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Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo and Pro-Dean Magnus L?berg are currently strongly involved in further development of the faculty's study portfolio. Here, we provide a brief update some of the essential work in progress.

Research and Innovation in 2025. Get help recruiting an MSCA at the webinar on 24 February. EU funding. Ivar Skeie awarded the King's Medal of Merit. Organisation of IT services at MED. Rector Election. Attend election meetings and exercise your right to vote!

A working group headed by Pro-Dean Jan Bj?lie has investigated the implications of a potential merger of IT services at MED with the rest of the IT department at UiO.

Teachers' gathering and Campus Innlandet. Rector election. Several award announcements. Final deadline for nominating candidates for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and the Anders Jahres Awards. We especially encourage nominations of our talented female researchers.

Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo wishes a happy new year. She shares about the welcome meeting with new students, new dialogue meetings within the units, and plans for summarizing the work the deanery has accomplished halfway through its term.

The dean of research, Jan Bjaalie, takes the security challenges associated with dual use very seriously. At the same time, he is focused on remaining calm. The goal is to find the right balance between our fundamental needs for collaboration, openness, and information sharing, and the legitimate needs to be mindful of our activities.

In the largest study conducted to date on the genetics of bipolar disorder, researchers have identified 36 genes linked to the condition. This marks a significant step toward understanding the genetic factors behind bipolar disorder, which could lead to improved diagnosis and treatment in the future.

Happy New Year! Be sure to take note of important deadlines and information for planning a successful new semester. Several new awards and honours. Registration for the spring courses in the postdoctoral programme. Nominations for the Jahre Prize and the Nobel Prize. The university's five awards. Election meetings. Scientia Fellows programme.

Changing staff, Greenlandic herbal medicine, and growing frustrations. An ongoing research project investigates how parents experience the management of their children¡¯s eczema.

More people will be able to get a new liver. The main reasons for this are research on small carp fish from a pond in B?rum and an advanced machine at Norway¡¯s National Hospital.

With 12 million kroners from the Norwegian Research Council, Muinde will lead a project that aims  to understand how new global and regional pandemic financing initiatives meet governance, funding, and policy needs in Africa.

For more than two decades, the University of Oslo (UiO) has offered master's students summer studies in global health. International students have been and continue to be an important target group, but Norwegians are also encouraged to enrol.

Antibiotic shortages disrupt patient care, increase treatment costs, reduce effectiveness, and contribute to the rise of antibiotic resistance globally.

Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo, with the rest of the faculty leadership, summarises 2024. Don't miss this opportunity to gain an overview of the key issues from 2024. Additionally, they offer their gratitude for the past year and wish all staff and students a very merry Christmas!

Christmas greeting with a summary of the most important matters as of December 2024 from the management. The professional programme in Medicine will transition to a pass/fail exam system. Detailed rules for the Ph.D. programme are up for internal consultation. The new faculty director introduces herself. Teaching award. Innovation funds to SFF CRESCO. ERC Consolidator grant to Hov. Aasb? receives 15 million kroner from the Research Council of Norway's sustainability call. Practical information for UiO employees.

Our new Faculty Director introduces herself and shares some of her impressions and thoughts from her first time at MED. She also provides information on ongoing developments within the administration at UiO.

Vice-Dean Grete Dyb provides an update on the internal hearing regarding the new supplementary regulations for the Ph.D. programme. The hearing will be sent out next week, with the deadline for feedback being 1th February,

Dean of Studies Magnus L?berg discusses the decision made at the Faculty Board meeting on 10th December: All exams in the medical degree programme will be assessed with pass/fail from autumn 2025.

Certain intestinal bacteria are found more frequently in Norway than in a number of other countries and there is also a higher incidence of bladder cancer, bowel cancer and prostate cancer. These findings may lead to new opportunities for preventing these types of cancer, according to a new study.

Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo reflects on the final stretch of the semester, this year in the faculty leadership, and wishes everyone a joyous Advent season. 

UiO's new joint department for comparative medicine. 12 million NOK from FRIPRO for Alzheimer¡¯s research. Innovation funds awarded to six groups at the Faculty of Medicine. New representative on the faculty board. Join us for the Advent concert and Christmas tree lighting.

Our first Learning environment survey aims to take the pulse of student life at MED. It will inform us about the quality of the learning environment and is an important part of our efforts to improve the daily study experience at MED.

Dean Hanne Flinstad Harbo talks about several visits from, among others, Estonia and Ukraine, and about a meeting with the Minister of Health. There is a lot going on: the Learning Environment Survey, the review of the PhD programme, and the development of the Skills Centre in new premises. MED is also inviting everyone to an important meeting about the rebuilding of health services in Gaza.

Faculty Board Election. Learning Environment Survey. Proposal for new PhD regulations will be subject to consultation in December. 24 million NOK to the University of Oslo from the Cancer Society. UiO Campus South wins an education award from Health South-East. Honorary Doctorate to Espen Bjertness. Haakon Meyer, honorary member of the Norwegian Epidemiological Association. Rebuilding of Health Services in Gaza.

Even though thin melanoma is increasing the most, the number of cases of thicker melanoma is also steadily on the rise, shows a large study of melanoma incidence in Norway since the 1980s. The thickness of the tumour is an important factor for the prognosis at the time of diagnosis.