The interdisciplinary NORCOR research group was established in 2013. The group is founded and headed by the Department of Medicine, Drammen Hospital and is a clinical and academic collaboration between the Department of Medicine, Drammen Hospital, Department of Laboratory Medicine in Vestre Viken, Department of Cardiology at Vestfold Hospital, Department of Behavioral Medicine at University of Oslo and Department of Pharmacology at Oslo University Hospital.
John Munkhaugen, Elise Sverre, Erik Gjertsen, Einar Husebye, Toril Dammen, Lars Gullestad and Nils Tore Vethe constitute the steering committee which anchors strategy and overall decisions. The NORCOR group currently (per August 20) comprises a research coordinator, 2 post-doctoral researchers, 5 PhD research fellows, 12 senior researchers as well as national and international advisers and partners. Below follows s a short presentation of the research team:
Members of NORCOR research group:
Leader
John Munkhaugen
Leader of the research group, professor-competent senior researcher in clinical medicine and cardiologist trainee.
Phone: +47 97524194
Deputy leader
Elise Sverre
Deputy leader and leader of the epidemiologic project, post-doctoral researcher and cardiologist trainee.
Phone: +47 99020329
Research coordinator
Sigrid Masters
Research coordinator and cardiac nurse
Phone: +47 92666378
Tone Hovdenak
Forskningssykepleier/koordinator og kreftsykepleier
Group leaders
Nils Tore Vethe
Leader of the statin pharmacology project, senior researcher and pharmacist
Toril Dammen
Leader of the bio-psychosocial project, professor of behavioral medicine and specialist in psychiatry.
Senior scientists
Erik Gjertsen
Clinical researcher, cardiologist and head of section for cardiology
Stein Bergan
Senior researcher, professor of clinical pharmacology
Ole Andreassen
Senior researcher, psychiatrist and professor.
Srdjan Djurovic
Senior researcher, geneticist and professor of clinical medicine.
Inger-Hilde Nordhus
Senior researcher, professor of health psychology
Costas Papageorgiou
Senior researcher, professor-competent senior researcher in clinical psychology.
Einar Husebye
Professor-competent senior researcher, specialist in gastroenterology and special adviser
Lars Gullestad
Senior researcher, specialist and professor in cardiology
Costas Papageorgiou
Seniorforsker, professorkompetent seniorforsker i klinisk psykologi.
Serena Tonstad
Senior researcher, professor and specialist in preventive cardiology
Senior advisors
Jan Erik Otterstad
Senior advisor, specialist and professor competent in cardiology
Post-doctoral researchers
Kari Peersen
Post-doctoral researcher and physiotherapist.
Stina Sollid
Post-doctoral researcher
Phd candidates
Lars Aastebøl Frøjd
PhD candidate
Kristin Torgersen
PhD candidate
Kristoffer Tunheim
PhD candidate
Trine Lauritzen
PhD candidate
Jonas Pivoriunas
PhD kandidat
Study statisticians
Morten Wang Fagerland
PhD, Oslo Center for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE), Regional Research Support, OUS.
Harald Wedon-Fekjær
PhD, Oslo Center for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE), Regional Research Support, OUS.
