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Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting in Health (BCEPS)
@bceps.bsky.social
BCEPS is a Norwegian Centre of Excellence at the University of Bergen that aims to understand and promote ethically acceptable, fair, and efficient priority setting in national health systems.
Visit our website: https://www.uib.no/en/bceps
📢 Registration is open for the 2027 edition of our award-winning and entirely free online course BCEPS300 "Introduction to Priority Setting in Health"! 🎓

📆 4 January - 12 March 2027
Every Friday, there will be a live Zoom meeting from 2-4 pm CET.

📝 Register: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
September 8, 2026 at 12:50 PM
🎉 🎓 Join us in congratulating Kofi Aduo-Adjei (2nd from right) who successfully defended his PhD thesis yesterday, 27 August 2026 at @unibergen.bsky.social
His main supervisor was Lumbwe Chola (far left), and co-supervisors were Øystein Ariansen Haaland (2nd from left) and James Akazili (far right)
August 28, 2026 at 2:16 PM
#Newstudy published in @jama.com: "Multidomain Intervention for Growth in Term Small-for-Gestational-Age #Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial", co-authored by BCEPS Director Ingvild F. Sandøy:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

#publication #JAMA #babies #clinicaltrial #study

@unibergen.bsky.social
Multidomain Intervention for Growth in Term Small-for-Gestational-Age Infants
This randomized trial assesses the effect of an integrated intervention package including health, nutrition, early child stimulation, and maternal psychosocial support on weight and weight-for-age z s...
jamanetwork.com
July 28, 2026 at 12:41 PM
BCEPS was well-represented at the SMDM @smdm.bsky.social 48th Annual Meeting in Oslo, Norway, which took place from 28 June - 1 July, 2026.

Read more about BCEPS presentations at SMDM 2026 here: www4.uib.no/en/research/...

@unibergen.bsky.social
@igs-uib.bsky.social
@norad.no
July 3, 2026 at 1:31 PM
BCEPS convened the 5th annual BCEPS International Symposium under the theme "Priority Setting for Universal Health Care at a Crossroads: Equity, Efficiency, and Accountability" last week, with over 90 participants from more than 15 countries, representing BCEPS' international research network.
June 22, 2026 at 11:08 AM
❗ BCEPS is #hiring a #Postdoctoral Fellow in a 4-year, 100% position at @unibergen.bsky.social to support the @norad.no -funded project "Fair Choices on the Path to UHC – In Times of Change (2026–2030)", led by Kjell Arne Johansson.
👉 #apply: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
📆Deadline: 28 June 2026
www.jobbnorge.no
June 10, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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📣 Call for Abstracts – ISPH Conference 2026

“Health Priorities in a World of Change”
📍 Bayreuth, Germany | 🗓 October 7–9, 2026

🗓 Submission deadline: June 20, 2026

🔗 Submit your abstract: lnkd.in/dsaAfcjR
🌐 Conference details: lnkd.in/duEEUTJ4
April 27, 2026 at 12:41 PM
🎉The Section for Ethics and Health Economics (ETØK), made up of BCEPS and the research group HELTER at @igs-uib.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social won the Research Environment of the Year Award for 2025! 🏆

📷 Current ETØK leader Oddvar Kaarboe (left) and former ETØK leader Ingrid Miljeteig (right).
May 5, 2026 at 12:33 PM
👏 BCEPS Co-Founder Ole F. Norheim Appointed to Lead New National Council for Priority Setting and Sustainability in Health and Social Care Services in Norway.

Read more: 👇
www4.uib.no/en/research/...

@hsph.harvard.edu
@unibergen.bsky.social
@igs-uib.bsky.social

#sustainability #priorities
March 19, 2026 at 2:33 PM
🥳 Congrats to Audun Brendbekken, our newest BCEPS #PhD #graduate! 🎉
🎓 He successfully defended his #PhDthesis, "Rare diseases, common challenges" on Friday!
💡 It examines how #raredisease #treatments challenge Norway’s priority-setting system, both at the national level and in #clinical encounters.
March 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
"The Impoverishment Effect of Out-of-Pocket Expenditure for #Hypertension in #Ghana" by BCEPS PhD Fellow Kofi Aduo-Adjei & co-authors Øystein A. Haaland, Lumbwe Chola, and James Akazili, was recently published in Health Policy Analysis: www.sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S221...

