Marit B. Veierød

Doctoral Researcher (simulation-based inference) / Väitöskirjatutkija (simulaatio-pohjainen päättely)

I'm looking for a Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) to work with me on simulation-based inference at Data Science Research Centre, Tampere University Check the link for details and send an application before October 10th.

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Good morning! Heading to the beach this weekend? Just working outside? Strolling to your local coffee shop? Please read!

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The nice weather continues in Oslo - today is the traditional summer party in the research group for occupational/environmental epidemiology

Cancer Registry of Norway
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Last Epistat group meeting before summer - outdoors!
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UiT Norges arktiske universitet skal forske på kvinnehelse i Norges største undersøkelse UiT startet nå på Norges største undersøkelse om kvinnehelse. De håper det kan bidra til økt livskvalitet for eldre kvinner.

Krysser fingrene for rekordstor deltagelse i viktig forskning på kvinners helse @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnm...

Common false statements on the effects of sun and sunscreens Media features regarding sun on the skin are a part of summer. However, such features often contain factual errors. This letter describes the most common e

Six common false statements on the effects of sun and sunscreens academic.oup.com/bjd/advance-...

JOBS ALERT! PhD position & 3-y postdoc position in statistics within my research group at @ocbe.bsky.social @uio.no
Both are linked to a project funded from the Research Council of Norway on Integrative Bayesian clustering for high-dim data in omics

Deadline: 13 June 2025

More info & links below!

Hipp hipp hurra!

Associate Professor at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (276924) | University of Oslo Job title: Associate Professor at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (276924), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, May 18, 2025

Only 4 days left to the deadline: Become our new colleague as associate professor in biostatistical machine learning at Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology @ocbe.bsky.social and our Centre of Knowledge-driven Machine Learning Integreat!
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Associate Professor at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (276924) | University of Oslo Job title: Associate Professor at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (276924), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, May 18, 2025

Join us in beautiful Oslo!
Associate Professor @ocbe.bsky.social
@uio.no
Deadline May 18th
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Occasional smoking is a risk factor for myocardial infarction in the population-based Tromsø Study, 2001–21 AbstractAims. While the association between daily smoking and myocardial infarction (MI) risk is well-established, little is known concerning the relations

This study from Tromsø highlights an elevated risk of myocardial infarction among occasional smokers, with higher relative risk in women. There is no safe threshold for smoking, underlining the importance of smoking cessation.

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Vil stoppe uregulert solariebruk Nå skal det bli vanskeligere for unge å ta solarium. Dersom helseministeren og Kreftforeningen får det som de vil.

Great that the health minister is interested in stricter regulation of indoor tanning and to ban advertising. www.vg.no/i/4BAeqg?utm...

Tomorrow last day for early-bird registration to PrefStat 2025, 2nd International Summer School on Preference Learning for Ranking and Ordinal Data (www.prefstat.org)! In Oslo, 30.06 – 04.07. Register here: www.integreat.no/events/publi...
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Researcher with statistical competence in causal inference for infectious disease | FINN.no The Section for Modelling and Bioinformatics, in the Department of Method Development and Analytics, is recruiting a researcher for a permanent position. In

Open permanent position as researcher in causal inference for infectious diseases at the Norwegian Institute for Public Health! Deadline May 16.

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Beautiful spring at campus @uio.no

Er egg bra for helsa? - Det medisinske fakultet «Egg kan inngå i et sunt og variert kosthold» – slik lyder anbefalingen om egg i de norske kostrådene. Hva betyr egg for helsa, og hvor mye kan man spise med god samvittighet?

Nice about eggs by @erikarnesen.bsky.social and Jacob🐣Eggs can be part of a healthy and varied diet. The recommendations vary between countries.

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Little snow where we start but still nice to ski this pre-Easter weekend #Vågå 🐥⛷️

There is no safe limit for UV radiation from sunbeds

A well-managed dataset is a technical asset zenodo.org/records/1504...

Surprisingly, some sessions with only men on stage (chairs & speakers), but there is light in the tunnel
WCM & EADO 2025

Back in Oslo after interesting days at the WCM/EADO 2025 in beautiful Athens. Among the highlights:
@shainlab.bsky.social The journey from melanocytes to melanoma
@gvlongphdmd.bsky.social Neoadjuvant therapy: a new standard of care for melanomas

PhD Research Fellow in Epidemiology (278150) | University of Oslo Job title: PhD Research Fellow in Epidemiology (278150), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, April 21, 2025

3-year PhD position @ocbe.bsky.social in beautiful Oslo.

We are looking for a highly motivated PhD candidate interested in statistial applications and occupational epidemiological research

Join our team!

Deadline: April 21

More information:
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A Bayesian Belief Network model for the estimation of risk of cardiovascular events in subjects with type 1 diabetes Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) represent a major risk for people with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Our aim here is to develop a new methodology that overcom…

A Bayesian Belief Network model to predict CVD in subjects with T1D, from our Horizon 2020 collaboration
Ornella Moro
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Norwegian Centre for E-Health Research
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
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IUIBS

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Lovely spring day #Oslomarka

Regjeringen vil fjerne omstridt norskkrav for utenlandske stipendiater Regjeringen vil fjerne omstridt krav om norskkurs for utenlandske forskere og vurderer å myke opp reglene for studieavgift for internasjonale studenter, varsler den i stortingsmeldingen om forskningss...

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Do firefighters get prostate cancer because of their work? - Institute of Basic Medical Sciences When it comes to lung cancer, we know of more than 30 substances that are carcinogenic. But when researchers began investigating why there is a higher incidence of prostate cancer in firefighters, the...

Kreftregisteret
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Spring!
#Oslo

UMass Chan rescinds admission for biomedical sciences PhD program amid funding concerns UMass Chan Medical School is rescinding admission offers to candidates for its biomedical sciences PhD program over concerns about federal funding cuts.

A troubling moment for the next generation of scientists.

UMass Chan Med School is rescinding dozens of PhD offers in biomedical sciences due to fears over federal research funding cuts.

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