Department of Rare Disorders and Disabilities
Head of research
The Department of Rare Diagnoses and Disabilities consists of several competence centers with a national function.
External home pages (in Norwegian):
- National Competence Centre for Cystic Fibrosis (www.oslo-universitetssykehus.no)
- National Competence Centre for Rare Epilepsy-Related Diagnoses (www.oslo-universitetssykehus.no)
- Centre for Rare Diagnoses (www.oslo-universitetssykehus.no)
- National Competence Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Hypersomnia (www.oslo-universitetssykehus.no)
In addition to the national competence centers, there is a K.G. Jebsen Center for Medical Translational Research at the department. The competence centers are interdisciplinary and will conduct professional development and research related to their diagnoses.
The research group will stimulate research activity and work to coordinate projects. The department is conducting projects related to disease picture, disease mechanisms, treatment research, diagnostic optimization (advanced signal analysis/machine learning), somatic and mental additional difficulties and quality registration.