Centre for Fertility and Health

A Norwegian Centre of Excellence. Our scientific goal is to advance our understanding of health implications of changes in patterns of fertility and family structure.

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Les på norsk: Senter for fruktbarhet og helse

About

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Updated 28.05.2019

Research

People

An overview of all the people at the Centre.

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Updated 28.05.2019

Publications

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Events

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Upcoming events

15 Nov 11:00-12:00

CeFH lunch seminar: Fertility: insights from Australian Longitudinal Study on women’s health
10 Jan 11:00-12:00

CeFH Genetics Friday: OPENFLUX - Societal openness, normative flux and the social modification of heritability

Annual report

Report

Published 04.04.2019

Annual Report 2018

The annual report describes the research in the Centre for Fertility and Health and sums up 2018.

News

Published 08.10.2019

The Centre for Fertility and Health at the NOFE Conference 2019

Several researchers from the Centre for Fertility and Health will give presentations at the 26th Norwegian Conference on Epidemiology

Research findings

Published 04.10.2019

Gene variant found that may explain toddler weight gain

Genes are involved in controlling weight gain early in life, according to a study based on data from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa).

News

Updated 12.09.2019

The Gro Harlem Brundtland Visiting Scholarship

The Centre for Fertility and Health visiting scholar program hosts young researchers from Norway and abroad.

News

Published 07.06.2019

Reflections from Gemma Sharp

Dr. Gemma Sharp spent 10 weeks visiting the Centre for Fertility and Health.

News

Published 21.05.2019

Two postdoctoral positions available

We have two postdoctoral positions available at the Centre for Fertility and Health, Oslo, Norway. Application deadline: June 10, 2019.

Research findings

Published 14.05.2019

The rich are outliving the poor in both Norway and USA

Inequalities in life expectancy by income in Norway were substantial and increased between 2005 and 2015, according to a study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.

Research findings

Published 30.04.2019

A software module for power analysis and sample size calculations in genetic association analysis

Researchers at the Centre introduce a new and complete tool in Haplin for power and sample size calculations in genetic association studies.

News

Published 29.03.2019

ERC Advanced Grant to Rolv Skjærven

The aim of the research project is to advance our understanding of how pregnancy complications affect the long-term maternal health.

Research findings

Published 21.03.2019

Miscarriage risk is strongly linked to maternal age and pregnancy history

Findings from a new Norwegian study point to common risk factors for pregnancy complications and miscarriage.

Projects

DIMJOB - Social, demographic and health dimensions of technology-induced job loss
Reproduction, partner disruption and health
Best prediction of adverse pregnancy outcomes
Health Gap: Health, maturity, and gender gap in education
Study of Assisted Reproductive Technology (START) – Epigenic mechanisms

Perspectives

Article

Published 14.03.2019

Why we need interdisciplinarity when studying fertility and health

In this statement, Vegard Skirbekk make the case for interdisciplinary research in the study of fertility and health.

Article

Published 14.05.2018

Is low fertility a problem?

A brief discussion by Øystein Kravdal of what kind of individual-level arguments that might be relevant