Department of Internal Medicine, Akershus University Hospital

Current research focus

1. Prognostic and diagnostic value of cardiovascular biomarkers
2. Granins, myocardial ischemia and heart failure development
3. Cardiovascular function in obstructive sleep apnea
4. Coronary and peripheral vasomotor function in mental depression
5. COPD and heart disease
6. Contemporary breast cancer therapy and cardiovascular function

Research projects

Project manager

• Neurohormonal activation in stable coronary artery disease
• Contemporary breast cancer therapy and cardiovascular function

Supervisor

• Chromogranin A, granins and heart disease
• Effect of statin treatment on peripheral vasodilator function, inflammatory markers and pulmonary function in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Secretoneurin in cardiac ischemia and heart failure
• Coronary disease in COPD
• Bronchial inflammation in acute coronary syndrome

Collaborator

• Multiple cytokines as diagnostic markers in heart failure
• Identification and modulation of signaling complexes involved in hypertrophy and heart failure
• Circulating miRNA in heart failure