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