MED-nytt, no 9 ¨C 2025

Editorial: Meetings and Good News

Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo reminds everyone of the faculty's spring seminar for all staff (in Norwegian) on 19th May from 14:00 to 16:00. In May, there will also be a meeting with new professors and associate professors. The dean is pleased with the EVALMEDHELSE evaluation from the Research Council of Norway (NFR) and the strong number of applicants for our programmes.

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 Management Column

What is the value of diversity?

The study dean, Eli Feiring, talks about the inspirational meeting on 19th May. It focuses on the value of diversity in the workplace, and you can look forward to exciting speakers, cultural performances, a film, and mingling afterwards.

Les hele artikkelen i Ledesens spalte.

Unique opportunity for PhD candidates at the faculty

We are working hard to organise a great summer school for our PhD candidates at the Faculty of Medicine, together with 20 other faculties in the Nordics, says Research Dean Grete Dyb. The summer school has been a success. Last year, we gathered 180 candidates in Helsinki. We hope for at least as many for our summer school at Blindern in August. Sign up! Information about registration, programme, time, and location is available on the website.

Studies

Most applicants for medical education at UiO campus Innlandet

Application figures from the Samordna opptak (Coordinated admission) for 2025 show that medicine at UiO campus Innlandet is the most popular programme in the country.

Read the full article on the study pages (in Norwegian).

Strong applicant numbers for health education

Health management, administration, and economics are popular among first-time applicants. The master¡¯s programmes have seen an increase in applicants this year.

Read the full article on the study pages (in Norwegian).

Application figures for 2025 - UiO is a popular choice

UiO is once again one of the most popular study locations in the country. Medicine, psychology, and criminology are the fields of study with the highest number of applicants per study place.

Read the full article from UiO here.

News about MED

Karl-Johan Malmberg Awarded King Olav V's Cancer Research Prize

Professor Malmberg has been honoured with the prestigious King Olav V's Cancer Research Prize for his groundbreaking work on how the body's own cells can detect and eliminate cancer.

Read the full article on the institute's website.

Briefings

• UiO: From 19th to 23rd May, there will be elections for the University Board. This year, candidates will be elected for all staff voting groups: 

  ?    Two representatives for permanent scientific staff
  ?    One representative for temporary scientific staff
  ?    One representative for technical and administrative staff

  Read more about the election. More information about the candidates will also be provided here.
  Four candidates affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine are standing for election as representatives across all three staff categories that will be elected.
  

  From left: Professor Anne Kveim Lie (Helsam), PhD candidate Emma Joanne Lengle (Helsam), Aleksandra Weder Sawicka, senior advisor ved fakultetsadministrasjonen og Norunn Kristin Torheim, senior advisor, UiO Growth House.

• UiO: UiO Introduces a New System for Reporting Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Incidents. Employees have so far reported HSE incidents through the "Speak up!" pages on uio.no. This will continue to be the case ¨C the webpages will just look slightly different.

• UiO: Tell us about your travel habits to and from work and help us reach our climate goals! The university will map how students and staff travel to and from our campuses. The results from the travel habits survey will provide us with an important knowledge base to help us achieve our climate goals by 2030.

• Uniforum: N? ryker gratisparkeringen for universitetsansatte og studenter:
  UiO vil i 2025 innf?re en ordning med betalingsparkering. En reduksjon i antallet parkeringsplasser ligger ogs? i kortene. 

• UiO: New AI tool available for all UiO users: NotebookLM is a powerful AI-driven tool from Google designed to help users create, organize, and analyze content. It will be useful for both students and staff and is now available for free to everyone at UiO.

• Uniforum: Debate: AI ¨C our much-needed administrative assistant, by senior advisor Aleksandra Weder Sawicka at the faculty administration.

• MED: All our PhD candidates have been invited to apply to participate in the Norwegian championship in research communication, Forsker Grand Prix. Application deadline: Friday, 9th May.

• UiO: A large number of research environments across all faculties are performing at a high international level, according to UiO¡¯s annual report for 2024. UiOs ?rsrapport for 2024 (in Norwegian). 

• UiO: Cultural offerings for staff: The show and the info about this offer is in Norwegian. We now have a good price for preview performances of B?rd Tufte Johansen's new stand-up show in August. The show is called "Pr?ver ? v?re positiv"/ "Trying to Be Positive."

