Susanne G. Dudman

  • Group leader, Senior medical officer OUS, Professor University of Oslo; MD, PhD
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Academic positions

Academic interests

  • Virology, infectious disease epidemiology and effect of vaccines against viral infections
  • Pathogenesis of viral infections and virus infections among immunosuppressed patients

Background

  • Since 2019 associate Professor UiO, Virology and Senior Medical Officer, Oslo University Hospital, Department of Microbiology
  • Senior Medical Officer at Folkehelseinstituttet 2007-2018
  • Senior Medical Officer/ associate professor at Akershus University Hospital 2005-2007
  • MD at Dep. Microbiology Akershus University Hospital (Ahus) 2002-2005
  • PhD/ assistant professor at UiO 1997-2002
  • MD at Dep. Infectious Diseases, Ullevål University Hospital 1995-1996
  • MD, Dep. Medicine, Hedmark Central hospital 1991-1995
  • Cand. med 1991, University of Oslo
  • Dr. med/ PhD 2003, UiO

Project funding

  • Norwegian SARS-CoV-2 study – Virological, clinical and immunological characterisation of inpatients during the COVID-19 outbreak. Research Council of Norway grant 312780
  • An effectiveness trial to evaluate protection of pregnant women by a HEV vaccine in Bangladesh and risk factors for severe HEV infection. RCN grant 248143
  • Intrauterine infections risk of stillbirths and neurodevelopmental disorders. RCN no 213916

Collaboration, networks and societies

  • Collaboration with research groups at Folkehelseinstituttet, UiO and Oslo University hospital, as well as Østfold Hospital and Ahus among others in Norway
  • Collaboration with researchers in Bangladesh, Nepal, Europe
  • Research partners: icddr,b i Dhaka/Matlab Bangladesh HEV vaccine trial (www.icddrb.org). Walter Reed/Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences Research Unit Nepal
  • Member of European Society for Clinical Virology (ESCV) council
  • Member of Eur. Soc. Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
  • Member of European Non-Polio Enterovirus Network (ENPEN)
  • Member of Norwegian Society of Virology board
  • Member of Norwegian Society for Medical Microbiology and Nor. Soc. Infectious Diseases and Nor. Soc. For Internal Medicine