Experts and Subjects
The University of Bergen has several experts in pandemics and Covid-19.

UiB pandemic experts in Norwegian newspapers.
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MEDICINE
- Name: Esperanza Diaz
- Title: Professor of Immigrant Health
- Disciplines: Migration, user participation and interdisciplinary cooperation
- Contact: esperanza.diaz@uib.no – 47 41 41 04
- Name: Silje Mæland
- Title: Associate Professor
- Disciplines: Public health during pandemics, absence due to illness
- Contact: silje.maeland@uib.no – 92 40 33 14
- Name: Rebecca Jane Cox
- Title: Professor
- Disciplines: Epidemic and pandemic research on influenza and Covid-19, clinical trials of vaccines and human immunology
- Contact: rebecca.cox@uib.no - 45 24 29 74
- Name: Nina Langeland
- Title: Professor
- Disciplines: Infection outbreaks, previous research on outbreaks of resistant bacteria, Covid-19
- Contact: nina.langeland@uib.no – 41 61 64 50
- Name: Edvin Schei
- Title: Professor
- Disciplines: Dissemination of knowledge, social dialogue, communication between doctor and patient
- Contact: edvin.schei@uib.no – 97 41 37 90
- Name: Bård Flattun Lilleeng
- Title: Professor
- Disciplines: Social medicine, general medicine and neurosurgery
- Contact: bard.lilleeng@uib.no – 90 07 27 08
- Name: Kristin G-I Mohn
- Title: Associate Professor
- Disciplines: Vaccines, immunology, influenza and Covid-19
- Contact: kristin.mohn@uib.no – 97 77 07 55
- Name: Hans Flaaten
- Title: Professor
- Disciplines: Intensive care medicine, quality assurance, geriatrics, quality of life, medical education
- Contact: hans.flaatten@uib.no
- Name: Elling Ulvestad
- Title: Professor of Microbiology
- Disciplines: Immunology, microbiology, host-microbe relationships
- Contact: elling.ulvestad@uib.no – 90 82 45 74
- Name: Audun Helge Nerland
- Title: Professor
- Disciplines: Molecular biology, microbiology, zoonoses (infections affecting both humans and animals), immunology, vaccines (development and testing)
- Contact: audun.nerland@uib.no – 95 27 24 23
- Name: Mette C Tollånes
- Title: Associate Professor
- Disciplines: medical biochemistry, rapid tests for Covid-19 (antibody and antigen tests)
- Contact: mette.tollanes@noklus.no – 944 98 269
- Name: Sverre Sandberg
- Title: Head of Noklus/Professor
- Disciplines: medical biochemistry, rapid tests for Covid-19 (antibody and antigen tests)
- Contact: sverre.sandberg@noklus.no – 97092674
- Name: Trond Egil Hansen
- Title: Medical Director, Bergen Municipality/University Lecturer at IGS, UiB
- Disciplines: Medicine/health management
- Contact: trondegil.hansen@bergen.kommune.no – 90 17 61 41
- Name: Ole Jacob T. Møllerløkken
- Title: Associate Professor, Leader of SAMLET
- Diciplines: Occupational medicine, community medicine
- Contact: ole.mollerlokken@uib.no – 55 58 61 01
- Name: Kjetil Søreide
- Title: Professor
- Dicipline: Gastrosurgery, general surgery, emergency surgery, cancer surgery
- Contact: ksoreide@mac.com; kjetil.soreide@uib.no – 92 28 15 57
PSYCHOLOGY
- Name: Jarle Eid
- Title: Professor
- Disciplines: School management, stress, coping with quarantine, restructuring due to pandemics
- Contact: jarle.eid@uib.no – 93 03 52 53
- Name: Atle Dyregrov
- Title: Professor
- Disciplines: Crisis management, trauma, grief
- Contact: atle.dyregrov@uib.no – 90 55 20 77
- Name: Benedicte Carlsen
- Title: Head of Department, HEMIL
- Disciplines: Information flow relating to the spread of viruses, research communication
- Contact: benedicte.carlsen@uib.no – 95 24 98 87
