Academic Interests
Primary research interests are clinical and cognitive neuropsychology in patients with different somatic, neurological and neuropsychiatric/psychiatric disorders using traditional neuropsychological methods and electrophysiological (ERP) methods. Ongoing projects include neurocognitive mechansms in affective disorders, neuropsychological consequencies of neurosurgical treatment (DBS) in Parkinsons disease, and neuropsychological late effect of cancer treatment.
Teaching
Higher education and employment history
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2012 – Assoc. Professor of clinical neuropsychology, Dept. of Psychology, University of Oslo
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2007-2012: Assoc. Professor II, Dept. of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen
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2003-2012: Head of Section for neurocognition, Dept. Neuropsychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, Oslo University Hospital
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2001-2002: Postdoctoral fellow, Lab. for Affective Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin – Madison
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2000-2001: Postdoctoral fellow, Sunnås Rehabilitation Hospital
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1996-1999: PhD student, Sunnås Rehabilitation Hospital/University of Oslo
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1989-1996: Special psychologist Sunnås Rehabilitation Hospital.
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1987-1989: Psychologist in child and youth psychiatric outpatient clinic
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1985-1987: Psychologist in educational services
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PhD (dr. philos), University of Oslo, 2000.
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Specialist in clinical neuropsychology, 1992
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Cand. Psychol. University of Oslo, 1985
Honoraria
Recipient of "Bjørn Christianssens Minnepris" for best paper in Journal of the Norwegian Psychological Association, 2008 (with Nils Inge Landrø)
Appointments
2010- Chair of the Norwegian Neuropsychiatric Association
Cooperation
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Department of Neuropsychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, Oslo University Hospital
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Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital
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Department of Dept. of Pediatrics, Oslo University Hospital
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Dept. of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen