Women with preeclampsia have up to eight times higher risk of later developing cardiovascular disease. CEMIR’s research group on Inflammation and Genetics in Pregnancy studies how the development of preeclampsia and cardiovascular disease are connected. The group has recently unveiled inflammatory mechanisms in the placenta and identified an important role…
Blogger: Guro Stødle and Line Tangerås PhD students, CEMIR In the human body, infections (caused by bacteria or virus) and tissue injury may set off an inflammatory response, in which immune cells, blood vessels, proteins and other mediators work together to eliminate the threat and repair the damage. Pregnancy…
Bloggers: Jennifer J. Infanti (Department of Public Health and General Practice, NTNU), Ragnhild Lund (Department of Geography, NTNU) and Kumudu Wijewardene (Department of Community Medicine, University of Sri Jayawardenepura, Sri Lanka) Sri lanka is one of the world’s largest exporters of tea. The origins of the tea plantations date…
Health challenges in low income countries is the theme of this years’ Global Health Day. The is seminar organised by The Faculty of Medicine at NTNU, Sør-Trøndelag University College and St. Olavs University Hospital. The seminar will take place on 21 October in Øya helsehus (Aud. 1), and focus on:…
Thirty years ago, the first research project on Small-for-gestation-age (SGA)was started at the Department of Public Health and General Practice at NTNU in Trondheim. At the same time, a separate Very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) children study was organized at the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Women’s and Children’s Health, NTNU. As for the…
Blogger: Elisabeth Darj The Gemzell prize at Uppsala University has this year been awarded to Eszter Vanky, researcher at NTNU. Eszter Vanky, associate professor at the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Healt, received this honor at Uppsala University 20. march 2014 and gave the prestigious “Gemzell lecture…
Medical research student Kristin Melheim and her supervisor Professor of Paediatrics Torstein Vik have examined whether pre-eclampsia is a risk factor for cerebral palsy. In this short video they explain the study
Blogger: Jennifer J. Infanti The Faculty of Medicine at NTNU is delighted to welcome four doctors/researchers from Nepal to Trondheim between January 15th and 17th. The visiting delegates are members of an international collaboration of researchers investigating strategies to improve antenatal care for pregnant women experiencing domestic…
Blogger: Elisabeth Darj On the first of September I started my work as the first professor in Global Health at NTNU and I have now been asked to present myself. I’m most honored to have this job opportunity and it has been two intense, interesting and exciting…
Blogger: Kristine Hermansen Grunewaldt Preterm children often have a reduced working memory capacity, which makes it more difficult to learn new things and overcome everyday challenges. But what if playin gcomputer games could improve their working memory? Our research group at NTNU and St. Olavs Hospital decided to explore whether…
