Doctoral degrees 2017-
2025
Henriette Eckhardt Nyberg
Behavioral and neurobiological consequences of prenatal exposure to methadone or buprenorphine. An examination of anxiety-like behavior, social behavior and brain gene expression in rat offspring
Principal Supervisor: Jannike Mørch Andersen
Saranda Kabashi
Prevalence of alcohol, illicit and psychoactive medicinal drugs in relation to health outcomes. An epidemiological study of prevalence, characteristics and associations in emergency departments
Principal Supervisor: Stig Tore Bogstrand
2024
María Martín Agudo
Computational methods to interpret forensic DNA profiles from massively parallel sequencing data
Principal Supervisor: Øyvind Bleka
Chiara Fantinato
Implications of background and environmental DNA on activity level evaluation of DNA traces collected at the crime scene
Principal Supervisor: Ane Elida Fonneløp
2023
Helen Maria Johannessen
Body fluid identification and transfer mechanisms affecting activity level reporting in sexual assault cases
Principal Supervisor: Ane Elida Fonneløp
Jan Mario Breen
Fatalities and severely injured occupants in motor vehicle collisions – the causation, injury mechanisms and the significance of safety measures: Thesis based on a prospective study of young adults involved in severe motor vehicle collisions and retrospective review of autopsy records
Principal Supervisor: Arne Stray-Pedersen
2022
Johanna Marie Lundesgaard Eidahl
Postmortem evaluation of brain edema - Possible significance for the study of sudden unexplained death in infants and small childeren - A physical, radiological, immunohistochemical and genetic approach
Principal Supervisor: Siri Hauge Opdal
2021
Mette Kongstorp
Long-term effects of prenatal exposure to methadone and buprenorphine on cognitive functioning: Animal studies of behavior, pharmacokinetics, neonatal outcomes, and neurobiological effects
Principal Supervisor: Jannike Mørch Andersen
Jan Toralf Fosen
Ethyl glucuronide in hair and nail as a biomarker of alcohol consumption
Principal Supervisor: Gudrun Høiseth
Anja Valen
Psycoactive substance use and other driver-related risk factors: trends and crash characteristics
Principal Supervisor: Hallvard Gjerde
2020
Nino Lomia
Mortality in women of Reproductive age in Georgia: Leading Causes and Socio-demographic Determinants
Principal Supervisor: Arne Stray-Pedersen
Knut Hjelmeland
Zopiclone impairment - Characterization and measurement in an experimental study
Principal Supervisor: Gudrun Høiseth
Marianne Skov-Skov Bergh
Fentanyl Analogs: Development of Bioanalytical Methods for Forensic Case Work and Studies of Metabolism and Pharmacodynamic Effects
Principal Supervisor: Åse Marit Leere Øiestad
Ragnhild Elén Gjulem Jamt
Psykoactive substanve use among drivers in a rural area - studies of prevalence, risk of road traffic crash involvement and driver characteristics
Principal Supervisor: Stig Tore Bogstrand
Maren Cecilie Strand
Methadone and buprenorphine effects on driving abilities
Principal Supervisor: Vigdis Vindenes and Jan Ramaekers (Maastricht University)
2019
Anne Marte Sjursen Kvello
The contribution of 6-acetylmorphine to heroin-induced effects: Studies of pharmacokinetics, behavior and immunotherapeutic intervention using a monoclonal antibody in mice
Principal Supervisor: Inger Lise Bogen
Cecilie Hasselø Thaulow
Metabolites of heroin in post-mortem samples: The pharmacokinetic interaction with ethanol and measurements in several different matrices
Principal Supervisor: Vigdis Vindenes
2018
Merete Synnøve Vevelstad
Para-methoxymethamphetamine (PMMA): A study of risk factors for fatal intoxication with emphasis on metabolite pattern and CYP genetics
Principal Supervisor: Marianne Arnestad
Oskar Hansson
Development of computer software to characterise and simulate molecular biology processes used in forensic DNA profiling assays
Principal Supervisor: Peter Gill
Eirik Natås Hanssen
Applications of massively parallel sequencing in forensic genetics
Principal Supervisor: Peter Gill
2017
Guro Søe Eriksen
Psychomotor-stimulating properties of heroin, 6-acetylmorphine and morphine. Studies on locomotor activity and sensitization in an animal model
Principal Supervisor: Jørg Mørland
Ane Elida Fonneløp
Is trace DNA a relevant and reliable source of information in criminal investigations? An investigation of DNA transfer and contamination of crime scene samples.
Principal Supervisor: Peter Gill