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Microbiology, Infection and Infection Control

Our interdisciplinary group conducts research in a range of infection-related fields, including antimicrobial stewardship and infection control in hospitals, clinical infections, antimicrobial resistance, microbiological diagnostics – including molecular epidemiology and next-generation sequencing – as well as human papillomavirus (HPV).

Research Areas

  • Antibiotic use and antimicrobial stewardship in hospitals
  • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR): laboratory diagnostics, epidemiology, and mathematical modelling
  • Hepatitis B and C, health complications among people who use drugs
  • Human papillomavirus (HPV) – National Reference Laboratory
  • Infection surveillance and control in hospitals
  • Clinical translational research: collaboration between microbiology laboratories and clinical departments on infection-related topics
  • Laboratory diagnostics
  • Molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases, precision medicine
  • Next-generation sequencing, metagenomics, nanopore sequencing

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Kirsten Gravningen

Leader of Research Group, MD PhD MPH

Kirsten.gravningen@ahus.no

Members of the research group

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Kristen Gravningen

Leader of Research Group, Associate Professor, Senior Consultant Infection Control

kirsten.gravningen@ahus.no

Academic Degrees

MD PhD MPH

Research Areas

Infection control, infectious diseases surveillance, behaviour, antibiotic stewardship, antibiotics in wastewater

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Mireille Wulf

Head of section, Senior Consultant Infection Control

mireille.wilhelmina.huberta.wulf@ahus.no

Academic Degrees

MD PhD

Research Areas

Infection surveillance, infection control, MRSA, antimicrobial resistance

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Silje Bakken Jørgensen

Head of Department

silje.bakken.jorgensen@ahus.no

Academic Degrees

MD PhD

Research Areas

Infection surveillance, infection control, MRSA, antibiotic stewardship, AMR, One Health

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Heidi Johanne Espvik

Phd candidate

heidi.johanne.espvik@ahus.no

Academic Degrees

MD

Research Areas

Antibiotic stewardship, antibiotics in wastewater

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Kristiane Søreng

Researcher, Head of the National Reference Laboratory for Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

kristiane.soreng@ahus.no

Academic Degrees

MSc PhD

Research Areas

HPV

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Hanne Irene Kraus Christiansen

Adviser, Researcher

hanne.irene.kraus.christiansen@ahus.no

Academic Degrees

MSc PhD

Research Areas

HPV-related cancer diagnotics

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Adina Repesa

Specialist Biomedical Scientist

adina.repesa@ahus.no

Academic Degrees

MSc

Research Areas

HPV, vaccine surveillance, molecular analyses

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Gro Kummeneje Presthus

Senior Biomedical Engineer

gro.kummeneje.presthus@ahus.no

Academic Degrees MSc

Research Areas HPV

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Magnus Nakrem Lyngbakken

Professor II, Senior Consultant

magnus.lyngbakken@medisin.uio.no

Academic Degrees MD, PhD

Research Areas: Infectious diseases (sepsis and respiratory infections), cardiovascular biomarkers and risk prediction, precision medicine, pragmatic clinical trials

Magnus Nakrem Lyngbakken - Institute of Clinical Medicine (UiO.no)  

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Jan Erik Berdal

Associate Professor, Senior Consultant (Head of Department)

jan.erik.berdal@ahus.no

Academic Degrees

MD, PhD

Research Areas

Infectious diseases, including sepsis and respiratory infections

Jan Erik Berdal - Institute of Clinical Medicine (UiO.no)  

 

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Olav Dalgard

Associate Professor, Senior Consultant

odalgard@medisin.uio.no

Academic Degrees

MD, PhD

Research Areas

Infectious diseases, including hepatitis B and C, sepsis and respiratory infections, and health harms among people with substance use disorders

Olav Dalgard - Institute of Clinical Medicine (UiO.no)  

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Kristian Braathen Malme

Senior Consultant

krimal@ahus.no

Academic Degrees

MD, PhD

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Margit Jarlsdatter Hovind

PhD candidat, Resident physician

m.j.hovind@medisin.uio.no

Academic Degrees

MD, PhD

Research Areas

Respiratory infections, antibiotics

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Truls Michael Leegard

Associate Professor, Senior Consultant (Head of Department)

truls.michael.leegaard@ahus.no

Academic Degrees

MD, PhD

Research Areas

Medical/clinical microbiology with a focus on novel diagnostics and translational research

Truls Michael Leegaard - Institute of Clinical Medicine (UiO.no)  

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Hege Vangstein Aamot

Researcher

hege.vangstein.aamot@ahus.no

Academic Degrees

PhD Cand Scient

Research Areas

Molecular epidemiology of infections, precision medicine, NGS, metagenomics, nanopore sequencing

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Evgenia Sovershaeva

Resident physician

evgenia.sovershaeva@ahus.no

Academic Degrees

MD PhD

Research Areas

HIV, respiratory infections, microbiome, resistome

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Lise Lund-Berven

Head of Section

lise.lund-berven@ahus.no

Academic Degrees
MSc PhD

Research Areas
Host-pathogen interactions, immunology, biomarkers, molecular biology

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Milan Stosic

Researcher

milan.stosic@ahus.no

Academic Degrees

MSc PhD

Research Areas

HPV, bioinformatics

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Patricia Campbell

Senior Consultant, Researcher

patricia.campbell@ahus.no

Academic Degrees

MA MD

Research Areas

HPV, epidemiology of STIs, honey and wound care

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Kushi Kushekhar

Postdoc/researcher

kuskus@ahus.no

Academical degrees
PhD Cand Scient

Research Areas
Precision diagnostics for infectious diseases (PATHFINDER)

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Peter Csaba Huszthy

Researcher

csaba.peter.huszthy@ahus.no

Academic Degrees

PhD MSc

Research Areas

Laboratory diagnostics of infections, UTIs and kidney stones formation, adaptive immunity

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Thulasika Senthakumaran

Researcher

thulasika.senthakumaran@ahus.no

Academic Degrees

PhD MSc

Research Areas

Develop non-invasive biomarkers for early detection of colorectal cancer

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Mathias Lundberg

PhD

Mathias.Lundberg@ahus.no

Academical degrees
Cand Scient

Research Areas
Precision diagnostics for infectious diseases (PATHFINDER)

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Karin Helmersen

Senior Biomedical Engineer

karin.helmersen@ahus.no

Academic Degrees

MSc

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Nina Handal

Senior Consultant, Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Associated member

nina.handal@fhi.no

Academic Degrees

MD

Research Areas

Antimicrobial resistance, antibiotic stewardship, infection control

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Last updated 6/4/2026