Faglige interesser
- Hjertesvikt
- Koronarsykdom
- Kardiovaskulære biomarkører
- Kardiovaskulær endokrinologi
- Kardiovaskulære effekter av kreftbehandling
- Kardiovaskulær sykdom ved KOLS og obstruktiv søvnapne
- Kardiovaskulær sykdom ved depresjon
Bakgrunn
Utdanning
- 1987 Cand. Med. Universitetet i Bergen
- 1989 Diploma in Tropical Medicine (D.T.M.), University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1995 Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) Certification
- 1996 Dr. med. Universitetet i Bergen. Avhandling: Neurohumoral Activation after Acute Myocardial Infarction: Relation to Indices of Cardiac Function and Prognosis
- 1996 Program in Clinical Effectiveness, Harvard University
- 1997 Master of Public Health (M.P.H.), Harvard School of Public Health
- 2003 Basalutdanning i universitetspedagogikk, Universitetet i Oslo
Akademiske stillinger
- 1992-1995 Universitetsstipendiat, Universitetet i Bergen
- 1995-1997 Research Fellow in Medicine, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- 2003 Professor II (hjertemedisin), Universitetet i Oslo
- 2004 Professor I (indremedisin) – Universitetet i Oslo
- 2009 Fakultetsdivisjonsleder Akerhus Universitetssykehus
- 2010-2014 Nestleder, Institutt for klinisk medisin, Universitetet i Oslo
Priser
- 1987 F. Meltzers pris (Universitetet i Bergen).
- 1995 J. William Fulbright Award.
- 1995 Caroline Musæus Aarsvolds pris (Den norske lægeforening).
- 1996 Pris fra Overlege Dr. M.D. Johan Carl Unger Vetlesen Charitable Fund
- 2004 Ole Storsteins pris for 2004. Norsk Cardiologisk Selskap
- 2008 Fellow, European Society of Cardiology
- 2017 Fellow, American College of Cardiology
Verv
- 2016 Associate Editor, Circulation
- 2017 Editor of Chronic Coronary Artery Disease: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease, 1stedition (Elsevier 2017).
- 2017 Member, International Federation of Clinical Chemistry (IFCC) Task Force on Clinical Applications of Cardiac Bio-Markers
- 2017 Head, National Publication Committee for Medicine (NPU-MED), Norway
- 2017 Member National Publication Committee (NPU, Norway)
- 2017 Editorial Board, International Journal of Cardiology
- 2017 Board member, Research Council, South-Eastern Regional Health Authority, Norway
- 2016 Board member, Norwegian Clinical Research Infrastructure Network (NorCRIN)
- Member of professor evaluation committees at the University of Oslo, Norway, University of Bergen, Norway, University of Aarhus, Denmark, University of Athens, Greece, University of Texas South-Western, Dallas, USA, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Grant reviewer European Research Council, Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), Wellcome Trust, Swiss National Science Foundation, Foundation for Polish Science, Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation Big Award, North of Norway Regional Health Authority, Deutcshe Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
- Reviewer in >30 international journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, JAMA, Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Nature Biotechnology
Samarbeid
- Professor Eugene Braunwald, TIMI Study Group, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; USA.
- Professor James A de Lemos, Dallas Heart Study, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA.
- Professor Ramachandran Vasan, Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA
- Professor Kristian Hveem, Helseundersøkelsen i Nord-Trøndelag, NTNU, Trondheim
Veiledning
- Hovedveileder for 10 fullførte PhD grader
- Medveileder for 7 fullførte PhD grader
- Veileder for 13 medisinstudentoppgaver
Utvalgte publikasjoner (Google Scholar)