The Centre's annual Christmas seminar will be held 08.12.25

This year's Center Christmas seminar will be held at Hotel Terminus on Monday 08.12.25 at 9-15. A great bouquet of junior and senior researchers associated with the centre's research network present their latest results. 

The program includes Professor Silje Mæland talking about menopause and working life, and medical students Knut Søndenå and Ola A. Schei, who are supervised by Associate Professor Dana Cramariuc, presenting results from new catheter-based treatment of mitral valve leakage. 

The event is open to all Center collaborators. 

Welcome to an exciting and enjoyable end to the Autumn semester! 

Registration no later than 30.11.25 by sending an e-mail to hilde.jacobsen@uib.no

Program:

Christmas seminar at the Centre for research on cardiac disease in women 

Place: Hotel Terminus. Time: Monday 08.12.25 09.00-15.00 

Chair: Helga Midtbø 

09.00-09.15 Welcome and coffee 

09.15 – 09.30 Aisteja Selmyte-Besuspare, University of Bergen. “Sex hormones as markers of cardiovascular organ damage in women with overweight and obesity”. 

09.30 – 09.45 Hanne Flagtvedt, Haugesund Hospital and University of Bergen “Gender and mental health after percutaneous coronary intervention”. 

09.45 – 10.30 Grethe Ueland, Haukeland University Hospital. “Autonomous Cortisol Secretion and Cardiometabolic Risks in Women”. 

10.30 – 10.45 Coffee break 

10.45 – 11.00 Rasmus Bach Sindre “The impact of patent foramen ovale on left atrial reservoir strain in young patients with cryptogenic ischemic stroke- the SECRETO study” 

11.00–11.15 Jonar Strand Hagenes “Arterial stiffness in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis on long term treatment with infliximab” 

11.15 – 11.30 Knut Søndenå and Ola A. Schei “Impact of clip position and early eccentric residual mitral regurgitation on long-term mortality following transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair” 

11.30-12.30 Lunch 

12.30 – 13.10 Silje Mæland, University of Bergen. “The KLAR Project – Menopause and Working Life”. 

13.10- 13.30 Coffee break 

13.30 – 13.45 Annelise Elde, University of Bergen "Digital nutrition education for home-dwelling older adults - CC.AGE" 

13.45 – 14.00 Rune Eilertsen, University of Bergen, “Subclinical cardiac organ damage in young adults with cryptogenic ischaemic stroke: the SECRETO study” 

14.00 – 14.30 The traditional Christmas Quiz