People

Bærum Hospital, Vestre Viken Hospital Trust, Gjettum, Norway (Core site):

Arnljot Tveit MD, PhD (PI)

Marius Myrstad MD, PhD

Trygve Berge MD, PhD

Anja Horjen MD, PhD

Guri Hagberg MD, PhD

Steve Enger RN/Ultrasonographer

Marte Meyer Walle-Hansen MD

Morten Mattingsdal cand. scient, PhD

National partners:

Erik Gjertsen MD – Drammen Hospital, Vestre Viken Hospital Trust, Drammen

Christian Hall MD, PhD – Ringerike Hospital, Vestre Viken Hospital Trust, Hønefoss

Marit Aarønæs MD, PhD – Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo

Erik Ekker Solberg MD, PhD – Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo

Ingebjørg Seljeflot PhD – Oslo University Hospital/University of Oslo, Oslo

Harald Arnesen MD, PhD – Oslo University Hospital/University of Oslo, Oslo

Dan Atar MD, PhD – Oslo University Hospital/University of Oslo, Oslo

Sjur Tveit MD – Oslo University Hospital/University of Oslo, Oslo and Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog

Irene Grundvold MD, PhD – Oslo University Hospital, Oslo

Sigrun Halvorsen MD, PhD – Oslo University Hospital/University of Oslo, Oslo

Knut Gjesdal MD, PhD – Oslo University Hospital

Ole-Gunnar Anfinsen MD, PhD – Oslo University Hospital, Oslo

Are Annesønn Kalstad MD PhD, – Oslo University Hospital, Oslo


FOTO: Øystein Horgmo

Tove Elisabeth Frances Hunt MD – Oslo University Hospital, Oslo

Dag Steinar Thelle, MD, PhD, FESC. professor (emeritus) University of Gothenburg, and professor (emeritus) University of Oslo.

Pål Smith 20.04.47 – 05.12.22 † MD, PhD – Akershus University Hospital/University of Oslo, Lørenskog

Helge Røsjø MD, PhD – Akershus University Hospital/University of Oslo, Lørenskog

Kjetil Steine MD, PhD – Akershus University Hospital/University of Oslo, Lørenskog

Torbjørn Omland MD, PhD – Akershus University Hospital/University of Oslo, Lørenskog

Magnus Nakrem Lyngbakken MD, PhD  – Akershus University Hospital/University of Oslo, Lørenskog

Harald Kjekshus MD, PhD – Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog

Loreta Skrebelyte-Strøm MD – Akershus University Hospital/University of Oslo, Lørenskog

Jon Brynildsen MD – Akershus University Hospital/University of Oslo, Lørenskog

Gudrun Anette Høie MD, PhD – Østfold Hospital Kalnes/University of Oslo, Oslo

Ida Gjervold Lunde MSc, PhD, FESC, Akershus University Hospital (Ahus) and KG Jebsen Center for Cardiac Biomarkers, Campus Ahus, Univeristy of Oslo

Karoline Bjarnesdatter Rypdal, MSc, PhD, University of Oslo, Oslo.

Waleed Ghanima MD, PhD – Østfold Hospital Kalnes/University of Oslo, Oslo

Ole-Christian Rutherford MD, PhD, Sykehuset Østfold Kalnes and University of Oslo

Julie Horn MD, PhD, Levanger Hospital and Associate Professor at the Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

Hikaru Morooka MD, PhD-fellow, Department of Nursing and Public Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim

Lin Jiang PhD, is a Post-doc Researcher at the Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.

