Fostering Pragmatic Comparative-Effectiveness Trials in Non-communicable Diseases (EffecTrial)

Aim of the call:

– to support randomised, interventional and pragmatic comparative-effectiveness multi-country Investigator-Initiated Clinical Studies (IICS)

– to encourage and enable transnational collaboration between clinical/public health research teams (from hospital/ public health, healthcare settings and other healthcare organisations) that conduct comparative-effectiveness multi-country IICS.

These interventions shall have high public relevance only in the fields of these specific diseases or conditions (that are of equal importance):

• Cardiovascular diseases
• Metabolic disorders
• Nutrition and lifestyle-related diseases
• Non-communicable respiratory diseases

The projects will require collaboration with several European countries. 300.000 EUR for the Norwegian partners (400.000 if coordinating).

Deadline for preproposals: 28 January 2025

Breakfast Seminar – The Good Work Environment Changing Work Life –

What About the Work Environment?

Occupational Health – Psychosocial Work Environment – Regulations

Digital Breakfast Seminar on November 26th on Zoom from 08:30 to 10:00

We invite you to this year’s fourth breakfast seminar on November 26th about occupational health, the psychosocial work environment, and regulations. We have invited the Norwegian Institute of Occupational Health (STAMI) and the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority. How is the state of the work environment in Norway, and what can potential changes in the regulations for the psychosocial work environment contribute?

STAMI publishes a Fact Book on Work Environment and Health every three years. The Fact Book provides status and trends for the work environment and health in Norway. STAMI’s director, Therese Hanvold, stated at the launch that “the Norwegian work environment is generally good. We have high employment and low temporary employment, fewer work injuries and work-related deaths, and a high degree of job satisfaction, job motivation, and job attachment. Nevertheless, we need to take steps to get more people to participate in working life. The Fact Book helps identify the most important challenges so that efforts for the work environment can be targeted and effective,” says the STAMI director. Department Director Cathrine H. Ljoså, NOA/STAMI, will review some important trends at the Breakfast Seminar.

In October, the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority issued a consultation on changes to the Working Environment Act and the Regulation on the Performance of Work to clarify the regulations on the psychosocial work environment. The note proposes changes to the Working Environment Act, in addition to proposing clarifying regulatory provisions that will clarify the requirements of the work environment regulations for the psychosocial work environment. We have invited Senior Advisor Kristin Johansen Cock to explain the proposal.

Program:

• 08:30 – 08:40 Welcome by June Vibecke K. Indrevik, the university’s chief safety representative (UHVO), and Michael Riisøen, the university’s deputy chief safety representative
• 08:40 – 09:25 Latest news on the state of the work environment in Norway. How does the work environment affect our health, and what is important to consider in preventive work? By Cathrine H. Ljoså, Department Director NOA/STAMI
• 09:25 – 09:50 Changes in the work environment regulations for the psychosocial work environment by Senior Advisor Kristin Cock, Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority
• 09:50 – 10:00 Questions and thank you for today. Questions can be asked during the seminar by entering questions in the chat or raising your hand.

The seminar will be held digitally on Tuesday, November 26th, from 08:30 to 10:00 on Zoom, and you can register here:

Breakfast Seminar (Webinar) – The Good Work Environment on November 26th

Register by the end of the working day on November 25th. An invitation with a link to the seminar will be sent automatically. Information with the link and program will also be sent to all registrants the day before the seminar.

Hosts: June-Vibecke K. Indrevik, the university’s chief safety representative (UHVO) UiB, and Michael P. Riisøen, deputy UHVO UiB.

Welcome!

Information on the nomination deadline for Meltzer Prizes 2024:

Informasjon om nominasjon og utdeling av tre priser fra Meltzerfondet 2024 (tre stk – forskningsformidling yngre forskere og fremragende forskning)

only available in Norwegian

Artificial intelligence (AI) is both a scientific discipline, an engineering discipline, a business model and a tool. So what does it mean to operate with “sustainable” AI? Come and hear what two leading UiB experts, Jill Walker Rettberg and Marija Slavkovik, think about the topic.

19.11.2024 – 16.30–18.00
Science building, Allegaten 41, Auditorium 1

https://www.uib.no/nt/172924/er-kunstig-intelligens-ki-b%C3%A6rekraftig

(only available in Norwegian)

Morning Session on Web and Design: Clear Language and How to Write Well for the Web

Do you want to create websites that work well? Come and learn why clear language is important and beneficial for both our users and UiB. We will provide you with a simple checklist for good content.

19.11.2024 Time: 08:30–09:30
Location: Smauet Café (Nygårdsgaten 5, 2nd floor)

Fagmorgen med web og design: Klart språk og hvordan skrive godt for web. | Kommunikasjonsavdelingen | UiB

(only available in Norwegian)

The Cancer Society is showering UiB and Helse Bergen with funds this year. Oleksii Nikolaienko will use the money to learn more about who is at risk of getting cancer.

