Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE)
OCBE is a joint center integrating the activities of the Department of Biostatistics, University of Oslo and the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Oslo University Hospital.
OCBE News
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Do firefighters get prostate cancer because of their work? Mar. 19, 2025 8:27 AM
When it comes to lung cancer, we know of more than 30 substances that are carcinogenic. But when researchers began investigating why there is a higher incidence of prostate cancer in firefighters, they had little to go on.
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Vitelli and Thorpe awarded major FRIPRO grants Feb. 26, 2025 12:04 PM
Valeria Vitelli will be developing statistical learning methods for the integration of complex and structured datasets, to be used in cancer genomics. Harry Thorpe will be studying how plasmids help bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics.
OCBE Events
Biostatistical seminar with Aliaksandr Hubin, Associate Professor in Statistics and Biostatistics at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway.
The Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology is hosting the Nordic-Baltic Biometric Conference (NBBC) in 2025.
The Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology is hosting the Nordic-Baltic Biometric Conference (NBBC) in 2025.
The Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology is hosting the Nordic-Baltic Biometric Conference (NBBC) in 2025.
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About
OCBE addresses all aspects of biostatistics, from methodological research to advanced supervision and research-based statistical advising towards all areas of medicine and health related research, from clinical and epidemiological research, to molecular biology and other basic medical sciences.
OCBE’s research covers a broad spectrum of modern biostatistics, data science and epidemiology. Main research activities are in statistical machine learning and high-dimensional statistics, longitudinal and time to event data, measurement uncertainty, evidence synthesis, causal inference, clinical trials, observational studies, statistical genomics and big data. OCBE researchers develop statistical and research methodology for modern biomedical research and its application to the design, analysis and interpretation of clinical, epidemiological and other biomedical studies and data.
OCBE provides research-based statistical advising and training for researchers and students of the Medical Faculty of the University of Oslo, of the Oslo University Hospital and of South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority (HSØ).
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Postal address
P.O.Box 1122 Blindern
0317 Oslo
Visiting address
Domus Medica
Gaustad
Sognsvannsveien 9
0372 Oslo
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