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Global Health and Public Administration most popular with international applicants (07.05.2021)
Four of the five most popular master programmes among international applicants directly tackle global challenges. 
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Bettina Husebø is editor in new journal on pain and dementia (05.05.2021)
Professor Bettina Husebø at SEFAS is one of several editors in a new journal aiming to promote research on pain among people with dementia.
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Norway: Legal Response to Covid-19 (28.04.2021)
Professor Eirik Holmøyvik is lead author together with Benedikte Moltumyr Høgberg and Christoffer Conrad Eriksen from the University in Oslo of the article "Norway: Legal Response to Covid-19" in "The Oxford Compendium of National Legal Responses to Covid-19".
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Covid-19: The Road to Equity and Solidarity (19.04.2021)
BCEPS collaborator Jesse B. Bump of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is lead author of two important articles, published as part of BMJ's Covid-19 collection, The Road to Equity and Solidarity.
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Sex and gender: modifiers of health and disease (08.04.2021)
Webinar: Monday 26.04.21 at 12:00-13:00 Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Vera Regitz-Zagrosek will talk on how sex and gender modifies health and disease with a focus on cardiac disease in a translational perspective.
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A new mouse model gave surprising findings about Folling Disease (08.04.2021)
A new study from the University in Bergen may shed light on the comorbidities found in adults suffering from this rare disease.
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Fungi are present in your lungs (08.04.2021)
Even healthy adults harbour a diverse fungal environment in their lungs, as shown in a new study from researchers at the University of Bergen, Norway (UiB) published in PLOS ONE. The prevalence and severity of fungal infections have increased in recent years, and the Norwegian scientists have been examining fungi in both healthy and people with lung diseases.
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Climate Change and Priority Setting in Health (06.04.2021)
During Spring 2021, BCEPS will be organising an online seminar series on the intersection of climate change and priority setting in health (seminar dates 14 April, 28 April, 12 May).
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The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical brain cancer trials (29.03.2021)
2020 evolved into an annus horribilis for everyone, manifested by physical distancing and social isolation, disrupted work routines and for many, tragic loss of livelihood and loved ones.
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Positive self-image and self-esteem protects against weight gain in adolescence (24.03.2021)
A new study from the University of Bergen (UiB) shows that the way young people view their bodies have a great impact on their BMI.
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New discoveries on deadly fungus – might be a key for treatment (19.03.2021)
Scientists at the University of Bergen (UiB) have discovered a new enzyme on the deadly fungus Aspergillus fumigatus that might unlock new treatment. The fungus kills around one million people per year worldwide, and is found “everywhere”.
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Creating trust through pandemic-rhetoric (18.03.2021)
How does the health-authorities choose to communicate when the world is experiencing a global crisis? This will be the main topic in a new rhetoric-study with researchers from Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
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Toward Universal Health Coverage in the Post-COVID-19 Era (15.03.2021)
In a Nature Medicine article published today, BCEPS researchers discuss the challenges of developing essential health service packages in resource-constrained settings.
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Research school collaboration between centers of excellence (08.03.2021)
CCBIO initiated its research school – CCBIO Research School for Cancer Studies (RSCS) – very early on, and the RSCS has since the startup in 2014 undergone a steady progress and expansion of the course portfolio. Now that CCBIO’s parent department the Department of Clinical Medicine has been assigned an FKB center (Centre for Clinical Treatment Research) – Neuro-SysMed – CCBIO is happy to be able... Read more
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New perspectives challenge the idea that saturated fats cause heart disease (01.03.2021)
In science, sometimes a new perspective can turn our interpretation of the data upside-down, and necessitate a paradigm shift.
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New study identifies the main genetic causes of autoimmune Addison’s disease (24.02.2021)
Novel genetic associations could pave the way for early interventions and personalized treatment of an incurable condition.
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Life in Research: Interview with Ole Frithjof Norheim (16.02.2021)
Springer Nature has published a 3-part interview with BCEPS Director Ole Frithjof Norheim on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Decarbonising Healthcare Workshop (15.02.2021)
This workshop was organised by BCEPS student researchers Anand Bhopal, Emily McLean and Sara Soraya Eriksen as part of ‘Day Zero’ at the 2021 Bergen Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Conference.

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