“It is great to receive this recognition that we are doing something people support,” says Oleksii Nikolaienko at the Mohn Cancer Research Laboratory at the Department of Clinical Science 2, UiB and Haukeland University Hospital.

He is leading one of a total of eight projects from Bergen that have received money from the Cancer Society in this year’s allocation. Five of the projects are owned and operated by the University of Bergen. In total, Helse Bergen and UiB are awarded 61 million NOK.

From K2, Professor Bjørn Tore Gjertsen is also receiving funds from the Cancer Society.

https://www.uib.no/med/174081/37-millioner-til-kreftforskning-ved-uib

(only available in Norwegian)

Please find our newsletter online by clicking on the image above or following this link: NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2024.

You can also find our previous newsletters in this link.

Wishing you all a wonderful day and please do not hesitate to contact us for any questions or queries you might have.

All the best from the Euraxess team at the International Centre.

There are a number of foundations with research and education at the University of Bergen as their statutory purposes. These foundations announce funds that both employees and students can apply for, and some of the foundations also have external applicants within their statutory purposes. The largest of these foundations is the L. Meltzer College Fund, and there are also about 25 other foundations from which funds can be applied for.

This portal provides an overview of the foundations from which it is possible to apply for funds. Information is provided about each foundation and its purpose, who can apply, and what can be applied for.

The application deadline for 2025 will be 01.12.2024.

Link to the portal: https://fond.app.uib.no/apex/f?p=182:1 (only available in Norwegian)

Best regards,
Kurt

The Faculty of Medicine

ANNOUNCEMENT – DEADLINE 8/12 2024

Proposals for the Falch Lecture 2025

The academic communities at the institutes are hereby invited to submit proposals for the Falch Lecture 2025.

The framework for the award is NOK 40,000 to cover fees and travel and accommodation expenses. A cost estimate should be attached to the application. Multiple awards may be possible.

Guidelines for the Falch Lecture

1. The proposer is the Board, which can invite generally recognized researchers at Nobel Prize level or very high international level to give a guest lecture and/or seminar at the Faculty of Medicine.
2. The Board can invite employees to submit proposals and document their research efforts. Criteria may include publication in prestigious scientific journals, international awards, leadership roles in significant and active international scientific associations and conferences.
3. The Falch lecturer should preferably have collaborated with or contributed in some way to the research activities at the Faculty of Medicine. However, this is not a requirement to propose a candidate.
4. The Falch Lecture should preferably take place with the physical presence of the lecturer but can also be conducted via digital media.
5. The Falch lecturer will be awarded a diploma to mark the event.

Proposals should be sent to okonomi@med.uib.no by 8/12 2024 and will be reviewed by the Board of the Consul Søren Falch and Ophthalmologist Sigurd Falch’s Fund for Medical Science.

Chairman
Per Bakke
Dean

This will be the biggest stunt of my life! The professor of chamber music at the Norwegian Academy of Music is looking forward to giving next year’s Aarebrot lecture in the University Hall. He will have music students from the Grieg Academy with him on stage.

For more information, read the rest of the case here:

• https://www.uib.no/aktuelt/173961/are-sandbakken-skal-holde-aarebrotforelesningen-2025 (only available in Norwegian)

Event Details:

Date: Thursday, November 14, 2024
Time: 14:30 – 19:00
Location: Glasblokkene Block 2, 1st Floor, Haukelandsbakken, 5021 Bergen.

Program for the Day:

14:30 – 15:00 Opening and Food:

• Pål R. Njølstad (Director, Mohn Center for Diabetes Precision Medicine)
• Per Sigvald Bakke (Dean, Faculty of Medicine, UiB)
• Magne Juuhl (Deputy Director, BUS, Helse Bergen)
• Nicholas Knag Nunn (Managing Director, Trond Mohn Foundation)
• Karoline Rørtveit Thorbjørnsen (Leader, Diabetes Association Bergen)

15:00 – 17:00 Lectures:

• Young Researcher – “Introduction to Mohn Center for Diabetes Precision Medicine”
• Nicholas Carr – “Parent Groups Can Strengthen Interaction with Youth”
• Simon Dankel – “Type 2 Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition”
• Cecilie Roksvåg – “Interview: Life as a Patient with MODY Diabetes, Mother of Three Children with MODY, and Leader of the Diabetes Association”
• Agnethe Lund – “What is Gestational Diabetes?”
• Heiko Bratke – “Diabetes Technology and Systematic Quality Improvement Dramatically Improve Outcomes for Children with Diabetes”

17:00 – 19:00 – Laboratory Tour + Possible Discussion with Researchers

More information regarding directions will be provided next week. If you have any questions about the day, please contact the committee via the following emails:

• Ulrik Larsen: larsen@uib.no
• Miguel Angel Juarez Garzon: garzon@uib.no
• Laura Kind: kind@uib.no