More than 50 per cent of the total medical research in Norwegian medical centres is performed at Oslo University Hospital. This is the result of the hospital’s general research strategy and its extensive international and national network cooperation.

In this way, the medical centre complies with the requirements of its owner and patients relating to its role as national reference hospital, responsible for introducing and developing new medical examination methods, treatment methods and follow-ups. Research that supports prioritised areas of commitment will also safeguard the operation and development of national and multi-regional assignments, as well as the functions of the medical resource centres.

J. Moan

This year's research prize from the University of Oslo goes to professor Johan Moan from the Department of Radiation Biology at the Institute for Cancer Research.
The prize amounts to NOK 250.000, and will be awarded during UiO's annual banquet on September 2nd.

P. Wilkens

A study performed by research fellow and chiropractor Philip Wilkens from the orthopaedic centre at the Division of Surgery and Clinical Neuroscience confirms that glucosamine has no relieving effect on backache. The findings attract international attention, and are published in the prestigious journal "Journal of American Medical Association" (JAMA) (journal impact factor 31,7). The article - entitled "Effect of Glucosamine on Pain-related Disability in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain and Degenerative Lumbar Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial" - is published in the July 7th issue of JAMA.

HA Stenmark

At the 2010 FEBS Congress in Gothenburg, Harald Stenmark from the Centre for Cancer Biomedicine and the Institute for Cancer Research was awarded the Sir Hans Krebs Medal. This medal is awarded annually by the Federation of European Biochemical Societies for "outstanding achievements in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology or related sciences". Recent awardees include Nobel laureates Aaron Ciechanover (2006) and Tim Hunt (2008). After receiving the medal, Stenmark presented a plenary lecture entitled "How a lipid mediates tumour suppression".