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KEFF Conference 2019 (02.04.2019)

This years' KEFF conference was held in Bergen on the 18th and 19th of March and was a great success with over 220 participants.

NAA10 - A Jack-of-all-trades protein in human cells

A Jack of all Trades in Cancer Cells (14.03.2019)

Cancer is a complex disease caused by a multitude of factors gone wrong in the cell. NAA10 may be one such factor. This is a protein that performs many different tasks, including the most common which is catalyzing the acetylation of cellular proteins. NAA10 can therefore be viewed as a ”Jack of all trades”-protein. For two decades it has been linked to cancer progression, but recent data puts... Read more

Using spatial-temporal data analyses to explain impact of HIV treatment in Kenya (12.03.2019)

Although across Kenya there has been a significant decrease in HIV positivity between 2015 and 2017, there are still some gaps that can be identified through spatial-temporal analyses and modelling. A PhD student from CIH talked about his work with spatial-temporal analyses at the prestigious CROI conference held 4-7 March, 2019 in Seattle.

How to read a nutritional content table, and what you should pay attention to (01.03.2019)

– When a product is labeled with a keyhole, it does not mean that the product is healty, but that it is healthier than similar products, says nutrition experts Cathrine Horn and Vegard Lysne.

Big test of bars (01.03.2019)

- Two of these are as unhealthy as candy.

Fecal transplantation is good for abdominal symptoms for IBS patients (01.03.2019)

Placing stools from healthy people in the stomach improved both the symptoms and bacterial flora in the intestines of persons with a variety of irritable bowel syndrome.

EU MAXIBONE General Assembly, Bergen (01.03.2019)

The first General Assembly of the EU Maxibone Project was held in Bergen from 11-12. February 2019.

Saving people from the harm of death, Oxford University Press

Saving people from the harm of death (22.02.2019)

This is the first volume to connect philosophical discussions on the harm of death with discussions on population health, adjusting the ways in which death is evaluated. Edited by post doc in the GHP Research Group Carl Tollef Solberg and associated member of the group Espen Gamlund (professor in philosophy). Foreword by professor of Moral Philosophy Jeff McMahan.

Position open: Professor - Associate Professor of Medicine in Global Health (22.02.2019)

There is a permanent full-time position (100%) as Professor of Medicine (Global Health) open at the University of Bergen, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, Centre for International Health. If there are no qualified applicants for the Professor position, candidates will also be considered for an Associate Professor position.

Gruppebilde fra deltakere fra seminaret i Bærum

Kick-start for a new study (20.02.2019)

LIVE@Home.Path - a new, innovative and multi-disciplinary study, focusing on home-dwelling persons with dementia.

Scenes from the symposium. Lecturer and audience.

"Google map" for tumors (17.02.2019)

The University of Bergen has just implemented the Hyperion Imaging System, next generation immunohistochemistry where researchers can explore tissue biology with 35 antibodies simultaneously. This instrument is the only of its kind in Northern Europe, and is open for booking for all researchers on equal terms.

International study in the Ugandan News (14.02.2019)

The study involves researchers from Norway, England and Uganda. It will investigate how relatively simple measures relating to hand hygiene can help to prevent newborn infections in Uganda.

Research coordinator Linn Knudsen in conversation with the expert panel

Explaining global health priorities (06.02.2019)

GHP kicking of Day Zero at the SDG 2019 conference with the "Global health priorities explained" seminar.

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Countries working together to save babies (06.02.2019)

Researchers from Norway, England and Uganda have just been awarded a €5.9 million grant study how relatively simple measures relating to hand hygiene can help to prevent newborn infections in Uganda.

Ethiopia renews its commitment to Universal Health Coverage (28.01.2019)

The Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia renews its commitment to actions towards universal health coverage (UHC). The re-definition of the Essential Health Service Packages (EHSP), which the Global Health Priorities Research Group is involved in, is defined as one of the most important steps forward.

SEFAS' Annual Report 2018 (24.01.2019)

Our highlights from research, international collaboration and dissemination.

Centre for Nutrition at the RStudio conference in Austin (24.01.2019)

Four PhD-candidates from the Centre for Nutrition participated at the RStudio conference in Austin last week.

New microscope ready for use (22.01.2019)

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