About the group
The research group represents a selection of researchers in the Department of Rheumatology, Skin and Infection Diseases (RHI) at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital.
Our research focuses on to main areas; skin inflammation and skin cancer. We perform both translational and clinical research, and our research registry (Dermareg) and biobank (RHI biobank) form the basis for the current research activity.
The activities of the Dermatology Research Group are closely integrated with the clinical work at the Department of Dermatology, Oslo University Hospital.
Ongoing projects
- Treatment of Keratolytic Winter Erythema with systemic nitroxoline. A investigator-initiated phase 2a randomized placebo controlled crossover study of male and female adults from three Norwegian families (Sandanger)
- Treatment of genital lichen planus in women. Investigator-initiated RCT on oral treatment with the apremilast for genital erosive lichen planus (Helgesen)
- Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis: Evaluation of Upadacitinib in Combination with Topical Corticosteroids in Adolescent and Adult Subjects (Abbvie) (Berents)
PhD projects
- Olav Gramstad, hereditary angioedema, in progress (main supervisor Sundnes)
- Siri Hansen Stabell, hidradenitis suppurativa, in progress (Main supervisor Sundnes)
- Karianne Haga, Gorlin syndrome, in progress (Main supervisor Hortemo)
PhD dissertations
- Astrid Lossius - Atopic dermatitis, ultraviolet B treatment, and the IL-1 family of cytokines.
Cooperation
Internal
- Rheumatology Research Group, OUS
- ORAACLE - Oslo Research group of Asthma and Allergy in Children, the Lung and Environment
- PreventADALL
- K. G. Jebsen Inflammation Research Centre
- Department of Pathology, OUS Radiumhospitalet.
- Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, OUS
- Institute for Internal Medicine Research, OUS Rikshospitalet
- Department of Medical Genetics, OUS
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, OUS Ullevål
- Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Women’s Health, OUS
- Department of General Practice, UiO
National
- Janssen-Cilag AS, Oslo
- Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo
- Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo
- Haukeland University Hospital, Centre for Medical Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Bergen
- The Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Østerås
International
- Nijmegen University Hospital, The Netherlands
- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
- University of Halifax, Canada.
- SCOPE network (Skin Care in Organ-transplanted Patients Europe)
- EADV Task Force Pruritus
- European Society of Psychiatry and Dermatology
Selected Key Publications
- Brinchmann BC, Bugge MD, Nordby KC, Alfonso JH (2022). Firefighting and melanoma, epidemiological and toxicological associations: a case report. Occup Med (Lond). 2022 Feb 22;72(2):142-144. DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqab183.PMID: 35064261
- Lossius AH, Sundnes O, Ingham AC, Edslev SM, Bjørnholt JV, Lilje B, Bradley M, Asad S, Haraldsen G, Skytt-Andersen P, Holm JØ, Berents TL Shifts in the Skin Microbiota after UVB Treatment in Adult Atopic Dermatitis. Dermatology. 2022;238(1):109-120. doi: 10.1159/000515236
- Gjersvik P, Veierød MB, Thompson A, Grzyb K, Lilland KH, Vazov N, Roscher I, Bassarova AV (2022). Histopathologic reassessment of melanoma and other melanocytic skin lesions excised in 2009 and 2018-2019 Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 142 (15). DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.22.0204, PubMed 36286556
- Kelleher MM, Phillips R, Brown SJ, Cro S, Cornelius V, .., Rehbinder EM, et al. (2022). Skin care interventions in infants for preventing eczema and food allergy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 11 (11), CD013534. DOI 10.1002/14651858.CD013534.pub3, PubMed 36373988
- Skjerven HO, Lie A, Vettukattil R, Rehbinder EM, LeBlanc M,…, Landrø L, et al. (2022). Early food intervention and skin emollients to prevent food allergy in young children (PreventADALL): a factorial, multicentre, cluster-randomised trial. Lancet, 399 (10344), 2398-2411, DOI 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00687-0, PubMed 35753340
- Amandip Sangha; Mohammad Rizvi (2022). Structured digital care pathway for systemic acne treatment using isotretinoin. BMJ Innovation. (2022), DOI: 10.1136/bmjinnov-2021-000917.