
Kristian Bernhard Nilsen
- Senior Researcher, Senior Consultant Neurophysiologist; MD, PhD
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- Head of Section, Section for Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Neurology.
- Senior researcher at Department of Research and Innovation.
He is leading the research group for applied neurophysiology. He is current President of the Norwegian Association for Clinical Neurophysiology.
Background:
Kristian Bernhard Nilsen is a medical doctor with ph.d from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He is a senior Consultant Clinical Neurophysiologist. He has also worked as Senior Consultant at the Norwegian National Institute of Occupational Health, and as associate professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Former board member of the Scandinavian Association for the Study of Pain, and former Chairman of the “Committee for quality-development” in the Norwegian Association for Clinical Neurophysiology.Teaching experience:
Regular lectures on clinical neurophysiology for ph.d courses (University of Oslo), courses for education of residents in Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (Norwegian Medical Association), and master courses in pain management and physiotherapy (Oslo Metropolitan University and Buskerud University College). He is course leader for the national course “Basal and Clinical Neurophysiology” for residents in Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology.Research projects:
Project leader for the projects:- "Neurological home hospital" - Innovation study funded by South-Eastern Health Authority. 2022 - 2024
- "Exploring the Genetics of Neuropathic Pain" – National study, funding from NRC. 2017-
- "Motor neurons – can they be counted?" Clinical study on a new biomarker for ALS 2019-
- "Digital gold mining in historical neurophysiological datas" – National quality study 2020- .
- Local PI for the "Puccini" clinical RCT study–BAY1878080 in the treatment of diabetic neuropathic pain. 2020–
- Responsible for development and maintenance of "Neuroscience registry for research and quality studies" for Oslo University Hospital 2014 –.
- He collaborates with several projects in neurology, oncology and ortophedics. Some of these are listed in his Cristin profile. He also participates in several international projects like the EU Horizon 2020 funded project Dolorisk, and a large international multicenter study investigating the validity of the neurophysiological MScanfit MUNE technique.
Supervising experience
He is presently main supervisor for 2 ph.d students at Oslo University Hospital. He has earlier supervised one ph.d student, 7 master students and co-supervised 4 ph.d students.
Methodology and interests
His research is focused on clinical neurophysiological methods and pain mechanisms. He is currently leading projects focusing on mechanisms and treatment of neuropathic pain and carpal tunnel syndrome. His interests also includes methodological studies of clinical neurophysiological methods and human pain models. He is also involved in studies of narcolepsy, migraine, sleep disorders, pain genetics, side effects of cancer treatment, as well as studies on health effects of shift work. He has published more than 80 peer-reviewed papers, with a Google Scholar H index above 25. In his clinical work he is involved in the clinical investigation of patients with various neurological diseases, including epilepsy, neuromuscular disorders and all kinds of neuropathies.
Nevroglimt - Kristian Bernhard Nilsen's blog (in Norwegian)