🎉 Join us in welcoming Anand Bhopal as a BCEPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow!
He earned his PhD at BCEPS and we are thrilled to have him join BCEPS as a postdoc to continue his important work!
📸 Anand defending his PhD in June 2024. Photo: J. Wilbricht
@igs-uib.bsky.social
@unibergen.bsky.social
He earned his PhD at BCEPS and we are thrilled to have him join BCEPS as a postdoc to continue his important work!
📸 Anand defending his PhD in June 2024. Photo: J. Wilbricht
@igs-uib.bsky.social
@unibergen.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🎉 Join us in welcoming Anand Bhopal as a BCEPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow!
He earned his PhD at BCEPS and we are thrilled to have him join BCEPS as a postdoc to continue his important work!
📸 Anand defending his PhD in June 2024. Photo: J. Wilbricht
@igs-uib.bsky.social
@unibergen.bsky.social
He earned his PhD at BCEPS and we are thrilled to have him join BCEPS as a postdoc to continue his important work!
📸 Anand defending his PhD in June 2024. Photo: J. Wilbricht
@igs-uib.bsky.social
@unibergen.bsky.social
💥 From Jan. 2025, co-founder & current director of BCEPS, Ole Norheim, will start his new role as Mary B. Saltonstall Professor of Ethics and Population Health at @harvardchanschool.bsky.social. Read more: hsph.harvard.edu/news/ole-nor...
Ingvild Sandøy will take over as BCEPS Director from Jan '25.
Ingvild Sandøy will take over as BCEPS Director from Jan '25.
December 20, 2024 at 2:16 PM
💥 From Jan. 2025, co-founder & current director of BCEPS, Ole Norheim, will start his new role as Mary B. Saltonstall Professor of Ethics and Population Health at @harvardchanschool.bsky.social. Read more: hsph.harvard.edu/news/ole-nor...
Ingvild Sandøy will take over as BCEPS Director from Jan '25.
Ingvild Sandøy will take over as BCEPS Director from Jan '25.
👏 Yesterday, at the Intl #HealthEconomics Association Congress in #Bali #Indonesia, BCEPS Researcher @krishnaaryal.bsky.social presented "Addressing the Non-communicable #Disease Burden in #SouthAsia: #PrioritySetting through #Costeffectiveness #Analysis of Essential #NCD #Interventions".
#IHEA2025
#IHEA2025
July 23, 2025 at 7:43 AM
👏 Yesterday, at the Intl #HealthEconomics Association Congress in #Bali #Indonesia, BCEPS Researcher @krishnaaryal.bsky.social presented "Addressing the Non-communicable #Disease Burden in #SouthAsia: #PrioritySetting through #Costeffectiveness #Analysis of Essential #NCD #Interventions".
#IHEA2025
#IHEA2025
Thank you BCEPS300 participants & instructors! 🎉 👏
Over the past 2 weeks, 80+ students from 30+ countries met every day for BCEPS300 "Introduction to Priority Setting in Health" led by BCEPS Prof & Deputy Dir. Kjell Arne Johansson.
@unibergen.bsky.social
#onlinecourse #globalhealth #publichealth
Over the past 2 weeks, 80+ students from 30+ countries met every day for BCEPS300 "Introduction to Priority Setting in Health" led by BCEPS Prof & Deputy Dir. Kjell Arne Johansson.
@unibergen.bsky.social
#onlinecourse #globalhealth #publichealth
February 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Thank you BCEPS300 participants & instructors! 🎉 👏
Over the past 2 weeks, 80+ students from 30+ countries met every day for BCEPS300 "Introduction to Priority Setting in Health" led by BCEPS Prof & Deputy Dir. Kjell Arne Johansson.
@unibergen.bsky.social
#onlinecourse #globalhealth #publichealth
Over the past 2 weeks, 80+ students from 30+ countries met every day for BCEPS300 "Introduction to Priority Setting in Health" led by BCEPS Prof & Deputy Dir. Kjell Arne Johansson.
@unibergen.bsky.social
#onlinecourse #globalhealth #publichealth
🎉 Published today by the #WorldBank: Disease Control Priorities Fourth Edition (DCP-4) Volume 1!
