A substantial amount of health data and biological samples have been collated as a result of various health studies, which are actively used for research within the institute and internationally in collaboration projects. Many research articles have been published by our researchers in international, peer-reviewed journals.
Our focus areas for 2009-2014:
- Perinatal health
- Childhood developmental disorders
- Type 1 diabetes
- Pharmacoepidemiology
- Social inequality in health
- Biostatistics and genetic epidemiology
- Overweight and physical activity
- Respiratory diseases
- Cardiovascular disease
- Osteoporosis
Some ongoing studies:
- Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study – following 100, 000 pregnancies with dozens of sub-projects studying effects of genetic and environmental factors on childhood development
- ABC study – what causes autism? Looking for early signs of autism among children.
- Twin Programme – what role do the environment and genes play in our health? By monitoring identical twins we can learn a lot.
- MIDIA – what role do genes play in diabetes development?
Resources:
Data from the studies and our registers are available for research use, according to defined criteria.
- Medical Birth Registry – a national register of births, monitors causes and consequences of health problems from pregnancy and birth
- Published statistics – on all from social inequality, abortion to cause of death,
- Biobank - a unique collection of blood, urine, breastmilk from various studies, available for access
- Health Studies – data collected from various studies
- Norwegian Prescription Database – an interactive database covering the use and number of users of prescription drugs in Norway.
Other competence areas within the division:
Adolescent health, pregnancy, abortion, immigrant health, asthma and allergy, amongst others