Research support and facilities
Ahus has several offerings and facilities for the hospital's researchers, including Campus Ahus (administrative support functions), EpiGen (research laboratory), and various research outpatient clinics. In addition, the research support department provides advice and guidance on several areas of responsibility, including biobanking, clinical studies, data protection, and finance.
Akershus University Hospital is responsible for ensuring that all research conducted by the organisation is planned, executed, and concluded in accordance with legal requirements and recognised principles of good scientific practice. Read more in the document below:
Responsibility in Research (PDF)
Project Endorsement
The project leader is responsible for ensuring that the project is approved in the department and in the division/clinic before commencement.
Research Responsible at Ahus:
Helge Røsjø, Director of Research and Innovation
In applications to the Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REK), it is the Director of Research and Innovation, Helge Røsjø, who should be listed as the responsible researcher. The following contact information should be provided when Ahus is the responsible research institution:
Contact Information
Email: postmottak@ahus.no
Administrative contact for applications to the Research Council of Norway:
Karin Vassbakk, email: karin.vassbakk@ahus.no
Organisation number, Ahus: 983 971 636
EU: Legal entity (Pic Code - EU projects): 96 56 72 346
Are you planning to collect patient samples in connection with your research project?
The Department of Research Support can assist you with advice and guidance on all steps for biobanking. This includes planning, establishment, practical implementation, and closure. Please feel free to contact us; we are here to help!
Contact us at: biobank@ahus.no
eBiobank is an electronic tracking solution for research biobanks. In addition to Ahus HF, eBiobank is currently used at OUS HF and SSHF. Information about eBiobank can be found here:
eBiobank (forskningsstøtte.no)
Biobank procedures, biobank templates, and guides
Practical biobanking (freezer storage, transport, and delivery)
The Ahus biomarker facility for clinical research studies (ABF) aims to assist research environments with measurements of biomarkers, including cardiac markers. We offer accredited analyses in accordance with ISO 15189. We have research biomedical engineers and personnel in the infrastructure who can assist with analysis.
The User Council
at Ahus offers an assessment with regard to:
- How and in which parts of the project user involvement can be beneficial.
- Any nomination of relevant user representatives with the necessary knowledge and experience.
- Assessment of the eligibility of potential user participants.
In the establishment of new research projects, the project leader fills out a form (attached to this procedure) and sends it by email to ingrid.helene.halvorsen@ahus.no.
User involvement should be in place as early as possible in the project process, and the User Council should be involved already in the initial phase of the project description.
Documents
Campus Ahus provides administrative support functions for university staff, management, and medical students at the three clinics of Akershus University Hospital.
The Analysis Department is a service organisation for researchers at Ahus and UiO. We assist with data collection, data extraction, and secure storage of research data. Get to know us in the film below.
We make data meaningful! About the Analysis Department at Ahus - YouTube
Contact us via email:
analyse@ahus.no
Ahus has an agreement with services for sensitive data (TSD).
- TSD provides researchers at UiO, the higher education sector, university hospitals, and other public research institutions with a research platform that meets the strict legal requirements for the processing and storage of sensitive research data.
- TSD is developed and operated by USIT at UiO and is part of NorStore, the national infrastructure for the management and storage of scientific data.
Ahus has entered into an agreement with UiO regarding the use of the "Digital Consent Solution".
Research projects at Ahus can now utilise UiO's digital consent solution.
The solution can be used to send out invitations to participate in research studies, and participants provide digital consent using an e-signature solution with two-factor authentication.
To gain access to the solution, the research project must have an active project area in the services for sensitive data (TSD). The consent itself is created in Nettskjema and is then linked to the respective project area in TSD, where the consent is stored.
The setup and use of the solution are administered and supported exclusively by UiO.
See more about the solution at uio.no
See more about how to register a project and gain access to TSD at uio.no
The Diagnostics and Technology Division provides high-quality professional services within our special areas for the hospital's inpatients and outpatients, as well as patients from primary healthcare in Health South-East.
EpiGen is a modern research laboratory that aims to create new opportunities for understanding how new knowledge about human genetic material can contribute to improved patient care.
Equality and Diversity
The aim of the innovation work at Akershus University Hospital is to develop better products and services for tomorrow's patient care.
If you have an idea, we would like to hear about it.
