The Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting in Health (BCEPS) is a Research Council of Norway Centre of Excellence at the University of Bergen, Norway.
University of Bergen, Norway
Joined June 2012
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🆕 BCEPS is now on @bluesky! 🦋
👉 Follow us over there as well: @ bceps.bsky.social
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📢 Registration is open for the 2027 edition of our award-winning and entirely free online course BCEPS300 "Introduction to Priority Setting in Health"! 🎓
📆 4 January - 12 March 2027
Every Friday, there will be a live Zoom meeting from 2-4 pm CET.
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🎉 🎓 Please join us in congratulating @AdjeiAduo (2nd from right), who successfully defended his PhD thesis yesterday, 27 August 2026!
🎓 His main supervisor was @LumbweChola1 (far left), and co-supervisors were Øystein Ariansen Haaland (2nd from left) and @jakazili (far right)
#Newstudy published in @JAMA_current: "Multidomain Intervention for Growth in Term Small-for-Gestational-Age #Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial", co-authored by BCEPS Director Ingvild F. Sandøy:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
#publication #JAMA #babies #clinicaltrial #study
BCEPS was well-represented at the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) @socmdm 48th Annual Meeting in Oslo, from 28 June - 1 July, 2026.
Read about the BCEPS presentations at SMDM 2026 here: www4.uib.no/en/research/rese…
#SMDM2026 #SMDM26
@Kriessh @LumbweChola1 @UiB @noradno
We convened the 5th annual BCEPS International Symposium under the theme "Priority Setting for Universal Health Care at a Crossroads: Equity, Efficiency, and Accountability" last week, with 90+ participants from 15+ countries, representing our international research network.
❗BCEPS is #hiring a #Postdoctoral Fellow in a 4-year, 100% position at @UiB to support the @noradno-funded project "Fair Choices on the Path to UHC – In Times of Change (2026–2030)", led by Kjell Arne Johansson.
👉 #apply: jobbnorge.no/en/available-jo…
📆Deadline: 28 June 2026
🎉The Section for Ethics and Health Economics (ETØK), made up of BCEPS and the research group HELTER at @UiB won the Research Environment of the Year Award for 2025! 🏆
📷 Current ETØK leader Oddvar Kaarboe (left) and former ETØK leader Ingrid Miljeteig (right).
👏 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/rese…
@HarvardChanSPH @UiB
"The Impoverishment Effect of Out-of-Pocket Expenditure for #Hypertension in #Ghana" by BCEPS PhD Fellow Kofi Aduo-Adjei & co-authors Øystein A. Haaland, @LumbweChola1, and James Akazili, was recently published in Health Policy Analysis: sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S2…
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BCEPS Co-founder Ole F. Norheim was named a Goalkeepers Nordics Champion by @gatesfoundation. @billgates with the 6 GKN Champions (l-r): Nagin Ravand, Jesper Thomsen, Gunhild Stordalen, Bill Gates, Ole F. Norheim, Martin Blomberg, Asabea Britton
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BCEPS Co-Founder Ole F. Norheim has been named a #GoalkeepersNordicChampion by the @gatesfoundation! He will receive the award tomorrow at the inaugural Gates Foundation #GoalkeepersNordics Event in #Stockholm, #Sweden
#Goalkeepers2030
@BillGates @UiB @HarvardChanSPH @Harvard
💡🇹🇿 BCEPS PhD Research Fellow @castobarym (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 #FairChoices project team in Zanzibar. @noradno
🇹🇿 Handover '22-25 NCD project to "Fair Choices on the Path to UHC" '26-30
Front: Amani Mori, prev. Tanzania team lead handing over to new TZ lead Alphoncina Kagaigai
Back: Hamad Nyembea, Ministry of Health
Right: Apolinary Kamuhabwa, Vice Chancellor MUHAS
📸M Sollohub
@noradno
💡🌱 We begin the new year with a recently published @TheLancetPlanet article by BCEPS researchers Anand Bhopal,Ole F. Norheim & coauthors on how priority setting tools can facilitate the transition to environmentally #sustainable #healthcare
thelancet.com/journals/lanpl…
📸Danist Soh
🇳🇵This week, BCEPS was well-represented with several speakers at the Int't #Conference on #HealthEconomics in #Kathmandu #Nepal. BCEPS Dep. Director Prof. Kjell Arne Johansson (pictured) gave a plenary talk on evidence- & value-informed #prioritysetting.
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📢❗BCEPS is #hiring! Applications are now open for a permanent, #fulltime Associate Professor/ #Professor of #HealthEconomics position, based at @UiB in #Bergen #Norway
⏰ Deadline: 19 December 2025
ℹ️ 👉 Details: jobbnorge.no/en/available-jo…
#applynow #jobposting #job #academicjob
BCEPS is proud to offer its award-winning #onlinecourse “Introduction to #PrioritySetting in #Health” once again! The course is free, open to all and in English. Dates: 2 Jan. - 20 March 2026
👉Sign up here: forms.office.com/pages/respo…...
👉Course info: www4.uib.no/en/studies/cours…
@UiB
🇳🇵BCEPS PhD Research Fellow Pratik Khanal
presented a cross-sectional #study among #patients receiving #cancertreatment in #Nepal at the #GlobalHealth #Norway #Conference 2025 in #Bergen.
📄Read his study in @PLOS: journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
@UiB @noradno
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🌍 BCEPS Senior Researcher Krishna Aryal presented a #costeffectiveness analysis of essential #interventions to address the non-communicable #diseaseburden in #SouthAsia at the #GlobalHealth #Norway #Conference 2025 in #Bergen.
@UiB @noradno
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At the #GlobalHealth #Norway #Conference 2025, Professor Kjell Arne Johansson, BCEPS Deputy Director, gave a #keynote on "#Priorities: How do we prepare and improve #healthsystems for the current and future challenges?"
@UiB @noradno
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