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The first Nordic Summer School for Neurorehabilitation will take place in Falsterbo, Sweden, from 21. – 23. September 2016.
Death is a classical topic in philosophy. In a new article, PhD-candidate Carl Tollef Solberg, Research Assistant Preben Sørheim, and Associate Professor Espen Gamlund gives a diagnosis of contemporary philosophers’ views on death – and some prescriptions on how we should treat death in a secular societies.
Professor Terje Tvedt criticizes Social Sciences for being “water blind”.
Tove Ask will defend her PhD Thesis on Thursday, 22. June 2016 at the University of Bergen. Title of the thesis: “Functional evaluation and work participation in health care workers with musculoskeletal disorders”
An Annual Report provides an opportunity for reflection over the accomplishments and highlights of the year that has been. It is an important exercise in introspection and an integral part in planning for the future.
A new study from the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (IGS) has shown that patients with lower levels of education were less likely to receive coronary angiography and hence revascularization compared to their counterparts with higher education.
IGS’s Department Day 11 May 2016 was a HUGE success! The weather and setting alone would have made it one of the most memorable ever!
Our research group participated in the Global Health Conference in Bergen, entitled "Norwegian Global Health Networks with Impact". Find posters and pictures here.
Associate professor Kjell Arne Johansson has contributed to two new volumes on the important project Disease Control Priorities. In the new volumes just released, world leading experts provide new insight to the literature on investments in Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (Volume two) and on Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders (Volume four).
The badness of death and its possible implications for priority setting in global health is the subject in a new article by PhD-candidate Carl Tollef Solberg from the Global Health Priorities Group and Associate Professor Espen Gamlund. In the article just published in BMC Medical Ethics they present possibly the first systematic discussion on philosophical considerations of the badness of death... Read more
The Physiotherapy Research Group participates at the WCNR in Philadelphia, 10 - 13th May, 2016.
Jovita Amurwon is the PhD candidate of the Month at Centre for International Health!
Sudha Basnet is PhD of the Month at Centre for International Health!
The Addis Ababa University (AAU) and our research group Global Health Priorities at UoB are collaborating on training the teachers of medical students in medical ethics. Just after 25 teachers at AAU had completed a three year program of training in ethical theory, methods and handling of clinical ethical dilemmas, the Minister of health in Ethiopia, dr. Kesete asked professor Norheim and... Read more
Each month a paper is selected by one of the Editors of the five Nutrition Society Publications, and this month the paper selected is by PhD Candidate Seifu Hagos.
The evaluation team finds that the GLOBVAC programme has made significant achievements in a number of areas and fills an important gap in the Norwegian funding landscape.
PhD Candidate Simon P. Kibira has recently published the first article from his PhD project, concerning sexual risk and willingness to be circumcised in Uganda.

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