📖 👉 You can download the entire volume or each of the 22 chapters free of charge here: dcp4.w.uib.no/volumes/volu...
The Secretariat was based at BCEPS, @igs-uib.bsky.social, @unibergen.bsky.social.
📖 👉 You can download the entire volume or each of the 22 chapters free of charge here: dcp4.w.uib.no/volumes/volu...
The Secretariat was based at BCEPS, @igs-uib.bsky.social, @unibergen.bsky.social.
March 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🎉 Published today by the #WorldBank: Disease Control Priorities Fourth Edition (DCP-4) Volume 1!
📖 👉 You can download the entire volume or each of the 22 chapters free of charge here: dcp4.w.uib.no/volumes/volu...
The Secretariat was based at BCEPS, @igs-uib.bsky.social, @unibergen.bsky.social.
📖 👉 You can download the entire volume or each of the 22 chapters free of charge here: dcp4.w.uib.no/volumes/volu...
The Secretariat was based at BCEPS, @igs-uib.bsky.social, @unibergen.bsky.social.
👏 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
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
👏 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
Read more: 👇
www4.uib.no/en/research/...
@hsph.harvard.edu
@unibergen.bsky.social
@igs-uib.bsky.social
#sustainability #priorities
**BCEPS International Symposium 2025**
#BCEPS2025 #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #PrioritySetting #FairChoices #DCPAnalyticsTool #HealthFinancing #FairChoices #HealthEquity #HealthSystems #HealthPolicy #HealthGovernance #BCEPS #NepalHealthEconomicsAssociation #NHEA @bceps.bsky.social
#BCEPS2025 #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #PrioritySetting #FairChoices #DCPAnalyticsTool #HealthFinancing #FairChoices #HealthEquity #HealthSystems #HealthPolicy #HealthGovernance #BCEPS #NepalHealthEconomicsAssociation #NHEA @bceps.bsky.social
June 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🎉 New BCEPS study 👇
"Association between out-of-pocket expenditure and health-related #qualityoflife among patients receiving #cancertreatment: a cross-sectional study from #Nepal", just published in BMC Health & Qual. of Life Outcomes: hqlo.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
📷 S. Rajbahak, Nepal
"Association between out-of-pocket expenditure and health-related #qualityoflife among patients receiving #cancertreatment: a cross-sectional study from #Nepal", just published in BMC Health & Qual. of Life Outcomes: hqlo.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
📷 S. Rajbahak, Nepal
July 17, 2025 at 8:56 AM
🎉 New BCEPS study 👇
"Association between out-of-pocket expenditure and health-related #qualityoflife among patients receiving #cancertreatment: a cross-sectional study from #Nepal", just published in BMC Health & Qual. of Life Outcomes: hqlo.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
📷 S. Rajbahak, Nepal
"Association between out-of-pocket expenditure and health-related #qualityoflife among patients receiving #cancertreatment: a cross-sectional study from #Nepal", just published in BMC Health & Qual. of Life Outcomes: hqlo.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
📷 S. Rajbahak, Nepal
📢 BCEPS is proud to announce a free 2-week online course on priority setting in health, led by Kjell Arne Johansson
& featuring international expert lecturers! 💥
Anyone around the world can take this course. This is a rare and valuable opportunity—please share widely! 💡
See more info below👇
& featuring international expert lecturers! 💥
Anyone around the world can take this course. This is a rare and valuable opportunity—please share widely! 💡
See more info below👇
January 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
📢 BCEPS is proud to announce a free 2-week online course on priority setting in health, led by Kjell Arne Johansson
& featuring international expert lecturers! 💥
Anyone around the world can take this course. This is a rare and valuable opportunity—please share widely! 💡
See more info below👇
& featuring international expert lecturers! 💥
Anyone around the world can take this course. This is a rare and valuable opportunity—please share widely! 💡
See more info below👇
🥳 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.
🎓 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
🥳 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.
🎓 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.
