Biomedical and Health Sciences Conference at the University of Iceland

23. og 24. maí 2023

á Háskólatorgi Háskóla Íslands

PROGRAMME

The schedule for both conference days is below. Click on the name of the seminar to get information about the presentations here.

39 scientific results will be presented in poster presentations before noon on both conference days. Guidelines for poster presenters can be found here.

About 150 diverse abstracts are on the agenda, both as talks in a seminar and as poster presentations. Find all conference abstracts sorted by keywords here.

OPENING SESSION

Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir, president of the Faculty of Health Sciences, opens the conference.

GUEST LECTURERS

Hilma Holm discusses heart diseases and heredity on the first day of the conference. Jón Snædal presents a new drug for Alzheimer's/cerebral degeneration on the second day of the conference.

LECTURES FOR THE PUBLIC

Open lectures for the public will be held at lunchtime. Unnur Anna Valdimarsdóttir discusses the impact of trauma on health on the first day of the conference. Páll Þór Ingvarsson gives a talk on biotech drugs on the second day. 

Tuesday 23 May

8:30-9:00

Registration

9:00-9:10

Salur HT102

Ráðstefnan sett: Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir, forseti Heilbrigðisvísindasviðs.

9:10-9:40

Salur HT102

Guest lecture: Meaningful use of genetic information in the management of cardiovascular diseases - insights from research at deCODE genetics. Hilma Holm.

In English

9:50-11:05

SALUR HT102

Á íslensku

Salur HT103

In English

Salur HT104

Á íslensku

Salur HT105

In English

11:10-11:50

Poster presentations and coffee.
An information booth about the research services of the Institute of Health Sciences is open.

11:55-12:25

Salur HT102

Open lecture for the public:
Áföll og streita – ein megin lýðheilsuáskorun 21. aldar. Unnur Anna Valdimarsdóttir.

Á íslensku

12:25-13:00

Lunch break

13:00-14:00

Salur HT103

In English

Salur HT104

Á íslensku

Salur HT105

In English

14:00-14:15

Coffee break

14:15-15:15

Salur HT102

Á íslensku

Salur HT103

In English

Salur HT104

Á íslensku

Salur HT105

In English

15:15-15:25

Recess

15:25-16:25

Salur HT102

Á íslensku

Salur HT103

In English

Salur HT105

In English

Wednesday 24 May

8:30-9:00

Registration

9:00-9:30

Salur HT102

Gestafyrirlestur: Alzheimer-sjúkdómur; ný þekking. Jón Snædal

Á íslensku

9:40-11:10

Salur HT102

Á íslensku

Salur HT103

In English

Salur HT104

Á íslensku

Salur HT105

In English

11:15-11:55

Poster presentations and coffee.
An information booth about the research services of the Institute of Health Sciences is open.

12:30-13:00

Lunch break

13:00-14:00

Salur HT102

Á íslensku

Salur HT103

In English

Salur HT104

Á íslensku

Salur HT105

In English

14:00-14:15

Coffee break

14:15-15:15

Salur HT103

In English

Salur HT104

Á íslensku

Salur HT105

In English

15:20-16:20

Salur HT102

Rástefnuslit, afhending Hvatningarverðlauna Jóhanns Axelssonar, einnig frá Þorkelssjóði og léttar veitingar.

Willum Þór Þórsson, heilbrigðisráðherra flytur ávarp og afhendir ungum vísindamanni sem flutt hefur erindi á ráðstefnunni verðlaun og viðurkenningu heilbrigðisráðuneytisins. Unnur Þórsteinsdóttir, forseti Heilbrigðisvísindasviðs HÍ lokar svo ráðstefnunni.

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