About the group

We have a particular focus on diagnosing dementia disorders and identifying risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia from a life-course perspective.

The research utilizes real-world data, such as Norwegian population studies, with a focus on the Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) and the Norwegian Registry for Persons with Cognitive Symptoms (NorCog).

Long-term goals

The long-term goals are, through research, to identify better and more precise methods for detecting reduced resilience and functional decline early in the aging process. And to propose interventions that can delay health deterioration and functional impairment, taking into account an individual’s intrinsic capacity and environmental factors.

Through this, we hope to enable society to better address the challenges associated with an aging population.

Projects

  • Intrinsic capacity and its constituents, predictors, course and consequences
  • The interaction between genetic and modifiable risk factors of dementia
  • The Norwegian Registry for Persons Assessed for Cognitive Symptoms (NorCog)
  • Ageing in Trøndelag – a population-based study on predictors of cognitive impairment, physical function and psychiatric diseases in old age
  • Anthropometric measurements and risk of dementia in a life-course perspective

Cooperation

Our research group has collaboration with several national and international institutions.

National

  • Centre for Age-Related functional impairment and disease, Innland Hospital Trust
  • Centre for Age-Related Medicine, Stavanger (SESAM)
  • Centre for Elderly and Nursing Home Medicine (SEFAS)
  • Department of Geriatric Medicine, St.Olavs hospital/NTNU, Trondheim
  • Public Health Institute
  • Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT)
  • Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (NORMENT)
  • Evandro Fei Fang Lab, University of Oslo

International

  • University College, London
  • King’s College, London
  • Memory clinic in Copenhagen and Roskilde, University of Copenhagen
  • Memory clinic at Karolinska klinikken, Karolinska institutet i Stockholm
  • Memory clinic at Landspitalin, University of Reykjavik, Iceland