Three PharmaSafe doctoral dissertations successfully defended this spring

It has been a very busy spring for PharmaSafe and we are happy to announce that we have three freshly-minted PhDs!

Elin Thuy Phuong Ngo successfully defended her thesis on April 26, 2023.

Thesis title:

Novel interventions for pregnant women: Pharmacist consultations and mobile applications in pregnancy - with focus on the management of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy

Trial lecture title:

Interprofessional collaboration in pregnancy care for safe use of medication

Supervisors:

Prof. Hedvig Nordeng, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Prof. David Wright, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom

Committe:

1st Opponent: Prof. Katja Taxis, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

2nd Opponent: Dr. Hege Sletvold, NORD Universitet, Bodø, Norway

3rd Opponent: Prof. Arild Rustan, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Emilie Willoch Olstad successfully defended her thesis on May 12, 2023.

Title:

Prenatal Medication Exposure, DNA Methylation and Child Neurodevelopment

Trial Lecture:

Importance of pharmacoepigenetics and pharmacogenetics for improving diagnosis and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders

Supervisors:

Prof. Hedvig Nordeng, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Dr. Kristina Gervin, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Committee:

1st Opponent: Ass. Prof. Esther Walton, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

2nd Opponent: Dr. Astanand Jugessur, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

3rd Opponent: Dr. Espen Molden, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Lene Maria Sundbakk successfully defended her thesis on June 2, 2023.

Title:

Benzodiazepines and z-hypnotics in pregnancy and child neurodevelopment - With focus on causal inference methods in perinatal pharmacoepidemiolgy

Trial Lecture:

Nonadherence to and discontinuation of chronic psychotropic medications in pregnancy: prevalence and implications for mother and infants

Supervisors:

Prof. Hedvig Nordeng, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Ass. Prof. Mollie Wood, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Committee:

1st Opponent: Dr. Sascha Dublin, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA

2nd Opponent: Dr. Michael Due Larsen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

3rd Opponent: Dr. Osman Gani, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway