Espen Melum
- Group leader, Professor; MD, PhD
Education
MD University of Oslo, 2006
PhD University of Oslo, 2010
Positions
| 2022 - present | Professor, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo |
| 2022 - present | Senior consultant, Section of gastroenterology, OUH Rikshospitalet |
| 2022 - present | Department chair (kst.), Research Institute of Internal Medicine, OUH Rikshospitalet |
| 2020 - present | Senior scientist, Hybrid Technology Hub (Norwegian Center of excellence), University of Oslo |
| 2018 - 2022 | Deputy chair, Research Institute for Internal Medicine,OUH, Rikshospitalet |
| 2015 - 2022 | Senior scientist, Norwegian PSC research center and Research institute for Internal Medicine, OUH Rikshospitalet |
| 2013 - 2022 | Resident and fellow, Section of gastroenterology, OUH Rikshospitalet and Medical Department, Diakonhjemmet hospital |
| 2012 - 2015 | Postdoc, Norwegian PSC research center, OUH Rikshospitalet |
| 2010 - 2012 | Postdoc, Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA |
| 2008 - 2010 | PhD research fellow, Norwegian PSC research center, OUH Rikshospitalet |
| 2007 - 2008 | Internship in internal medicine, surgery and general practice, The hospitals of Hamar/Elverum and Stange Medical Center, Norway |
| 2006 - 2007 | Research Fellow, Institute of Immunology, OUH Rikshospitalet |
Research interests
Primary sclerosing cholangitis, Bile duct inflammation, Unconventional T-cells, Experimental models of cholangitis, Sequencing based technologies, organ-on-a-chip