About
Associate Professor at the University of Oslo and Special Advisor/Researcher at the Department of Research at Telemark Hospital Trust. Main area of research is pain in children, in particular assessment of pain and method development. A more current stream of reseach is pain in children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, in particular cerebral palsy, as Co-Principal Investigator for the CPPain Research Program.
Academic interests
- Assessment of pain in non-verbal children
- Pain in children with intellectual and developental disabilities
- Implementation
- Method development
- User involvement in research
PhD supervision
Candidate | Title | Period | Role |
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Olav Aga Kildal | Pain interference with function in children with cerebral palsy | 2019- | Main supervisor |
Martina Carlsson Misic (Örebro universitet) | Neonatal pain assessment and management – the next step | 2019- | Co-supervisor |
Ben Tore Henriksen | Optimizing drug-related patient care and safe drug therapy during care transitions | 2020- | Co-supervisor |
Elisabeth Rønning Rinde | Lived experiences: Pain in children with cerebral palsy | 2020- | Main supervisor |
Annette Steen-Hansen Krøglid | New methods to predict pain in children with severe cerebral palsy | 2022- | Co-supervisor |
Teaching
At UiO:
GERSYK 4500 - Masteroppgave (Høst 2022/vår 2023)
Other:
Research seminars for Residents (addressing goal 13 in the common national competence modules)
Background
Education |
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2013-2018 |
PhD (Medicine), Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm |
2007-2011 |
Master in Clinical Medical Science, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm |
1994-1997 |
Nursing, Telemark University College |
Work experience |
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2020- |
Associate Professor, Department of Nursing Science, University of Oslo |
2019-2020 |
Guest Researcher, School of Health Sciences, Örebro University |
2019- |
Special Advisor/Researcher, Department of Research, Telemark Hospital Trust |
2005-2019 |
Advisor, Department for Child and Adolescent Health Services, Telemark Hospital Trust |
2003-2005 |
Prosjekt lead, Telemark Hospital Trust |
1998-2005 |
Staff Nurse, Telemark Hospital Trust |
Other activities and assignments
Associate Editor for Paediatric and Neonatal Pain (2019- )
Editorial Advisory Board Member for European Journal of Pain (2019- )
Editorial Board Member for International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances (2021- )
- Deputy Member, Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REC south-east A) (2021- )
- International member of Pediatric Pain Management Standard Working Group, initiated by Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP) in collaboration with the Health Standard Organization (HSO) Canada (May 2020-present)
- Member of the Steering Committee for the research network Pain in EARly Life (PEARL) (2014- )
- Faculty Member i Pain in Child Health (PICH) (2020- )
- Founding Committee Member for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Special Interest Group (PIDDSIG) innenfor International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)