Johannes Espolin Roksund Hov

Current positions

• Professor I (gastroenterology), Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo
• Senior consultant, Section for Gastroenterology, Department of Transplantation Medicine, Division for Surgery and Specialized Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet
• Group leader, Genomics and metagenomics in inflammatory disorders at Norwegian PSC Research Center and Research Institute of Internal Medicine.

Research interests

• Primary sclerosing cholangitis
• Inflammatory bowel disease 
• Gut microbiota in inflammatory diseases
• Clinical trials and biomarkers

Previous positions

• Professor II (gastroenterology), Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo (2019-2025)
• Fellow, Section for Gastroenterology, Department of Transplantation Medicine, Division for Cancer medicine, Surgery and Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet (50%, 2011-2018)
• 2015-2019 Senior scientist, Norwegian PSC research center, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet / University of Oslo (50%)
• 2011-2015 Postdoctoral researcher, Norwegian PSC research center, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet / University of Oslo (50%)

Education

• MD, University of Oslo, 2003
• PhD, University of Oslo, 2011: "Functional genetics in primary sclerosing cholangitis: Studies of the bile acid receptor TGR5 and genes in the HLA complex"