Research interests:
- Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and Multiple trauma
- Disability and quality of life after TBI/trauma
- Consequences and quality of life after trauma and patient needs
- Rehabilitation trajectories - early and late multidisciplinary rehabilitation and vocational rehabilitation after trauma
- Consequences of rehabilitation in a health economic perspective
- Muscoloskeletal disorders
Work Experience:
- Professor II, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Health and Society, Research Centre for Habilitation and Rehabilitation Models & Services (CHARM), UiO from April 1, 2018.
- Head of Research and Development, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Oslo University Hospital (OUH) from June, 2015
- Postdoctoral research fellow/researcher in CHARM, 2012-2018
- Head Physician in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, OUH from 2005.
- Previously worked at Sunnaas Hospital HF; Norwegian Sports Medicine Institute; NAV; Østfold Hospital HF; Health Møre og Romsdal HF; Reumatism hospital, Haugesund and the Igalo Institute, Montenegro.
Education:
- PhD, Faculty of Medicine, UiO, 2010
- Specialist i physical medicine and rehabilitation, 1998
- Norwegian physician licence, 1996
- Cand. Med., Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade, 1982
Additional roles:
- Guest editor in J Clinical Medicine (2021); Frontiers in Neurology (2018); Behavioural Neurology (2016) and J. Rehab. Medicine (2012)
- Guest editor in Frontiers in Neurology (2018); Behavioural Neurology (2016) and J. Rehab. Medicine (2012)
- Member of Editorial board: Brain Injury Professional, J. Rehab. Medicine, Brain Science, J. Clinical Medicine
- Member of Research Council, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, OUH
- Leader of OUH research group Rehabilitation after trauma and Oslo Traumatic Brain Injury Outcome and Rehabilitation Research Network (OBIOR)
- Member of Rehabilitation Council, South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority, 2010-2016
Collaboration:
Researchers at OUH and UiO; OsloMet, Work Research Institute; Sunnaas Hospital HF; Sørlandet Hospital HF; Haukeland University Hospital; St. Olav Hospital; University Hospital Nord-Norge; NAV, Fagsenter for Hjelpemidler og tilrettelegging.
Researchers in the EU project CENTER-TBI, which includes 60 institution from 20 countries in Europa. In addition, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark; Brain Injury Rehabilitation Center BOMI Roskilde, Denmark; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA; University of Gottingen, Germany; BioCruces Health Research Institute, Cruces University Hospital, Barakaldo, Spain; University of Salamanca, Salamaca, Spain; University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA; Monash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Twitter account: @AndelicNada