Projects

«European Test and Risk Assessment Strategies for Mixtures (EuroMix) – a human biomonitoring study

The Horizon 2020 EuroMix project aims to provide validated test strategies for the hazard and exposure assessments of chemical mixtures.

A healthy and sustainable start in life

The aim of the project is to explore the association between maternal diet and child weight development, and if this is associated with cognitive and mental development.

A qualitative study of injecting drug users in Norway

A retrospective assessment of protective GBS capsular polysaccharide levels in newborn Norwegian infants participating in the Norwegian Mother Child Cohort-Study

A Scandinavian cohort of pregnant women in opioid maintenance treatment during pregnancy: long term consequences for the child (ScopeOMT)

Accuracy of open-ended questions in teachers’ structured conversations with children to uncover abuse, neglect or psychosocial problems

On the accuracy of open-ended questions in structured conversations between children and daycare and school employees.

ADHD medication in pregnancy: understanding the population and outcomes related to treatment use and discontinuation

Alcohol and Drugs in Norway

Alcohol drinking patterns among parents and long-term health and social consequences among their children

This project will study the long-term effects of various forms of parental drinking patterns in regard to their children’s mental health, substance use and workforce non-participation.

Alcohol policy and public opinion

The project investigates trends and changes in public opinion on alcohol policies, and the structure and determinants of attitudes towards policies. The data are mainly based on population surveys.

Analysis of miRNA and DNA methylation stautus in ADHD triads

This project will investigate whether epigenetic status at birth is important for neurodevelopmental disorders appearing in childhood and persisting into adulthood.

Antigen rapid test screening to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission at mass gathering events.

CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE To evaluate whether rapid testing is an effective intervention to prevent viral spread, comparative studies of rapid testing versus non-rapid testing are needed.

Are there dietary and lifestyle factors for the self-prevention of suicide?

The objective of this project is to examine if dietary and lifestyle factors have a role in suicide prevention.

ART - Assisted Conceptions - Pregnancy and childhood outcomes

In this project we combine Norwegian registry data and questionnaire data from the MoBa cohort study to investigate causes and consequences of subfertility and assisted conception.

Asymptomatic Salmonella carriers – Incidence and Factors

This project will investigate how many people in Norway remain carriers of Salmonella bacteria after they have had a Salmonella infection and why.

Autism Birth Cohort Study (ABC study)

The Autism Study uses data from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) to study autism among children and adolescents.

Bedret barnevaksinasjon og beredskap mot sesong og pandemisk influensa: betydning av cellulær immunitet

The project assesses prevalence of past pneumococcal infections and influenza in Ethiopia with techniques to determine cellular immune protection against new influenza strains.

Beneficial effect of breastfeeding on offspring long-term health: consequence or maternal pre-existing risk profile?

The study will investigate the effect of breastfeeding on child health at 7 years of age.

Benzodiazepine prescription and mortality among patients with benzodiazepine addiction in opi-oid maintenance treatment (OMT) - Protocol for a systematic review

The purpose of this systematic review is to investigate the effect on mortality after prescription of benzodazepines for benzodiazepine addiction to patients in OMT.

Best prediction of adverse pregnancy outcomes

We aim to estimate the association between perinatal death and alternative measures of standardized birthweight using large sample sets.