ISF Meeting Place
This page is a link to English presentations prepared by people working at our Department or by co-workers outside the Department. Do you want to take a look at Bergen, our beautiful city? We invite you to a guided tour. You may browse through our internet guide or search for email-addresses and phone numbers.
Jan Vilhelm Bakke, Research Fellow, Section for Occupational Medicine
Indoor air quality and climate, exposure, effect, risk assessment and management.
Jan Magnus Bjordal, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Section for physiotherapy Science
Shoulder pain, Ultrasonography, Low level laser therapy, TENS.
Bjorn Bjorvatn, Professor, Section for General Practice
Sleep, circadian rhythm, depression and serotonin.
Astrid Blystad, Associate professor, Section of Nursing Science
Empirical and theoretical challenges related to studies of reproductive health- and gender issues.
Gunnar Tschudi Bondevik, Associate Professor, Section for General Practice
Maternal health issues and mental health problems among women living in low-income countries.
Kristin Bondevik, Nurse/consultant, Section for Occupational Medicine
Occupational health, maritime health
Anders Baerheim, Professor, Section for General Practice
Urinary tract infections, medical education, alternative medicine, Ig Nobel laureate
Signe K. Dørheim, Research Fellow, Section for General Practice
Mental health in developing countries, postnatal depression, sleep disturbances.
Geir Egil Eide, Associate Professor, Section for Epidemiology and Medical Statistics
Biostatistics, attributable fractions, event history analysis
Kjartan Fersum, Research Fellow, Section for Physiotherapy Science
Examination and sub classification of low back pain patients.
Kjell Hermann Halvorsen, Research Fellow, Section for General Practice
Drug Related Problems (DRPs) in the Elderly, Clinical Pharmacy
Berit Rokne Hanestad, Professor, Section of Nursing Science
Nursing as a discipline and as a profession, chronic diseases and quality of life.
Kjell Haug, Professor, Section for Social Medicine
Smoking in pregnancy, The Norwegian Mother and Child Study.
Stefán Hjörleifsson, Research Fellow, Section for General Practice
Philosophical analysis of the medical encounter, ethical obligations of the medical practitioner.
Caroline Hodt, Research Fellow, Section for Physiotherapy Science
Trunk accelerometry used in clinical gait analysis. Assessment of parameters for gait asymmetry.
Steinar Hunskaar, Professor, Section for General Practice
Incontinence, hormone replacement therapy, violence, textbook in clinical family medicine
Frode F. Jacobsen, Associate Professor, Section of Nursing Science
Elderly care, Health professionals, Social and cultural aspects of health and sickness.
Torild Jacobsen, Research Fellow, Section for General Practice
Theatrical tools utilized in the didactic room, interaction and fiction, temporality in fiction
Reidun Lisbet Skeide Kjome, Research Fellow, Section for General Practice
Pharmacy practice, pharmaceutical services, diabetes, blood glucose monitoring.
Atle Klovning, Research Fellow, Section for General Practice
Evidence-based medicine. Rational use of tests in general practice.
Kjell Kristoffersen, Associate professor, Section of Nursing Science
Experience and reactions of being the sibling of a person suffering from mental illness.
Alice Kvåle, Physiotherapist, Section for physiotherapy Science
Examination and treatment of patients with long-lasting musculoskeletal pain.
John Leer, General Practitioner, Florvaag
Computers in general practice.
Egil H. Lehmann, General Practitioner and Statistics Consultant, Haugesund
Author of the computer programs MEDSEQ, SSD, STTT and TABCHI.
Anne Elisabeth Ljunggren, Professor, Section for physiotherapy Science
Musculoskeletal conditions, physical training, clinical controlled trials, biomechanics.
Simon H D Mamuya, Research Fellow, Section for Occupational Medicine
Assessment of dust, fumes and respiratory problems among coal mine workers in Kiwira Tanzania.
Eivind Meland, Professor, Section for General Practice
Dietary treatment of hypertension, CHD risk management, sore throat, cognitive therapy.
Thomas Mildestvedt, Research Fellow, Section for General Practice
Motivation for lifestyle changes, cardiac rehabilitation, medical education, family issues.
Rolf Moe-Nilssen, Professor, Section for physiotherapy Science
Clinical gait analysis, accelerometry.
Bente E. Moen, Professor, Section for Occupational Medicine
Organic solvents and the nervous system, occupational health services.
Tone Morken, Physiotherapist/Researcher, National Centre for Emergency Primary Health Care
Musculoskeletal disorders, epidemiology and interventions.
Jane Mounteney, Research Fellow, Section for Social Medicine
Early identification and early warning of emerging drug trends.
John Gunnar Mæland, Professor, Section for Social Medicine
Social Insurance Medicine, Community Health promotion, Cardiac rehabilitation
Gerd Karin Natvig, Associate professor, Section of Nursing Science
Quality of life research, psychosocial predictors of health and well-being, intervention studies.
Jan Sommerfelt Pettersen, General Practitioner, Bergen
Naval medicine, computers in general practice, history of medicine.
Sabine Ruths, Associate Professor, Section for General Practice
Pharmacoepidemiology, with special emphasis on medication use in the elderly.
Guri Rortveit, Professor, Section for General Practice
Epidemiology of female urinary incontinence, parity and connected parameters as risk factors.
Målfrid Råheim, Associate Professor, Section for physiotherapy Science
Theoretical foundation for physiotherapy and health sciences.
Sverre Sandberg, Professor, Section for General Practice
Leader of NOKLUS - external quality assurance in Norwegian primary health care.
Hogne Sandvik, General Practitioner and Webmaster, Bergen
Incontinence, internet, history of medicine, does garlic protect against vampyres?
Ingvild West Saxvig
, Research Fellow, Section for General Practice
Sleep and circadian rhythms
Edvin Schei, Professor, Section for General Practice
Medical philosophy, education, history and anthropology. "Philosophical Out-Patient Clinic"
Jan Sture Skouen, Associate Professor, Section for physiotherapy Science
Musculoskeletal pain, examination methods, rehabilitation medicine.
Tone Smith-Sivertsen, Associate Professor, Section for General Practice
Environmental epidemiology and toxicology, allergy and lung diseases, public health.
Kjersti Steinsvåg, Research Fellow, Section for Occupational Medicine
Exposure to carcinogens in the Norwegian offshore petroleum industry.
Per Stensland, Associate Professor, Section for General Practice
Locked dialogues of the body, illness diary, communication.
Liv Inger Strand, Associate Professor, Section for physiotherapy Science
Musculoskeletal conditions, assessment tools, rehabilitation and physiotherapy interventions.
A surprise!
Merete Undeland, Research Fellow, Section for General Practice
The diagnostic prosess as a medical tool in consultations with female patients
Kjersti Wilhelmsen, Research Fellow, Section for Physiotherapy Science
Vertigo and imbalance in patients with deficiencies in the vestibular system.
Siri Waage, Research Fellow, Section for General Practice
Shift work, occupational health and stress
Stian Langeland Wesnes, Research Fellow, Section for General Practice
Urinary incontinence during pregnancy and after childbirth
Ane Bergland Wilhelmsen, Research Fellow, Section for General Practice
Sleep in youth
Margrethe Aase, PhD-student, Section for General Practice and Haukeland University Hospital
Medical philosophy, communication, qualitative research, heart diseases, medical education
Mona Kristin Aaslund, Research Fellow, Section for Physiotherapy Science
Gait rehabilitation, gait analysis, movement science, rehabilitation