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Norwegian researchers will find out if microplastics are dangerous for us (12.11.2018)
Nobody knows the effect of micro plastics on our body. Now, Norwegian researchers have joined the hunt for answers.
Beating the DRUM event with Global Financing Facility in Oslo November 5
Professor Ole Frithjof Norheim leading discussion at international GFF event (06.11.2018)
The international event "Beating the DRUM" co-hosted by Norwegian government focused on domestic resource use and mobilization for accelerating progress towards SDG3. It featured roundtable discussions about increasing public-sector revenue to improve health in an efficient and equitable way. Norheim, director of the Global Health Priority Research Group, was the moderator of one of these... Read more
Medical student from Japan is doing research on data from Norwegian Nursing Homes (05.11.2018)
Erika Ito is a third year medical student at Tohoku University in Sendai in Japan and as part of her study she is four months in Bergen to do research.
Tohoku University focuses on cognitive training for persons with dementia (05.11.2018)
SEFAS' collaboration partner, Smart Aging Research Centre, is doing several studies to test the effect of brain training to improve the cognitive ability for persons with dementia and other groups for elderly people.
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Creative learning at the Research Fair (28.10.2018)
The annual public research event by the scientific and research community in Bergen, the Research Fair ('Forskningstorget'), took this year place September 21st and 22nd. The Bergen Gynecologic Research Group took responsibility for the CCBIO stand this year, and attracted great interest both from adults and the actual target audience, kids and youth.
User involvement is the future (25.10.2018)
- We train our doctors to ask the patient what matters to them
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Cod protein may prevent renal failure (25.10.2018)
Overweight rats fed on proteins from cod had better kidney function than overweight rats on a diet based on milk proteins, shows research by Oddrun Gudbransen at the Department of Clinical Medicine (K1).
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Centre for Nutrition at the Pink ribbon run (Rosa sløyfe-løpet) (25.10.2018)
The Centre for Nutrition took part in the Pink ribbon run for the first time.
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Do not discard BMI! (25.10.2018)
BMI does not say all about health, but it is a useful tool in health promotion.
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How to take mentoring seriously in a context of ‘fast’ research? (11.10.2018)
October 3rd 2018, CCBIO hosted a special seminar titled "The Importance of Mentoring for Career Development", where panellists Marsha A. Moses (Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s Hospital), Roopali Roy (Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s Hospital), Roland Jonsson (Faculty of Medicine/UiB) and Anne Blanchard (SVT/CCBIO) discussed mentoring in different forms and settings, and provided... Read more
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New Lancet report out: High-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era: time for a revolution (03.10.2018)
The report by The Lancet Global Health Commission on High Quality Health Systems, co-authored by leader in the GHP research group Ole Frithjof Norheim, sets a new definition for “quality health systems,” and finds that improved health system quality could prevent over 8 million deaths and improve the health outcomes of millions more each year in low- and middle-income countries. The report... Read more
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From Past to Future (02.10.2018)
30 years with Centre for International Health University of Bergen. Scientific seminar: From Past to Future in Global Health. Reflections after 30 years with Centre for International Health University of Bergen
Norwegian Brain Council
Norwegian Brain Council (02.10.2018)
BERG has this month joined the Norwegian Brain Council as a member, together with the other research groups at Section for Neurology, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen.
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EpiReg – Research and Quality Registry and biobank for epilepsy: (02.10.2018)
EpiReg is a comprehensive system designed for the prospective digital registration of information concerning patients with epilepsy treated at the Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital.
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Centre for nutrition announces PhD-position (01.10.2018)
Collage of photos, different speakers on the stage, and group photos.
Harvard inspiration (28.09.2018)
As the first two weeks of the CCBIO/Harvard Long Course on Cancer-Related Vascular Biology are completed, the attending students report to be greatly inspired by the Harvard scholars who are teaching most classes. This course reflects the INTPART collaboration between CCBIO and the Vascular Biology Program at Boston Children´s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Collage of photos from the CCBIO Excellence seminar september 2018, people in different settings.
The road to excellence (27.09.2018)
19th September 2018, CCBIO hosted a Special Seminar on the issue of scientific excellence. Speakers Bruce Zetter (Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital), Merle Jacob (Lund University) as well as Lars A. Akslen (CCBIO) and Roger Strand (SVT/CCBIO) discussed different ways to conceptualise and achieve excellence, leaving the audience both inspired and a little thought-provoked.
DISKUSJON RUNDT BORDET: Fra venstre: Hanne Rosendahl-Riise, Anthea Van Parys, Randi Tangvik, Marte Trollebø og Gülen Arslan Lied diskuterte ernæringsfaglige spørsmål på U-heimen.
Network gathering at Ustaoset (18.09.2018)
Scientific employees and nutrition PhD-candidates from Centre for nutrition organized a professional and social gathering at U-heimen.

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