Ståle Nygaard PhD – Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Oslo

Inger Ariansen MD, PhD – Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo

Grace Egeland MD, PhD – Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen

Rune Kvåle MD, PhD – Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen

Katrine M. Owe MD, PhD – Oslo University hospital, Rikshospitalet HF/ Oslo, National Institute of Public Health, Oslo

Jan Pål Loennechen MD, PhD, Professor – St. Olav Hospital/Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim

Jon Magne Letnes MD, PhD. Resident at St. Olavs Hospital and post doc at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Vegard Malmo MD – St. Olav Hospital/Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim

Hanne Ellekjær MD, PhD – St. Olav Hospital/Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim

Lars Kjerpeseth MD, PhD – Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim

Eva Skovlund MSc pharm, PhD medical statistics, professor at the Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim and special adviser at the Norwegian Medicines Agency, Oslo, Norway.

Lars Erik Laugsand MD, PhD – Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim

Tingting Feng MD – Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim

Lars Elnan Garnvik MSc – Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim

Bjarne Martens Nes PhD – Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim

Kristin Espolin Johnson MSc. – Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim

Kristian Hveem MD, PhD – HUNT research center/Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim

Oddgeir Lingaas Holmen MD – HUNT research center/Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim

Maja-Lisa Løchen MD, PhD – University Hospital of North Norway/UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø

Audhild Nyrnes MD, PhD – University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø

Ekaterina Sharashova MD, MPH, PhD – UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø

Sweta Tiwari MPH – UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø

Bente Morseth PhD, Professor – UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø

Kristoffer Robin Johansen MSc – UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø

Henrik Schirmer MD, Phd, FESC – UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø

Kim Arne Heitmann MSc – UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø

Linn Nilsen B.sc., MPH, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Tromsø

Simon Kildal MD – University Hospital of Northern Norway, Narvik

Michael Stylidis MD, PhD, University Hospital of North Norway (UNN)

Peter Schuster MD, PhD – Haukeland University Hospital/University of Bergen, Bergen

Jarle Jortveit MD, PhD – Department of Cardiology Sørlandet Hospital, Arendal

International partners

Mårten Rosenqvist MD, PhD – Danderyd Hospital/Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Emma Svennberg MD, PhD – Danderyd Hospital/Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden 

Johan Engdahl MD, PhD – Danderyd Hospital/Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Pyotr G. Platonov MD, PhD – Lund University Hospital/Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Leif Friberg MD, PhD, -Danderyd Hospital, Dept of clinical sciences. Sweden

Alexander Siotis, MD, PhD-fellow, Helsingborg hospital/Lund university, Helsingborg, Sweden.

Jesper Hastrup Svendsen MD, PhD – Rigshospitalet/University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Morten Salling Olesen MD, PhD – Rigshospitalet/University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Laura Korsholm Andreasen MD – Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Rikke Buhl DVM, PhD – Equine Cardiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Thomas Jespersen MD, PhD – University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Emilie Rune Hegelund, Cand.scient.san.publ., PhD, head of section at Statistics Denmark and guest researcher at the Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Benedikt M. Linz MD – University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Renate Schnabel MD, PhD – University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf/University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Isabelle C. van Gelder MD, PhD – University Medical Center Groningen/University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

Michiel Rienstra MD, PhD – University Medical Center Groningen/University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

Guido Claessen MD, PhD.  Department of Cardiovascular Sciences KU/ University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium

Patrick T. Ellinor MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital/The Broad institute of MIT and Harvard, USA

Emelia J. Benjamin MD, ScM – Boston University School of Medicine/The Framingham Heart Study of Boston University and NHLBI, USA

Darae Ko, MD, MSc, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

Carolina Roselli Senior Computational Associate, PhD-fellow – Broad Institute, USA and the University of Groningen, Netherlands

André La Gerche  Associate Professor, MBBS, PhD – Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Kristel Janssens RN, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia.

Jocasta Ball PhD,Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Jonathan Mant MA, MSc, MBBS, MD, FFPH, FRCP(Ed), FMedSci, Professor of Primary Care Research and Head of the Primary Care Unit at the University of Cambridge, UK

Gwilym Morris BA, BmBCh, MA, PhD, Intermediate Research Fellow, University of Manchester, UK 

Luca Soattin MScA, PhD – University of Copenhagen, Denmark