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Sophia Engel

Doctoral Research Fellow Health - Developmental - and Personality psychology
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Email a.s.engel@psykologi.uio.no
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Visiting address Forskningsveien 3A Harald Schjelderups hus 0373 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1094 Blindern 0317 Oslo

Academic interests

  • Traumatic injuries and orthopedic surgery
  • Acute and chronic posttraumatic/-surgical pain
  • Psychological distress and recovery following traumatic injuries

Background

2024 - present: Medical Resident, Municipality of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

2023 - present: PhD Candidate, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

2023 - 2024: Medical Doctor, Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

2022 - present: Researcher at the Injury Prevention and Outcomes following Trauma (IPOT) Project, Department of Research and Development, Division of Emergencies and Critical Care, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

2018 - 2022: Medical Studies (M.D.) + MSc Clinical Research, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

2015 - 2018: BSc Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Grants & Awards

2024: Best poster award - annual conference of the Norwegian Pain Society (NOSF)

2024: Awarded Seed funding I for innovation ideas by UiO Growth House

2024: Third place at the Resident and Fellow Trauma Paper Competition of the American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma (ACS COT)

 

Publications

  • Engel, Sophia; Rosseland, Leiv Arne; Smits, Martijn Johannes Bernardus; Skurtveit, Svetlana Ondrasova; Gran, Jon Michael & Nordseth, Trond [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2025). Population-based multistate modelling of peritraumatic opioid use among trauma patients from the Norwegian Trauma Registry. British Journal of Anaesthesia. ISSN 0007-0912. 135(2), p. 390–400. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2025.05.008. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engel, Sophia; Jacobsen, Henrik Børsting & Reme, Silje Endresen (2024). Cosmetic surgery and associated chronic postsurgical pain: A cross-sectional study from Norway. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. ISSN 1877-8860. 24(1). doi: 10.1515/sjpain-2023-0099. Full text in Research Archive
  • Engel, Sophia; Jacobsen, Henrik Børsting & Reme, Silje Endresen (2023). A cross-sectional study of fear of surgery in female breast cancer patients: Prevalence, severity, and sources, as well as relevant differences among patients experiencing high, moderate, and low fear of surgery. PLOS ONE. 18(6). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287641. Full text in Research Archive

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