Evaluation of Biology, Medicine and Health Research in Norway
Six Oslo University Hospital research units achieved the top grade "Excellent", and 11 were given "Very good to excellent".
Links:
Evaluation of Biology, Medicine and Health Research in Norway (2011) Report of the principal evaluation committee (pdf format)
From the web pages of the Research Council of Norway (in Norwegian):
Evaluering av biologisk, medisinsk og helsefaglig forskning: Mange sterke miljøer kunne vært enda flere
Due to the large span in disciplines and the number of scientific groups involved, seven international panels of experts were established. Click to open each of the reports (PDF format, in English)
Panel 1 Botany, Zoology and Ecology-related Disciplines (no OUS groups in this panel)
Panel 2 Physiology-related Disciplines
Panel 3 Molecular Biology
Panel 4a Clinical Research Selected Disciplines
Panel 4b Clinical Research Selected Disciplines
Panel 5 Public Health and Health-related Research
Panel 6 Psychology and Psychiatry
Summary of grading for OUS units, taken from the individual pdf documents above.
(To read the complete evaluation reports: click on the links)
| Grading | ||
| Evaluation report panel 2 | ||
| Division of Diagnostics and Intervention | ||
| Pathology | Good to Excellent | |
| Pharmacology | Good | |
| Evaluation report panel 3 | ||
| Division of Diagnostics and Intervention | ||
| Department of Medical Genetics | Very Good to Excellent | |
| Department of Microbiology | Excellent. | |
| Department of Immunology | Excellent. | |
| Department of Medical Biochemistry | Good. | |
| Evaluation report panel 4A | ||
| Division of Critical Care | ||
| Perioperative Medicine | Very good | |
| Acute Prehospital Medicine | Excellent | |
| Pain management | Very good | |
| Division of Surgery and Clinical Neuroscience | ||
| Department of Orthopedics | Excellent | |
| Department of Ophthalmology | Good - Very good | |
| Department of Ear, Nose, and Throat | Fair | |
| Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Good - Very good | |
| Department of Neurosurgery | Very good - Excellent | |
| Women and Children's Division | ||
| Gynecology and Obstetrics | Very good - Excellent | |
| Pediatrics | Good - Very good | |
| Perinatalmedicine | Very good | |
| Division of Surgery and Cancer Medicine | ||
| Oncology and Medical Physics | Very good - Excellent | |
| The Surgical Departments | Very good - Excellent | |
| Institute for Cancer Research | Very good - Excellent | |
| Institute for Medical Informatics | Very good - Excellent | |
| Division of Specialized Medicine and Surgery | ||
| Gastrointestinal Cancer | Good | |
| Norwegian Paediatric Surgery Research Group | Fair | |
| Division of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases | ||
| Vascular research | Weak | |
| Cardiothoracic research | Fair - Good | |
| Division of Diagnostics and Intervention | ||
| The Intervention Center | Very good - excellent | |
| Evaluation report panel 4B | ||
| Division of Medicine | ||
| Internal medicine | Fair to good. | |
| Department of infectious disease | Good | |
| Department of gastroenterology | ||
| Nursing research | Good | |
| Gastroenterology | Good to very good | |
| Geriatrics | Fair | |
| Department of endocrinology | Good to very good | |
| Division of Specialised Medicine and Surgery | ||
| Haematology | Good to very good | |
| Inflammation and Immunogenetics | Very good to excellent | |
| Transplantation Research | Good to very good | |
| Rheumatology | Very good. | |
| Dermatology/Venereology | Weak but with chances of improvement | |
| Division of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases | ||
| Cardiac Research | ||
| Institute of experimental Medicine: | Excellent | |
| Department of Cardiology: | Good to excellent | |
| Cardiothoracic and Vascular surgery: | Fair to Good | |
| Pulmonary Research | ||
| Pulmonary research as a whole: | Fair. | |
| Occupational medicine in particular: | Good. | |
| Division of Surgery and Clinical Neuroscience | ||
| Department of Neurology | Good with the potential to become excellent with more focus. | |
| Division of Diagnostics and Intervention | ||
| Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine | Fair to good. | |
| Evaluation report panel 5 | ||
| Institute of Clinical Medicine | ||
| Center for Shared Decision Making and Nursing Research | Very Good. | |
| Unit of Biostatistics and Epidemiology | This is a newly formed group, about to be reorganized, so the Panel has decided not to grade the unit. | |
| Evaluation report panel 6 | ||
| Division of Surgery and Clinical Neuroscience | ||
| Neuropsychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine | Fair to Good | |
| Division ofMental Health and Addiction | ||
| Personality Psychiatry Research | Good | |
| Norwegian Centre for Addiction Research | Very Good | |
| Traumatic Stress Research | Good | |
| Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Research | Fair | |
| Psychosis Research Centre | Excellent | |
| Forensic Psychiatric Research | Good | |
| Psychotherapy Research | Good to Very Good | |