Dear Researchers of the Department of Clinical Medicine (K1), Department of Clinical Science (K2), and Helse-Vest,
The week of the 15th Annual Research Presentations by the Research School in Clinical Medicine has finished with great success.
Despite the limitations coming with a pandemic, we had a satisfactory number of participants in Research School Presentations 2021.
On the first day of the event, 23 projects were presented as a Poster Presentation in three sessions: Diabetes/Obesity/Nutrition, Cardiovascular/Pulmonology/GE, and QoL/Neurologic/Genetic/Basic Science.
The second day of the event was held with 13 projects presented as an Oral Presentation in three sessions: Basic Science/Cellular, Epidemiology/Clinical Trials, and Cancer/Autoimmunity.
All projects were awarded a Certificate for Successful Participation.
Three projects presented by PhD candidates were awarded “The Best Poster Presentation Award”
- First place winner: 10 000 NOK
Philipp Strauss: “Transcriptomic Characterization of Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients with Progressive Disease Despite Low Initial Risk of Progression”
- Second place winner: 5000 NOK
Martha Haugstøyl: “Pro-inflammatory adipose tissue macrophages are associated with insulin resistance in morbidly obese subjects”
- Third place winner: 3000 NOK
Tonje Bårdsen: “Lung function in extremely preterm born adults over three decades”
Three projects presented by PhD candidates were awarded “The Best Oral Presentation Award”
- First place winner: 10 000 NOK
Karine Eid: “Perinatal Depression and Anxiety in Women with MS: A Population-Based Cohort Study”
- Second place winner: 5000 NOK
Elvira García de Jalón: “Repurposing 18F-FMISO for clinical PET/CT imaging of nitroreductase gene-directed enzyme prodrug therapy”
- Third place winner: 3000 NOK
Vibeke Fosse: “CD24-targeted intraoperative fluorescence image-guided surgery leads to improved cytoreduction of ovarian cancer in a preclinical orthotopic surgical model”
Projects presented by Postdoctoral Researchers/Scientists were nominated for the “Open Class Award”
- Open Class Award: 10 000 NOK
Helga Midtbø: “Fitness is associated with lower inflammatory markers in obesity: The FATCOR study”
Project received the most votes from the audience was awarded “The People’s Choice Award”
- “The People’s Choice Award”:
Aishwarya Pavithram: “Functional characterization of HNF1B variants enhance precision medicine in diabetes”
For more details about presented Projects and Award Ceremony, please, see the files attached to this email.
On behalf of the organizing committee, we extend our congratulations to all participants and winners.
We are looking forward to seeing all of you and your projects in the 16th Annual Research Presentations by the Research School in Clinical Medicine in January 2022.
Sincerely,
Mona, Nils, and Nigar
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