Ongoing PhD projects:
Lars Christian Haugli Bråten (MD)
AIM-study (Antibiotics in Modic changes) – a randomized trial testing antibiotic treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and Modic changes
Start of PhD: 2015
Supervisiors: Kjersti Storheim, John Anker Zwart, Jens Ivar Brox, Elina Shistad
Marie Lie (MSc)
Personalized pain medicine for sciatica – neurophysiology and genetics”
Start of PhD: 2017
Supervisiors: Kristian Bernhard Nilsen, Dagfinn Matre, Bendik Winsvold, John Anker Zwart
Maria Dehli Vigeland (MSc)
Title of thesis:
Start of PhD: 2016
Supervisiors: Benedicte A. Lie, Linda M. Pedersen
Mads Peder Rolfsen (MD)
“Biopsistudien”: Epigenetic and molecular biomarkers in chronic low back pain and Modic changes. A case-control study
Start of PhD:
Supervisiors: Christian Hellum, Kjersti Storheim flere?
Elisabeth Gjefsen (MD)
BackToBasic: The effect of Infliximab in patients with chronic low back pain and Modic changes. A randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial
Start of PhD: 2018
Supervisiors: John Anker Zwart, Kjersti Storheim, Guro Løvik Goll
Olaf Fjeld (MD)
Secondary care patients with lumbar radiculopathy: Frequency and prognostic factors for poor outcome and adverse events.
Start of PhD: 2014
Supervisiors: Margreth Grotle, John Anker Zwart
Ioannis Kitsos (MD)
Phenotyping and genetics of neuropathic pain
Start of PhD: 2018
Supervisiors: Kristian Bernhard Nilsen, John Anker Zwart, Bendik Winsvold, Margreth Grotle
Daniel Gregor Schultze (MD)
Clinical and neurophysiological aspects of carpal tunnel syndrome
Start of PhD: 2016
Supervisiors: Kristian Bernhard Nilsen, John Anker Zwart, Margreth Grotle
Maren Hjelle Guddal (MSc)
The impact of physical activity and sports on musculoskeletal pain and mental health among adolescents and young adults
Start of PhD: 2015
Supervisiors: Kjersti Storheim, Synne Stensland, John Anker Zwart
Sigrid Børte (MD)
Genetic and environmental causes og migraine, a large-scale family-based analyses.
Start of PhD: 2015
Supervisiors: Bendik Winsvold, John Anker Zwart
Marianne Mørk (MSc)
Title of thesis:
Start of PhD: 2018
Supervisiors: Aasne Fenne Hoksrud, Cecilie Røe, Helene L. Søberg
Completed PhD prosjekter:
Alf Inge Hellevik (MD)
Systemic risk factors for severe osteoarthritis in the hip and knee
Dissertation: 2018
Supervisiors:
Marianne Bakke Johnsen (MSc)
Leisure time physical activity and smoking as potential risk factors for severe hip and knee osteoarthritis
Dissertation: 2017
Supervisiors:
Ida Løchting (MSc)
Illness Perceptions and Individual Quslity of lifte in Patients with Low Back Pain
Dissertation: 2017
Supervisiors:
Markus K.H. Widermann (MD)
Height, body mass index and risk for primaty tumours of the central nervous system
Dissertation: 2017
Supervisiors:
Synnøve Kristin Kvalheim (MD)
Potential risk factors for chronic musculoskeletal complaints in a general population. The HUNT-study
Dissertation: 2016
Supervisiors:
Brit Andenes Blaauw (MD)
Primary recurrent headaches among adolescents
Dissertation: 2016
Supervisiors: