Biomedical research at Oslo University Hospital
Oslo University Hospital is a merger of three former university hospitals in Oslo. Biomedical research is one of the hospital's core activities. Research at the hospital is closely interlinked with research undertaken at the University of Oslo. More than 50% of all biomedical research in Norway is published by researchers affiliated with the hospital. Research undertaken cover both basic research, translational research, and clinical research.
Oslo University Hospital has a central role in developing and supporting biomedical research within the South-Eastern Regional Health Authority. The hospital also pursues international research collaborations.
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Summary of publications:
Publications from Oslo University Hospital 2021 - 2025
Includes ordinary journal articles and reviews only.
| Name | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OUS - Oslo University Hospital | 2503 | 2321 | 2160 | 2250 | 1355 |
| OUS - Division of Cancer Medicine | 526 | 434 | 415 | 440 | 257 |
| OUS - Department of Gynaecological Oncology | 19 | 16 | 25 | 39 | 17 |
| OUS - Department of Haematology | 89 | 82 | 81 | 88 | 38 |
| OUS - Department of Medical Physics | 18 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 7 |
| OUS - Department of Oncology | 207 | 158 | 153 | 152 | 109 |
| OUS - Department of Clinical Cancer Research | 18 | 16 | 21 | 18 | 8 |
| OUS - National Advisory Unit on Late Effects after Cancer Treatment | 27 | 23 | 38 | 25 | 16 |
| OUS - Section for Breast and Endocrine Surgery | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| OUS - Section for Breast Oncology | 15 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 5 |
| OUS - Section for Cellular Therapy | 13 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 4 |
| OUS - Section for gastrointestinal oncology | 28 | 23 | 11 | 19 | 14 |
| OUS - Section for gynaecological radiotherapy | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| OUS - Section for head and neck oncology | 18 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 12 |
| OUS - Section for lung oncology | 16 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 6 |
| OUS - Section for Lymphoma and Medicine | 22 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 17 |
| OUS - Section for palliative medicine | 19 | 19 | 8 | 21 | 13 |
| OUS - Section for sarcoma and melanoma | 18 | 12 | 24 | 13 | 11 |
| OUS - Section for urological oncology | 18 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| OUS - Dept of Clin. Serv. (Div Cancer Med) | 11 | 8 | 23 | 20 | 11 |
| OUS - Diet and Oxidative Stress | 7 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 |
| OUS - Nasj komp.tjeneste for sykdomsrelatert underernæring | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| OUS - Section of psychosocial oncology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| OUS - Institute for Cancer Genetics and Informatics | 29 | 23 | 24 | 31 | 9 |
| OUS - Section for Cancer Cytogenetics | 8 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 6 |
| OUS - Institute for Cancer Research | 237 | 195 | 150 | 173 | 106 |
| OUS - Department of Cancer Genetics | 53 | 51 | 29 | 47 | 23 |
| OUS - Breast tumor evolution (Sørlie) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| OUS - Computational Systems Medicine (Aittokallio) | 16 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 5 |
| OUS - Molecular Genetic Studies of Breast and Ovarian Cancer (Russnes) | 20 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 9 |
| OUS - Translational studies in solid tumors (Helland) | 12 | 14 | 3 | 18 | 10 |
| OUS - Department of Cancer Immunology | 33 | 39 | 33 | 39 | 20 |
| OUS - Cell Signaling and Immune Regulation (Kjetil Taskén) | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
| OUS - Experimental Immunotherapy (Olweus) | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| OUS - Immunomodulation and Targeted Therapies (Sioud) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| OUS - Immunotherapy against solid cancers (Kyte) | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| OUS - Lymphoma biology group (Myklebust) | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| OUS - NK Cell Biology and Cell Therapy (Malmberg) | 5 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 3 |
| OUS - Department of Molecular Cell Biology | 47 | 42 | 40 | 20 | 21 |
| OUS - Autophagy (Simonsen) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| OUS - Cancer Molecular medicine (Enserink) | 7 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| OUS - Cellular membrane dynamics (Stenmark) | 17 | 22 | 25 | 15 | 14 |
| OUS - Tumor-Host Biology (Rusten) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| OUS - Department of Molecular Oncology (2006-2014 Dept of Cancer Prev.) | 18 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 8 |
| OUS - Epigenetics (Lind) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| OUS - Genetics (Lothe) | 12 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| OUS - Genome Biology Group (Skotheim) | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| OUS - Department of Radiation Biology | 27 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 10 |
