CV

EDUCATION

• MD 1993, PhD 1996 Univ. of Bergen

• Post doc 1998-2000 Harvard Medical School

• Specialist in psychiatry 2006, Oslo University Hospital

RESEARCH AREAS

Mental and neuropsychiatric disorders, etiology - genetics and environmental interplay, brain imaging genetics, somatic health and immunological factors in severe mental disorders, clinical interventions and trials, prediction tools and precision medicine 

POSITIONS

Current

• 2024:  Director Centre of Precision Psychiatry, University of Oslo

• 2006:  Attending psychiatrist (20 %), Outpatient clinic, Oslo University Hospital

• 2020:  Co-director KG Jebsen Centre for Neurodevelopmental disorders, University of Oslo

Previous

• 2013-2023: Director Centre of Excellence NORMENT

• 2012-2018: Director KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research

• 2011-2012: Visiting Professor, UCSD, USA

• 2005-2011: Professor in Psychiatry, University of Oslo; Attending Psychiatrist, Oslo University Hospital

• 2001-2005: Combined position Resident Psychiatry, Oslo University Hospital - Ullevål; Senior Scientist, University of Oslo

• 2000-2001: Resident Dept. of Psychiatry, Oslo University Hospital - Ullevål

• 1998-2000: Post Doc, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA

• 1996-1998: Internship Dept. of Surgery, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Stavanger University Hospital, Norway

• 1993-1996: PhD Research Fellow, Dept. of Physiology, University of Bergen, Norway

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2024 Brain Council (Hjernerådets) Research Award

• 2023 Fridtjof Nansen’s Award for Excellent Research

• 2021 Dementia Research Prize, Norwegian Health Association 

• 2020 University of Oslo's Research Prize

• 2019 Excellent Researcher Award, Oslo University Hospital

• 2018 Bergesen Foundation Prize

• 2023 Award Best Scientific Publication, Oslo University Hospital

• 2021 Award Best Scientific Publication, Oslo University Hospital

• 2018 Award Best Scientific Publication, Oslo University Hospital

• 2017 Award Best Scientific Publication, Oslo University Hospital

• 2016 Award Best Scientific Publication, Oslo University Hospital

• 2014 Elected member of Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

• 2012 Award Best Scientific Publication, Oslo University Hospital

• 2011 Award The Overlege Dr. M.D. Johan Carl Unger Vetlesen Charitable Fund

• 2011 Fulbright Scholarship

• 2011 Award Best Scientific Publication, Oslo University Hospital

• 2005 Research Leadership Award, Ullevål University Hospital

• 2004 Outstanding Young Investigator Award (OYI), Research Council of Norway (RCN)

• 2002 Research Stipend, Odd Fellow Medical Sciences Research Fund

• 2002 Lundbeck stipend, Research Award

• 1998 Research Stipend, Odd Fellow Medical Sciences Research Fund

• 1995 Award for Young Researchers, Scand. College of NeuroPsychopharmacology (SCNP)

SCIENTIFIC EVALUATIONS AND REFEREE

• Editorial Board: Schizophr Bull, Acta Psych Scand, W J Biol Psych, Eur J Pharmacol, Acta Neuropsychiatrica.

• Ad hoc referee: New Engl J Med, Nature, Nat Genet, Nat Med, Nat Commun, Lancet, BMJ, PNAS, Mol Psychiatry, JCI, Am J Psychiatry, JAMA Psychiatry, Biol Psychiatry, Schizophr Bull, Transl Psych, Neuropsychopharmacology, J Clin Psychiatry, Schizophr Res, Prog Neurobiol, J Psych Res, Int J Neuropharm, Pharmacogenom J, Cereb Cortex, Neurobiol Dis, J Neurochem, J Psych Neurosci, J Affect Disord, Neuromolecular Med.

• Grant review: Canadian Medical Research Council (RC), Neurological Foundation New Zealand, RC of Spain, AERES France, ANR France, Faroe Island RC, Irish RC, BBSRC, Austrian RC, Wellcome Trust, UPEC, MRC, EU ERA-NET, Dutch RC, Swiss RC, Swedish RC, Danish RC, German RC, Univ. Lyon, Univ. Copenhagen, Karolinska Inst., Oslo Univ. Hospital, West Norway Health Region, ERC Starting Grants, Northern Norway Health Region, Univ Montpellier HCERES.

• Promotions: Univ. Copenhagen, Univ. Pittsburgh, Duke Univ., UCSD, Karolinska Inst., Univ. Bergen, Norwegian Univ. Science Technology, Univ. Helsinki, Univ Aarhus, South Africa RC, UCSF, UCL

• PhD adjudication: Univ. Bergen 3, NTNU 4, Univ. Copenhagen 3, Univ. Gothenburg 1, Karolinska Inst. 1, Univ. Oslo 2. Lausanne Univ: 1, Univ Basel 1, Cardiff Univ 1, KCL 1, Helsinki Univ 1. Vrie Univ 1

RESEARCH LEADERSHIP, ADMIN. EXPERIENCE

• Director CoE NORMENT  (2013-23).  SFF NORMENT

• Director KG Jebsen Centre Psychosis Research (2012-2018). 

• Co-Director Scandinavian Collaboration of Psychiatric Etiology (SCOPE, 2005-),

• Co-Director Bipolar Research and Innovation Network (BRAIN) (2005-).

• Member Coordination Group Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) & Schizophrenia (2008-) Working Group.

• Chair PGC Bipolar disorder Working Group

• Chair ENIGMA Bipolar disorder Working group (2011-)

• Member Steering Committee FP7 EU projects ENBREC (2008-12), PsychDPC (2011-), ImageMend (2013-), R-LiNK (2019-), coordinator H2020 CoMorMent (2020-24) and H2020 RealMent (2021-)

• Leader of the National Research Area in Psychosis (“NORSMI”, 2009-).

• Co-director Oslo Univ. Hospital MRI Core Facility (2007-). 

• Associate Investigator Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway, a Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine node (2011-).

• Member Research Board OUH (2011-15).

SUPERVISION

• Ongoing: Head supervisor for 4 research fellows (PhD students), co-supervisor for 12 PhD students, supervisor for 16 post docs.

• Completed: 42 PhD supervisions incl. 20 as co-supervisor. 1 Master degree, 5 MD PhD student degrees, 21 post docs.