Pediatric Brain Research

Jon Skranes, senior consultant / professor
Gro Løhaugen, neuropsychologist PhD, professorial competence
Randi Eikeland, senior consultant / professor
Unni Mette Køpp, senior consultant PhD, postdoc
Thorsten Gerstner, senior consultant MD / PhD candidate
Kathinka Aslaksen, senior consultant / PhD candidate
Anne Cecilie Tveiten, educator / PhD candidate
Stine Urstad Langseth, social worker / master’s student
Mari Hoem, specialist physiotherapist HABU SSA
Kristian Sørensen, neuropsychologist / PhD candidate
Siri Johnsen, specialist physiotherapist / PhD candidate
Ida Vestrheim, physiotherapist, researcher
Knut Jørgen Bjuland, veterinarian / PhD / senior researcher

Jon Skranes

1. PIH Multi study (https://sshf.no/kliniske-studier/pih-multi. Funding: National Programme for Clinical Therapy Research in the Specialist Health Service (KLINBEFORSK). Lead: Jon Skranes (MD, Professor NTNU). The project currently has 2 PhD fellows. Participating local researchers: Kristian Sørensen (PhD fellow, neuropsychologist), Siri Johnsen (physiotherapist, PhD fellow), Jon Skranes, Ida Vestrheim.
2. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)/congenital substance-related harm). Project funding: HSØ and internal PhD grant. Leads: Jon Skranes, professor, MD, and Gro CC Løhaugen, PhD, neuropsychologist. Participating local researchers: Thorsten Gerstner, MD, PhD fellow, Anne Cecilie Tveiten, PhD fellow, Stine Urstad Langseth, master’s student UiA, Randi Eikeland, professor, MD, UiA, Knut Jørgen Bjuland, PhD, researcher.
3. Follow-up of children whose mothers received opioid substitution treatment during pregnancy. Lead: Jon Skranes. Participating local researchers: Kathinka Aslaksen, PhD fellow, MD, Mari Hoem, HABU.
4. Long term impact of pre-pregnancy body mass index and weight change on childhood weight, brain and cognitive function. Project funding: HSØ. Lead: Unni Mette Køpp, MD, PhD, postdoc. Participating local researchers: Gro CC Løhaugen, PhD, neuropsychologist, Haakon Ramsland Hol, PhD, MD, Knut Jørgen Bjuland, PhD, researcher, Jon Skranes, professor, MD.