The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine's board and committees
The Faculty Board
Members of the faculty board at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in the period 01.08.2021 - 31.07.2025. Temporary staff in teaching and research positions and students have been elected for one year.
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The Board for The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine 01.08.2021 - 31.07.2025:
External members:
Gunnar Dalen
Organization Director i Tine
Chairman of the board
Kristin Ottesen
Daglig leder i Havet fiskehelse AS
Permanent member
Finn Eirik Johansen
Professor UiO, Department of Biosciences
Permanent member
Hilde Bremnes
Head of department in the Norwegian Food Safety Authority
Alternate member
Ågot Aakra
Project director at the Institute of Public Health
Alternate member
Permanent staff in teaching and research positions:
Temporary employees in teaching and research positions:
Employees in technical and administrative positions:
Student representatives:
Kristine Koppervik
Student
Permanent member
Linda Martine Lindstad
Student
Alternate
Peter Becskei
Student
Permanent member
Magnus Dypvik
Student
Alternate
Secretary: Anne Storset, dean
The Research Committee
The research committee at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FU-VET) is the faculty's strategic body within research, and provides advice and input to the dean in matters relating to research, innovation, external research collaboration and research training.
FU-VET consists of the head and secretary, representatives of permanent and temporary academic staff associated with the faculty's departments, in addition to a representative of the PhD candidates and technical-administrative staff. Head of FU-VET, is also at all times a member of the central Research Committee at NMBU (FU-NMBU), which is the university's research policy advisory body. FU-VET meets before all meetings of FU-NMBU and has the opportunity to give input to FU-NMBU.
See the guidelines for the Research Committee at the faculrt of Veterinary Medicine (in Norwegian) for more information on the committee's role and authority.
Members of the Research Committee
PhD program council for Veterinary Science and committee for the European specialist course
The PhD program council for Veterinary Science and committee for European specialist education (PhD program council VET) work to develop and strengthen the quality of the PhD education both in content and organization at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. We want input from supervisors and candidates on matters relating to research training.
PhD program council VET's responsibilities and task areas:
- Operational responsibility for content and organization of the PhD programme
- Heve og styrke kvaliteten på utdanningen
- Raise and strengthen the quality of education
- Process admission applications to the PhD program in Veterinary Science
- Process other applications (changes in the supervisor group/training part/agreement period and special curriculum) in the PhD education
- Annual PhD program evaluation
- Help ensure we are able to train diplomats
- Assessment of research line projects in veterinary education
- Give advice to the dean in matters concerning the diplomatic and research education
How to register cases:
Cases are reported to the head of the program council, the PhD advisors at the faculty or the representatives at the departments. Feel free to send an email to phd.radgiver.vet@nmbu.no.
PhD program council VET has 7 meetings a year. Deadlines for sending cases can be found in the table below.
Meeting Date Deadline Meeting Date Deadline 29 January 2024 1 January 2024 29 August 2024 15 August 2024 21 March 2024 1 March 2024 21 October 2024 1 October 2024 31 May 2024 1 May 2024 16 December 2024 1 December 2024 27 June 2024 (Cancelled) 1 June 2024 Since the program council assesses admission applications to the PhD program in Veterinary Science, these deadlines also apply as deadlines for submitting admission applications to the PhD programme.
Members of the PhD program council VET
Position Representative Substitute Chair Thea B. Blystad Klem Marina Aspholm (Deputy Chair) Secretary Oliver Li Xingwen Marianne Tandberg Representative PrePat Karin Zimmer Frode Lingaas Representative SportFaMed Heidi Sjetne Lund Ingunn Risnes Hellings Representative ProdMed Camilla Kielland Randi Oppermann Moe Representative ParaFag Marina Aspholm (Nestleder) Marit Jørgensen Bakke PhD Candidate Anna Bergfeldt Thea Hjemsæter PhD Candidate Airina Kallmyr-Mack Nanna Kristine Ringstad Specialist Candidate Sigurd Jerre Borge Student Thea Jacobsen Andreas Sedin Faculty Academic Affairs Committee (VET-SU)
The Faculty Academic Affairs Committee (VET-SU) is the faculty's strategic body within education. The committee must give advice and strategic input to the dean in matters relating to education.
Members of the Faculty Academic Affairs Committee (VET-SU)
Frida Frigstad Aggvin
Student
Student representative 1
Ida Marie Hennø
Student
Student representative 2
Jenny Elise Skogsrød
Student
ALTERNATE
Student representativeObserver: Head of the Academic and Research Administration