| OUS - Clinical Radiation Biology | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| OUS - Photochemical Internalisation (PCI) | 13 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 7 |
| OUS - Radiation Biology and DNA Damage Signaling (Syljuåsen) | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| OUS - Department of Tumor Biology | 73 | 47 | 39 | 48 | 30 |
| OUS - Computational Cancer Genomics and Melanoma Systems Biology (Hovig) | 24 | 23 | 17 | 23 | 12 |
| OUS - Metastasis Biology and Experimental Therapeutics (Mælandsmo) | 24 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 7 |
| OUS - Molecular Biology of Sarcomas (Wesche) | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| OUS - Translational Cancer Therapy (Flatmark) | 12 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 |
| OUS - Division of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases | 194 | 165 | 133 | 151 | 80 |
| OUS - Department of Cardiology (Div CPD) | 105 | 86 | 61 | 82 | 37 |
| OUS - Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery | 30 | 36 | 27 | 24 | 18 |
| OUS - Department of Respiratory Medicine | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| OUS - Department of Vascular Diseases | 17 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 |
| OUS - Institute for Experimental Medical Research (IEMR) | 35 | 27 | 31 | 17 | 14 |
| OUS - Institute for Surgical Research ISR | 32 | 22 | 24 | 31 | 14 |
| OUS - Division of Clinical Neuroscience | 246 | 261 | 220 | 272 | 144 |
| OUS - Department of Complex Epilepsy | 23 | 26 | 32 | 28 | 15 |
| OUS - Department of Neurohabilitation | 6 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
| OUS - Department of Neurology | 123 | 131 | 93 | 123 | 65 |
| OUS - Department of Neuropsychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine | 3 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 2 |
| OUS - Department of Neurosurgery | 74 | 66 | 51 | 55 | 46 |
| OUS - Neurovascular-Hydrocephalus Research Group | 28 | 26 | 20 | 19 | 17 |
| OUS - Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | 33 | 33 | 35 | 44 | 18 |
| OUS - Department of Research and Development, Div. Clin. Neuroscience | 48 | 54 | 49 | 46 | 25 |
| OUS - Division of Emergencies and Critical Care | 137 | 114 | 115 | 131 | 72 |
| OUS - Department of Anesthesiology | 79 | 52 | 56 | 61 | 36 |
| OUS - Department of Intensive Care Medicine | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| OUS - Department of Pain Management and Research | 23 | 24 | 21 | 28 | 10 |
| OUS - Department of Research and Development (Div Emerg. & Clin. Care) | 40 | 44 | 36 | 50 | 21 |
| OUS - Department of Traumatology | 6 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| OUS - Division of Laboratory Medicine | 553 | 524 | 478 | 488 | 261 |
| OUS - Department of Forensic Sciences | 54 | 23 | 36 | 35 | 30 |
| OUS - Department of Immunology (Div LabMed) | 129 | 126 | 106 | 93 | 41 |
| OUS - Centre for Immune Regulation (CIR) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| OUS - NKRG | 4 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| OUS - Unit for Cell Signalling (Krauss) | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| OUS - Department of Medical Biochemistry | 82 | 101 | 77 | 87 | 50 |
| OUS - Department of Medical Genetics | 104 | 101 | 115 | 99 | 46 |
| OUS - Department of Microbiology | 88 | 98 | 81 | 73 | 48 |
| OUS - Dept. of Microbiology, Bjørås - Cellular Responses to DNA Damage | 22 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 13 |
| OUS - Dept. of Microbiology, Dudman - Clinical Virology Research Group | 23 | 30 | 19 | 16 | 4 |
| OUS - Dept. of Microbiology, Klungland - Lab for dynamic gene regulation | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| OUS - Dept. of Microbiology, Kaarbø - Virology research group | 4 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| OUS - Dept. of Microbiology, Tønjum - Genome dynamics | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| OUS - Dept. of Microbiology. Skarstad - DNA replication and chrom. dynamics (former) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| OUS - Department of Pathology | 120 | 99 | 93 | 115 | 58 |
| OUS - Department of Pharmacology | 41 | 35 | 28 | 28 | 19 |
| OUS - Division of Medicine | 350 | 329 | 281 | 274 | 183 |
| OUS - Department of Acute Medicine | 36 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 13 |
| OUS - Department of Cardiology Ullevaal (Div Med) | 78 | 92 | 61 | 62 | 50 |
| OUS - Oslo Center for Clinical Heart Research | 23 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 8 |
| OUS - Department of Clinical Service (Div Med) | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| OUS - Department of Digital Health Research | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 1 |
| OUS - Department of Endocrinology, Morbid Obesity and Preventive Medicine | 110 | 102 | 85 | 81 | 40 |
| OUS - Section of Endocrinology | 78 | 36 | 28 | 32 | 19 |
| OUS - Section of Morbid Obesity and Bariatric Surgery | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| OUS - Section of Preventive Medicine | 29 | 40 | 34 | 43 | 17 |
| OUS - Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| OUS - Section for Preventive Cardiology | 6 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
