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CIH PhDs
Check out CIH’s PhDs! (31.07.2018)
In the 2017 Annual Report, CIH reported more than 60 PhD candidates. Learn more about what they are doing!
Jovita Kakia Amurwon
Jovita Kakia Amurwon: Gathering insights through qualitative approaches (30.07.2018)
Jovita Kakia Amurwon is a PhD student at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, and a guest PhD student at CIH, University of Bergen.
Jan Haavik og Astri J. Lundervold har bidratt med data til stor internasjonal genstudie om psykiatriske lidelser.
Many psychiatric disorders have a common genetic background (24.07.2018)
A range of psychiatric disorders have molecular similarities that modern diagnostic tools don't recognize. This shows an international study with 2 million participants. The K.G. Jebsen center for neuropsychiatric disorders has provided Norwegian data and analyses.
Forskere har funnet ut at virus sprøytet inn i hjernen kan kurere hjernekreft.
A virus to cure brain cancer (24.07.2018)
Injection of a genetically modified polio virus into the brain can give brain cancer patients several years more than normal treatment.
ABC of HIV/AIDS
Reflections on the HIV Epidemic in northern Tanzania (24.07.2018)
In 3 filmed interviews spanning over 30 years, Neurologist and Researcher, William Howlett reflects on the on-going HIV epidemic, from the first documented case to the situation today.
Rutawerga lab
David Rutagwera: Focusing on saving the kids (23.07.2018)
CIH PhD Candidate, David Rutagwera, aims to reduce infections caused by HIV shed in breastmilk to as close to 0% as possible, so that every child can begin life without the HIV+ burden.
Josephine Tumuhamye reading plates
Josephine Tumuhamye: Reducing the Neonatal Mortality Rate (23.07.2018)
PhD candidate Josephine Tumuhamye uses her laboratory skills to study how mothers might be implicated in neonatal infections.
Uganda Famine Karamoja
William Howlett – Humanitarian and Global Health specialist (23.07.2018)
William Howlett is a Visiting Researcher at CIH. Based in northern Tanzania for much of his medical and research career, he is renowned for his commitment and dedication to improving health in Tanzania, and beyond.
Stakeholder process
Translating academic ethics to real world practice (09.07.2018)
How can we secure that decision makers in health are being held accountable for how they prioritize – also to those who are negatively affected by the decisions made? A newly published paper in International Journal of Health Policy and Management presents a checklist to ensure legitimate stakeholder participation in healthcare decisions.