💡🇹🇿 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
@norad.no @igs-uib.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 3:17 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
@norad.no @igs-uib.bsky.social
Yesterday, BCEPS' Head of #Administration, Maria Sollohub, and BCEPS' Head of #Communication, Jana Wilbricht, presented on the administrative leadership & branding of a #CentreofExcellence at the @unibergen.bsky.social Centre of Excellence Day, sharing advice/ideas for initiatives currently applying
February 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Yesterday, BCEPS' Head of #Administration, Maria Sollohub, and BCEPS' Head of #Communication, Jana Wilbricht, presented on the administrative leadership & branding of a #CentreofExcellence at the @unibergen.bsky.social Centre of Excellence Day, sharing advice/ideas for initiatives currently applying
👏 At the International Health Economics Association #IHEA Congress in #Bali #Indonesia, BCEPS PhD Research Fellow Pratik Khanal (pictured) presented his paper "Estimating the #financialburden of #cancer in #Nepal:A cross-sectional study of #patientcosts"
@unibergen.bsky.social
@igs-uib.bsky.social
@unibergen.bsky.social
@igs-uib.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
👏 At the International Health Economics Association #IHEA Congress in #Bali #Indonesia, BCEPS PhD Research Fellow Pratik Khanal (pictured) presented his paper "Estimating the #financialburden of #cancer in #Nepal:A cross-sectional study of #patientcosts"
@unibergen.bsky.social
@igs-uib.bsky.social
@unibergen.bsky.social
@igs-uib.bsky.social
👏 Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to our annual BCEPS International Symposium 2025 last week!
💡Over the course of 3 inspirational days, both internationally leading and early career researchers in priority setting in health shared presentations, panels, and discussions.
💡Over the course of 3 inspirational days, both internationally leading and early career researchers in priority setting in health shared presentations, panels, and discussions.
June 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
👏 Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to our annual BCEPS International Symposium 2025 last week!
💡Over the course of 3 inspirational days, both internationally leading and early career researchers in priority setting in health shared presentations, panels, and discussions.
💡Over the course of 3 inspirational days, both internationally leading and early career researchers in priority setting in health shared presentations, panels, and discussions.
🎉 Congratulations to Tarun Shankar Choudhary, the newest BCEPS PhD! 🎓
Tarun defended his PhD thesis at @igs-uib.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social yesterday: "Assessing equity and poverty impact of health interventions in randomized controlled trials: a case study of Kangaroo Mother Care". 👏
Tarun defended his PhD thesis at @igs-uib.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social yesterday: "Assessing equity and poverty impact of health interventions in randomized controlled trials: a case study of Kangaroo Mother Care". 👏
June 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Tarun Shankar Choudhary, the newest BCEPS PhD! 🎓
Tarun defended his PhD thesis at @igs-uib.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social yesterday: "Assessing equity and poverty impact of health interventions in randomized controlled trials: a case study of Kangaroo Mother Care". 👏
Tarun defended his PhD thesis at @igs-uib.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social yesterday: "Assessing equity and poverty impact of health interventions in randomized controlled trials: a case study of Kangaroo Mother Care". 👏
BCEPS researchers Omar Mwalim, Sanaa Said, Ole Norheim, Ingrid Miljeteig, Austen Davis, Peter Hangoma & Kjell Arne Johansson along with co-authors published "A 10-Step Method for Fair Priority-Setting Processes: A Qualitative Case Study from Zanzibar" in @hsrjournal.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/3z58r8nt
June 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
BCEPS researchers Omar Mwalim, Sanaa Said, Ole Norheim, Ingrid Miljeteig, Austen Davis, Peter Hangoma & Kjell Arne Johansson along with co-authors published "A 10-Step Method for Fair Priority-Setting Processes: A Qualitative Case Study from Zanzibar" in @hsrjournal.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/3z58r8nt
🇳🇵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-...
📰 thehimalayantimes.com/health/intl-...
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 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-...
📰 thehimalayantimes.com/health/intl-...
💥 Now available: BCEPS 2024 Annual Report! 📄
Read the highlights of what has happened at our @forskningsradet Centre of Excellence in 2024: Publications, conferences, public events, courses, social activities, media coverage, and more!💡
www.canva.com/design/DAGf8...
