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
Associate Professor, University of Oslo
Kirsten Midttun Gravningen - Institute of Clinical Medicine (UiO.no)
Members of the research group
Kristen Gravningen
Leader of Research Group, Associate Professor, Senior Consultant Infection Control
Academic Degrees
MD PhD MPH
Research Areas
Infection control, infectious diseases surveillance, behaviour, antibiotic stewardship, antibiotics in wastewater
Mireille Wulf
Head of section, Senior Consultant Infection Control
Academic Degrees
MD PhD
Research Areas
Infection surveillance, infection control, MRSA, antimicrobial resistance
Academic Degrees
MD PhD
Research Areas
Infection surveillance, infection control, MRSA, antibiotic stewardship, AMR, One Health
Academic Degrees
MD
Research Areas
Antibiotic stewardship, antibiotics in wastewater
Kristiane Søreng
Researcher, Head of the National Reference Laboratory for Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
Academic Degrees
MSc PhD
Research Areas
HPV
Academic Degrees
MSc PhD
Research Areas
HPV-related cancer diagnotics
Academic Degrees
MSc
Research Areas
HPV, vaccine surveillance, molecular analyses
Academic Degrees MSc
Research Areas HPV
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)
Academic Degrees
MD, PhD
Research Areas
Infectious diseases, including sepsis and respiratory infections
Jan Erik Berdal - Institute of Clinical Medicine (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
Academic Degrees
MD, PhD
Academic Degrees
MD, PhD
Research Areas
Respiratory infections, antibiotics
Truls Michael Leegard
Associate Professor, Senior Consultant (Head of Department)
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)
Academic Degrees
PhD Cand Scient
Research Areas
Molecular epidemiology of infections, precision medicine, NGS, metagenomics, nanopore sequencing
Academic Degrees
MD PhD
Research Areas
HIV, respiratory infections, microbiome, resistome
Academic Degrees
MSc PhD
Research Areas
Host-pathogen interactions, immunology, biomarkers, molecular biology
Academic Degrees
MSc PhD
Research Areas
HPV, bioinformatics
Academic Degrees
MA MD
Research Areas
HPV, epidemiology of STIs, honey and wound care
Academic Degrees
PhD MSc
Research Areas
Laboratory diagnostics of infections, UTIs and kidney stones formation, adaptive immunity
Academic Degrees
PhD MSc
Research Areas
Develop non-invasive biomarkers for early detection of colorectal cancer
Academic Degrees
MSc
Nina Handal
Senior Consultant, Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Associated member
Academic Degrees
MD
Research Areas
Antimicrobial resistance, antibiotic stewardship, infection control