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Hanne Flinstad Harbo won the election for the position of dean at the Faculty of Medicine with 53% of the votes. She will be the faculty's first female dean.

The new Jebsen centre opened on 1 September and will have a duration of five years. The aim of the centre's research is to improve the prevention and treatment of heart disease. The Centre is led by Professor Torbjørn Omland.

Five research environments from MED reached this year's FRIPRO award. One research environment from IMB and four from Klinmed received support.

Are you a researcher with an innovative idea based on your research that can contribute to solving an important need in society, but need funding to develop the idea further? Check out the UiO call for innovation funding within all academic fields. The call is aimed at both commercial and non-commercial projects. Application deadline: 16 March 2026.

Do you want to join the application process in 2018/2019 for funding of new interdisciplinary research groups in life sciences? Then you should sign up for one of UiO:Life Science´s meetings in the end of May.