The Office of the Dean wishes everyone a good summer and describes the ongoing work on the faculty's strategy and annual plan for 2024-2026, and gives a reminder about the opportunity to apply to become a distinguished educator at UiO.
The Pro-Dean for Research and Innovation provides us with an update on the status of the Life Science Building from the perspective of the Faculty of Medicine (MED). We are now seeing the building take form and it is exciting to be part of the planning of the building in the final phase.
Guest article: The internal innovation unit the UiO Growth House will contribute to a stronger innovation culture at the University of Oslo to put more knowledge from research to use, says innovation director and professor Hilde I. Nebb.
Guest post: Acting Head of the Centre for Pandemic and One-Health Research (P1H), Jens Petter Berg, writes about the intentions behind the establishment of the centre, which was officially opened on 30 May
Pro-Dean Magnus L?berg, Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo and Vice-Dean Eli Feiring provide an update from the final semester of the spring.
In this edition of MED-nytt, we place extra focus on studies. Read the editorial written by the Dean and the deans of studies. See how cardiology teaching has won students’ hearts in both modules 6 and 8.
The European Research Council (ERC) funds researchers both during the early stages of their careers and when they become more established. An ERC grant provides researchers with the opportunity to follow their research concepts for five years, and they are some of the most prestigious grants that can be awarded to researchers.
Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo talks about the process of establishing a strategy for the faculty, the Holmenkoll Relay Race and the good response to the breakfast invitations.
Read about the work on the new strategy. Apply for an ERC grant and get the opportunity to apply for additional funding afterwards, such as Johanna Olweus, who has recently received Proof of Concept funding. Taskén receives the Innovation Award. Allocation of Ukraine funding and much more.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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