2018

MD Charlotte von der Lippe at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Not just a carrier – A qualitative study of psychosocial aspects of women's experiences of living with an X-linked disorder" for the degree of PhD.

Cand.med. Regine Eva Annica Barlinn at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis Cytomegalovirus and parvovirus B19 infections in pregnant women in Norway; epidemiology, diagnosis and outcome for the degree of PhD.

MA. Eira Bjørvik at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis CONCEIVING INFERTILITY - Infertility Treatment and Assisted Reproductive Technologies in 20th Century Norway for the degree of PhD.

MPH Mahteme Haile Workneh ved Institutt for helse og samfunn vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden Philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): The Dual Burden of Tuberculosis and Diabetes Mellitus in the South-Eastern Amhara Region, Ethiopia

MPH Senedu Bekele Gebreegziabher ved Institutt for helse og samfunn vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d. (philosophiae doctor): «Investigating challenges of implementing high-quality directly observed treatment short-course program for tuberculosis control in West Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: The need for an alternative tool to evaluate program performance». 

Cand.med. Sven Eirik Ruud ved Institutt for helse og samfunn vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): lmmigrants' utilization of a public emergency primary healthcare clinic in Oslo - A crosssectional study among walk-in patients at Oslo Accident and Emergency Outpatient clinic.

M.Sc. Monika Ravik ved Institutt for helse og samfunn vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden Philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): «Practical skill learning in nursing education. An exploratory/descriptive study of nursing students learning and transfer of practical skills in nursing education».

Cand.med. Anja Maria Lyche Brænd ved Institutt for helse og samfunn vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Clinical drug trials in Norwegian general practice A study of a 10-year cohort of trials identified from applications to the Norwegian Medicines Agency 1998-2007.

MD. Trine Elisabeth Finnes ved Institutt for helse og samfunn vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Mortality and risk factors related to osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures.

Cand.med. Kari Modalsli Aaberg ved Institutt for helse og samfunn vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of childhood epilepsy.

Cand.psychol. Kjell Vegard Fjeldheim Weyde ved Institutt for helse og samfunn vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Road Traffic Noise and Children’s Sleep and Health.

Cand.med. Åse Ruth Eggemoen ved ved Institutt for helse og samfunn vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d.: «Vitamin D and pregnancy. Vitamin D deficiency and associations with gestational diabetes and neonatal body composition in a multi-ethnic population».

MD. Maria Garcia Lopez ved Institutt for helse og samfunn vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Risk of fracture: The importance of B-vitamins and self-reported memory loss.

MD. Holgeir Skjeie ved Institutt for helse og samfunn vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Acupuncture treatments for infantile colic.

Cand.Scient. Anne Bergljot Bærug ved Institutt for helse og samfunn vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Breastfeeding support: What works? A population-based pragmatic trial and a multi-ethnic cohort study.

M.A. Isabelle Sylvie Budin Ljøsne ved Institutt for helse og samfunn vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden Philosophiae doctor (Ph.d.): «Bringing personalized medicine to people».

M.Phil. Aung Soe Htet ved Institutt for helse og samfunn vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d.: The Prevalence of selected risk factors for non-communicable diseases among 25-74-year-old citizens of the Yangon Region, Myanmar: Urban-rural differences and changes from 2004 to 2014

Edel Jannecke Svendsen ved Institutt for Helse og Samfunn vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden Philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Restraint during medical procedures in hospitalized preschool children - An exploratory study.

Cand.med. Joakim Oliu Moe ved Institutt for helse og samfunn vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Trends and variation in health and senescence among the elderly in Norway.

MD. Dina Mohamd Sami Khalifa ved Institutt for helse og samfunn vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Screening, prevalence, and associated risk factors for postnatal depression among Sudanese women.

MA. Kristine Vejrup ved Institutt for helse og samfunn vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Prenatal mercury exposure and associations with birth weight and neurodevelopment in children.

M.Phil. Kine Pedersen ved Institutt for helse og samfunn vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): The Health Benefits, Resource Use and Cost-Effectiveness of Current and Future Cervical Cancer Screening Policies in Norway.

Høgskolelektor Kari Lislerud Smebye ved Institutt for helse og samfunn vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): : «Decision Making in Dementia Care: A qualitative study».

M.Phil. Birgit Kvernflaten ved Institutt for helse og samfunn vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden philosophiae doctor (ph.d.): Maternal health at the margins: From global policies to local realities in rural Nicaragua.