Education

The Pediatric Follow Group is responsible for pediatric teaching for medical students and nutrition students (MED9, MED12, NUCLI352) as well as pediatric courses for physicians.

The group is mentoring a high number of medical students and PhD-students and contributes in research teaching (MEDMET900, GCP901).

PhD dissertations

• Bjørn Steinar Demma Lillås, 2024: Impact of birth weight on kidney health in middle-aged adults : Results from the Haugesund Low Birth Weight Study
• Britt Engan, 2023; “Cardiac Function and Early Risk Markers for Cardiovascular Disease in Children and Young Adults Surviving Severe Childhood Disease” 
• Karen Galta Sørensen, 2023: «Asthma, atopy, and lung function in young adults after hospitalization for bronchiolitis in infancy”
• Philipp Strauss, 2023: ”From archival tissues to systems biology: Using transcriptomics to investigate the progression of kidney disease”
• Emma Carolina Satrell, 2023: “Alveolar function following extremely preterm birth”
• Hanna Flækøy Skjåkødegård, 2023: “Family-based behavioral treatment of children with severe obesity : Effectiveness and perceived barriers”
• Mette Engan, 2022: “Physical activity and exercise capacity in survivors of preterm birth A population-based cohort study of long-term consequences of prematurity”
• Merete Engeseth, 2022: “Outcomes following PDA surgery in extremely preterm born subjects. Focusing on left vocal cord paralysis and associated short and long-term outcomes”
• Peder Aleksander Bjorland, 2022; A prospective observational study on newborn resuscitation in a high-resource setting 
• Umael Khan, 2022: "The impact of image acquisition and processing parameters on speckle tracking echocardiography in neonates".       
• Christian Magnus Thaulow, 2022: "Antibiotic Use in a Cohort of Norwegian Children and Neonates Before, During and After Hospitalisation".
• Annlaug Vatne, 2022; "Sepsis and antibiotic exposure in the neonatal period".
• Ninne Oehme, 2021: “Pubertal development in Norwegian boys: Ultrasound assessment of testicular volume, hormonal references, and association with anthropometric measurements”  
• Anders Mjelle, 2021: "Validation of liver elastography in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis and healthy individuals. Normal values and correlation to fibrosis parameters."
• Astrid Sandnes, 2021: “Treatment of Exercise Induced Laryngeal Obstruction. Exploring modalities in short and long term”
• Zoe Fretheim-Kelly, 2021: “From horses to humans: A comparative study developing the first protocol for measuring upper airway pressures in exercising humans"
• Hege Kristiansen, 2020: "The vulnerable child in an obesogenic environment".
• Omar Hikmat, 2020: "The phenotypic spectrum of polymerase gamma (POLG) disease from birth to late adulthood".   
• Ingvild Særvold Bruserud, 2020: “Pubertal development in Norwegian girls»  
• Bjørn Barstad, 2020; "Neuroborreliosis in children; diagnostic and immunological aspects".
• Kristine Stangenes, 2020: “Sleep habits and sleep problems among children born extremely preterm: A Norwegian population-based cohort study”
• Ingrid Nordeide Kuiper, 2020: “Effects of air pollution and greenness on asthma and allergy over time and across generations”
• Cathrin Lytomt Salvador, 2020: “Estimation and measurement of glomerular filtration rate in children” 
• Kristoffer Brodwall, 2018: «Congenital heart defects in Norway - A nationwide study of Down syndrome, maternal preeclampsia, and sibling recurrence risk, 1994-2009».    
• Mariann Bentsen, 2018: “Tidal breathing parameters in extremely premature infants.  Feasibility and clinical utility of electromagnetic inductance plethysmography”
• Eivind Sirnes, 2018: “Cerebral magnetic resonance imaging in children with prenatal drug exposure. Structural and functional aspects of the opioid-exposed brain”
• Lisbeth Beate Santorv, 2018: “Mental Health and care situation in school-aged children prenatally exposed to alcohol and other substances: a hospital based study”
• Tiina Andersen, 2018: “Laryngeal response patterns during mechanically assisted cough in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis”
• Maria Gunnes, 2017: “Adult life challenges in survivors of young age cancer. A Norwegian national cohort study focusing on reproduction, economic independence and violent deaths”
• Rannveig Skrunes, 2017: “Hereditary renal disease in the Norwegian population, with a focus on Fabry disease” 
