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Prof. Harleen Grewal will be leading the scientific committee of the European EDCTP3Global Health Joint Undertaking.
PhD fellow Aistėja Šelmytė-Besusparė had her first international poster presentation at the 2025 European Society of Hypertension meeting in Milan
The 2025 Female Heart Workshop was held at Solstrand Hotel on May 8-9 in fantastic spring weather. An inspiring workshop gathering 43 researchers from all over Norway and abroad to focus on new knowledge about sex and gender impact on cardiovascular disease
The CryptoT&T consortium was formed to perform the project entitled "Impact of a cryptosporidiosis point-of-care test-and-treat strategy in children with diarrhoea (CryptoT&T)". The project is funded by the Global Health European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) 3 and is a collaboration between the following partners: • Ethiopia - Armauer Hansen Research... Read more
Did you know that poor oral health can be linked to diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and lung diseases? Professor Randi Bertelsen and PhD students Tuva Norderud Jensen and Anders Røsland recently participated in the Science Is Wonderful! festival in Belgium – an annual celebration of EU-funded research organized by the European Commission.
Marit Sandberg defended her PhD thesis: "Childbearing in women with congenital heart disease. A nationwide cohort study from Norway 1994-2014”
During the Meltzer dinner March 6, rector Margareth Hagen at the University of Bergen presented the Meltzer prize for exceptional science communication to professor Eva Gerdts
MD, Ph.d. Marit Sandberg presents at meeting room 9.1-9.2, Laboratory building, Monday 31.03.25 @ 12-13, Coffee and tea will be served and the event is open to all
Dr. Anja Linde defended her thesis on: Cardiovascular organ damage in patients with psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis: associations with hypertension, obesity and disease modifying treatment 14.02.25. Professor Renata Cifkova from Charles I University, Prague, Czech Republic served as first opponent, and professor Tillmann Uhlig, University of Oslo as second opponent. The scientific evaluation... Read more
Another PhD fellow completed her thesis at Center for Research on Cardiac Disease in Women. Lisa Grymyr received a PhD scholarship from Helse Vest. Her thesis was entitled: Left ventricular mechanics and oxygen demand in patients with severe obesity undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery
Professors Eva Gerdts and Angela H.E.M. Maas are editors of the new book Manual of Cardiovascular Disease in Women which was just published by Springer. Several world leading experts have contributed with chapters on their favourite topic
Vimentin, component of the cytoskeleton, has so far been associated with epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, increased metastatic potential and, hence, poor prognosis in many cancer types. However, our newest study indicates that its role in endometrial cancer might be opposite to what we believed thus far.
Fresh look on the protein expression of ERBB2 (HER2) in endometrial cancer.
The new European Society of Cardiology guidelines were presented at the largest cardiology conference in the world, ESC 2024 in London
Diarrhea is the second leading cause of child mortality in low-income countries, following pneumonia. To tackle this issue, a consortium coordinated by UiB-professor Kurt Hanevik has secured EU funding to improve diagnosis and treatment of diarrheal diseases.
Center for research on Cardiac Disease in Women celebrates its 4th year anniversary. We celebrate this achievement with interviewing Helga Midtbø who has been appointed as the Grieg associate professor in cardiology at the Center

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