The Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (IGS) undertakes research and research training in a wide spectrum of disciplines including: physiotherapy, occupational medicine, epidemiology, social pharmacy, genetic counselling, statistics, nursing, ethics and general practise. The Department also hosts several Centres: the Centre for International Health (CIH), the Centre for Elderly and Nursing Home Medicine (SEFAS), the Centre for Inter-professional Work-Place Learning in Primary Care (TVEPS) and a Centre of Excellence, the Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Child Health (CISMAC). Researchers at IGS are organised in 16 research groups.
We offer Master, professional, PhD, researcher-training and continuing education programmes.
- Courses
- Master / professional
- PhD / research-training
- Continuing Education
More information about applying for Master programmes. Contact studie@igs.uib.no for more info.
New Publications:
- Markunas CA et.al., Identification of DNA Methylation Changes in Newborns Related to Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy. Environ Health Perspect. 2014 June
- Flo E et.al., Short rest periods between work shifts predict sleep and health problems in nurses at 1-year follow-up. Occup Environ Med. 2014 June
- Haldorsen T et.al., Results of delayed triage by HPV testing and cytology in the Norwegian Cervical Cancer Screening Programme. Acta Oncol. 2014 June
- Clarke R et.al., Effects of homocysteine lowering with B vitamins on cognitive aging: meta-analysis of 11 trials with cognitive data on 22,000 individuals. Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 June