Helen Øiseth Moen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Genetic and environmental etiology of glucose metabolism and cardiometabolic traits during pregnancy and in later life” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MA. Rannveig Svendby at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis "Becoming the ‘Other’ A qualitative study of power, masculinities and disabilities in the lives of young drivers after road traffic accidents" for the degree of PhD.

Cand.med. Ole Jørgen Kaasbøll at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Studies of the structure-activity relationships, signaling properties and functions of Connective Tissue Growth Factor” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Kjersti Stormark Rabanal at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis "Cardiovascular disease and ethnicity - Focus on the high risk of CVD among South Asians living in Norway and New Zealand" for the degree of PhD.

Cand.med. Ida Storhaug Frøysnes at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Novel therapeutic approaches in peritoneal metastasis from colorectal cancer” for the degree of PhD.

Cand.med. Cecilie Hasselø Thaulow at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Metabolites of heroin in post-mortem samples: The pharmacokinetic interaction with ethanol and measurements in several different matrices" for the degree of PhD.

Cand.med. Nora Johansen at Institute of clinical medicine will be defending the thesis “Late effects in women after risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy to prevent hereditary ovarian cancer: Cardiovascular risk, sexual functioning, and use of hormone replacement therapy” for the degree of Philosophiae doctor (PhD).

Cand.med. Liv Hesstvedt at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Aspects of candidemia in Norway and in the Nordic countries: A contribution to the understanding of epidemiology, clinical aspects and outcome in patients with candidemia" for the degree of PhD

Cand.med. Grunde Wibetoe at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Cardiovascular disease risk in inflammatory joint disease: Conventional disease risk factors across inflammatory joint diseases and performance of risk age models in rheumatoid arthritis” for the degree of Philosophiae doctor (PhD).

M.Sc. Ane Sørlie Kværner at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Nutritional status, type 2 diabetes and colorectal cancer - Biological links and methodological aspects” for the degree of Philosophiae doctor (PhD).

Master Ingrid Nyborg at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “User participation among older hospitalized people and their relatives; a qualitative case‐oriented study” for the degree of PhD.

MSc Georgina Askeland at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Improving prospects for Huntington’s disease treatment: a focus on peripheral tissues and a transgenic minipig model” for the degree of PhD.

MD Elin Wahl Blakstad at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Growth, neurodevelopment, metabolic markers and intestinal microbiota in very low birth weight infants on enhanced nutrient supply” for the degree of Philosophiae doctor (PhD).

Cand.med. Johanne Dypvik at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Diabetes, preeclampsia and infant death – The associations with placental weight”for the degree of Philosophiae doctor (PhD).