Research projects

PhD candidates, University of Oslo:

  • Eli B. Kyte: “Impact of epilepsy surgery on cognition, psychiatry and quality of life at the commencement of aging” Supervisor: Kristin Å. Alfstad. Co-supervisors: Morten I. Lossius and Annette H. Skogan.
  • Merete Tschamper: “Childhood epilepsy and parental health literacy” Supervisor: Marie Hamilton Larsen, Co-supervisors: Astrid K. Wahl, Rita Jakobsen.
  • Sebastian Drottning: “Clinical outcomes and determinants of effectiveness of vagus nerve stimulation in a large national refractory epilepsy population” Supervisor: Konstantin H. Kostov, Co-supervisor: Morten I. Lossius, Jukka Peltola
  • Gernot Hlauschek: “Identifying novel imaging and clinical biomarkers of epileptogenesis poststroke”. Supervisor: Morten I. Lossius, Co-supervisors: Patrick Kwan and Meng Law
  • Truls Vikin: «Epilepsy in children-how are they doing?». Supervisor: Kari M. Aaberg, Co-supervisor: Morten I. Lossius
  • Fridny Heimisdottir: “FORCE: Focal Refractory Epilepsy in children: A study of surgical treatment in Norway - aetiology and predictive factors”. Supervisor: Kaja K. Selmer Co-supervisors: Kristin Å. Alfstad, Inger-Lise Mero, Morten I. Lossius

Post doc:

  • Kari M. Aaberg: "Development in childhood epilepsy". Co-workers: Morten I. Lossius

Other projects: 

  • Kristin Å. Alfstad: “Risk factors for psychiatric symptoms and executive problems in youth with epilepsy”. Co-worker: Morten I. Lossius
  • EpilepsiNett: «Can we close the gap? Socioeconomic differences and health inequality in young people with epilepsy. An EpilepsiNett project of health registry data and clinical cohorts. Co-workers: Antonia Villagran, Kari Modalsli Aaberg, Silje Alvestad, Kristin Alfstad.
  • Magnhild Kverneland: “Who should be treated with ketogenic diet for epilepsy”. Co-worker: Kaja K. Selmer
  • Erik Sætre: “Mortality in Epilepsy”. Co-worker: Michael Abdelnoor
  • Lisa Evju Hauger: “Adapted fMRI paradigms for pediatric patients and adults with cognitive impairment". Co workers: Annette Holth Skogan, Markus H Sneve.
  • Lisa Evju Hauger: “EpiTrack., Quality Assurance Study". Co-workers: Morten I. Lossius, Ellen Molteberg, Kristin Alfstad, Annette H. Skogan.
  • Guro Minken: “Development of a pediatric language protocol for awake brain surgery”. Co-workers: Annette H. Skogan, Fridny Heimisdottir, Ingeborg Ribu, Silje Systad, Christiane Sørensen, DuLIP gruppen.
  • Kathrine C. Haavardsholm:”Long term effect of ketogenic diet in children with epilepsy”. Co-workers: Annette Ramm-Pettersen, Kaja k. Selmer, Mahtab Zamani, Karolina Skagen, Mona Skjelland
  • Cecilie Johannessen Landmark: «Pharmacological variability and follow-up of new antiseizure medications”. Co-workers: Margrete Larsen Burns, Erik Sætre, Anne Våtevik, Torleiv Svendsen, Caroline Lund et al.

International projects:

  • “EURAP study.  An International Antiepileptic Drugs and Pregnancy Registry” (International concerted Action on the Teratogenesis of Anti-epileptic Drugs) (http://www.eurapinternational.org/). Silje Alvestad, international stearing committee and Torill Martinez , national coordinator.
  • “Ultra-long subcutaneous EEG monitoring: reliability, safety and impact on clinical management in uncontrolled epilepsies.” Kristin Å. Alfstad, Oliver Henning, Margrete Halvorsen Bø, Arild Egge, Oslo University hospital,  Guido Rubboli,  University of Copenhagen, Danish Epilepsy Centre, Dianalund, Denmark and Sándor Benizky, Aarhus University Hospital and  Danish Epilepsy Centre, Dianalund, Denmark. 
  • “Precision treatment of genetic epilepsies” PhD project, Cathrine Gjerulfsen. Project between the National Centre for Epilepsy in Norway and Danish Epilepsy Centre, Dianalund, Denmark; Rikke S. Møller, Danish Epilepsy Centre, Dianalund, project leader; co-supervisor, Cecilie Johannessen Landmark.
  • “Nordic Delphi Consensus on VNS guidelines”. An international multicenter project. The aim of the project is to find Consensus for mutual clinical VNS guidelines in the Nordics for drug resistant epilepsy patients. Oliver Henning, project leader, Hrisimir Kostov, Thorsten Gerstner, Stein-Helge Tingvoll, Susanne Ingebrigtsen, Atle Lillebø, Omar Hikmat (Norway), Dragan Marsanovic, Kern Olofsson, Anne Sabbers, Ioannis Tsiropoulos,Noemi Becser Andersen (Denmark). Liisa Metsähonkala, Reina Roivainen, Salla Lamouso, Jukka  Peltola (Finland), Sintia Kolbjer, Lisa Gordon, Helena Gauffin, Johan Lundgren, Elinor Ben-Menachem, Fredrik Asztely, (Sweden). 

Expert groups, etc.

  • Plant-based Medicines Task Force and Medical treatment task force, all initiated by the International
    League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Cecilie Johannessen Landmark
  • Faculty member, Eilat Educational course: Pharmacological treatment of epilepsy Cecilie Johannessen Landmark
    https://www.ilae.org/congresses/10th-eilat-educational-course-pharmacological-treatment-of-epilepsy
  • Faculty member, annual course Baltic sea summer school for epilepsy: Oliver Henning and Cecilie Johannessen Landmark
    https://www.ilae.org/congresses/ilae-sponsored-meetings-and-courses/baltic-sea-summer-school-on-epilepsy-bssse
  • Scientific and organizing committee member, European Epilepsy Congress, Athens 2026, Cecilie
    Johannessen Landmark
  • Committee member, Pharmacy Section, ILAE, Cecilie Johannessen Landmark
  • Nordic Expert Group on Epilepsy and Dementia. Erik Sætre
  • Nor-EpiNet Nordic network for precision medicine, stearing group members Kaja Selmer and Cecilie Johannessen Landmark
  • Commission on Epidemiology, International League Against Epilepsy. Kari Modalsli Aaberg
 
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