- Name: May Aasebø Hauken
- Title: Professor
- Disciplines: Crisis psychology, quality of life, psychosocial health
- Contact: may.hauken@uib.no – 41 54 96 12
- Name: Unni Heltne
- Title: Senior Adviser
- Disciplines: Crisis psychology, crisis communication, care of employees/helpers
- Contact: unni.heltne@uib.no – 91 64 86 74
- Name: Bente Storm Haugland
- Title: Associate Professor
- Disciplines: Uncertainty and coping of the pandemic among youths with anxiety and depression
- Contact: bente.haugland@uib.no – 97 58 23 17
- Name: Stephanie Le Hellard
- Title: Professor
- Discipline: Covid-19 and mental health
- Contact: Stephanie.LeHellard@uib.no – 90 05 80 89
- Name: Bjørn Sætrevik
- Title: Associate Professor
- Disciplines: Perceived risk and compliance with infection control advice during pandemics, decision-making, risk and misconduct
- Contact: Bjorn.satrevik@uib.no – 99 31 65 88
- Name: Ståle Pallesen
- Title: Professor
- Diciplines: Sleep and circadian rythm
- Contact: pklsp@uib.no – 92 63 20 99
EDUCATION
- Name: Rune Johan Krumsvik
- Title: Professor
- Disciplines: Schooling, education and teaching during the pandemic
- Contact: rune.johan.krumsvik@uib.no – 95 93 17 39
- Name: Robert Gray
- Title: Associate Professor
- Discipline: Online/digital teaching
- Contact: robert.gray@uib.no – 90 80 52 27
ELDERLY
- Name: Bettina Husebø
- Title: Professor of elderly health
- Disciplines: Care of the elderly, dementia, retirement home and nursing home medicine, palliative medicine
- Contact: bettina.husebø@uib.no – 55 58 67 35
- Name: Marie H. Gedde
- Title: PhD Candidate
- Disciplines: Retirement home and nursing home medicine, dementia, mental health
- Contact: marie.gedde@uib.no - 98 89 95 40
- Name: Line Iden Berge
- Title: Post-doc
- Disciplines: Elderly medicine, clinical and epidemiological studies of reaction to pandemics in the elderly.
- Contact: line.berge@uib.no
- Name: Inger Hilde Nordhus
- Title: Professor
- Disciplines: Elderly and mental health, anxiety and sleep problems in the elderly
- Contact: inger.nordhus@uib.no – 90 94 09 08
CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
- Name: Stine Lehmann
- Title: Associate Professor
- Disciplines: Quality of life in adolescents, foster children, trauma and stress in children and adolescents
- Contact: stine.lehmann@uib.no – 90 17 173
- Name: Marit Skivenes
- Title: Professor
- Disciplines: Child protection, welfare system for children, whistleblowing, paternalism
- Contact: marit.skivenes@uib.no – 95 92 49 79
- Name: Viggo Krüger
- Title: Associate Professor of music therapy
- Disciplines: Music therapy, child welfare, child and youth research, music as integration
- Contact: viggo.kruger@uib.no – 99 53 46 28
- Name: Ragnhild Bjørknes
- Title: Professor
- Disciplines: Children and families in vulnerable life situations, child protection, mental health and quality of life in adolescents during pandemics
- Contact: ragnhild.bjorknes@uib.no – 99 29 71 10
HISTORY
- Name: Magnus Vollset
- Title: Associate Professor and medical historian
- Discipline: Pandemics throughout history
- Contact: magnus.vollset@uib.no – 90 99 39 81
- Name: Teemu Sakari Ryymin
- Title: Professor
- Disciplines: History of health and medicine, fighting infection, health policy, public health work
- Contact: teemu.ryymin@uib.no – 48 15 65 35
- Name: Geir Atle Ersland
- Title: Professor
- Discipline: The Black Death
- Contact: Geir.Atle.Ersland@uib.no – 90 16 90 73
TECHNOLOGY AND DATA
- Name: Christoph Trattner
