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Ingvild West Saxvig - PhD Student, Section for General Practice

Born: 1977

Section for General Practice,
Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care,
University of Bergen
Kalfarveien 31, 5018 Bergen
Norway

Tel +47 55586064 / 92297371 (mobile)
Fax +47 55586130
E-mail: ingvild.saxvig@isf.uib.no


Education
  • 1996 - 2000 University of Bergen, Biology, Chemistry and Physiology
  • 2001 - 2004 University of Bergen, Cand.Scient. Human and experimental physiology
  • 2006 Registered Polysomnography Technologist


Positions
  • 2002 - 2006 EuroSleep, Sleep physiologist
  • 2005 Haukeland University Hospital, Norwegian Competence Center for Sleep Disorders, Center coordinator
  • 2007 - 2011 University of Bergen, Section for General Practice, PhD student


Research interests
  • Sleep physiology
  • Circadian rhythms and circadian rhythm sleep disorders
  • Sleep in adolescents
  • Cognitive functions in sleep


PhD project
  • Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome. Prevalence, sleep, personality, circadian rhythms and treatment


Publication
  • Saxvig IW, Lundervold AJ, Grønli J, Ursin R, Bjorvatn B and Portas CM. The effect of a REM sleep deprivation procedure on different aspects of memory function in humans. Psychophysiology (Online Early Articles). doi:10.1111/j.1469-8986.2007.00623


Abstracts
  • Saxvig IW and Portas CM. Evaluation of the Nightcap as a tool for REM sleep detection. 16th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society 2002, Reykjavik, Iceland (poster)
  • Saxvig IW, Lundervold A, Grønli J, Ursin R, Bjorvatn B and Portas CM. The effect of REM sleep deprivation on different memory tasks in humans. 17th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society 2004, Prague, CzechRepublic (poster)
  • Saxvig IW, Lundervold A, Grønli J, Ursin R, Bjorvatn B and Portas CM. The effect of REM sleep deprivation on different aspects of memory function in humans. 12th Nordic Sleep Conference 2007, Bergen, Norway (oral presentation)
  • Saxvig IW, Pallesen S, Sørensen E, Bjorvatn B. Sleep in adolescents. 12th Nordic Sleep Conference 2007, Bergen, Norway (oral presentation)
  • Pallesen S, Saxvig IW, Molde H, Sørensen E and Bjorvatn B. Sleep habits and correlates in a randomized sample of Norwegian high school students. 5th World Congress of the World Federation of Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine Societies 2007, Cairns, Australia (poster).

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