| OUS - Section of Cardiovascular and Renal Research | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| OUS - The Lipid Clinic | 14 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 11 |
| OUS - Department of General Internal Medicine | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| OUS - Department of Geriatric Medicine | 88 | 63 | 62 | 67 | 45 |
| OUS - Department of Infectious Diseases | 27 | 31 | 22 | 22 | 12 |
| OUS - Department of Nephrology (Div Med) | 15 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 9 |
| OUS - Department of Pulmonary Medicine | 8 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| OUS - Dept. of Gastroenterology (Div Medicine) | 19 | 17 | 24 | 15 | 14 |
| OUS - Division of Mental Health and Addiction | 241 | 238 | 231 | 238 | 130 |
| OUS - Centre for National and Regional Mental Health Services | 53 | 37 | 49 | 49 | 28 |
| OUS - Personality Disorders Research Unit | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 4 |
| OUS - Regional Department for Eating Disorders (RASP) | 20 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 9 |
| OUS - Centre of Mental Health Services, local services | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| OUS - Department of Research and Innovation, Div of. Mental Health and Addiction | 179 | 200 | 192 | 194 | 100 |
| OUS - Clinical Addiction Research | 12 | 15 | 18 | 30 | 25 |
| OUS - Section Centre for Connected Care (C3), Div. of Mental Health and Addiction | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| OUS - Section of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Research | 14 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| OUS - Section of Psychosis Research (NORMENT) | 138 | 155 | 143 | 144 | 64 |
| OUS - Section of Treatment Research, Div. of Mental Health and Addiction | 21 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 14 |
| OUS - Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 89 | 78 | 71 | 64 | 38 |
| OUS - Department of Fetal Medicine | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 |
| OUS - Department of Gynaecology | 12 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 |
| OUS - Department of Obstetrics | 44 | 33 | 30 | 30 | 18 |
| OUS - Department of Reproductive Medicine | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| OUS - Norwegian Research Centre for Womens Health | 29 | 32 | 28 | 25 | 16 |
| OUS - RESearch Centre for Obstetrics and Gynaecology (RESCOG) | 26 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 8 |
| OUS - Division of Orthopaedic Surgery | 69 | 71 | 65 | 67 | 61 |
| OUS - Division of Oslo Hospital Services | 113 | 122 | 121 | 127 | 65 |
| OUS - Department of Infection Prevention | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| OUS - Research Support Services | 109 | 116 | 114 | 120 | 60 |
| OUS - Biobank and registry support | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| OUS - Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE) | 100 | 111 | 103 | 106 | 53 |
| OUS - Division of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine | 214 | 215 | 193 | 194 | 115 |
| OUS - Department of Clinical Neurosciences for Children | 38 | 22 | 27 | 25 | 14 |
| OUS - Department of Neonatal Intensive Care | 20 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 14 |
| OUS - Department of Paediatric Medicine | 77 | 97 | 68 | 82 | 42 |
| OUS - Department of Pediatric Research | 40 | 37 | 31 | 30 | 14 |
| OUS - Division of Prehospital Service | 25 | 22 | 33 | 33 | 17 |
| OUS - Division of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine | 164 | 120 | 164 | 111 | 72 |
| OUS - Division of Surgery and Specialized Medicine | 414 | 423 | 418 | 355 | 227 |
| OUS - Department of Hepatic, Gastrointestinal and Paediatric Surgery | 69 | 59 | 79 | 79 | 46 |
| OUS - Department of Paediatric Surgery, Dept. of Hepatic, Gastrointest. and Paed. Surg. | 5 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| OUS - Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Hospital Odontology | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| OUS - Department of Ophthalmology | 46 | 58 | 58 | 38 | 23 |
| OUS - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery | 15 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 3 |
| OUS - Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | 26 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 12 |
| OUS - Department of Rheumatology, Dermatology and Infectious Diseases | 94 | 97 | 87 | 82 | 56 |
| OUS - Dermatology Research Group | 28 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 14 |
| OUS - Rheumatology Research Group | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| OUS - Department of Transplantation Medicine | 131 | 138 | 124 | 97 | 77 |
| OUS - Department of Nephrology Rikshospitalet (Div SIMT) | 34 | 38 | 34 | 17 | 15 |
| OUS - Department of Transplantation Surgery | 19 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 11 |
| OUS - Dept. of Gastroenterology RH (Div SIMT) | 57 | 57 | 51 | 41 | 35 |
| OUS - Department of Urology | 22 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 8 |
| OUS - Research Institute of Internal Medicine | 84 | 88 | 87 | 71 | 36 |
| OUS - Division of Technology and Innovation | 70 | 63 | 80 | 75 | 43 |
| OUS - Oslo Bioimpedance and Medical Technology Group | 18 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| OUS - The Intervention Centre | 53 | 53 | 75 | 69 | 41 |