@norad.no
@igs-uib.bsky.social
Read the highlights of what has happened at our @forskningsradet Centre of Excellence in 2024: Publications, conferences, public events, courses, social activities, media coverage, and more!💡
www.canva.com/design/DAGf8...
@norad.no
@igs-uib.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
💥 Now available: BCEPS 2024 Annual Report! 📄
Read the highlights of what has happened at our @forskningsradet Centre of Excellence in 2024: Publications, conferences, public events, courses, social activities, media coverage, and more!💡
www.canva.com/design/DAGf8...
@norad.no
@igs-uib.bsky.social
Read the highlights of what has happened at our @forskningsradet Centre of Excellence in 2024: Publications, conferences, public events, courses, social activities, media coverage, and more!💡
www.canva.com/design/DAGf8...
@norad.no
@igs-uib.bsky.social
🎉 🇳🇵 #Nepal Chapter of the @thelancet.com Commission on Investing in Health launched in #Kathmandu last week! The Lancet Commission on Investing in Health includes several members from BCEPS.
👉 Read more about the launch on BCEPS' page: www4.uib.no/en/research/...
@norad.no
@unibergen.bsky.social
👉 Read more about the launch on BCEPS' page: www4.uib.no/en/research/...
@norad.no
@unibergen.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
🎉 🇳🇵 #Nepal Chapter of the @thelancet.com Commission on Investing in Health launched in #Kathmandu last week! The Lancet Commission on Investing in Health includes several members from BCEPS.
👉 Read more about the launch on BCEPS' page: www4.uib.no/en/research/...
@norad.no
@unibergen.bsky.social
👉 Read more about the launch on BCEPS' page: www4.uib.no/en/research/...
@norad.no
@unibergen.bsky.social
💥 Several BCEPS researchers will be presenting at the upcoming International Health Economics Association #IHEA Congress 2025 in #Bali, #Indonesia, July 19-23, 2025!
See below for the timing and topics of the BCEPS researcher presentations👇
Full program: healtheconomics.confex.com/healtheconom...
See below for the timing and topics of the BCEPS researcher presentations👇
Full program: healtheconomics.confex.com/healtheconom...
July 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
💥 Several BCEPS researchers will be presenting at the upcoming International Health Economics Association #IHEA Congress 2025 in #Bali, #Indonesia, July 19-23, 2025!
See below for the timing and topics of the BCEPS researcher presentations👇
Full program: healtheconomics.confex.com/healtheconom...
See below for the timing and topics of the BCEPS researcher presentations👇
Full program: healtheconomics.confex.com/healtheconom...
📢❗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
⏰ 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 #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
⏰ Deadline: 19 December 2025
ℹ️ 👉 Details: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
#applynow
@igs-uib.bsky.social
🎉 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
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
🎉 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
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
BCEPS PhD Research Fellow Pratik Khanal co-authored the study "Navigating #Nepal’s #healthfinancing system: A road to #universalhealthcoverage amid epidemiological & demographic transitions", recently published in @plosone.org:
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
#healthcare
Fig. 5 from the study:
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
#healthcare
Fig. 5 from the study:
July 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
BCEPS PhD Research Fellow Pratik Khanal co-authored the study "Navigating #Nepal’s #healthfinancing system: A road to #universalhealthcoverage amid epidemiological & demographic transitions", recently published in @plosone.org:
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
#healthcare
Fig. 5 from the study:
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
#healthcare
Fig. 5 from the study:
💡🌱 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
www.thelancet.com/.../PIIS2542...
📸 Danist Soh
January 2, 2026 at 2:33 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
www.thelancet.com/.../PIIS2542...
📸 Danist Soh
PhD-position (4 years) at Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting in Health #philsky
PhD-position (4 years) at Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting in Health (BCEPS) (256242) |...
Job title: PhD-position (4 years) at Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting in Health (BCEPS) (256242), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Thursday, February 15, 2024
www.jobbnorge.no
January 14, 2024 at 11:25 AM
PhD-position (4 years) at Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting in Health #philsky