PhD-candidates and Masters students

Overview of PhD-candidates and Masters students affiliated with Tuberculosis Research Group, both currently enrolled and those who have completed their studies.

PhD candidates:

Ongoing, year of enrollment: 

  1. Brekhna Aurangzeb, 2023
  2. Irene Najjingo, 2024
  3. Mireille A Mpalang Kakubu 2025

    Completed, year of defence: 
     
  4. Ahmed Wali, 2026
  5. Ole Magnus Bjorgaas Helle, 2025
  6. Maryam Riaz, 2025
  7. Shoaib Hassan, 2025
  8. Erlend Grønningen, 2025
  9. Atiqa Ambreen, 2023 -external institution
  10. Sabira Tahseeen, 2023
  11. Ida Marie Hoel, 2021
  12. Melissa Davidsen Jørstad, 2021
  13. Ida Wergeland, 2017
  14. Nils Anders Leversen, 2012
  15. Manju Raj Purohit, 2011
  16. Kamaldeen Baba, 2009


Master’s degree candidates: 19

Ongoing, year of enrollment: 

  1. Taimia Ayyub, 2023
  2. Malka Achakzai, 2024
  3. Mishal Zahra, 2024
  4. Syed Rafaqat Ali Shah, 2025

    Completed, year of defence:
     
  5. Vijil Veettikkat, 2024
  6. Rajeshwar, 2024
  7. Biplob Kumar Mohanty, 2023
  8. Sanjay Gyawali, 2022
  9. Beatrice Normann, 2022
  10. Shizza Khalid, 2021
  11. Varun Kumar Vijayakumar, 2021
  12. Iman Muhammad Ali, 2020
  13. Ahmad Barakat, 2020
  14. Khadija Hassan Olow, 2019
  15. Shoaib Hassan, 2019
  16. Maryam Riaz, 2018
  17. Yasir Shahzad, 2016
  18. Sameera Qureshi, 2007
  19. M.S. Josephson, 2005
     

Medical student research: 6

Ongoing: 

  1. Anne Emken

    Completed
     
  2. Sarah Feyifoluwa Adekoya, 2025
  3. Berit Skorge Berntsen, 2025
  4. Oneeb Tanveer, 2020
  5. Kari Mestvedthagen, 2016
  6. Sabina Sendrowicz, 2016
Last updated: 06.01.2026