Håvard Danielsen

The Institute for Medical Informatics (IMI) is a department of the division of Surgery and Cancer Medicine at Oslo University Hospital. IMI has a strong focus on diagnosis and prognosis of cancer, working in the fields og medical informatics, cancer genetics and pathology.

The institute resources are divided on three main areas;

• Research (41%)
• Diagnosis (25%)
• Development (33%)

Whereas Development and innovation results in products, services and patents, and the diagnosis activity is measured by number of patients diagnosed, 41% of the total resources (human, monetary, time) are spent on research leading to scientific publications.

The institute is headed by Håvard E. Danielsen.

• Link to "Centre for Cancer Biomedicine"
• Link to the Institute website

The Institute for Medical Informatics is divided into three sections:

• Section for Cancer Cytogenetics (head: Sverre Heim)


• Section for Interphase Genetics (head: Monica Jenstad)


• Section for Applied Informatics (head: John Arne Nesheim)