CURRENT POSITIONS:
Professor and Head of Research, Division of Mental Health & Addiction, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo (UiO)
Head of Research & Psychiatrist, Division of Mental Health & Addiction, Oslo University Hospital (OUS)
Visiting Professor, Institute of Medicine (IOM), Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Project leader: NORPART project between Norway and Nepal in collaboration in higher education in mental health & SHOT study in Norway & Nepal
EDUCATION, JOB & RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Specialist training in Adult Psychiatry completed in 2010 at Oslo University Hospital (OUS), and worked full-time as a consultant psychiatrist in the same hospital at Sothern Oslo District Psychiatric Hospital till 2016.
- Associate Professor at the Institute of Clinical Medicine, UiO, and part-time consultant psychiatrist /research coordinator Sothern Oslo District Psychiatric Hospital, OUS between 2016-2022
- PhD, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 2006.
- Master of Philosophy (M. Phil) in International Health from the University of Oslo, 2001
- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1995
- Clinical and research interests in Trauma and Stress (PTSD/Complex PTSD), Psycho-oncology, Spirituality & Mental health, Biological and Genetic Markers in Trauma and Mental illnesses, Transcultural Psychiatry, Perinatal Psychiatry, Migration and Global mental health, Capacity Building in Research and services LMICs,