Please contact us at: innovasjon@ahus.no
or get in touch with: Inven2
The Department for Research Support in the Research and Innovation Division (FID) has established a routine for a “Response Team” where assistance can be obtained from a multidisciplinary group of research advisors.
The aim of this service is to further contribute to the efficiency and quality assurance of the formal and administrative processes prior to the commencement of new research projects and clinical studies.
We can assist and guide both before and after the allocation of research funding. We encourage you to contact us as early as possible in the process by sending a request with information about the study via email: kliniske.studier@ahus.no.
The Response Team will then arrange a joint meeting with relevant professionals who can provide advice and guidance to the project group in the following areas:
- Research Administration
- Medical Subject Library
- Clinical Studies
- Clinical Research Outpatient Clinic (Nordbyhagen, Gardermoen, Kongsvinger)
- Biobank
- Innovation
- Pragmatic Studies
- Data Protection and Research Law
- Additional research guidance in monitoring, deviations, research ethics, and more.
The research portal is available for researchers in Health South-East, and offers the following solutions: Microsoft Teams, Project Area, Research Workspace (a personal virtual workspace), Data Storage Area, Virtual Machines (for server capacity with backup), and File Transfer (a file moving tool).
The Clinical Research Outpatient Clinic (KFP) is a service for all clinical departments at Ahus for the conduct of clinical studies. Read more at the link below.
Here are many good pieces of advice and useful tips on what is important to consider when undertaking a research project. The course portfolio is divided into various modules such as,
- Research Law and Ethics
- Research Administration
- Clinical Studies
- The Library
- Biobank
The "Package Pathway for Research" courses are held twice a year. You can choose whether to participate in all or some of the course modules. You can attend in person or digitally, and it is arranged so that you can come and go between the courses.
The next course will be held as a full-day course on 18th October 2024. If you wish to register for one or more of the courses, please answer the questions and submit the registration form here: will be updated soon
If you have any questions, please contact fellesmail.kursportefolje.forskning@ahus.no
Research administration in FID provides personnel administrative assistance for externally funded research (help with job postings and recruitment, changes in employment conditions during the process, leave of absence and other absences, secondments to clinics, salary calculations, salary changes, payment of foreign scholarships, extensions and termination of employment). It is important to be aware that the department head has personnel responsibility for research staff in their department (including conducting staff appraisals, monitoring sick leave, personnel matters, conflict management, etc.).
Contact persons:
Nina Viksløkken Ødegård, advisor
Tone Eggen, advisor
English:
The PhD Forum at Akershus University Hospital (Ahus) aims to be an academic and social network for doctoral research fellows at Ahus. Among other activities, we organise seminars, courses, and networking events for members of the Forum. We seek to facilitate networking across research fields and unify doctoral research fellows at Ahus. While the Forum is primarily intended for doctoral research fellows, we also welcome postdoctoral fellows. Membership is free and you may easily become a member by sending an email to the Board. Please find the contact information of the Board below.
Feel free to let us know if you have any questions, or suggestions for what you would like the Forum to work on/organise, etc. We warmly welcome you to the PhD Forum!
Contact information of the Board:
Juliet Young
Chairwoman of the Board
E-mail: juliet.young@medisin.uio.no / y.juliety@yahoo.com
Thea Christine Thorshov
Board Member
E-mail: t.c.thorshov@studmed.uio.no
Ingeborg Steinholt
Board Member
E-mail: ingebohs@medisin.uio.no / ingeborg.steinholt@gmail.com
Pragmatic studies share many common features with traditional randomised controlled trials, but differ by utilising resources that are already available within the healthcare system, thereby allowing for the inclusion of a large number of patients in a short period. They are also less costly than studies with traditional designs. Pragmatic studies are characterised by their aim to inform optimal clinical treatment, include patients from a typical clinical setting who are relevant to the clinical treatment, and utilise follow-up and data collection from established clinical registries with several meaningful endpoints.
Contact: pragmatiske.studier@ahus.no
A routine has been established for the allocation of responsibilities and tasks for the trial lecture and defence for doctoral degrees originating from Akershus University Hospital.
Regional research support provides operational support functions to researchers at all health enterprises in Health South-East.
Read more about regional research support (oslo-universitetssykehus.no)