Håvard J. Haugen, together with the University of California, Davis, has received support from the Novo Nordisk Foundation through the Pioneer Innovator Grant. The project, "Using peptide-encapsulated hydrogels for enhancing fracture healing in Post-Menopausal Osteoporotic conditions," was awarded 1.5 million Danish kroner, equivalent to approximately 2.35 million Norwegian kroner.
World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week is an annual campaign aimed at raising awareness about antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and promoting best practices to combat this global health threat. From November 18 to 24, stakeholders worldwide unite to highlight strategies to reduce the spread of resistance and ensure the effective use of antimicrobials across various sectors.
As a part of academic staff exchange under Erasmus global project, Professor Dashrath Kafle recently visited the Faculty of Dentistry. Kafle is the Clinical Coordinator of the School of Dentistry, Kathmandu University, Nepal.
This crucial question framed the recent symposium organized by the NORSE and RESISFORCE networks in collaboration with the AMR Centre at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH). The symposium was initiated by Fernanda Petersen, Professor at the faculty of Dentistry and the head of the RESISFORCE network and Ulf Dahle, the project leader of the NORSE-network and Head of the AMR Centre at NIPH.
Professor Dipak Sapkota, Institute of Oral Biology, has been granted Erasmus global funding for a project to enhance higher education and research in oral pathology.
The Specialist Education Program in Periodontology at the Faculty of Dentistry recently conducted its first examination with an international examiner, Mervi Gursoy from the University of Turku, Finland. She is a member of the Education Committee in the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP).
The research conducted at the Department of Biomaterials makes it an attractive destination. Recently, a group of American students visited as part of a Nordic course on biomedical engineering offered at Karolinska Institute.
Doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Dentistry, Ole Klein, recently received a prestigious award at the renowned research competition IV Memorial Cattabriga Award at Sapienza University in Rome.
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