📷 by Nappy Studio
February 17, 2026 at 1:40 PM
🎉BCEPS Co-founder Ole F. Norheim was named a Goalkeepers Nordics Champion by the @gatesfoundation.bsky.social
📸 @billgates.bsky.social with the 6 Champions (l-r): Nagin Ravand, Jesper Thomsen, Gunhild Stordalen, Bill Gates, Ole F. Norheim, Martin Blomberg, Asabea Britton
📸 by Dalberg Media/Gates
January 30, 2026 at 3:38 PM
💡🇹🇿 BCEPS PhD Research Fellow @castory.bsky.social (pictured speaker) taught a workshop in #Zanzibar on Friday, providing an introduction to #healtheconomics & #prioritysetting in #health, and the #FairChoices DCP Analytics Tool, to the project team in Zanzibar.
@norad.no @igs-uib.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 3:17 PM
🇹🇿 Official handover: '22-25 NCD project to "Fair Choices on the Path to UHC" '26-30
Front: Amani Mori, prev. Tanzania team lead handing over to new team lead Alphoncina Kagaigai
Back: Hamad Juma Nyembea, Ministry of Health
Right: Apolinary Kamuhabwa, Vice Chancellor MUHAS
📸 Maria Sollohub
@norad.no
January 12, 2026 at 2:36 PM
💡🌱 We begin the new year with a recently published @thelancetplanet.bsky.social article by BCEPS researchers Anand Bhopal,Ole F. Norheim & coauthors on how #prioritysetting tools can facilitate the transition to environmentally #sustainable #healthcare:
www.thelancet.com/.../PIIS2542...
📸 Danist Soh
January 2, 2026 at 2:33 PM
🇳🇵This week, BCEPS was well-represented with several speakers at the Int't #Conference on #HealthEconomics in #Kathmandu, #Nepal. BCEPS Deputy Director Prof. Kjell Arne Johansson (pictured) gave a plenary talk on evidence- and value-informed priority setting.

📰 thehimalayantimes.com/health/intl-...
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
📢❗BCEPS is #hiring! Applications are now open for a permanent, #full-time Associate Professor/ #Professor of #HealthEconomics position, based at @unibergen.bsky.social in #Bergen #Norway

⏰ Deadline: 19 December 2025

ℹ️ 👉 Details: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

#applynow

@igs-uib.bsky.social
Associate Professor or Professor of Health Economics (290565) | University of Bergen
Job title: Associate Professor or Professor of Health Economics (290565), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Friday, December 19, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
BCEPS is proud to offer its award-winning #onlinecourse “Introduction to #PrioritySetting in #Health” again! The course is free, open to all and in English. Dates: 2 Jan. - 20 March 2026
👉Sign up here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
👉Course info: www4.uib.no/en/studies/c...
@igs-uib.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
🇳🇵BCEPS PhD Research Fellow @khanalpratik.bsky.social
presented a cross-sectional #study among #patients receiving #cancertreatment in #Nepal at the #GlobalHealth #Norway #Conference 2025 in #Bergen.
📄 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

@igs-uib.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social @norad.no
📸 BCEPS
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🌍 BCEPS Senior Researcher @krishnaaryal.bsky.social presented a #costeffectiveness analysis of essential #interventions to address the non-communicable #diseaseburden in #SouthAsia at the #GlobalHealth #Norway #Conference 2025 in #Bergen
@igs-uib.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social @norad.no
📸 BCEPS
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
At the #GlobalHealth #Norway #Conference 2025 this week, Professor Kjell Arne Johansson, BCEPS Deputy Director, gave a #keynote on " #Priorities: How do we prepare and improve #healthsystems for the current and future challenges?"

@igs-uib.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social

📷 by Eivind Senneset
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
💡Great turnout & questions yesterday at Prof. @zekeemanuel.bsky.social's talk on "Disinformation & Trust in Science in the U.S. & Beyond"!
Emanuel ( @upenn.edu & BCEPS, @unibergen.bsky.social) spoke about the historic crisis trust in health institutions is facing & how scientists can rebuild trust
October 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Join us on Oct. 14, 14:00-15:00 in Alrek, @unibergen.bsky.social, for a talk with @zekeemanuel.bsky.social (@upenn.edu)on #disinformation and #trust in #science in the U.S. and beyond.

Sign up here:
alrekhelseklynge.no/arrangemente...

#sciencecommunication
#trustinscience
#Health #ethics
October 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🎉 CONGRATULATIONS to the newest BCEPS PhD graduate, Sindre August Horn (pictured)! 👏 🎓

On Monday, Sindre successfully defended his #PhD thesis, entitled "Univariate #inequalities in #health and #priority to the worse off" at @unibergen.bsky.social, @igs-uib.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🎉 We are extremely happy & proud to announce that the project “Fair Choices on the Path to Universal Health Coverage”, led by Prof. Kjell Arne Johansson, has been awarded NOK 129 million in funding over 5 years (2026-2030) by @norad.no!
Read more👇
www4.uib.no/en/research/...
@unibergen.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM