Camilla Grøver Aukrust

Student - Faculty of Medicine

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Email c.g.aukrust@medisin.uio.no

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Visiting address Klaus Torgårds vei 3 Sogn Arena 0372 Oslo

Postal address Postboks 1078 Blindern 0316 Oslo

Other affiliations Department of Community Medicine and Global Health

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This Phd project spans six years and will be conducted in combination with 50% clinical work at Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital. The Phd is connected to the Department for Community Medicine and Global Health and focuses on pediatric hydrocephalus in Malawi.

Academic interests

Camilla G. Aukrust has education within nursing and has worked at the neurosurgical high dependency unit at Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital, since 2007. Her Phd project is concerned with the neurosurgical diagnosis pediatric hydrocephalus in Malawi.

Global health
Global neurosurgery
Global surgery
Hydrocephalus
Competence improvements
Public health
Health services research

Background

Cand.Mag in history of ideas, UiO
Bachelor in nursing, Diakonova college
M.Phil in International Community Health, UiO

Scholarships/Semester abroad

Fulbright scholarship (spring 2022)
Visiting graduate student at Harvard Medical School, Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (spring 2022)

Awards

Winner of the photo contest on the annual PhD conference, arranged by the research school for global health, 2020
Second prize winner of “Best Poster” at the Global Health Norway Conference in Bergen, 2019
Nominated for the prize; best master thesis related to the UN sustainable developmental goals at the University of Oslo, 2019

Positions held

Nurse co-lead in the Global Neurosurgery Committee/World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (2021-2023)

Partners

Department of global health, Oslo University Hospital

Publications

Scientific articles and book chapters

Aukrust, Camilla Grøver; Patrick, Kamalo; Finyiza, Gertrude; Mula, Chimwemwe; Chapweteka, Blessings A. & Fjeld, Heidi E [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2023). ‘It is the child with the big head’–Primary healthcare providers’ perceptions of paediatric hydrocephalus in Blantyre, Malawi: A qualitative study. Global Public Health. ISSN 1744-1692. 18(1). doi: 10.1080/17441692.2023.2276242.
Garcia, Roxanna M.; Ghotme, Kemel A.; Arynchyna-Smith, Anastasia; Mathur, Priyanka; Koning, Marinus & Boop, Frederick [Show all 16 contributors for this article] (2023). Global Neurosurgery: Progress and Resolutions at the 75th World Health Assembly. Neurosurgery. ISSN 0148-396X. 93(3), p. 496–501. doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002472.
Aukrust, Camilla Grøver; McNicholas, Roisin; Winkler, Andrea Sylvia; Johnson, Walter; Pattisapu, Jogi & White, Colette [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2022). Comprehensive and equitable approaches to the management of neurological conditions in low-and middle-income countries-A call to action. Brain and Spine. ISSN 2772-5294. 2. doi: 10.1016/j.bas.2022.101701.
Veerappan, Vigneshwar Raj; Gabriel, Phabinly James; Shlobin, Nathan A.; Marks, Katya; Ooi, Setthasorn Z.Y. & Aukrust, Camilla Grøver [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2022). Global Neurosurgery in the Context of Global Public Health Practice–A Literature Review of Case Studies. World Neurosurgery. ISSN 1878-8750. 165, p. 20–26. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.06.022.
Aukrust, Camilla Grøver; Paulsen, Anne Henriette; Uche, Enoch Ogbonnaya; Kamalo, Patrick Dongosolo; Sandven, Irene & Fjeld, Heidi E [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2022). Aetiology and diagnostics of paediatric hydrocephalus across Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Global Health. ISSN 2572-116X. 10(12), p. e1793–e1806. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00430-2. Full text in Research Archive
Aukrust, Camilla Grøver; Parikh, Karishma; Smart, Luke R.; Mdala, Ibrahimu; Fjeld, Heidi E & Lubuulwa, James [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2022). Pediatric Hydrocephalus in Northwest Tanzania: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study of Clinical Characteristics and Early Surgical Outcomes from the Bugando Medical Centre. World Neurosurgery. ISSN 1878-8750. 161, p. e339–e346. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.02.003.
Aukrust, Camilla Grøver; Kamalo, Patrick Dongosolo; Prince, Ruth Jane; Sundby, Johanne; Mula, Chimwemwe & Manda-Taylor, Lucinda (2021). Improving competencies and skills across clinical contexts of care: a qualitative study on Malawian nurses' experiences in an institutional health and training programme. Nursing Open. ISSN 2054-1058. 8, p. 3170–3180. doi: 10.1002/nop2.1030. Full text in Research Archive

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Published Dec. 17, 2019 2:40 PM - Last modified Aug. 16, 2022 10:30 PM