• Kristine Kjer Byberg, 2017: “An epidemiological study on the associations between preeclampsia exposure, growth and physical activity in preschool age and subsequent allergy, asthma and lung function in late childhood”
• Silje Raphaelsen, 2016: “Hereditary phosphate balance disorders in Norwegian children”
• Siren Irene Rettedal, 2016: “Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae in neonates; Hospital outbreak, colonization, transmission and persistence”
• Maria Vollsæter, 2016: “Long-term Respiratory Outcomes of Extreme Preterm Birth
• A Population-based Cohort Study”
• Elisabeth Leirgul, 2016: “Congenital heart defects in Norway - a nation-wide study of birth prevalence, maternal diabetes, and folic acid supplementation in pregnancy”.  
• Hans Jørgen Timm Guthe, 2016: "Transcapillary fluid balance in children. Methodology and new clinical studies." 
• Silje Elgen Fevang, 2016: «Mental health among children born extremely preterm or with extremely low birth weight at preschool- and school age. A national population based study”
• Siw Helen Westby Eger, 2016: “Significance of intrauterine growth, and abnormal fetal blood flow for neonatal and long term outcome in preterm infants.”
• Bente Vederhus, 2015: “Health-Related Quality of Life: emotional and behavioural difficulties and perception of pain after extreme preterm birth — a population-based longitudinal cohort study”
• Hanne Marit Bjørgås, 2015: “Psychiatric disorders in children with cerebral palsy. Is there a need for mental health screening?”
• Nezla Duric,  2015: “Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Characteristics and treatment with Neurofeedback”.
• Hege Havstad Clemm, 2015: “Exercise capacity after extremely preterm birth. Development from childhood to adulthood”
• Bente Brannsether-Ellingsen, 2015: «Overweight and obesity in children: a study of weight-related anthropometric variables in childhood»  
• Ingrid Torsvik, 2015: “B vitamin and iron status during infancy”
• Jostein Førsvoll, 2015; “The Periodic Fever, Aphthous stomatitis, Pharyngitis and cervical Adenitis syndrome in children. Clinical and immunological aspects”  
• Håvard Trønnes, 2014; “Risk Factors and Outcomes Of Preterm Birth- A Study Of The Associations Of Preterm Birth With Cerebral Palsy And Atopic Diseases”.
• Ingvild Bruun Mikalsen, 2014: «Asthma, atopy and lung function at 11 years of age after bronchiolitis in infancy»  
• Camilla Tøndel, 2013: “Markers of nephropathy in young Fabry disease patients; role of kidney biopsies and functional measurements”
• Asle Hirth, 2013: ”Left ventricular systolic deformation in subclinical metabolic cardiomyopathies”. 
• Silja Torvik Griffiths, 2013: “Functional MRI, structural MRI and school performance in extremely preterm/extremely low birth weight children”
• Morten Duus Odberg, 2013: “Low birth weight; general health and quality of life in young adult survivors”
• Katrine Tyborg Leversen, 2012: “Neurodevelopmental outcome at two and five years of age, and prediction of outcome in children born extremely preterm: A Norwegian national cohort study”.
• Ola Drange Røksund, 2012: “Larynx in exercising humans. The unexplored bottleneck of the airways”
• Stein Magnus Aukland, 2011: “Imaging of the brain and of the lungs in young adults born prematurely and / or with a low birth weight. Radiological findings and associations with clinical features.” 
• Robert Maat, 2011: "Exercise -induced laryngeal obstruction. Diagnostic procedures and therapy"
• Pétur Benedikt Júliússon, 2010: ”Overweight and obesity in Norwegian children”  
• Thomas Halvorsen, 2006: “Lung sequelae after premature birth: A population based, controlled, long-term cohort study”
• Irene Birchow Elgen, 2004: "Low birthweight children: Long-term neuro-impairments."
• Anne-Lise Bjørke Monsen, 2004: "Metabolic Markers of Cobalamin and Folate Status in a Pediatric Setting." 
• Dag Moster, 2001: “Low risk deliveries. A study of risks related to place of birth and the prognostic value of Apgar score.”
• Knut Øymar, 2001: "Eosinophil inflammation in children with asthma, wheezing and atopic dermatitis".
• Edda Olafsdottir, 2001: “Functional abdominal pain in children”
• Britt Torunn Skadberg, 1997: “Risk behaviour and physiology in the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). A study of the effect of prone sleeping on sids mortality, and on behaviour and physiological responses during sleep in infancy.” 
• Kristian Sommerfelt, 1997: "Preschool neurodevelopment in non-handicapped children with birthweight less than 2000 g"