Professor Nina Langeland at UiB has been appointed Knight of the 1st Class of the Order of St. Olav for her many years of work in infectious disease medicine.
Nina Langeland appointed Knight of the 1st Class
Fire safety training for employees at UiB
All employees at UiB must have completed fire safety training, which consists of a digital fire safety course and practical extinguishing. This requirement is stipulated in the Fire Act and the HSE Regulations.
Digital fire protection course
The digital course takes approximately 30 minutes and can be completed at a time that suits you.
Link: https://nettkurs.tiv.no/no/feidelogin
Practical extinguishing course
Den praktiske delen arrangeres av Teknisk Industrivern AS og er gratis for alle ansatte. Vi anbefaler sterkt å delta, da kurset gir verdifull erfaring i håndtering av brann i en reell situasjon.
Vårens kurs er gjennomført. Nye kurs settes opp til høsten.
Vi oppfordrer alle ansatte til å gjennomføre brannvernopplæringen i løpet av året. Det praktiske kurset kan fullt, så det kan være lurt å melde seg på tidlig.
Learn to publish in W4
Several employees have expressed a need for training in the publishing solution W4. Now, you are invited to two digital courses in June, with a practical review of how to post and maintain content on uib.no.
Enrollment:
To ensure an overview of participants and to be able to send calendar invitations, everyone who wishes to participate is asked to register via the registration form:
Påmelding til teknisk opplæring i W4 for fakulteter og institutter
New webpages launched - W4
The University has now launched the new websites for the W4 pilot project, and K2’s landing page has been updated with the new profile.
A major difference from before is that the new websites are intended exclusively for external audiences.
For now, the pages are relatively sparse, and they are expected to be expanded with more content over time.
The University has now launched the new websites for the W4 pilot project, and K2’s landing page has been updated with the new profile.
Great interest in quality development in education
The commitment to developing the education at UiB is great. When the application deadline for this year's announcement of funding for quality development expired on May 8, a total of 59 applications had been received from academic environments across the university.
https://www.pahoyden.no/opptak/opptak-viktige-datoer-i-juli/august/142000
Dissertation – Gard Mikael Sæle Myrmel – 19.06.26
FACULTY OF MEDICINE
UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN
PUBLIC DEFENCE – Ph.D. DEGREE
Gard Mikael Sæle Myrmel
The candidate is affiliated with the Department of Clinical Science (Klinisk institutt 2).
Hovedveileder:Professor Kristin Moberg Aakre
Medveiledere: Professor Torbjørn Omland og professor Eva Kristine Ringdal Pedersen
Trial lecture: Friday, June 19, 2026 at 9:15 a.m.
Location: Birkhaugsalen, Haukeland University Hospital
Stated topic: “Precision medicine or precision illusion: The challenge of individual risk prediction in cardiovascular disease”
Debate: Friday 19 June 2026 at 11.15
Sted: Birkhaugsalen, Haukeland Universitetssykehus
Thesis title: “Growth Differentiation Factor-15 in Suspected Acute Coronary Syndromes: Clinical Determinants, Sex Differences and Prognostic Value
1. opponent: Senior Lecturer, Andrew Chapman, Universitetet i Edinburgh
2. opponent: Professor Tanja Zeller, Universitetet i Lübeck
3. medlem av komiteen: Professor Øystein Eikrem
Disputasen blir ledet av Professor Marc Vaudel.
Open to all interested parties
Disputes - Melissa Rajini Balthasar - 18.06.26
FACULTY OF MEDICINE
UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN
PUBLIC DEFENCE – Ph.D. DEGREE
Melissa Rajini Balthasar
The candidate is affiliated with the Department of Clinical Science (Klinisk institutt 2).
Main supervisor: Professor Petur Juliusson
Medveiledere: Førsteamanuensis Bente Brannsether-Ellingsen og ph.d. Mathieu Roelants
Trial lecture: Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 09:15 a.m.
Location: Auditorium in building C, Ullandshaug, Stavanger University Hospital
Stated subject: “Strategies to optimize prenatal programming of cardiovascular disease in a global setting”
Disputas: Torsdag 18. juni 2026 kl. 11.00
Location: Auditorium in building C, Ullandshaug, Stavanger University Hospital
Thesis title: "Growth monitoring in Norwegian children - Evaluation of guidelines, early growth and pubertal timing, and trends in overweight and obesity"
1. opponent: Professor Jovanna Dahlgren, Gøteborgs Universitet
2. opponent: Professor Henrik Christesen, Syddansk Universitet
3. medlem av komiteen: Førsteamanuensis Hildegunn Aarsetøy
The defense will be led by Professor Tor K. Larsen.
Open to all interested parties
Small actions can contain great care
- Care is not just the responsibility of professionals, but something we create together,” say the researchers behind the IMAGINE project. Through creative workshops, they explore how art can be used to deal with grief and show care when life gets difficult.
https://www4.uib.no/forskning/aktuelt/sma-handlinger-kan-romme-stor-omsorg
