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Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo describes life at the faculty, and last but not least, invite you to breakfast.

Have breakfast with the Dean. Cancer Research Award to ?slaug Helland. Popular study programmes at MED.

Vice Dean for Bachelor and Master Studies writes about the high number of applicants to our study programmes and is particularly proud of the response to our new master's programme in public health science and epidemiology. She also reflects on the need for international orientation and knowledge exchange.

Antibiotic trade between India and China was a space of communication and contestation, involving entangled stakeholders and interests from both countries.

Read about why good funding for basic research is important. The Norwegian Health Assosiation (Nasjonalforeningen for Folkehelsen) has awarded the heart research award and the dementia research award to researchers Dan Atar and Evandro Fei Fang. Get help with recruitment or become an MSCA postdoctoral fellow.

In each newsletter, Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo provides an insight into what the dean's office is working on. Now she is concerned with research funding and wants to draw particular attention to the importance of independent basic research.

The Office of the Dean will provide a recap of the semester so far, the ongoing activities at MED and external collaborations. Save the date for a big meeting on Global Health at Domus Medica on 20 June, and a meeting on Ukraine in the Aula in Oslo city centre on 14 September. The Office of the Dean wishes everyone a happy Easter holiday.

Read the Easter greeting from the Office of the Dean. Read about the chronic shortage of doctors and how we will help solve the problem. About the dean's official visit to Nepal with the Center for Global Health. Get events and deadlines, etc. Happy well-deserved Easter!

Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo and Pro-Dean of Studies Magnus L?berg are involved in the debate on the shortage of doctors in Norway. ¡°We have plans to increase the number of medical students, but this alone is not enough¡±, they say.

The word ¡°brainwashing¡± usually triggers negative associations. But our brain health for sure depends on it. Scientists at the University of Oslo have recently made new and important discoveries about how and why this happens when we are sleeping.

Eating nuts and seeds frequently can reduce the risk of heart disease, shows a major new study review.

Joar R?kke Fystro, PhD-student at the University of Oslo, mapped out arguments for and against the non-attendance fee in public documents.

In each newsletter Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo provides an insight into what the Dean's Office is working on and what is happening at the Faculty. "We have now visited all our main units and obtained an overview, but we would like to meet more. Please feel free to invite us to your regular meeting, she writes

In each newsletter, Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo provides an overview of what the Office of the Dean is currently working on and what is happening at the Faculty. In this edition, she describes her first doctoral conferment as Dean.

Vice-Dean for Research and Researcher Education Grete Dyb has recently been elected as chair of Nordic Doctoral Training in Health Sciences (NorDoc). She encourages everyone who can to attend the NorDoc summer school, which this year is on antibiotic resistance. You can also read more about the postdoctoral programme courses and the call for applications for Ukraine grants

Pro-Dean of Studies Magnus L?berg is planning a programme to improve the teaching at the Faculty and invites students and staff to an open input meeting on 4 May.

In this edition of MED-nytt you can read about: the Dean¡¯s experience of her first doctoral conferment in the University Aula; the open meeting on improving teaching; the NorDoc summer school, the postdoctoral programme and Ukraine grants; and the opportunity to get involved in the social missions assigned to us by the government.

Pro-Dean for Research and Innovation Jan Bjaalie addresses the two new social missions defined in the government¡¯s ¡°Long-term plan for research and higher education¡±. How can your research help resolve some of the challenges addressed in the social missions?

Many employees in the offshore sector work night shifts. This may make them more susceptible to aggressive prostate cancer than if they only worked during the day.

Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo is impressed by the work being undertaken by the MED faculty. Research Dean Jan Bj?lie talks about your opportunities in respect of innovation. Read about our new Sustainable Health Unit (SUSTAINIT), about motivated nutrition students, Anne Spurkland's Women's Health Research Award and much more in this year's fourth edition of MED-nytt.

Patients who have been hospitalised with severe COVID-19 have permanent changes in their cholesterol 3 months after recovery, according to a new study. This can increase their risk of developing heart disease later in life.

I denne utgaven av MED-nytt kan du lese om blant annet: ?pen dag. Seminar for undervisere om ChatGPT. Inspirasjonsseminar om finansiering. F? ogs? med viktige frister og spennende arrangementer i kalenderen.

Research Dean Jan Bj?lie provides details about innovation in respect of health-related life sciences at MED and points out the opportunities being offered in order to support innovation development.

The Faculty¡¯s new knowledge cluster, The Sustainable Health Unit (SUSTAINIT), has hit the ground running, having already laid out careful plans and initiated several activities. The Unit was established in January and has already received NOK 11 million in external support. They are now seeking input from stakeholders on the strategic document currently being drafted. 

Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo is impressed by the work being undertaken by the MED faculty. Last week, members of the Dean's Office attended this year's Life Science Conference - Norway Life Science 2023, where several faculty employees had key roles.