Members
John Bjarne Hansen – Professor
Clinical epidemiology and risk factors of venous thromboembolism, Diagnostic and predictive biomarkers of venous thromboembolism, Pathophysiology of venous thromboembolism
Current positions:
Head of Thrombosis Research Group (TREC)
Head of Thrombosis Research Center (TREC), University Hospital of North Norway
Publications
>300 original full papers in peer-reviewed journals listed in PubMed and 22 review articles and 12 book chapters. Contributed to >370 abstracts presented at and published in conjunction with scientific international meetings/conferences. H-index: 51.
Supervision of PhD-students and postdoctors
Completed PhDs: Main supervisor: 35; Co-supervisor: 5
Ongoing PhDs: 7 as main supervisor and 6 as co-supervisor
Mentor for 13 previous and 3 present postdoctors
Other relevant professional experiences
2016-21 Chair of the Subcommittee Diagnostic and predictive variables, ISTH
2015-20 Member of the scientific program committee of the European Haematology Association (EHA)
2015- Member of the organization committee of the European Congress of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ECTH)
2015 - Associate investigator Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway (NCMM)
2014 -20 Associate editor Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Sigrid Kufaas Brækkan – Professor
My main research interest is the epidemiology and pathogenesis of venous thromboembolism (VTE). In order to optimize prevention and treatment of the disease, it is crucial to better understand the mechanisms of venous thrombus formation and how risk factors contribute to or interplay in this process.
I have trained as an epidemiologist within the field of thrombosis and hemostasis, and worked with studies on the relationship between arterial and venous thrombosis, life-style factors and VTE, biomarkers for future VTE, cancer-related VTE, as well as complications after VTE.
Publications
>165 original full papers in peer-reviewed journals listed in PubMed. Contributed to more than 200 abstracts presented at and published in conjunction with scientific international meetings/conferences.
Supervision of PhD-students
Completed PhDs: Main supervisor: 4; Co-supervisor: 20
Ongoing PhDs: 4 as main supervisor and 7 as co-supervisor
Other relevant professional experiences
2021-dd Associate Editor in Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (JTH)
2016-2021 Appointed as methodological reviewer in JTH
2016-2018 Member of the junior advisory board for the European Congress on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ECTH)
Awards
Young Investigator Award ISTH2016 (International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis)
Faculty of Health Sciences Young Investigator Award 2017
Omri Snir – Associate Professor
Biomarkers and immunothrombotic mechanisms of venous thromboembolism
Vania Maris Morelli – Researcher
Nadezhda Latysheva – Research technician
Thor Ueland – Professor II
Kristian Dalsbø Hindberg – Researcher
Eduarda Mazagao Guerreiro – Researcher
Birgitte Gladsø Tøndel – Doctoral Research Fellow
Clinical epidemiology
Risk factors for venous thromboembolism in patients with ischemic stroke
Lisa Jakobsen – PhD student
Ellen-Sofie Wulff Eilertsen – PhD student
Maryam Hosseini – Doctoral Research Fellow
Samantha Swamy – Doctoral Research Fellow
Celina Janene Cathro – Doctoral Research Fellow
Christopher Antoun – Doctoral Research Fellow
- Explore the function of microRNAs (miRs), particularly miR-145, in the pathogenesis of venous thromboembolism (VTE).
- Investigate the heritable factors of VTE and the underlying reasons for its missing heritability.
- Examine the current diagnostic biomarkers for VTE and identify new biomarkers to improve VTE diagnosis.
- Enhance understanding of cancer-associated thrombosis to refine risk assessment for VTE in cancer patients.
Magnus Sandvik Edvardsen – Doctoral Research Fellow
Carl Arne Løchen Arnesen – Doctoral Research Fellow
Christabel Esi Damoah – Doctoral Research Fellow
Complement lectin pathway activation in Venous thromboembolism.
MBL/MASPs complexes involvement in VTE pathogenesis.
