Researchers

Research group: Research Group for Age Related Medicine  

Research interests: Dementia, with particular focus on dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), including biomarkers, genetics and clinical drug trials.

Key projects:   ANeED Joint Effort21, DLB in woman, Dementia Disease Initiation Study, Dementia Genetics Network Norway, E-DLB, Nor-DLB, NorCog, Kvalap, GP2.

External funding: Research Council of Norway.

Awards: ICGP Junior Investigator Award (2012).

Publications: Arvid Rongve - Norwegian Research Information Repository

Research interests: Surgical education and training.

Key project: A structured training programme for surgical residents in laparoscopic appendectomy.  

Awards: Best Gastrointestinal Surgery Presentation (2021); Best Presentation, Society for Surgical Simulation (2022).  

Publications: Benedicte Skjold-Ødegaard - Norwegian Research Information Repository

Research interests: Hyperthyroidism (Graves’ disease) and obesity.

Key projects: Personalised treatment of Graves’ disease; bariatric surgery outcomes; Bariatric surgery in Western Norway / FettCor (patient recruitment has been completed).  

Publications: Bjørn Gunnar Nedrebø - Norwegian Research Information Repository

Research group: Internal Medicine Research Group

Research interests: Long‑term effects of low birth weight on kidney disease in adulthood.

Key project: Haugesund Low Birth Weight Study.

Publications: Bjørn Steinar Demma Lillås - Norwegian Research Information Repository

Research group: Internal Medicine Research Group

Research interests: How conditions in fetal life influence the risk of cardiovascular disease in adulthood.

Key project: Risk of hypertension determined at birth.

Publications: Christer Reigstad Aase - Norwegian Research Information Repository

Research interests: Mental health services, service evaluation, physical environments in health institutions, registry studies in nutrition and diabetes.

Key projects: PhD supervision (psychosis treatment; nutrition and health service use); Co‑supervision (priority setting in mental health care; type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents); ServiScape sub‑study; Evaluation of Recovery College courses.

Publications: Eva Aaker Biringer - Norwegian Research Information Repository

Research interests: Haemodynamic changes during general anaesthesia.

Key projects:  Haemodynamic effects of low vs high dose propofol during induction of anaesthesia; Haemodynamic effects of remifentanil during induction of general anaesthesia with propofol; Haemodynamic stability during induction of anaesthesia with propofol and remifentanil.  

External funding: Helse Vest (PhD fellowship).

Publications: Gunnar Helge Sjøen - Norwegian Research Information Repository

Research interests: Health services research and organisational change, including hospital buildings and restructuring.

Key project: “More than just a new building?”.

Publications: Heidi Breistrand Bringsvor - Norwegian Research Information Repository

Research group: Geriatric Medicine Research Group

Research interests: Dementia with Lewy bodies, with focus on sex‑specific genetic differences.

PhD project: Dementia with Lewy Bodies in Women.

Publications: Heidi Isaksen - Norwegian Research Information Repository

Research interests: Paediatric diabetes and endocrinology.

Key projects: Type 1 diabetes treatment outcomes; SWEET international registry studies; user‑driven e‑consultations.

Publications: Heiko Holger Karl-Ernst Bratke - Norwegian Research Information Repository

Research group: Patient Safety and Collaboration (HVL)

Research interests: Whether clinical guidelines for the treatment of psychosis are followed in specialist health services, and how this influences patients’ attitudes towards the use of antipsychotic medication.

Key project: Patient and therapist experiences and current implementation of antipsychotic medication in Norwegian health trusts.

Publications: Klara Skaare-Fatland - Norwegian Research Information Repository

Research interests: Nutrition among older adults using municipal health services.

Key project: Nutritional risk and use of health care services.

Publications: Kristin Ingvaldsen Folven - Norwegian Research Information Repository

Research interests: Dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer’s disease, including biomarkers and treatment studies.

Key projects: ANeED; PULS.DEM.

Publications: Luiza Chwiszczuk - Norwegian Research Information Repository

Research interests: Health services research in mental health care, with focus on referral processes and priority setting.

Key project: The right care to the right patient at the right time.

Publications: Marit Nymoen - Norwegian Research Information Repository

Research interests: Normal ageing and early dementia, cognition and biomarkers.

PhD project: Biomarkers and cognition in normal and pathological ageing.

Publications: Mathilde Suhr Hemminghyth - Norwegian Research Information Repository

Research interests: Quality improvement, patient safety and implementation research.

Key projects: Implement‑it; Our Common Responsibility; Better Psychosis Care.

Publications: Miriam Hartveit - Norwegian Research Information Repository  

Research interests: Dementia.

Key projects: Dementia Disease Initiation (DDI); TRAP.DEM.

Publications: Monica Haraldseid Breitve - Norwegian Research Information Repository

Research interests: Adult haematological malignancies, especially acute myeloid leukaemia.

Key projects: Early molecular changes in blood and bone marrow cancer.

Publications: Monica Hellesøy - Norwegian Research Information Repository

Research group: Clinical Research Group for Mental Health, Addiction and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KLIMAN)

Research interests: Mental health in people with neurodevelopmental disorders, inclusive and user‑centred services, and use of digital and AI‑based tools.

Publications: Oddbjørn Hove - Norwegian Research Information Repository

Research interests: Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia, especially cold agglutinin disease.

Role: International collaboration, advisory and authorship work.

Publications: Sigbjørn Berentsen - Norwegian Research Information Repository

Research interests: Acute stroke imaging.

PhD project: Radiological imaging in acute stroke, including ParaNASPP and VALIDATE.

Research interests: Clinical light research, circadian rhythms, sleep and severe mental illness.

Key projects: Blue‑blocking glasses and light‑based interventions in psychiatry.

Publications: Tone Elise Gjøtterud Henriksen - Norwegian Research Information Repository

Research interests: Developmental and acquired language and communication disorders in children and adults, with emphasis on pragmatic language and mental health.

Key projects: Pragmatic language development; assessment tools for communication disorders.

Publications: Wenche Andersen Helland - Norwegian Research Information Repository