Skip to main content

Aspirin as a prophylactic against pre-eclampsia

30/08/2022 - 11:25

"In my opinion, aspirin is one of the most fascinating drugs in the field of medicine. It has such a diverse range of effects and these different effects have been gradually discovered over the years. It's really remarkable," says Helga Helgadóttir, lecturer at the UI Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, whose research has focused on how aspirin can prevent pre-eclampsia in pregnant women.

Over the years, aspirin has been used to treat various ailments and diseases and remains the most used drug in the world, according to Helga. "It can be used as everything from a traditional painkiller and anti-inflammatory to a prophylactic against cardiovascular disease. Recently, we have started using it in high-risk pregnancies as a prophylactic against pre-eclampsia. Aspirin lowers blood pressure in pregnant women and reduces the likelihood of impaired foetal growth, gestational hypertension and early pre-eclampsia," says Helga.

Doctoral lecture in Geology - Jonathan Henrik Råberg

11. April 2022 - 14:00 to 15:30

Aðalbygging

The Aula

Live stream

Ph.D. student: Jonathan Henrik Råberg

Dissertation title: Lipids at high latitudes: investigation of sources, environmental controls, and new potential applications of brGDGT-based paleoclimate proxies

Advisor: Dr. Áslaug Geirsdóttir, Professor at the the Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland

Doctoral committee: 
Dr. Gifford H. Miller, Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Dr. Julio Sepúlveda, Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Dr. Sebastian Kopf, Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Dr. Thomas M. Marchitto, Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Dr. Noah Fierer, Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

Doctoral defence in Psychology – Moshen Rafiei

10. December 2021 - 13:00 to 16:00

Aðalbygging

Mohsen Rafiei will defend his doctoral thesis in Psychology, Attractive and repulsive serial biases in visual cognition on 10 December, at 1-3 pm at the Unversity´s Aula. 

Opponents: Dr Igor Utochkin, professor, National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia and Dr Peter Shepherdson, assistant professor at the University of Akureyri.

Advisor: Dr Árni Kristjánsson, professor of Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Iceland.

Doctoral committee:  Dr Árni Kristjánsson, Dr Andrey Chetverikov, PhD: Radboud University and Dr Sabrina Hansmann-Roth, PhD: University of Lille.

Chair of Ceremony: Dr Urður Njarðvík, Dean of Faculty of Psychology at the University of Iceland

Doctoral defence in Environment and Natural Resources - Maartje Oostdijk

29. April 2021 - 13:00 to 15:00

Aðalbygging

The Aula

The defence will be streamed live

Ph.D. student: Maartje Oostdijk

Dissertation title: Fisheries Management under Individual Transferable Quota: Outcomes for Ecology and Equity

Opponents: 
Dr. Mary Wisz, Professor at the World Maritime University, Malmö, Sweden
Dr. Henrik Österblom, Professor at the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden

Advisor: Dr. Brynhildur Davíðsdóttir, Professor in Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Iceland

Doctoral defence in Physics - Aruna Rajagopal

21. May 2021 - 13:00 to 15:00

Askja

Room 132

The defence will be streamed live

Ph.D. student: Aruna Rajagopal

Dissertation title: Out of equilibrium hydrodynamics with and without boost symmetry

Opponents: 
Dr. Giuseppe Policastro, Professor at Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France
Dr. Koenraad Schalm, Professor at the Instituut Lorentz, Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands

Advisor: Dr. Lárus Thorlacius, Professor at the Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Iceland

Doctoral committee: 
Dr. Valentina Giangreco M. Puletti, Professor at the Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Iceland
Dr. Þórður Jónsson, Professor at the Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Iceland
Dr. Jelle Hartong, Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Researching the impact of shorter term of study for matriculation examinations

22/12/2020 - 08:53

University students are generally more critical and active during their classes than before, whilst their language skills have deteriorated somewhat. These are part of the first findings of a study on the faculty's outlook on the shorter term of study for Icelandic matriculation examination.

One of the biggest changes on the Icelandic upper secondary school was made six years ago when the term of study was shortened from four years to three years. The first class to go through the new system graduated in spring 2019. All of the Icelandic upper secondary school currently operate by the three year system and it is thus interesting to look at the impact of this change within the education system.

Researching the impact of shorter term of study for matriculation examinations

University students are generally more critical and active during their classes than before, whilst their language skills have deteriorated somewhat. These are part of the first findings of a study on the faculty's outlook on the shorter term of study for Icelandic matriculation examination.

One of the biggest changes on the Icelandic upper secondary school was made six years ago when the term of study was shortened from four years to three years. The first class to go through the new system graduated in spring 2019. All of the Icelandic upper secondary school currently operate by the three year system and it is thus interesting to look at the impact of this change within the education system.

A warm welcome to the University of Iceland

24/08/2020 - 14:01

Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, sent the following message to new students  (19 August 2020):

"Dear new student,

This is an exciting milestone in your life. Higher education is challenging under normal circumstances, but right now it is especially hard to take your first steps as a university student. Due to COVID-19, the situation is completely different to anything we have previously faced. Nevertheless, we will all do our utmost to make sure you have the best experience possible and that together we can foster the incredible spirit that characterises everything we do here at the University of Iceland.

Mothers who lose a child more likely to die prematurely

25/11/2019 - 14:09

Premature death is more common among women who have experienced the loss of a child than other women, in accordance with new research conducted by scientists at the University of Iceland and deCODE Genetics, which looked at all parents in Iceland over the last two centuries. The findings were reported in the latest issue of the journal eLife, which was published recently.

Many research projects have revealed a link between child loss and increased risk of mental illness, heart disease and even certain types of cancer. Research also indicates an increased risk of premature maternal death following child loss, whether by suicide or natural causes. 

May Beaudry and Ewa Domanska, the Nordic House, Thurday the 29th of August from 13-15

29. August 2019 - 13:00 to 15:00

Nordic House

The reasearch project My Favourite Things invites to a open lecture on Thursday the 29th of August in the Nordic House from 13:00 - 15:00

 

Dr Ewa Domanska is a professor of human sciences at the Department of History, Adam Mickiewicz University, in Poznan, Poland. She has also, since 2002, held the position of recurring visiting professor at the Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology at Stanford University, USA.

Domanskas’s research covers a broad spectrum of topics and themes. She has engaged with the fields of theory and history of historiography, comparative theory of the humanities and social sciences, non-European and post-anthropocentic approaches to the past, new materialism, ecocide and genocide studies, and ecological/environmental humanities.

Dr. Mary Beaudry is a professor of Archaeology, Anthropology, and Gastronomy at Boston University in the USA.

Pages