Disputas - Ana Aslanikashvili

Avhandlingen er tilgjengelig her! The doctoral thesis! Prøveforelesning over oppgitt emne holdes kl. 10.15: Long-Covid: epidemiology, pathophysiology and treatment. Prøveforelesningen vil bli strømmet/the trail lecture will be streamed here. Disputasen starter kl. 1215. Disputasen vil bli strømmet her. Opptak av disputasen vil være tilgjengelig i et døgn. The defense will be streamed here.   A recording of the disputation will be available for 24 hours.

Populærvitenskapelig sammendrag av avhandlingen:

Hepatitis C is best known as a virus that damages the liver, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Although the infection can be cured, many people with hepatitis C do not know they are infected. In this study, we used national health records from Georgia to compare people with and without hepatitis C, and to examine whether treatment made a difference. We found that people with hepatitis C who were not treated had a higher risk of severe COVID-19, hospitalization for heart and blood vessel disease, and complications during pregnancy, compared with people without the infection. In contrast, people who received treatment did not show an increased risk of these outcomes. These results highlight that hepatitis C affects more than the liver and underline the importance of widespread testing and access to treatment.

Hovedveileder
Professor Erik Eik Anda, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet. 

Bi-veiledere
Professor Charlotta Rylander, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.
Postdoc Tinatin Manjavidze, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.
Researcher Davit Baliashvili, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Global Health Protection. 

Bedømmelseskomité
 Adjunct Professor Soo Aleman, Karolinska Institutt - 1. opponent.
Professor Dawit Shawel Abebe, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing and Health Promotion – 2. Opponent.
Professor Tiina Ikäheimo, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet - leder av komité.

Disputasleder: Førsteamanuensis Åge Wifstad, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.