- Title: Associate Professor
- Disciplines: Artificial intelligence, social networks, big data
- Contact: christoph.trattner@uib.no – 45 39 61 80
- Name: Marija Slavkovik
- Title: Associate Professor
- Disciplines: Artificial intelligence and ethical issues
- Contact: marija.slavkovik@uib.no – 55 58 23 77 / 91 81 15 93
- Name: Inge Jonassen
- Title: Professor
- Disciplines: Bioinformatics, data sharing, sensitive data, data analysis
- Contact: inge.jonassen@uib.no – 90 52 43 16
- Name: Christine Stansberg
- Title: Senior Adviser
- Disciplines: Bioinformatics, genomics, data sharing
- Contact: christine.stansberg@uib.no – 40 23 31 84
- Name: Korbinian Bösl
- Title: Senior Engineer
- Disciplines: Bioinformatics, data sharing, controlled sharing of sensitive data
- Contact: korbinian.bosl@uib.no
EMERGENCY/FOOD SAFETY
- Name: Peter Andersen
- Title: Head of Department
- Disciplines: Food safety, agriculture, climate, environmental management
- Contact: peter.andersen@uib.no – 92 09 19 43
- Name: Arild Aurvåg Farsund
- Title: Professor
- Disciplines: Food safety and trade/trade policy (national and international)
- Contact: arild.farsund@uib.no – 93 05 16 93
- Name: Mimi E. Lam
- Title: Researcher
- Disciplines: Ethics, psychology, ecology, biology, chemistry, physics
- Contact info: mimi.lam@uib.no, – 48 40 46 22
MEDIA/RHETORIC
- Name: Jens E. Kjeldsen
- Title: Professor of rhetoric and visual communication
- Disciplines: Media analysis, rhetoric, expertise, strategic communication, public speaking
- Contact: jens.kjeldsen@uib.no – 93 44 95 56
LAW
- Name: Malgorzata Agnieszka Cyndecka
- Title: Associate Professor
- Discipline: Privacy and GDPR during the pandemic
- Contact: Malgorzata.Cyndecka@uib.no - 91 10 10 24
- Name: Eirik Holmøyvik
- Title: Professor
- Discipline: Constitutional law, crisis management, human rights
- Contact: Eirik.Holmoyvik@uib.no - 91 68 02 76
ETHICS/PHILOSOPHY
- Name: Ole Frithjof Norheim
- Title: Professor of medical ethics
- Disciplines: Medical ethics, health priorities
- Contact: ole.norheim@uib.no – 97 53 93 26
- Name: Matthias Kaiser
- Title: Professor of philosophy of science
- Disciplines: Scientific ethics, research ethics, precautionary principles, new risks, risk assessment
- Contact: matthias.kaiser@uib.no – 91 73 39 28
- Name: Espen Gamlund
- Title: Professor of philosophy
- Disciplines: Philosophy, ethical assessments regarding diseases, life and death, health priorities
- Contact: espen.gamlund@uib.no – 92 44 54 41
- Name: Ingrid Miljeteig
- Title: Associate Professor
- Discipline: Medical ethics
- Contact: ingrid.miljeteig@uib.no – 97 18 72 74
- Name: Kjell Arne Johansson
- Title: Professor of medical ethics
- Disciplines: Health priorities, inequality in health
- Contact: kjell.johansson@uib.no – 97 19 18 28
- Name: Jan Reinert Karlsen
- Title: Associate Professor
- Disciplines: Medical ethics, philosophy of science, theory of science
- Contact: Jan.Karlsen@uib.no
FINANCE
- Name: Kjell Erik Lommerud
- Title: Professor
- Disciplines: Cost-benefit analysis of Covid-19 measures, macroeconomics
- Contact: kjell-erik.lommerud@uib.no – 95 80 19 01
- Name: Hans K. Hvide
- Title: Professor
- Disciplines: Entrepreneurship, organisations and finance
- Contact: hans.hvide@uib.no – 97 09 84 31
- Name: Steinar Vagstad
- Title: Professor
- Disciplines: Family finances, business economics, incentive theory
- Contact: steinar.vagstad@uib.no – 41 47 91 85
ART/MUSIC
- Name: Viggo Krüger
- Title: Adjunct Professor
- Contact: viggo.kruger@uib.no
10.06.2022