Our center is a pan-European research center with partners from Norway, Germany and Finland.
The center consists of six research groups led by clinicians and laboratory researchers from the University of Oslo, Akershus University Hospital and the partner institutions.
Group leaders
- Yvonne Böttcher, University of Oslo and Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog.
- Jøran Sture Hjelmesæth, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg and University of Oslo.
- Jens Kristoffer Hertel, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg.
- Matthias Blüher, University of Leipzig and Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG) of the Helmholtz Center Munich at Leipzig University, Germany.
- Annette Horstmann, University of Helsinki, Finland.
- Anita Göndör, University of Oslo and Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog.
Scientific advisory board
- Fredrik Karpe,University of OXFORD.
- Romain Barrès, The Institute of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology (IPMC).
- Carel le Roux, University College Dublin.
Patient advisory board
- Mari-Mette Graff, Landsforeningen for Overvektige (LFO) (in Norwegian)