Management meetings

• Department meeting: The next meeting is on 13 May. The meetings are held every other Tuesday from 13:30 to 15:30. Agenda papers should be sent by 12:00 on the preceding Thursday.
• The Faculty Director's section meeting every Monday at 12:00.
• Overview of Faculty Board meetings and IDF meetings in 2025 with deadlines for submitting items. The next Faculty Board meeting is on 3. June. The agenda and minutes for the Faculty Board are updated here.
• Meetings of the University Board in 2025, with agendas and minutes. The meetings are streamed and open for anyone who wishes to follow along. The next meeting is on 6 May.

Opportunities and deadlines

• See all deadlines for applications for research funding under Funding opportunities.

  • Keep an eye on the annual awards calendar. There are several active calls for applications out now:

    • Utdanningskvalitetsprisen 2025: Deadline 23 April, kl 12.

    • Eric K. Fernstr?ms nordiska pris: Deadline 30 April.

    • Innovasjonsprisen fra Inven2. Frist: 2 May

    • The J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine: Frist 15 May

    • Women in Science Award. Deadline: 15 May

    • Prince Mahidol Award. Frist: 30 May

  • UiO: Life Sience: 

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    • Academic staff, postdoctoral researchers, PhD students, and student associations at UiO can apply to UiO: Life Sciences for co-funding of open events that align with the initiative's strategy. The next application deadline is 1st June 2025.

    • Student unions and academic staff at the University of Oslo can now apply to UiO:Life Science for funding to co-finance open events. The maximum amount is NOK 100,000 or up to 50% of the total costs. Deadline is 1st June 2025.

    • Researchers in life sciences at UiO can apply for incentive funds for FRIPRO applications submitted from now until the end of 2025.

Courses and events

See the University of Oslo¡¯s calendar for an overview of all available courses. See also updated overviews of courses from UiO IT (in Norwegian) and the Updated course overview from the University Library.

Overview: Upcoming public defences.

• 6. mai: Mat i sentrum: N?r mat blir sykdom og besettelse. Vi er opptatt av mat og m?ltider i v?rt samfunn. Hva skjer n?r matfokuset g?r over til sykdom? Bli med p? en samtale om spiseforstyrrelser og hva vi kan gj?re med det.

• 7. mai: Nettverksbygging for nyansatte f?rsteamanuensis og professorer. Du som nyansatt professor eller f?rsteamanuensis inviteres til hyggelig treff med mingling og faglige presentasjoner i Professorboligen. Bli kjent med fakultetsledelsen og f? hjelp til ? bygge nettverk. Invitasjoner har blitt sendt ut p? e-post.

• 14. mai: Klasse i sentrum: Politikk ¨C bare for de privilegerte? Domus Bibliotheca 18.00-19.30. Samarbeid UV, SV og MED: Miniserie om klasse og ulikhet.

• 19. mai: Hva er verdien av mangfold? Velkommen til v?rens store inspirasjonsm?te om verdien av mangfold p? arbeidsplassen - for alle ansatte p? Det medisinske fakultet og andre interesserte.

• 16. juni: Hold av datoen for "Workshop om gode flervalgsoppgaver i medisinstudiet". Vi inviterer til en workshop p? Blindern fra kl. 9 - 12., hvor vi utforsker utvikling av eksamensoppgaver innen medisin. Fokuset vil v?re p? innhold fra humaniora, samfunns- og atferdsfag, relatert til temaer som profesjonalitet, kommunikasjon, skikkethet og etikk. Vi vil diskutere aktuelle rammeverk og modeller for ? utvikle slike oppgaver, og det vil bli satt av god tid til ? jobbe med egne oppgaver som kan brukes i fremtidige eksamener. 

• 10. - 12. august: NorDoc PhD Summer School Oslo 2025. The summit provides a unique opportunity for PhD students within Health Sciences across the Nordic countries to meet, engage in scientific discussions and to build networks.

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Dagens n?ringsliv/ Helsam: Forebygging reduserer ikke trykket p? helsetjenestene debattinnlegg av Jonas Minet Kinge, Geir Godager, Bj?rn-Atle Reme, og Henning ?ien. Forebygging gir bedre helse i befolkningen, men flere av oss n?r en alder der ressurskrevende sykdommer er utbredt. Samlet effekt p? helseutgiftene er liten.
 

Klinmed: Kvinner isoleres oftere under fengsling i Norge. Ny rapport fra SERAF viser at b?de kvinner og unge voksne oftere plasseres i isolasjon i i norske fengsler, sammenlignet med andre innsatte. Ogs? bruken av tvang og sikkerhetsceller har hatt en betydelig ?kning blant kvinnelige innsatte.

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